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Estonia national badminton team

Estonia
AssociationEesti Sulgpalliliit (EBF)
ConfederationBE (Europe)
PresidentUlla Helm
BWF ranking
Current ranking32 Increase 7 (2 January 2024)
Highest ranking24 (4 April 2023)
European Mixed Team Championships
Appearances4 (first in 2008)
Best resultGroup stage
European Men's Team Championships
Appearances7 (first in 2006)
Best resultGroup stage
European Women's Team Championships
Appearances7 (first in 2006)
Best resultGroup stage
Helvetia Cup
Appearances4 (first in 2001)
Best resultThird place (2007)

The Estonia national badminton team (Estonian: Eesti sulgpallikoondis) represents Estonia in international badminton team competitions.[1] It is controlled by the Estonian Badminton Federation, the governing body for badminton in Estonia.

The Estonian team participates in the European Team Badminton Championships but have yet to enter the quarterfinals in all men's, women's and mixed team events. The Estonian team also competed in the now defunct Helvetia Cup.

Participation in European Team Badminton Championships

Participation in Helvetia Cup

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. Estonia won third place in the 2007 edition.

Year Result
Czech Republic 2001 12th place
Portugal 2003 15th place
Cyprus 2005 7th place
Iceland 2007 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Third place

Junior competitive record

World Junior Championships (Suhandinata Cup)

Year Result
India 2008 Group W – 21st of 21
Spain 2016 Group G1 – 30th of 52
Russia 2019 Group C2 – 21st of 43
New Zealand 2020 Cancelled
China 2021 Cancelled
Spain 2022 Group C – 22nd of 37
United States 2023 Group E – 16th of 38
China 2024 Group C – 16th of 39

European Junior Team Badminton Championships

Mixed Team
Year Result
Germany 2007 15th place
Italy 2009 Group stage
Finland 2011 Group stage
Turkey 2013 Group stage
Poland 2015 Group stage
France 2017 Group stage
Estonia 2018 Group stage
Finland 2020 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Semi-finalist
Serbia 2022 Group stage
Spain 2024 Group stage

Players

Current squad

As of 2 January 2024

Men's team

Name DoB/Age Ranking of event
MS MD XD
Karl Kert (2000-08-16) 16 August 2000 (age 24) 326 634 -
Tauri Kilk (2004-08-07) 7 August 2004 (age 20) 627 634 -
Kristjan Kaljurand (1992-07-13) 13 July 1992 (age 32) - 170 286
Raul Käsner (1988-06-28) 28 June 1988 (age 36) - 170 402
Anton Berik (2003-06-29) 29 June 2003 (age 21) 1735 195 953
Mikk Ounmaa (1997-08-19) 19 August 1997 (age 27) - 195 176
Andrei Schmidt (2006-06-27) 27 June 2006 (age 18) - 989 1359
Hugo Themas (2005-08-31) 31 August 2005 (age 19) 1803 989 1337

Women's team

Name DoB/Age Ranking of event
WS WD XD
Kristin Kuuba (1997-02-15) 15 February 1997 (age 27) 47 - -
Catlyn Kruus (2003-07-09) 9 July 2003 (age 21) 263 164 -
Ramona Üprus (2003-09-24) 24 September 2003 (age 21) 264 164 176
Kati-Kreet Marran (1998-07-13) 13 July 1998 (age 26) - 62 402
Helina Rüütel (1997-08-11) 11 August 1997 (age 27) - 62 286
Elisaveta Berik (2005-06-05) 5 June 2005 (age 19) - 565 1284
Emili Pärsim (2005-10-03) 3 October 2005 (age 19) - 565 1359
Andra Mai Hoop (2003-04-24) 24 April 2003 (age 21) - 753 953

References

  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