Romania national badminton team

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]

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]

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]

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Year	Round	Pos
1962 to 1989	Did not enter
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

Year	Round	Pos
1992	Runners-up	2nd
1993	Runners-up	2nd
1995	Runners-up	2nd
1997	Runners-up	2nd
1998	Runners-up	2nd
1999	Runners-up	2nd
2000	Runners-up	2nd
2001	Runners-up	2nd
2002	Runners-up	2nd
2003	Runners-up	2nd
2004	Runners-up	2nd
2005	Runners-up	2nd
2006	Fourth place	4th
2007	Third place	3rd
2008	Runners-up	2nd
2009	Did not enter
2010	Third place	3rd
2011	Group stage	5th
2012	Third place	3rd
2013	Semi-finals	4th
2014	Semi-finals	3rd
2016	Runners-up	2nd
2018	Did not enter

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

Year	Round	Pos
2000	Group stage	19th of 24
2002	Did not enter
2004
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016	Group stage	41st of 52
2017	Did not enter
2018
2019
2020	Cancelled because of COVID-19 pandemic
2021
2022	Did not enter
2023
2024
2025	Group stage	24th of 36

Year	Round	Pos
1975 to 1989	Did not enter
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	22/28
2011	Group stage	15/21
2013	Group stage	22/28
2015	Group stage	17/24
2017	Did not enter
2018	Group stage	33/34
2020	Did not enter
2022	Group stage	17/24
2024	Quarter-finals	5/8

Year	Round	Pos
1984 to 1990	Did not enter
1992	Group stage	16th
1994	Group stage	13th
1996	Did not enter
1998	Group stage	15th
2000	Runners-up	2nd
2002	Did not enter
2004
2006

Year	Round	Pos
1992	Runners-up	2nd
1993	Runners-up	2nd
1994	Runners-up	2nd
1995	Champions	1st
1996	Did not enter
1997	Runners-up	2nd
1998	Runners-up	2nd
1999	Runners-up	2nd
2000	Champions	1st
2001	Runners-up	2nd
2002	Runners-up	2nd
2004	Fourth place	4th
2005	Third place	3rd
2006	Third place	3rd
2007	Semi-finals	3rd
2008	Third place	3rd
2010	Third place	3rd
2011	Semi-finals	3rd
2012	Third place	3rd
2013	Did not enter
2015	Semi-finals	4th
2016	Group stage	5th
2017	Group stage	6th
2019	Did not enter

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