Romania national badminton team

The Romania national badminton team (Romanian: Echipa națională de badminton a României) represents Romania in international badminton team competitions.[1] The Romanian national team have never participated in the Sudirman Cup, Thomas Cup and the Uber Cup. Romania participated in the 2006 European Men's Team Badminton Championships and were eliminated in the group stages.

Romania
AssociationRomanian Badminton Federation
ConfederationBadminton Europe
PresidentLavinia Pavel
BWF ranking
Current ranking120 (4 April 2023)
Highest ranking81 (6 October 2016)
European Men's Team Championships
Appearances1 (first in 2006)
Best resultGroup stage
Helvetia Cup
Appearances3 (first in 2003)
Best result7th (2007)

The Romanian team also competes in the Balkan Badminton Championships along with other Balkan countries. The team has had multiple runners-up finishes at the Balkan mixed team championships. Romanian badminton made one of its first international presences when national player Florin Balaban competed in men's singles at the 1992 Summer Olympics.[2]

The Romanian junior team were runners-up at the 2000 Finlandia Cup in Pressbaum, Austria.[3]

History

Badminton first reached Romania in 1958 when the sport was played in university sporting events.[4]

Badminton competitions in Romania were first hosted in December 1975, with the first badminton competition titled the 30 December Cup (Romanian: Cupa 30 Decembrie) organized in the city of Târgu Mureș by the Pioneer Organization and the Mureș County Council. In 1977, the competition was later renamed the Mureș Cup. Badminton then gained miniscule popularity when counties from around the country started to compete in the competition.[5]

On 29 January 1990, the Romanian Badminton Federation was established. Soon after, the national federation started to send the national squad to compete in the Balkan Badminton Championships.[6]

Men's team

The Romanian men's team first competed in the 2006 European Men's Team Badminton Championships. In the group stages, the team lost 5–0 to the Czech Republic and 4–1 to France. The team failed to qualify for the quarter-finals but managed to win 3–2 against theTurkish team to finish 3rd in the group.[7]

Mixed team

Romania first competed in the 1997 Balkan Badminton Team Championships. The mixed team finished as runners-up after losing the match for first place 5–0 to Bulgaria in the round-robin competition.[8][9] The team competed in the 2003 Helvetia Cup and finished in 17th place.[10] In 2007, the team competed in the 2007 Helvetia Cup. The team finished second in their group after defeating Wales and Luxembourg in the group tie.[11] They then defeated Belgium 3–2 and finished in 7th place.[12] In 2008, the team lost in the finals of the 2008 Balkan Team Championships to rivals Bulgaria.[13] In 2010, the mixed team finished in third place after winning 3–2 against Moldova at the 2010 Balkan Badminton Team Championships.[14][15]

Competitive record

European Team Championships

Helvetia Cup
See also: Helvetia Cup
Year Result
Portugal 2003 17th place
Cyprus 2005 13th place
Iceland 2007 7th place

Mixed team
Year Result
Turkey 1995 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
Serbia and Montenegro 1997 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
Greece 1999 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
Bulgaria 2000 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
Bulgaria 2001 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
Greece 2002 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
Romania 2003 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
Turkey 2004 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
Greece 2005 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
Turkey 2006 Fourth place
Bulgaria 2007 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
Romania 2008 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
Bulgaria 2010 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Third place
Bulgaria 2012 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Third place

Junior competitive record

Suhandinata Cup
See also: BWF World Junior Championships

Mixed team
Year Result
Spain 2016 Group B1 - 41st of 52

Mixed team
YearResult
Hungary 1991Group stage
Bulgaria 1993Group stage
Poland 2001Group stage
Denmark 2003Group stage
Italy 2009Group stage
Finland 2011Group stage
Turkey 2013 Group stage
Poland 2015 Group stage
Estonia 2018 Group stage
Serbia 2022 Group stage

Finlandia Cup
Year Result
Czech Republic 1992 16th place
Czech Republic 1994 13th place
Finland 1998 15th place
Austria 2000 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up

Mixed team
Year Result
Turkey 2011 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Third place
Turkey 2015 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Semi-finals
Greece 2016 Group stage
Turkey 2017 Group stage

Players

Men's team
Name DoB/Age Ranking of event
MS MD XD
Teodor-Ioan Cioroboiu (2004-02-03)3 February 2004 (aged 19) 701 - -
Călin Turcu (2005-05-18)18 May 2005 (aged 17) 1454 - -
Rareș Garalbatin (2005-11-20)20 November 2005 (aged 17) - - -
Dinu Pandele (2005-11-13)13 November 2005 (aged 17) - - -
Luca-Stefan Pandele (2007-08-13)13 August 2007 (aged 15) - - -
George Şerbănescu (2004-07-31)31 July 2004 (aged 18) - - -

Women's team
Name DoB/Age Ranking of event
WS WD XD
Laura Constantin (2007-01-07)7 January 2007 (aged 16) - - -
Denisa-Maria Muscalu (2007-05-13)13 May 2007 (aged 16) - - -
Anamaria Șerban (2005-01-11)11 January 2005 (aged 18) - - -
Andra Stoica (2006-06-16)16 June 2006 (aged 16) - - -
Maria Duțu (2001-03-23)23 March 2001 (aged 22) - - -
Ioana Grecea (2001-02-17)17 February 2001 (aged 22) - - -

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