New Zealand national badminton team

Summary

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.

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)

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 edit

Commonwealth Games edit

Oceania Team Championships edit

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

Junior competitive record edit

Suhandinata Cup edit

Year Result
  2000 Group stage − 20th of 24
  2002 Did not enter
  2004
  2006 Group Z2 − 23rd of 28
  2007 Group W2 − 12th of 25
  2008 Group Z − 15th of 21
  2009 Group W − 16th of 21
  2010 Did not enter
  2011
  2012
  2013
  2014
  2015
  2016
  2017
  2018
  2019
  2022
  2023 Group G − 23rd of 38
  2024 TBD

Commonwealth Youth Games edit

Mixed team edit

Year Result
  2004 Group stage

Oceania Junior Team Championships edit

Mixed team edit

Year Result
  2011   Champions
  2013   Runners-up
  2015   Runners-up
  Third place (Team B)
  2017   Champions
  2019   Runners-up
  2023   Runners-up
**Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.

Players edit

Current squad edit

As of 2 January 2024

Men's team edit

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 edit

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 edit

Thomas Cup edit

Notes edit

  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.

References edit