Poland national badminton team

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Poland
Flag of Poland.svg
Association Polski Związek Badmintona (PZBAD)
Confederation BE (Europe)
PresidentMarek Krajewski
BWF ranking
Current ranking39 Decrease2.svg 1 (2 January 2024)
Highest ranking14 (5 January 2012)
Sudirman Cup
Appearances12 (first in 1989 )
Best resultGroup stage
Thomas Cup
Appearances1 (first in 2010 )
Best resultGroup stage
European Mixed Team Championships
Appearances19 (first in 1980)
Best resultSemi-finals (2008, 2009)
European Men's Team Championships
Appearances7 (first in 2006 )
Best resultRunners-up (2010)
European Women's Team Championships
Appearances6 (first in 2006 )
Best resultGroup stage
Helvetia Cup
Appearances9 (first in 1979)
Best result Simple gold cup.svg Champions (1989, 1991)

The Poland national badminton team (Polish : Reprezentacja Polski w badmintona) represents Poland in international badminton team competitions. [1] It is managed by the Polish Badminton Association in the capital city of Warsaw. Poland competed in the Sudirman Cup from 1989 to 2011. The men's team only competed the Thomas Cup once in 2010 and the women's team have never qualified for the Uber Cup.

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The men's team were runners-up at the 2010 European Men's Team Badminton Championships, where Poland was the host nation. The mixed team reached two consecutive semifinals in the European Mixed Team Badminton Championships in 2008 and 2009.

The Poland team has had many players in the past that have reached top 10 in the BWF World Ranking, one of them being Robert Mateusiak and Nadieżda Zięba, who were the world number one mixed doubles pair in 2010.

Poland has also been successful in para-badminton. National player Bartłomiej Mróz is a four-time silver medalist at the BWF Para-Badminton World Championships and has a career-high ranking of 3 in the men's singles SU5 category.

Competitive record

European Team Championships

Helvetia Cup

YearResult
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg 1962Did not enter
Flag of Germany.svg 1963
Flag of the Netherlands.svg 1964
Flag of Austria.svg 1965
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg 1966
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg 1967
Flag of Norway.svg 1968
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg 1969
Flag of Germany.svg 1970
Flag of the Netherlands.svg 1971
Flag of Austria.svg 1973
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg 1975
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg 1977
Flag of Austria.svg 1979Group stage − 11th
Flag of Norway.svg 1981Fourth place
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg 1983Group stage − 9th
Flag of Poland.svg 1985Bronze medal icon.svg Third place
Ulster Banner.svg 1987Group stage − 5th
Flag of Hungary.svg 1989Gold medal icon.svg Champions
Flag of Bulgaria.svg 1991Gold medal icon.svg Champions
Flag of Austria.svg 1993Silver medal icon.svg Runners-up
Flag of Cyprus.svg 1995Did not enter
Flag of France (lighter variant).svg 1997
Ulster Banner.svg 1999Silver medal icon.svg Runners-up
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg 2001Did not enter
Flag of Portugal (official).svg 2003
Flag of Cyprus.svg 2005
Flag of Iceland.svg 2007

FISU World University Games

Mixed team

YearResult
Flag of Thailand.svg 2007 Group stage
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg 2011 Did not enter
Flag of Russia.svg 2013 Quarter-finals
Flag of South Korea.svg 2015 Group stage
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Universiade.svg 2017 Group stage
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg 2021 Group stage
Flag of Germany.svg 2025 TBD

World University Team Championships

Mixed team

YearResult
Flag of Portugal (official).svg 2008Bronze medal icon.svg Semi-finals
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Universiade.svg 2010Group stage
Flag of South Korea.svg 2012Group stage
Flag of Spain.svg 2014Did not enter
Flag of Russia.svg 2016Group stage
Flag of Malaysia.svg 2018Did not enter
**Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.

Junior competitive record

Suhandinata Cup

YearRoundPos
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg 2000 Did not enter
Flag of South Africa.svg 2002
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg 2004
Flag of South Korea.svg 2006
Flag of New Zealand.svg 2007
Flag of India.svg 2008
Flag of Malaysia.svg 2009
Flag of Mexico.svg 2010
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg 2011
Flag of Japan.svg 2012
Flag of Thailand.svg 2013
Flag of Malaysia.svg 2014
Flag of Peru.svg 2015
Flag of Spain.svg 2016 Group stage15th of 52
Flag of Indonesia.svg 2017 Group stage15th of 44
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg 2018 Group stage37th of 39
Flag of Russia.svg 2019 Did not enter
Flag of New Zealand.svg 2020 Cancelled because of COVID-19 pandemic
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg 2021
Flag of Spain.svg 2022 Did not enter
Flag of the United States.svg 2023
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg 2024 Group stage12th of 39
Flag of India.svg 2025 Group stage16th of 36

European Junior Team Championships

Mixed team

YearResult
Flag of Denmark.svg 1975 Did not enter
Flag of Malta.svg 1977
Flag of Germany.svg 1979
Flag of Scotland.svg 1981 Group stage − 15th
Flag of Finland.svg 1983 Group stage − 12th
Flag of Austria.svg 1985 Group stage − 13th
Flag of Poland.svg 1987 Group stage − 12th
Flag of England.svg 1989 Group stage − 9th
Flag of Hungary.svg 1991 Group stage − 6th
Flag of Bulgaria.svg 1993 Group stage − 7th
Flag of Slovakia.svg 1995 Group stage − 7th
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg 1997 Group stage − 6th
Flag of Scotland.svg 1999 Fourth place
Flag of Poland.svg 2001 Group stage − 6th
Flag of Denmark.svg 2003 Group stage − 8th
Flag of the Netherlands.svg 2005 Group stage − 13th
Flag of Germany.svg 2007 Group stage − 8th
Flag of Italy.svg 2009 Group stage
Flag of Finland.svg 2011 Group stage
Flag of Turkey.svg 2013 Group stage
Flag of Poland.svg 2015 Group stage
Flag of France (lighter variant).svg 2017 Group stage
Flag of Estonia.svg 2018 Quarter-finals
Flag of Finland.svg 2020 Did not enter
Flag of Serbia.svg 2022 Group stage
Flag of Spain.svg 2024 Bronze medal icon.svg Semi-finalist

Finlandia Cup

Mixed team

YearResult
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg 1984Bronze medal icon.svg Third place
Flag of Hungary.svg 1986Fourth place
Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg 1988Silver medal icon.svg Runners-up
Flag of Austria.svg 1990Silver medal icon.svg Runners-up
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg 1992Did not enter
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg 1994
Flag of Portugal (official).svg 1996
Flag of Finland.svg 1998
Flag of Austria.svg 2000
Flag of Slovenia.svg 2002
Flag of Austria.svg 2004
Flag of Slovakia.svg 2006
**Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.

Players

Current squad

As of 2 January 2024

Men's team

NameDoB/AgeRanking of event
MSMDXD
Dominik Kwinta 27 July 2004 (age 21)197184-
Mikołaj Szymanowski 27 November 2003 (age 22)2191841021
Mateusz Danielak 9 August 1997 (age 28)237--
Maksymilian Danielak 29 October 2004 (age 21)422717-
Szymon Slepecki 10 July 2003 (age 22)-143214
Robert Cybulski 6 August 1999 (age 26)-143133
Michal Sobolewski 26 January 1999 (age 26)-2401315
Adam Szolc 18 March 1999 (age 26)-240-
Jakub Melaniuk 28 September 2003 (age 22)-167246
Paweł Śmiłowski 26 August 1998 (age 27)-320103

Women's team

NameDoB/AgeRanking of event
WSWDXD
Wiktoria Dąbczyńska 4 May 1999 (age 26)133318-
Weronika Górniak 14 February 2002 (age 23)301--
Zuzanna Jankowska 18 August 2002 (age 23)341318-
Jessica Orzechowicz 12 October 2002 (age 23)383871711
Dominika Kwaśnik 5 October 2001 (age 24)-121683
Kornelia Marczak 8 March 1997 (age 28)-121133
Paulina Hankiewicz 30 May 2001 (age 24)-142232
Magdalena Świerczyńska 4 April 1998 (age 27)-393103
Anastasia Khomich 27 September 2002 (age 23)961182214
Julia Pławecka 12 August 2003 (age 22)-402246

Previous squads

Thomas Cup

European Team Championships

References

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