Canada national badminton team

The Canada national badminton team (French: Équipe nationale de badminton du Canada) represents Canada in international badminton team competitions.[1] It is controlled by the nation's governing body of badminton, Badminton Canada. The team's best result was achieving two semifinal finishes in both Thomas Cup and the Uber Cup.

Canada
AssociationBadminton Canada
ConfederationBadminton Pan America
PresidentAnil Kaul
BWF ranking
Current ranking12 Increase 2 (3 January 2023)
Highest ranking12 (1 October 2019)
Sudirman Cup
Appearances14 (first in 1989)
Best resultGroup stage
Thomas Cup
Appearances6 (first in 1970)
Best resultSemi-finals (1970, 1973)
Uber Cup
Appearances13 (first in 1960)
Best resultSemi-finals (1975, 1981)
Pan Am Mixed Team Championships
Appearances21 (first in 1977)
Best resultChampions (1977, 1978, 1979, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1997, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2023)
Pan Am Men's Team Championships
Appearances8 (first in 2006)
Best resultChampions (2008, 2018, 2020, 2022)
Pan Am Women's Team Championships
Appearances9 (first in 2004)
Best resultChampions (2004, 2018, 2020)

Canada is one of the most prestigious badminton countries in the Americas, winning almost every mixed team event in the Pan American Badminton Championships and also winning gold in both men and women's teams. Next to the United States, Canada has won 21 gold medals, 22 silvers and 12 bronzes in badminton at the Pan American Games.

Participation in BWF competitions

Participation in the Commonwealth Games

Participation in Pan American Badminton Championships

The national team has won almost every edition of the Pan American Badminton Championships mixed team events except for one in 2001. The men's team have also became recent champions while the women's team lost to the United States in 2022.

Current squad

The following players were selected to represent Canada at the 2022 Thomas & Uber Cup.[2]

References
  1. Populorum, Mike. "Archiv SudirmanCup". sbg.ac.at. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
  2. "BWF - TotalEnergies BWF Thomas and Uber Cup Finals 2022 - Club: CAN Badminton CANADA (CAN) - Players". bwf.tournamentsoftware.com. Retrieved 2022-07-30.
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