North Macedonia national badminton team

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ConfederationBE (Europe)
PresidentDime Stefanovski
Current rankingUnranked (2 January 2024)
North Macedonia
AssociationMacedonian Badminton Federation (BFM)
ConfederationBE (Europe)
PresidentDime Stefanovski
BWF ranking
Current rankingUnranked (2 January 2024)
Highest ranking99 (2 January 2014)

The North Macedonia national badminton team (Macedonian: Репрезентацијата на Северна Македонија во бадминтон) represents North Macedonia in international badminton team competitions and is organized by the Badminton Federation of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.[1] The Macedonian team competes in the Balkan Badminton Championships.[2] The Macedonian junior team first competed in the 2006 Balkan Junior Badminton Championships.[3] The team then won bronze at the 2013 Balkan Junior Team Championships in Manisa, Turkey.[4]

Mixed team

The Macedonian national team was formed after the establishment of the Macedonian Badminton Federation in 2003. The team later became part of Badminton Europe and the Badminton World Federation. Badminton in Macedonia is limited due to the lack of gyms and courts.[5] The national team competed in their first team tournament at the 2006 Balkan Badminton Championships mixed team event.[6]

North Macedonia first competed in the 2006 Balkan Badminton Championships. In the mixed team event, the team lost the 5th place tie to Serbia and Montenegro.[6] The team then competed in the 2009 Balkan Badminton Championships in Bulgaria but lost the bronze medal match to Serbia.[6] North Macedonia then finished in 6th place at the 2010 Balkan Badminton Championships.[7]

Competitive record

European Team Championships

Helvetia Cup

Year Result
Switzerland 1962 Part of  Yugoslavia
West Germany 1963
Netherlands 1964
Austria 1965
Belgium 1966
Switzerland 1967
Norway 1968
Czechoslovakia 1969
West Germany 1970
Netherlands 1971
Austria 1973
Belgium 1975
Soviet Union 1977
Austria 1979
Norway 1981
Switzerland 1983
Poland 1985
Northern Ireland 1987
Hungary 1989
Bulgaria 1991
Austria 1993 Did not enter
Cyprus 1995
France 1997
Northern Ireland 1999
Czech Republic 2001
Portugal 2003
Cyprus 2005
Iceland 2007

Balkan Badminton Championships

Mixed team

Year Result
Turkey 1995 Did not enter
Greece 1996
Serbia and Montenegro 1997
Turkey 1998
Greece 1999
Bulgaria 2000
Bulgaria 2001
Greece 2002
Romania 2003
Turkey 2004
Greece 2005
Turkey 2006 Round robin − 6th
Bulgaria 2007 Did not enter
Romania 2008
Bulgaria 2009 Fourth place
Bulgaria 2010 Round robin − 6th
Greece 2011 Did not enter
Bulgaria 2012
Bulgaria 2014
Romania 2016
Greece 2018
**Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.

Junior competitive record

Players

References

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