France national badminton team

The France national badminton team (French: Équipe de France de badminton) represents France in international badminton team competitions.[1] It is controlled by the French Badminton Federation, France's governing body for badminton. France has had decent results in badminton, having reaching the semifinals in both men's and women's team at the 2020 European Men's and Women's Team Badminton Championships.

France
AssociationFrench Badminton Federation
ConfederationBadminton Europe
PresidentYohan Penel
BWF ranking
Current ranking11 Increase 5 (3 January 2023)
Highest ranking11 (3 January 2023)
Sudirman Cup
Appearances16 (first in 1989)
Best resultGroup stage
Thomas Cup
Appearances5 (first in 2014)
Best resultQuarter-finals (2014, 2018)
Uber Cup
Appearances3 (first in 2018)
Best resultGroup stage
European Mixed Team Championships
Appearances21 (first in 1982)
Best resultRunners-up (2021, 2023)
European Men's Team Championships
Appearances8 (first in 2006)
Best resultRunners-up (2016)
European Women's Team Championships
Appearances8 (first in 2006)
Best resultSemi-finals (2020)
Helvetia Cup
Appearances11 (first in 1975)
Best resultChampions (1997, 2003)

The mixed team were runners-up at the 2021 European Mixed Team Badminton Championships. The men's team also reached the quarterfinals in the Thomas Cup twice, particularly in 2014 and 2018.

France also has decent results in badminton at the European Games, having won two silvers and two bronzes.

Participation in BWF competitions

Participation in European Team Badminton Championships

Participation in Helvetia Cup

Junior competitive record

Suhandinata Cup

Year Result
China 2000Group stage - 18th of 24
South Africa 2002Did not enter
Canada 2004
South Korea 2006
New Zealand 2007
India 2008Group X2 - 12th of 21
Malaysia 2009Group Z - 15th of 21
Mexico 2010Group W1 - 13th of 24
Taiwan 2011Group X1 - 11th of 22
Japan 2012Group Y1 - 17th of 30
Thailand 2013Group X1 - 12th of 30
Malaysia 2014Group Y1 - 21st of 33
Peru 2015Group B2 - 17th of 39
Spain 2016Group G1 - 11th of 52
Indonesia 2017Quarter-finalist - 8th of 44
Canada 2018Group D - 15th of 39
Russia 2019Quarter-finalist - 8th of 43
New Zealand 2020Cancelled
China 2021Cancelled
Spain 2022Did not enter
United States 2023Quarter-finalist - 6th of 38

European Junior Team Badminton Championships

Mixed Team
YearResult
Germany 200710th place
Italy 2009Quarter-finalist
Finland 2011Group stage
Turkey 20132nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
Poland 20153rd place, bronze medalist(s) Semi-finalist
France 20171st place, gold medalist(s) Champions
Estonia 20181st place, gold medalist(s) Champions
Finland 20202nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
Serbia 20222nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up

Current squad

The following players were selected to represent France at the 2022 Thomas & Uber Cup.

References

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