Greece national badminton team

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Greece
AssociationHellenic Badminton Federation (HBF)
ConfederationBE (Europe)
PresidentIoannis Kapos
BWF ranking
Current ranking111 Decrease 8 (2 January 2024)
Highest ranking53 (5 January 2012)
Sudirman Cup
Appearances3 (first in 1997)
Best resultGroup stage
European Men's Team Championships
Appearances3 (first in 2006)
Best resultGroup stage
European Women's Team Championships
Appearances3 (first in 2006)
Best resultGroup stage
Helvetia Cup
Appearances2 (first in 2003)
Best result16th (2003)

The Greece national badminton team (Greek: Εθνική ομάδα μπάντμιντον της Ελλάδας) represents Greece in international badminton team competitions.[1] Badminton events regarding the national team are organized by the Hellenic Badminton Federation. The Greek team competed in the Sudirman Cup until 2003 where it failed to qualify.

The Greek team also once competed in the Helvetia Cup, which was cancelled after 2007.

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.[2] The tournament took place every two years from 1971 until 2007, after which it was dissolved.

Year Result
Portugal 2003 16th place
Cyprus 2005 18th place

Participation in European Junior Team Badminton Championships

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Mixed Team
Year Result
Italy 2009 Group stage
Poland 2015 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
Stamatis Tsigkirdakis (1992-10-16) 16 October 1992 (age 32) - - -
Marios Michail Boulios (2000-03-21) 21 March 2000 (age 24) - - -
Paschalis Melikidis (1998-10-30) 30 October 1998 (age 25) 1735 - -
Axilleas Tsartsidis (1996-10-20) 20 October 1996 (age 28) 1735 - -
Metzelos Sotiropoulos (2005-09-19) 19 September 2005 (age 19) - - -
Georgios Tsiolis (2002-02-23) 23 February 2002 (age 22) - - -

Women's team

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Name DoB/Age Ranking of event
WS WD XD
Grammatoula Sotiriou (2002-04-18) 18 April 2002 (age 22) 311 - -
Theodora Lambrianidou (2002-02-14) 14 February 2002 (age 22) - - -
Antonia-Petroula Vlachantoni (2004-06-29) 29 June 2004 (age 20) - - -
Athanasia-Paulina Vlachantoni (2004-06-29) 29 June 2004 (age 20) - - -
Theodora Fragoulidou (2001-10-20) 20 October 2001 (age 23) 986 - -
Dimitra-Kalomira Kroystalli (2001-03-17) 17 March 2001 (age 23) - - -

References

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