New Zealand national badminton team

New Zealand
AssociationBadminton New Zealand (BNZ)
ConfederationBO (Oceania)
PresidentIan Willans
BWF ranking
Current ranking49 1 (2 January 2024)
Highest ranking21 (3 October 2013)
Sudirman Cup
Appearances11 (first in 1989)
Best resultGroup stage
Thomas Cup
Appearances7 (first in 1970)
Best resultGroup stage
Uber Cup
Appearances6 (first in 1960)
Best resultSemi-finals (1960, 1972)
Oceania Mixed Team Championships
Appearances12 (first in 1999)
Best result Champions (2004, 2006, 2008)
Oceania Men's Team Championships
Appearances8 (first in 2004)
Best result Champions (2004, 2006, 2008, 2012, 2016)
Oceania Women's Team Championships
Appearances8 (first in 2004)
Best result Champions (2006, 2008)

The New Zealand national badminton team (Māori: Kapa badminton o Aotearoa) represents New Zealand in international badminton team competitions. The best result the national team has produced on the international stage was being the semifinalist at the Uber Cup in 1960 and 1972 respectively.

It is controlled by Badminton New Zealand, the governing body for badminton in New Zealand. In February 2018, Danish badminton player, Rikke Olsen Siegemund was assigned to be the coach of the national team.

Competitive record

Commonwealth Games

Oceania Team Championships

**Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.

Junior competitive record

Suhandinata Cup

Year Result
2000 Group stage – 20th of 24
2002 Did not enter
2004
2006 Group Z2 – 23rd of 28
2007 Group W2 – 12th of 25
2008 Group Z – 15th of 21
2009 Group W – 16th of 21
2010 Did not enter
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2022
2023 Group G – 23rd of 38
2024 Group D – 20th of 39

Commonwealth Youth Games

Mixed team

Year Result
2004 Group stage

Oceania Junior Team Championships

Mixed team

Year Result
2011 Champions
2013 Runners-up
2015 Runners-up
Third place (Team B)
2017 Champions
2019 Runners-up
2023 Runners-up
2025 Runners-up
**Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.

Players

Current squad

As of 16 April 2025[1]

Men's team

Name DoB/Age Ranking of event
MS MD XD
Adam Jeffrey (2001-04-01) 1 April 2001 - 126 137
Dylan Soedjasa (1995-01-13) 13 January 1995 - 126 144
Edward Lau (2001-02-22) 22 February 2001 129 - 94
Raphael Deloy (2007-08-26) 26 August 2007 513 637 522

Women's team

Name DoB/Age Ranking of event
WS WD XD
Camellia Zhou (2005-04-13) 13 April 2005 - 206 144
Jenny Zhu (2002-03-22) 22 March 2002 214 492 796
Josephine Zhao (2008-12-15) 15 December 2008 358 492 796
Justine Villegas (1995-12-22) 22 December 1995 - 702 137
Shaunna Li (2003-08-07) 7 August 2003 161 - 94
Yanxi Liu (2009-11-17) 17 November 2009 531 702 522

Coaches: Rikke Olsen and Oliver Leydon-Davis

Previous squads

Thomas Cup

Notes

  1. ^ New Zealand withdrew from the tournament due to a significant number of their squad being unable to participate after testing positive for COVID-19. They were replaced by the United States as no other Oceanian member association was able to fulfil the continental quota place. Hong Kong and Spain, the next highest ranking member associations (overall), were also unable to participate.

References

  1. ^ "New Zealand National Players". Badminton New Zealand. Retrieved 16 April 2025.