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Cyprus national badminton team

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Cyprus
AssociationCyprus Badminton Federation (CBF)
ConfederationBE (Europe)
PresidentPanayiotis Hadjipandelis
BWF ranking
Current ranking100 Increase 4 (2 January 2024)
Highest ranking68 (3 October 2013)
Sudirman Cup
Appearances8 (first in 1993)
Best resultGroup stage
European Mixed Team Championships
Appearances2 (first in 2009)
Best resultGroup stage
European Men's Team Championships
Appearances1 (first in 2006)
Best resultGroup stage
European Women's Team Championships
Appearances1 (first in 2006)
Best resultGroup stage
Helvetia Cup
Appearances6 (first in 1995)
Best result12th (1997, 2001)

The Cyprus national badminton team (Greek: Εθνική ομάδα μπάντμιντον Κύπρου; Turkish: Kıbrıs milli badminton takımı) represents Cyprus in international badminton team competitions.[1] The national team trains in Strovolos, where the nation's governing body for badminton, the Cyprus Badminton Federation (CBF) is located. Cyprus competed in the Sudirman Cup from 1993 to 2007.

The Cypriot national team also competed in the now defunct Helvetia Cup. The team also competes in the Mediterranean Games and won their first badminton medal in the Games. The men's and women's team only competed once in the European Men's and Women's Team Badminton Championships.

Competitive record

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European Team Championships

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Helvetia Cup

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Year Result
Cyprus 1995 13th place
France 1997 12th place
Czech Republic 2001 12th place
Portugal 2003 14th place
Cyprus 2005 15th place
Iceland 2007 15th place

Mediterranean Team Championships

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Mixed team

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Year Result
Cyprus 2019 4th place

Junior competitive record

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European Junior Team Championships

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Year Result
Finland 2011 Group stage
Turkey 2013 Group stage
Poland 2015 Group stage
Estonia 2018 Group stage

Finlandia Cup

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Year Result
Czech Republic 1994 12th place
Portugal 1996 16th place
Finland 1998 19th place
Austria 2000 18th place
Slovenia 2002 17th place
Austria 2004 17th place

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
Aris Kattirtzi (2003-09-12) 12 September 2003 (age 21) 1339 - -
Andreas Ioannou (1999-02-19) 19 February 1999 (age 25) - 1301 -
Ioannis Tambourlas (2006-09-28) 28 September 2006 (age 18) 1623 1301 973
Iakovos Acheriotis (2003-03-10) 10 March 2003 (age 21) - - -
Orestis Pissis (2001-06-11) 11 June 2001 (age 23) - - -
Constantinos Symeonides (2004-02-24) 24 February 2004 (age 20) - - -

Women's team

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Name DoB/Age Ranking of event
WS WD XD
Eleni Christodoulou (1999-03-31) 31 March 1999 (age 25) 285 510 837
Ioanna Pissi (2001-07-25) 25 July 2001 (age 23) - 485 973
Chara Michael (2004-11-27) 27 November 2004 (age 19) 889 485 -
Eva Kattirtzi (2003-09-12) 12 September 2003 (age 21) - - -
Ioanna Alexandrou (2004-10-06) 6 October 2004 (age 20) - - -
Ioanna Antoniou (2004-11-03) 3 November 2004 (age 20) - - -

References

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  1. ^ Populorum, Mike. "Archiv SudirmanCup". sbg.ac.at. Retrieved 8 May 2019.