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Ireland
AssociationBadminton Ireland (BI)
ConfederationBE (Europe)
PresidentCynthia Symth
BWF ranking
Current ranking30 Decrease 2 (2 January 2024)
Highest ranking21 (2 July 2019)
Sudirman Cup
Appearances6 (first in 1991)
Best resultGroup stage
European Mixed Team Championships
Appearances21 (first in 1972)
Best resultQuarter-finals (1972, 1974, 1976, 1978, 1980, 1982, 2015)
European Men's Team Championships
Appearances7 (first in 2006)
Best resultGroup stage
European Women's Team Championships
Appearances6 (first in 2006)
Best resultGroup stage
Helvetia Cup
Appearances15 (first in 1975)
Best resultChampions (1981)

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

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Participation in European Team Badminton Championships

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Participation in Helvetia Cup

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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

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Suhandinata Cup

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See also: BWF World Junior Championships
Year Result
Japan 2012 Group Y2 - 26th of 30

European Junior Team Championships

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Mixed team

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Year Result
Poland 2015 Group stage
France 2017 Group stage
Estonia 2018 Group stage
Serbia 2022 Group stage

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
Nhat Nguyen (2000-06-16) 16 June 2000 (age 24) 41 1294 -
Jonathan Dolan (1994-12-19) 19 December 1994 (age 29) 339 1294 -
Joshua Magee (1994-11-03) 3 November 1994 (age 30) - 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 24) 1132 534 1021
David Walsh (1994-05-23) 23 May 1994 (age 30) - 534 -

Women's team

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Name DoB/Age Ranking of event
WS WD XD
Rachael Darragh (1997-09-24) 24 September 1997 (age 27) 72 - -
Sara Boyle (1997-08-31) 31 August 1997 (age 27) 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 20) 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 28) 1134 - 1315

References

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  1. ^ Populorum, Mike. "Archiv SudirmanCup". sbg.ac.at. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
  2. ^ "Badminton Ireland". Badminton Ireland. Retrieved 2022-08-07.
  3. ^ Helvetia Cup in EuropeanBadminton.org Archived 2007-09-27 at the Wayback Machine
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