Romania national badminton team

The Romania national badminton team (Romanian: Echipa națională de badminton a României) represents Romania in international badminton team competitions.[1] The Romanian national team have never participated in the Sudirman Cup, Thomas Cup and the Uber Cup. Romania participated in the 2006 European Men's Team Badminton Championships and were eliminated in the group stages.

Romania
AssociationFederația Română de Badminton (FRB)
ConfederationBE (Europe)
PresidentMarian Pandele
BWF ranking
Current ranking128 3 (2 January 2024)
Highest ranking81 (6 October 2016)
European Men's Team Championships
Appearances1 (first in 2004)
Best resultGroup stage
European Women's Team Championships
Appearances1 (first in 2004)
Best resultGroup stage
Helvetia Cup
Appearances6 (first in 1991)
Best result7th (2007)

The Romanian team also competes in the Balkan Badminton Championships along with other Balkan countries. The team has had multiple runners-up finishes at the Balkan mixed team championships. Romanian badminton made one of its first international presences when national player Florin Balaban competed in men's singles at the 1992 Summer Olympics.[2]

The Romanian junior team were runners-up at the 2000 Finlandia Cup in Pressbaum, Austria.[3]

History

Badminton first reached Romania in 1958 when the sport was played in university sporting events.[4]

Badminton competitions in Romania were first hosted in December 1975, with the first badminton competition titled the 30 December Cup (Romanian: Cupa 30 Decembrie) organized in the city of Târgu Mureș by the Pioneer Organization and the Mureș County Council. In 1977, the competition was later renamed the Mureș Cup. Badminton then gained minuscule popularity when counties from around the country started to compete in the competition.[5]

On 29 January 1990, the Romanian Badminton Federation was established. Soon after, the national federation started to send the national squad to compete in the Balkan Badminton Championships.[6]

Men's team

The Romanian men's team first competed in the 2006 European Men's Team Badminton Championships. In the group stages, the team lost 5–0 to the Czech Republic and 4–1 to France. The team failed to qualify for the quarter-finals but managed to win 3–2 against the Turkish team to finish 3rd in the group.[7]

Mixed team

Romania first competed in the 1997 Balkan Badminton Team Championships. The mixed team finished as runners-up after losing the match for first place 5–0 to Bulgaria in the round-robin competition.[8][9] The team competed in the 2003 Helvetia Cup and finished in 17th place.[10] In 2007, the team competed in the 2007 Helvetia Cup. The team finished second in their group after defeating Wales and Luxembourg in the group tie.[11] They then defeated Belgium 3–2 and finished in 7th place.[12] In 2008, the team lost in the finals of the 2008 Balkan Team Championships to rivals Bulgaria.[13] In 2010, the mixed team finished in third place after winning 3–2 against Moldova at the 2010 Balkan Badminton Team Championships.[14][15]

Competitive record

European Team Championships

Helvetia Cup
Year Result
1962 Did not enter
1963
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970
1971
1973
1975
1977
1979
1981
1983
1985
1987
1989
1991 Group stage – 11th
1993 Group stage – 17th
1995 Did not enter
1997 Group stage – 15th
1999 Did not enter
2001
2003 Group stage – 17th
2005 Group stage – 13th
2007 Group stage – 7th

Mixed team
Year Result
1995 Runners-up
1996 Did not enter
1997 Runners-up
1998 Did not enter
1999 Runners-up
2000 Runners-up
2001 Runners-up
2002 Runners-up
2003 Runners-up
2004 Runners-up
2005 Runners-up
2006 Third place
2007 Runners-up
2008 Runners-up
2009 Did not enter
2010 Third place
2011 Third place
2012 Third place
2014 Third place
2016 Runners-up
2018 Did not enter
**Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.

Junior competitive record

Suhandinata Cup
See also: BWF World Junior Championships
Year Result
2000 Group stage – 19th of 24
2002 Did not enter
2004
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016 Group B1 – 41st of 52
2017 Did not enter
2018
2019
2022
2023
2024 TBD

European Junior Team Championships
See also: European Junior Badminton Championships

Mixed team
Year Result
1975 Did not enter
1977
1979
1981
1983
1985
1987
1989
1991 Group stage – 26th
1993 Group stage – 25th
1995 Did not enter
1997
1999
2001 Group stage – 11th
2003 Group stage – 16th
2005 Did not enter
2007
2009 Group stage
2011 Group stage
2013 Group stage
2015 Group stage
2017 Did not enter
2018 Group stage
2020 Did not enter
2022 Group stage

Mixed team
Year Result
1984 Did not enter
1986
1988
1990
1992 Group stage – 16th
1994 Group stage – 13th
1996 Did not enter
1998 Group stage – 15th
2000 Runners-up
2002 Did not enter
2004
2006

Mixed team
Year Result
2006 Third place
2007 Third place
2008 Third place
2010 Third place
2011 Third place
2013 Did not enter
2015 Third place
2016 Did not enter
2017
2019
**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
Teodor-Ioan Cioroboiu (2004-02-03) 3 February 2004 778 - -
Călin Turcu (2005-05-18) 18 May 2005 - - -
Rareș Garalbatin (2005-11-20) 20 November 2005 - - -
Dinu Pandele (2005-11-13) 13 November 2005 - - -
Luca-Stefan Pandele (2007-08-13) 13 August 2007 - - -
George Şerbănescu (2004-07-31) 31 July 2004 - - -

Women's team
Name DoB/Age Ranking of event
WS WD XD
Laura Constantin (2007-01-07) 7 January 2007 - - -
Denisa-Maria Muscalu (2007-05-13) 13 May 2007 - - -
Anamaria Șerban (2005-01-11) 11 January 2005 - - -
Andra Stoica (2006-06-16) 16 June 2006 - - -
Maria Duțu (2001-03-23) 23 March 2001 - - -
Ioana Grecea (2001-02-17) 17 February 2001 - - -

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