Bulgaria national badminton team
The Bulgaria national badminton team (Bulgarian: Националния отбор на България по бадминтон) represents Bulgaria in international badminton team competitions and is controlled by the Bulgarian Badminton Federation (Bulgarian: Българска Федерация Бадминтон).[1] The Bulgarian women's team achieved second place in the 2016 European Men's and Women's Team Badminton Championships, they were semifinalists two years prior.
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| Association | Bulgarian Badminton Federation |
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| Confederation | Badminton Europe |
| President | Volodya Zlatev |
| BWF ranking | |
| Current ranking | 31  6 (4 April 2023) |
| Highest ranking | 16 (5 July 2018) |
| Sudirman Cup | |
| Appearances | 12 (first in 1989) |
| Best result | Group stage |
| Uber Cup | |
| Appearances | 1 (first in 2016) |
| Best result | Group stage |
| European Mixed Team Championships | |
| Appearances | 17 (first in 1986) |
| Best result | Quarter-finals (2000, 2011) |
| European Men's Team Championships | |
| Appearances | 7 (first in 2006) |
| Best result | Quarter-finals (2020) |
| European Women's Team Championships | |
| Appearances | 8 (first in 2006) |
| Best result | Runners-up (2016) |
| Helvetia Cup | |
| Appearances | 5 (first in 1987) |
| Best result | Runners-up (1995) |
The Bulgarian team have won a gold and a bronze medal at the European Games. National women's doubles specialists Gabriela Stoeva and Stefani Stoeva are the first Bulgarian players to enter the top 10 in the BWF World Ranking. The women's team made its Uber Cup debut in 2016.
Competitive record
Uber Cup
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Sudirman Cup
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European Team Championships
Men's team
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Women's team
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Mixed team
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Helvetia Cup
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Balkan Team Championships
| Year | Result |
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| 1995 |  Champions |
| 1996 | Champions |
| 1997 | Champions |
| 1998 | Champions |
| 1999 | Champions |
| 2000 | Champions |
| 2001 | Champions |
| 2002 | Champions |
| 2003 | Champions |
| 2004 | Champions |
| 2005 | Champions |
| 2006 | Champions |
| 2007 | Champions |
| 2008 | Champions |
| 2009 | Champions |
| 2010 | Champions |
| 2011 | Champions |
| 2012 |  Runner-up |
| 2018 | Champions |
Summer Universiade
Mixed team
| Year | Result |
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| 2007 | Group stage |
Junior competitive record
World Junior Team Championships
Suhandinata Cup
| Year | Result |
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 2000 | Did not compete |
 2002 | Group stage - 15th of 23 |
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} 2004 | Did not compete |
 2006 | Group Y2 - 22nd of 28 |
 2007 | Group Y1 - 11th of 25 |
 2008 | Did not compete |
 2009 | |
 2010 | |
 2011 | |
 2012 | Group W2 - 27th of 30 |
 2013 | Group X2 - 17th of 30 |
| 2014 | Group X2 - 22nd of 33 |
 2015 | Did not compete |
 2016 | Group G2 - 33rd of 52 |
 2017 | Group B1 - 34th of 44 |
| 2018 | Did not compete |
 2019 | |
| 2020 | Cancelled |
| 2021 | Cancelled |
| 2022 | Did not compete |
Mixed team
| Year | Result |
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| 2007 | 12th place |
| 2009 | Group stage |
| 2011 | Group stage |
| 2013 | Quarter-finalist |
| 2015 | Group stage |
| 2017 | Group stage |
| 2018 | Group stage |
| 2022 | Group stage |
Finlandia Cup
| Year | Result |
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| 1990 | 12th place |
| 1992 | 15th place |
| 1994 | Champions |
Mixed team
| Year | Result |
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| 2006 | Runner-up |
| 2008 | Runner-up |
| 2011 | Champions |
| 2013 | Champions |
| 2015 | Runner-up |
| 2016 | Runner-up |
| 2017 | Runner-up |
| 2019 |  Semi-finalist |
Players
Men's team
| Name | DoB/Age | Ranking of event | ||
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| MS | MD | XD | ||
| Daniel Nikolov | 26 August 1998 (aged 25) | 157 | 373 | - |
| Dimitar Yanakiev | 5 November 1998 (aged 24) | 220 | 373 | - |
| Ivan Rusev | 6 May 1993 (aged 30) | 335 | 119 | - |
| Iliyan Stoynov | 25 January 2001 (aged 22) | 382 | 119 | 108 |
| Alex Vlaar | 31 July 1996 (aged 27) | - | 279 | 1187 |
| Tsvetomir Stoyanov | 6 August 2001 (aged 22) | 1510 | - | 1038 |
| Evgeni Uzunov | 11 June 2004 (aged 19) | 1322 | 975 | - |
| Stefan Zeirov | 11 April 2005 (aged 18) | 1510 | 1001 | - |
Women's team
| Name | DoB/Age | Ranking of event | ||
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| WS | WD | XD | ||
| Hristomira Popovska | 5 September 2000 (aged 23) | 125 | - | 108 |
| Kaloyana Nalbantova | 6 March 2006 (aged 17) | 133 | 402 | 1012 |
| Mariya Mitsova | 21 November 1996 (aged 26) | 437 | - | - |
| Gergana Pavlova | 27 July 2003 (aged 20) | 312 | 188 | - |
| Gabriela Stoeva | 15 July 1994 (aged 29) | - | 14 | 822 |
| Stefani Stoeva | 23 September 1995 (aged 28) | 1009 | 14 | - |
| Mihaela Chepisheva | 27 November 2004 (aged 18) | 636 | 343 | - |
| Tsvetina Popivanova | 1 July 2005 (aged 18) | 733 | 343 | 639 |
Uber Cup
References
- Populorum, Mike. "Archiv SudirmanCup". sbg.ac.at. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
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