France national badminton team

National badminton team representing France
France
AssociationFédération Française de Badminton (FFBAD)
ConfederationBE (Europe)
PresidentYohan Penel
BWF ranking
Current ranking10 Steady (2 January 2024)
Highest ranking10 (4 July 2023)
Sudirman Cup
Appearances16 (first in 1989)
Best resultGroup stage
Thomas Cup
Appearances5 (first in 2014)
Best resultQuarter-finals (2014, 2018)
Uber Cup
Appearances3 (first in 2018)
Best resultGroup stage
European Mixed Team Championships
Appearances21 (first in 1982)
Best resultRunners-up (2021, 2023)
European Men's Team Championships
Appearances8 (first in 2006)
Best resultRunners-up (2016)
European Women's Team Championships
Appearances8 (first in 2006)
Best resultSemi-finals (2020)
Helvetia Cup
Appearances11 (first in 1975)
Best resultChampions (1997, 2003)

The France national badminton team (French: Équipe de France de badminton) represents France in international badminton team competitions.[1] It is controlled by the French Badminton Federation, France's governing body for badminton. France has had decent results in badminton, having reaching the semifinals in both men's and women's team at the 2020 European Men's and Women's Team Badminton Championships.

The mixed team were runners-up at the 2021 European Mixed Team Badminton Championships. The men's team also reached the quarterfinals in the Thomas Cup twice, particularly in 2014 and 2018.

France also has decent results in badminton at the European Games, having won two silvers and two bronzes.

Participation in BWF competitions

Thomas Cup
Year Result
2014 Quarterfinals
2016 Group stage − 11th
2018 Quarterfinals
2020 Group stage − 13th
2022 Group stage − 10th
2024 Withdrew


Uber Cup
Year Result
2018 Group stage − 15th
2020 Group stage − 12th
2022 Group stage − 14th
2024 Withdrew


Sudirman Cup
Year Result
1989 27th - Group 7
1991 29th - Group 7
1993 30th - Group 7 Relegated
1995 31st - Group 8 Promoted
1997 33rd - Group 5
1999 31st - Group 5 Promoted
2001 28th - Group 4
2003 24th - Group 4
2005 25th - Group 4 Promoted
2007 17th - Group 3 Promoted
2009 16th - Group 2
2011 14th - Group 2
2013 16th - Group 2
2015 15th - Group 2
2019 14th - Group 2
2023 Group stage − 9th

Participation in European Team Badminton Championships

Men's Team
Year Result
Greece 2006 Quarter-finalist
Netherlands 2008 Group stage
Poland 2010 Group stage
Netherlands 2012 Quarter-finalist
Switzerland 2014 Quarter-finalist
Russia 2016 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
Russia 2018 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Semi-finalist
France 2020 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Semi-finalist
Poland 2024 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
Women's Team
Year Result
Greece 2006 Quarter-finalist
Netherlands 2008 Quarter-finalist
Poland 2010 Group stage
Netherlands 2012 Quarter-finalist
Switzerland 2014 Quarter-finalist
Russia 2016 Group stage
Russia 2018 Quarter-finalist
France 2020 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Semi-finalist
Poland 2024 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Semi-finalist


Mixed Team
Year Result
West Germany 1982 Group stage
England 1984 Group stage
Sweden 1986 Group stage
Norway 1988 Group stage
Soviet Union 1990 Group stage
Scotland 1992 Group stage
Netherlands 1994 Group stage
Bulgaria 1998 Group stage
Scotland 2000 Group stage
Sweden 2002 Group stage
Switzerland 2004 Quarter-finals
Netherlands 2006 Quarter-finals
Denmark 2008 Group stage
England 2009 Quarter-finals
Netherlands 2011 Quarter-finals
Russia 2013 Quarter-finals
Belgium 2015 Quarter-finals
Poland 2017 Quarter-finals
Denmark 2019 Group stage
Finland 2021 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
France 2023 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up

Participation in Helvetia Cup

Year Result
Belgium 1975 9th place
Austria 1979 15th place
Norway 1981 9th place
Poland 1985 13th place
Northern Ireland 1987 11th place
Hungary 1989 13th place
Bulgaria 1991 6th place
Austria 1993 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Third place
Cyprus 1995 5th place
France 1997 1st place, gold medalist(s) Champion
Year Result
Portugal 2003 1st place, gold medalist(s) Champion

Junior competitive record

Suhandinata Cup

Year Result
China 2000 Group stage - 18th of 24
South Africa 2002 Did not enter
Canada 2004
South Korea 2006
New Zealand 2007
India 2008 Group X2 - 12th of 21
Malaysia 2009 Group Z - 15th of 21
Mexico 2010 Group W1 - 13th of 24
Taiwan 2011 Group X1 - 11th of 22
Japan 2012 Group Y1 - 17th of 30
Thailand 2013 Group X1 - 12th of 30
Malaysia 2014 Group Y1 - 21st of 33
Peru 2015 Group B2 - 17th of 39
Spain 2016 Group G1 - 11th of 52
Indonesia 2017 Quarter-finalist - 8th of 44
Canada 2018 Group D - 15th of 39
Russia 2019 Quarter-finalist - 8th of 43
New Zealand 2020 Cancelled
China 2021 Cancelled
Spain 2022 Did not enter
United States 2023 Quarter-finalist - 6th of 38

European Junior Team Badminton Championships

Mixed Team
Year Result
Germany 2007 10th place
Italy 2009 Quarter-finalist
Finland 2011 Group stage
Turkey 2013 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
Poland 2015 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Semi-finalist
France 2017 1st place, gold medalist(s) Champions
Estonia 2018 1st place, gold medalist(s) Champions
Finland 2020 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
Serbia 2022 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up

Players

Current squad

As of 2 January 2024

Men's team

Name DoB/Age Ranking of event
MS MD XD
Toma Junior Popov (1998-09-29) 29 September 1998 (age 25) 25 42 -
Christo Popov (2002-03-08) 8 March 2002 (age 22) 27 42 -
Arnaud Merklé (2000-04-24) 24 April 2000 (age 24) 43 - -
Alex Lanier (2005-01-26) 26 January 2005 (age 19) 44 - -
Lucas Claerbout (1992-10-22) 22 October 1992 (age 31) 87 - -
Lucas Corvée (1993-06-09) 9 June 1993 (age 30) - 36 -
Ronan Labar (1989-05-03) 3 May 1989 (age 34) - 36 -
Maël Cattoen (2004-02-09) 9 February 2004 (age 20) - 101 104
Lucas Renoir (2004-03-07) 7 March 2004 (age 20) - 101 96
Thom Gicquel (1997-02-20) 20 February 1997 (age 27) - 481 11

Women's team

Name DoB/Age Ranking of event
WS WD XD
Qi Xuefei (1992-02-28) 28 February 1992 (age 32) 58 - -
Léonice Huet (2000-05-21) 21 May 2000 (age 23) 79 - -
Rosy Oktavia Pancasari (1995-01-01) 1 January 1995 (age 29) 83 - -
Romane Cloteaux-Foucault (2001-01-25) 25 January 2001 (age 23) 127 589 -
Anna Tatranova (2003-10-12) 12 October 2003 (age 20) 118 - 740
Margot Lambert (1999-03-15) 15 March 1999 (age 25) - 22 -
Anne Tran (1996-04-27) 27 April 1996 (age 27) - 22 -
Sharone Bauer (2000-04-12) 12 April 2000 (age 24) - 80 101
Emilie Vercelot (2002-02-05) 5 February 2002 (age 22) - 80 104
Delphine Delrue (1998-11-06) 6 November 1998 (age 25) - 499 11

References

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