Irish national badminton team
Ireland |
| Association | Badminton Ireland (BI) |
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| Confederation | BE (Europe) |
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| President | Cynthia Symth |
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| BWF ranking |
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| Current ranking | 30  2 (2 January 2024) |
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| Highest ranking | 21 (2 July 2019) |
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| Sudirman Cup |
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| Appearances | 6 (first in 1991) |
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| Best result | Group stage |
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| European Mixed Team Championships |
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| Appearances | 21 (first in 1972) |
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| Best result | Quarter-finals (1972, 1974, 1976, 1978, 1980, 1982, 2015) |
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| European Men's Team Championships |
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| Appearances | 7 (first in 2006) |
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| Best result | Group stage |
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| European Women's Team Championships |
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| Appearances | 6 (first in 2006) |
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| Best result | Group stage |
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| Helvetia Cup |
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| Appearances | 15 (first in 1975) |
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| Best result | Champions (1981) |
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The Ireland national badminton team (Irish: Foireann náisiúnta badmantan na hÉireann) represents Ireland in international badminton team competitions.[1] The national team is controlled by Badminton Ireland, the governing body for badminton in Ireland. Ireland has made multiple appearances in the Sudirman Cup. The team's best result was reaching the quarterfinals at the 2015 European Mixed Team Badminton Championships.
Former national player, Sam Magee was appointed as the main doubles coach while former Malaysian player, Iskandar Zulkarnain was appointed as the national team's singles coach.[2]
Participation in BWF competitions
Participation in European Team Badminton Championships
Participation in Helvetia Cup
The Helvetia Cup or European B Team Championships was a European mixed team championship in badminton. The first Helvetia Cup tournament took place in Zürich, Switzerland in 1962.[3] The tournament took place every two years from 1971 until 2007, after which it was dissolved.
Junior competitive record
Suhandinata Cup
| Year | Result |
 2012 | Group Y2 - 26th of 30 |
European Junior Team Championships
Players
Current squad
- As of 2 January 2024
Men's team
| Name | DoB/Age | Ranking of event |
| MS | MD | XD |
| Nhat Nguyen | (2000-06-16) 16 June 2000 (age 23) | 41 | 1294 | - |
| Jonathan Dolan | (1994-12-19) 19 December 1994 (age 29) | 339 | 1294 | - |
| Joshua Magee | (1994-11-03) 3 November 1994 (age 29) | - | 68 | 145 |
| Paul Reynolds | (1999-03-08) 8 March 1999 (age 25) | - | 68 | - |
| Vincent Pontanosa | (2004-04-09) 9 April 2004 (age 20) | - | 308 | 1021 |
| Scott Guildea | (2004-12-23) 23 December 2004 (age 19) | - | 308 | 484 |
| Adam McAllister | (2000-07-01) 1 July 2000 (age 23) | 1132 | 534 | 1021 |
| David Walsh | (1994-05-23) 23 May 1994 (age 29) | - | 534 | - |
Women's team
| Name | DoB/Age | Ranking of event |
| WS | WD | XD |
| Rachael Darragh | (1997-09-24) 24 September 1997 (age 26) | 72 | - | - |
| Sara Boyle | (1997-08-31) 31 August 1997 (age 26) | 549 | - | - |
| Kate Frost | (1998-11-09) 9 November 1998 (age 25) | 377 | 97 | 484 |
| Moya Ryan | (1998-03-25) 25 March 1998 (age 26) | - | 97 | 145 |
| Sophia Noble | (2004-10-10) 10 October 2004 (age 19) | 374 | 195 | 692 |
| Síofra Flynn | (2007-02-05) 5 February 2007 (age 17) | 668 | 577 | - |
| Neasa Flynn | (2005-03-08) 8 March 2005 (age 19) | - | 589 | - |
| Ciara Dwyer | (1996-08-27) 27 August 1996 (age 27) | 1134 | - | 1315 |
References
- ^ Populorum, Mike. "Archiv SudirmanCup". sbg.ac.at. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
- ^ "Badminton Ireland". Badminton Ireland. Retrieved 2022-08-07.
- ^ Helvetia Cup in EuropeanBadminton.org Archived 2007-09-27 at the Wayback Machine
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