Italy national badminton team

National badminton team representing Italy
Italy
AssociationFederazione Italiana Badminton (FIBa)
ConfederationBE (Europe)
PresidentCarlo Beninati
BWF ranking
Current ranking46 Decrease 6 (2 January 2024)
Highest ranking27 (2 July 2015)
Sudirman Cup
Appearances7 (first in 1991)
Best resultGroup stage
European Mixed Team Championships
Appearances10 (first in 1978)
Best resultGroup stage
European Men's Team Championships
Appearances7 (first in 2006)
Best resultGroup stage
European Women's Team Championships
Appearances3 (first in 2006)
Best resultGroup stage
Helvetia Cup
Appearances9 (first in 1979)
Best result8th (1999)

The Italy national badminton team (Italian: Nazionale Italiana di badminton) represents Italy in international badminton team competitions and is controlled by the Italian Badminton Federation (Italian: Federazione Italiana Badminton).[1] The Italian national team competed in the Sudirman Cup but have never once qualified for the Thomas Cup and the Uber Cup.

The national team competed in the European Men's and Women's Team Badminton Championships and the European Mixed Team Badminton Championships but have never got pass the group stage. The Italian team also competed in the Mediterranean Games and has won a few medals in badminton at the Games.

Participation in BWF competitions

Sudirman Cup
Year Result
1991 34th - Group 8
1995 44th - Group 10
1997 47th - Group 7
2001 47th - Group 7
2005 33rd - Group 5 Promoted
2007 27th - Group 4
2015 28th - Group 3

Participation in European Team Badminton Championships

Men's Team
Year Result
Greece 2006 Group stage
Netherlands 2008 Group stage
Poland 2010 Group stage
Switzerland 2014 Group stage
Russia 2016 Group stage
Russia 2018 Group stage
France 2020 Group stage
Women's Team
Year Result
Greece 2006 Group stage
Netherlands 2008 Group stage
Russia 2016 Group stage


Mixed Team
Year Result
England 1978 Group stage
Netherlands 1980 Group stage
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
England 2009 Group stage
Netherlands 2011 Group stage

Participation in Helvetia Cup

Year Result
Austria 1979 17th place
Hungary 1989 15th place
Bulgaria 1991 10th place
Austria 1993 16th place
Cyprus 1995 12th place
France 1997 11th place
Northern Ireland 1999 8th place
Cyprus 2005 19th place
Iceland 2007 11th place

Junior competitive record

World Junior Team Championships

Suhandinata Cup

Year Result
China 2000 Group stage - 15th of 24
Peru 2015 Group A1 - 34th of 39

European Junior Team Championships

Mixed team

Year Result
Italy 2009 Group stage
Poland 2015 Group stage
Estonia 2018 Group stage
Finland 2020 Group stage
Serbia 2022 Group stage

Players

Current squad

As of 2 January 2024

Men's team

Name DoB/Age Ranking of event
MS MD XD
Giovanni Toti (2000-12-28) 28 December 2000 (age 23) 66 1335 -
Fabio Caponio (1999-03-26) 26 March 1999 (age 25) 89 1335 -
Christopher Vittoriani (2003-03-25) 25 March 2003 (age 21) 124 - -
Enrico Baroni (2001-05-20) 20 May 2001 (age 22) 323 - -
Matteo Massetti (2002-07-03) 3 July 2002 (age 21) - 286 -
David Salutt (1998-12-31) 31 December 1998 (age 25) - 286 396

Women's team

Name DoB/Age Ranking of event
WS WD XD
Katharina Fink (2002-12-14) 14 December 2002 (age 21) 251 400 -
Yasmine Hamza (2003-09-16) 16 September 2003 (age 20) 111 400 1160
Judith Mair (2002-09-13) 13 September 2002 (age 21) 144 104 -
Martina Corsini (2002-01-30) 30 January 2002 (age 22) - 104 148
Gianna Stiglich (2005-12-06) 6 December 2005 (age 18) 189 745 -
Emma Piccinin (2004-09-19) 19 September 2004 (age 19) 827 581 -

References

  1. ^ "2007 Sudirman Cup - Groups" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-03-21. Retrieved 2007-05-28.
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