Gibraltar national badminton team

The Gibraltar national badminton team (Spanish: Equipo de bádminton de Gibraltar) represents Gibraltar in international badminton team competitions.[1] It is controlled by the Gibraltar Badminton Association, the governing body for badminton in Gibraltar. The team have never competed in the European Men's and Women's Team Badminton Championships.

Gibraltar
AssociationGibraltar Badminton Association (GBA)
ConfederationBE (Europe)
PresidentKasper Thy Jessen
BWF ranking
Current rankingUnranked (2 January 2024)
Highest ranking123 (2 January 2019)
Sudirman Cup
Appearances2 (first in 2001)
Best resultGroup stage

Gibraltar competed in the Sudirman Cup mixed team finals in 2001 and 2003. Gibraltar competed as the neutral "IBF Team" in the 2001 Sudirman Cup due to the Gibraltar dispute. An appeal by the Gibraltar Badminton Association to compete under the Gibraltar name and flag was rejected by the Court of Arbitration for Sport.

Competitive record

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European Team Championships

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Island Games

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Mixed team

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Year Result
  1985 Did not participate
  1987 Group stage
  1989 Group B − 10th
  1991 Did not participate
  1993 Group stage
  1995 Group stage
  1997 Group stage
  1999 Group stage
  2001 Did not participate
  2003 Group stage
  2005 Group stage
  2009 Group C − 8th
  2011 Group C − 11th
  2013 Group A − 7th
  2015 Group B − 8th
  2017 Group B − 7th
  2019 Group D − 10th
  2023 Group B − 12th

Players

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Current squad

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As of 2 January 2024

Men's team

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Name DoB/Age Ranking of event
MS MD XD
Henry Archer (1999-11-08) 8 November 1999 (age 25) - - -
Kasper Thy Jessen (1984-04-30) 30 April 1984 (age 40) - - -
Charles Avellano (1984-04-23) 23 April 1984 (age 40) - - -
James Linares (1995-05-17) 17 May 1995 (age 29) - - -

Women's team

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Name DoB/Age Ranking of event
WS WD XD
Amber Prescott (2004-03-20) 20 March 2004 (age 20) - - -
Chantal De'Ath (1992-07-25) 25 July 1992 (age 32) - - -
Alison Jessen (1980-11-27) 27 November 1980 (age 43) - - -
Yanira Blagg (2006-02-18) 18 February 2006 (age 18) - - -

References

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  1. ^ Populorum, Mike. "Archiv SudirmanCup". sbg.ac.at. Retrieved 8 May 2019.