Lithuania national badminton team

The Lithuania national badminton team (Lithuanian: Lietuvos nacionalinė badmintono rinktinė) represents Lithuania in international badminton team competitions.[1] The team is managed by the Lithuanian Badminton Federation. Lithuania competed in the 1989 Sudirman Cup as part of the Soviet Union.

Lithuania
AssociationLietuvos Badmintono Federacija (LBF)
ConfederationBE (Europe)
PresidentAlgirdas Kepežinskas
BWF ranking
Current ranking74 2 (2 January 2024)
Highest ranking29 (6 January 2015)
Sudirman Cup
Appearances9 (first in 1997)
Best resultGroup stage
European Mixed Team Championships
Appearances3 (first in 2009)
Best resultGroup stage
European Men's Team Championships
Appearances6 (first in 2008)
Best resultGroup stage
European Women's Team Championships
Appearances4 (first in 2008)
Best resultGroup stage

In the European championships, the Lithuanian men's and women's teams debuted in the 2008 European Men's and Women's Team Badminton Championships. Lithuania won its first badminton medal in the European Games when four-time national champion, Kęstutis Navickas defeated Yuhan Tan of Belgium to earn a place in the men's singles semifinal.

Participation in BWF competitions

Participation in European Team Badminton Championships

Junior competitive record

World Junior Team Championships

Suhandinata Cup

Year Result
2016Group E2 - 40th of 52
2017Did not enter
2018Did not enter
2019Group H2 - 28th of 43
2020Cancelled
2021Cancelled
2022Did not enter
2023Group B

European Junior Team Championships

Mixed team

YearResult
2009Group stage
2011Group stage
2013Group stage
2015Group stage
2018Group stage
2020Withdrew
2022Group stage

Players

Current squad

As of 2 January 2024

Men's team

Name DoB/Age Ranking of event
MS MD XD
Jonas Petkus (2001-07-23) 23 July 2001 1319 586 1284
Danielius Beržanskis (2003-05-29) 29 May 2003 1325 586 561
Augustas Valatka (2003-10-20) 20 October 2003 - - -
Ąžuolas Barkauskas (2004-04-16) 16 April 2004 - - -
Domas Paksys (2007-08-18) 18 August 2007 1735 - -

Women's team

Name DoB/Age Ranking of event
WS WD XD
Samanta Golubickaite (2002-12-14) 14 December 2002 190 589 561
Vilte Paulauskaite (2006-04-07) 7 April 2006 375 334 1284
Monika Sukackaite (2006-05-23) 23 May 2006 1096 334 1312
Jore Kavaliauskaitė (2009-05-22) 22 May 2009 1085 550 -
Jorūnė Šalnaitė (2008-12-06) 6 December 2008 1183 550 -

References

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