Gibraltar national badminton team

Gibraltar
AssociationGibraltar Badminton Association (GBA)
ConfederationBE (Europe)
PresidentKasper Thy Jessen
BWF ranking
Current rankingUnranked (2 January 2024)
Highest ranking123 (2 January 2019)
Sudirman Cup
Appearances2 (first in 2001)
Best resultGroup stage

The Gibraltar national badminton team (Spanish: Equipo de bádminton de Gibraltar) represents Gibraltar in international badminton team competitions.[1] It is controlled by the Gibraltar Badminton Association, the governing body for badminton in Gibraltar. The team have never competed in the European Men's and Women's Team Badminton Championships.

Gibraltar competed in the Sudirman Cup mixed team finals in 2001 and 2003. Gibraltar competed as the neutral "IBF Team" in the 2001 Sudirman Cup due to the Gibraltar dispute. An appeal by the Gibraltar Badminton Association to compete under the Gibraltar name and flag was rejected by the Court of Arbitration for Sport.

Competitive record

European Team Championships

Island Games

Mixed team

Year Result
1985 Did not participate
1987 Group stage
1989 Group B − 10th
1991 Did not participate
1993 Group stage
1995 Group stage
1997 Group stage
1999 Group stage
2001 Did not participate
2003 Group stage
2005 Group stage
2009 Group C − 8th
2011 Group C − 11th
2013 Group A − 7th
2015 Group B − 8th
2017 Group B − 7th
2019 Group D − 10th
2023 Group B − 12th

Players

Current squad

As of 2 January 2024

Men's team

Name DoB/Age Ranking of event
MS MD XD
Henry Archer (1999-11-08) 8 November 1999 - - -
Kasper Thy Jessen (1984-04-30) 30 April 1984 - - -
Charles Avellano (1984-04-23) 23 April 1984 - - -
James Linares (1995-05-17) 17 May 1995 - - -

Women's team

Name DoB/Age Ranking of event
WS WD XD
Amber Prescott (2004-03-20) 20 March 2004 - - -
Chantal De'Ath (1992-07-25) 25 July 1992 - - -
Alison Jessen (1980-11-27) 27 November 1980 - - -
Yanira Blagg (2006-02-18) 18 February 2006 - - -

References

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