New Zealand national badminton team

National badminton team representing New Zealand

New Zealand
AssociationBadminton New Zealand (BNZ)
ConfederationBO (Oceania)
PresidentIan Willans
BWF ranking
Current ranking49 Decrease 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
Appearances11 (first in 1999)
Best resultChampions (2004, 2006, 2008)
Oceania Men's Team Championships
Appearances8 (first in 2004)
Best resultChampions (2004, 2006, 2008, 2012, 2016)
Oceania Women's Team Championships
Appearances8 (first in 2004)
Best resultChampions (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

Thomas Cup

Year Result
England 1949 Did not enter
Colony of Singapore 1952
Colony of Singapore 1955 Did not qualify
Colony of Singapore 1958
Indonesia 1961
Japan 1964
Indonesia 1967
Malaysia 1970 First round inter-zone
Indonesia 1973 First round inter-zone
Thailand 1976 Did not qualify
Indonesia 1979
England 1982
Malaysia 1984
Indonesia 1986
Malaysia 1988
Japan 1990
Malaysia 1992
Indonesia 1994 Did not enter
Hong Kong 1996 Did not qualify
Hong Kong 1998
Malaysia 2000 Did not enter
China 2002 Did not qualify
Indonesia 2004 Round of 16
Japan 2006 Round of 16
Indonesia 2008 Round of 16
Malaysia 2010 Did not qualify
China 2012 Group stage
India 2014 Did not enter
China 2016 Group stage
Thailand 2018 Did not qualify
Denmark 2020
Thailand 2022 Withdrew[a]
China 2024 Did not qualify
N/A 2026 TBD
N/A 2028 TBD
N/A 2030 TBD

Uber Cup

Year Result
England 1957 Did not qualify
United States 1960 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Second round inter-zone
United States 1963 First round inter-zone
New Zealand 1966 Did not qualify
Japan 1969
Japan 1972 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Second round inter-zone
Indonesia 1975 Did not qualify
New Zealand 1978 First round inter-zone
Japan 1981 Did not qualify
Malaysia 1984
Indonesia 1986
Malaysia 1988
Japan 1990
Malaysia 1992
Indonesia 1994
Hong Kong 1996
Hong Kong 1998
Malaysia 2000 Did not enter
China 2002 Did not qualify
Indonesia 2004
Japan 2006 Round of 16
Indonesia 2008 Round of 16
Malaysia 2010 Did not qualify
China 2012
India 2014 Did not enter
China 2016 Did not qualify
Thailand 2018
Denmark 2020
Thailand 2022 Did not enter
China 2024 Did not qualify
N/A 2026 TBD
N/A 2028 TBD
N/A 2030 TBD

Sudirman Cup

Year Result
Indonesia 1989 Group 5 Promoted − 19th
Denmark 1991 Group 4 − 17th
England 1993 Group 4 − 16th
Switzerland 1995 Group 4 − 16th
Scotland 1997 Group 3 − 18th
Denmark 1999 Did not enter
Spain 2001 Group 4 − 25th
Netherlands 2003 Did not enter
China 2005 Group 3 − 19th
Scotland 2007 Group 3 − 21st
China 2009 Did not enter
China 2011
Malaysia 2013 Group 3 − 26th
China 2015 Did not enter
Australia 2017 Group 2 − 19th
China 2019 Group 3 − 26th
Finland 2021 Did not enter
China 2023 Did not qualify
China 2025 TBD
N/A 2027 TBD
N/A 2029 TBD

Commonwealth Games

Men's team

Year Result
Malaysia 1998 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Semi-finals

Women's team

Year Result
Malaysia 1998 Quarter-finals

Mixed team

Year Result
Canada 1978 Fourth place
Australia 1982 Fourth place
Scotland 1986 Group stage
New Zealand 1990 Fourth place
Canada 1994 Group stage
England 2002 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Semi-finals
Australia 2006 Fourth place
India 2010 Quarter-finals
Scotland 2014 Group stage
Australia 2018 Did not enter
England 2022
Australia 2026 TBD

Oceania Team Championships

Men's team

Year Result
2004 1st place, gold medalist(s) Champions
2006 1st place, gold medalist(s) Champions
2008 1st place, gold medalist(s) Champions
2010 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runners-up
2012 1st place, gold medalist(s) Champions
2016 1st place, gold medalist(s) Champions
2018 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runners-up
2024 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runners-up

Women's team

Year Result
2004 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runners-up
2006 1st place, gold medalist(s) Champions
2008 1st place, gold medalist(s) Champions
2010 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runners-up
2012 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runners-up
2016 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runners-up
2018 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runners-up
2020 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runners-up
2024 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runners-up

Mixed team

Year Result
1999 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runners-up
2002 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runners-up
2004 1st place, gold medalist(s) Champions
2006 1st place, gold medalist(s) Champions
2008 1st place, gold medalist(s) Champions
2010 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runners-up
2012 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runners-up
2014 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runners-up
2016 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runners-up
2019 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runners-up
2023 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runners-up

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

Junior competitive record

Suhandinata Cup

Year Result
China 2000 Group stage − 20th of 24
South Africa 2002 Did not enter
Canada 2004
South Korea 2006 Group Z2 − 23rd of 28
New Zealand 2007 Group W2 − 12th of 25
India 2008 Group Z − 15th of 21
Malaysia 2009 Group W − 16th of 21
Mexico 2010 Did not enter
Chinese Taipei 2011
Japan 2012
Thailand 2013
Malaysia 2014
Peru 2015
Spain 2016
Indonesia 2017
Canada 2018
Russia 2019
Spain 2022
United States 2023 Group G − 23rd of 38
N/A 2024 TBD

Commonwealth Youth Games

Mixed team

Year Result
Australia 2004 Group stage

Oceania Junior Team Championships

Mixed team

Year Result
Fiji 2011 1st place, gold medalist(s) Champions
French Polynesia 2013 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runners-up
New Zealand 2015 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runners-up
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Third place (Team B)
New Caledonia 2017 1st place, gold medalist(s) Champions
Australia 2019 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runners-up
New Zealand 2023 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runners-up
**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
Adam Jeffrey (2001-01-04) 4 January 2001 (age 23) - 257 189
Dylan Soedjasa (1995-01-13) 13 January 1995 (age 29) 1828 257 740
Edward Lau (2001-02-22) 22 February 2001 (age 23) 178 1072 200
Joshua Feng (2001-09-07) 7 September 2001 (age 22) 709 - -
Ricky Cheng (2002-06-10) 10 June 2002 (age 21) 352 - -
Jack Wang (2003-03-30) 30 March 2003 (age 21) - 395 556
Ryan Tong (2001-01-22) 22 January 2001 (age 23) - 395 -

Women's team

Name DoB/Age Ranking of event
WS WD XD
Erena Calder-Hawkins (1998-04-04) 4 April 1998 (age 26) - 176 740
Sally Fu (1999-08-04) 4 August 1999 (age 24) - 357 740
Shaunna Li (2003-08-07) 7 August 2003 (age 20) 204 - 200
Courtney Trillo (1995-09-18) 18 September 1995 (age 28) 470 - -
Anona Pak (1993-11-29) 29 November 1993 (age 30) 176 382
Angie Leung (1996-01-20) 20 January 1996 (age 28) - 589 740
Alyssa Tagle (1999-08-27) 27 August 1999 (age 24) - 357 426
Justine Villegas (1995-12-22) 22 December 1995 (age 28) 1243 589 189

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.

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