Bulgaria national badminton team

Bulgaria

Association	Bulgarian Badminton Federation (BFB)
Confederation	BE (Europe)
President	Volodya Zlatev
BWF ranking
Current ranking	24 2 (2 January 2024)
Highest ranking	16 (5 July 2018)
Sudirman Cup
Appearances	12 (first in 1989)
Best result	Group stage
Uber Cup
Appearances	1 (first in 2016)
Best result	Group stage
European Mixed Team Championships
Appearances	17 (first in 1986)
Best result	Quarter-finals (2011)
European Men's Team Championships
Appearances	7 (first in 2006)
Best result	Quarter-finals (2020)
European Women's Team Championships
Appearances	8 (first in 2006)
Best result	Runners-up (2016)
Helvetia Cup
Appearances	5 (first in 1987)
Best result	Runners-up (1995)

The Bulgaria national badminton team (Bulgarian: Националния отбор на България по бадминтон) represents Bulgaria in international badminton team competitions and is controlled by the Bulgarian Badminton Federation (Bulgarian: Българска Федерация Бадминтон).^[1] The Bulgarian women's team achieved second place in the 2016 European Men's and Women's Team Badminton Championships, they were semifinalists two years prior.

The Bulgarian team have won a gold and a bronze medal at the European Games. National women's doubles specialists Gabriela Stoeva and Stefani Stoeva are the first Bulgarian players to enter the top 10 in the BWF World Ranking. The women's team made its Uber Cup debut in 2016.

Competitive record

European Team Championships

Helvetia Cup

Year	Round	Pos
1962	Did not enter
1963
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970
1971
1973
1975
1977
1979
1981
1983
1985
1987	Group stage	12th
1989	Group stage	10th
1991	Group stage	5th
1993	Group stage	8th
1995	Runners-up	2nd
1997	Did not enter
1999
2001
2003
2005
2007

Balkan Team Championships

Mixed team

Year	Round	Pos
1992	Champions	1st
1993	Champions	1st
1994	Champions	1st
1995	Champions	1st
1996	Champions	1st
1997	Champions	1st
1998	Champions	1st
1999	Champions	1st
2000	Champions	1st
2001	Champions	1st
2002	Champions	1st
2003	Champions	1st
2004	Champions	1st
2005	Champions	1st
2006	Champions	1st
2007	Champions	1st
2008	Champions	1st
2009	Champions	1st
2010	Champions	1st
2011	Champions	1st
2012	Runners-up	2nd
2014	Champions	1st
2016	Champions	1st
2018	Champions	1st

FISU World University Games

Mixed team

Year	Round	Pos
2007	Group stage
2011	Did not enter
2013
2015
2017
2021
2025	TBD

World University Team Championships

Mixed team

Year	Round	Pos
2008	Did not enter
2010
2012
2014
2016
2018

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

Junior competitive record

Suhandinata Cup

Year	Round	Pos
2000	Did not enter
2002	Group stage	15th
2004	Did not enter
2006	Group stage	22nd
2007	Group stage	11th
2008	Did not enter
2009
2010
2011
2012	Group stage	27th
2013	Group stage	17th
2014	Group stage	22nd
2015	Did not enter
2016	Group stage	33rd
2017	Group stage	34th
2018	Did not enter
2019
2022
2023
2024	TBD

European Junior Team Championships

Mixed team

Year	Round	Pos
1975	Did not enter
1977
1979
1981
1983
1985
1987	Group stage	18th
1989	Did not enter
1991	Group stage	20th
1993	Group stage	20th
1995	Group stage	9th
1997	Group stage	8th
1999	Group stage	12th
2001	Group stage	10th
2003	Group stage	9th
2005	Group stage	7th
2007	Group stage	12th
2009	Group stage
2011	Group stage
2013	Quarter-finals
2015	Group stage
2017	Group stage
2018	Group stage
2020	Did not enter
2022	Group stage
2024	TBD

Finlandia Cup

Mixed team

Year	Round	Pos
1984	Did not enter
1986
1988
1990	Group stage	12th
1992	Group stage	15th
1994	Champions	1st
1996	Did not enter
1998
2000
2002
2004
2006

Balkan Junior Team Championships

Mixed team

Year	Round	Pos
1992	Champions	1st
1993	Champions	1st
1994	Champions	1st
1995	Champions	1st
1996	Champions	1st
1997	Champions	1st
1998	Champions	1st
1999	Runners-up	2nd
2000	Runners-up	2nd
2001	Champions	1st
2002	Champions	1st
2003	Champions	1st
2004	Champions	1st
2005	Champions	1st
2006	Runners-up	2nd
2007	Champions	1st
2008	Runners-up	2nd
2010	Runners-up	2nd
2011	Champions	1st
2013	Champions	1st
2015	Runners-up	2nd
2016	Runners-up	2nd
2017	Runners-up	2nd
2019	Semi-finals	3rd

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

Players

Current squad

As of 2 January 2024

Men's team

Name	DoB/Age	Ranking of event
		MS	MD	XD
Daniel Nikolov	(1998-08-26) 26 August 1998 (age 25)	-	709	-
Dimitar Yanakiev	(1998-11-05) 5 November 1998 (age 25)	216	709	-
Ivan Rusev	(1993-05-06) 6 May 1993 (age 30)	418	106	-
Iliyan Stoynov	(2001-01-25) 25 January 2001 (age 23)	449	106	81
Patrik Dimitrov	(2008-03-19) 19 March 2008 (age 16)	1735	1301	-
Tsvetan Ivanov	(2007-08-26) 26 August 2007 (age 16)	1735	1301	1160
Teodor Mitev	(2009-09-09) 9 September 2009 (age 14)	1623	1301	-
Stefan Zeirov	(1999-03-08) 8 March 1999 (age 25)	-	1301	-

Women's team

Name	DoB/Age	Ranking of event
		WS	WD	XD
Kaloyana Nalbantova	(2006-03-06) 6 March 2006 (age 18)	76	502	1019
Hristomira Popovska	(2000-09-05) 5 September 2000 (age 23)	124	305	81
Mariya Mitsova	(1996-11-21) 21 November 1996 (age 27)	-	763	-
Gergana Pavlova	(2003-07-27) 27 July 2003 (age 20)	268	327	-
Gabriela Stoeva	(1994-07-15) 15 July 1994 (age 29)	-	18	944
Stefani Stoeva	(1995-09-23) 23 September 1995 (age 28)	948	18	-
Mihaela Chepisheva	(2004-11-27) 27 November 2004 (age 19)	443	187	-
Tsvetina Popivanova	(2005-07-01) 1 July 2005 (age 18)	695	187	312

Previous squads

Uber Cup

• 2016

European Team Championships

• Men's team: 2020
• Women's team: 2020

References