Portugal national badminton team

The Helvetia Cup or European B Team Championships was a European mixed team championship in badminton. The first Helvetia Cup tournament took place in Zurich, Switzerland in 1962.[2] The tournament took place every two years from 1971 until 2007, after which it was dissolved. Portugal once hosted the tournament in 2003. The team have been runners-up and finished in third place twice.

Year	Result
1993	13th place
1995	9th place
1997	Runner-up
1999	Third place
2001	Runner-up
2003	Fourth place
2005	Third place
2007	5th place

Former Portuguese badminton Olympians have been participating in the BWF World Senior Championships and have helped Portugal to win a medal in the championships. Telma Santos, whom previously participated in the 2016 Summer Olympics won a gold medal for Portugal in the women's singles 35+ category. Fernando Silva won four bronze medals in men's singles and mixed doubles.

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	England	67	69	126	262
2	Denmark	56	58	104	218
3	Germany	45.5	40.5	81	167
4	Japan	30	41	87	158
5	Thailand	28	20.5	26	74.5
6	Chinese Taipei	23.5	13.5	15	52
7	Russia	14	12.5	16	42.5
8	Scotland	12	15	9	36
9	Netherlands	10.5	7	8.5	26
10	India	10	16	43	69
11	Indonesia	10	5	8	23
12	Canada	8.5	14.5	20.5	43.5
13	Sweden	6.5	16.5	36	59
14	Israel	6	1	0	7
15	South Africa	6	0	0.5	6.5
16	Malaysia	4.5	5	17	26.5
17	United States	4	0	3	7
18	Belarus	3.5	1.5	0.5	5.5
19	Hong Kong	3.5	0.5	1.5	5.5
20	Iceland	3.5	0	3	6.5
21	Poland	2	9	10	21
22	France	2	4	9	15
23	Norway	2	2.5	10	14.5
24	Finland	2	2	15.5	19.5
25	Switzerland	2	0	5.5	7.5
26	Hungary	1	3.5	2	6.5
27	Sri Lanka	1	3	3	7
28	Austria	1	2.5	3.5	7
29	Ireland	1	2.5	2.5	6
30	Bulgaria	1	2	7.5	10.5
31	Ukraine	1	1.5	2	4.5
32	South Korea	1	1	0	2
33	Portugal	1	0	4	5
34	New Zealand	1	0	0	1
35	Philippines	0.5	0	0	0.5
36	Australia	0	1	4	5
37	Croatia	0	0.5	0	0.5
38	Czech Republic	0	0	3	3
39	Singapore	0	0	2	2
	Spain	0	0	2	2
41	Luxembourg	0	0	1	1
	Macau	0	0	1	1
	Romania	0	0	1	1
	Uzbekistan	0	0	1	1
Totals (44 entries)		372	372	695	1439

List of medalists

Medal	Name	Venue	Event
Bronze	Fernando Silva	2015 Helsingborg	Men's singles 40+
Bronze	Fernando Silva	2019 Katowice	Men's singles 45+
Bronze	Fernando Silva Maria Gomes	2019 Katowice	Mixed doubles 45+
Gold	Telma Santos	2021 Huelva	Women's singles 35+
Bronze	Fernando Silva Maria Gomes	2021 Huelva	Mixed doubles 45+

Mixed Team

Year	Result
2007	16th place
2009	Group stage
2015	Group stage
2017	Group stage
2018	Group stage
2020	Group stage
2022	Group stage

The following players were selected to represent Portugal at the 2020 European Men's and Women's Team Badminton Championships.