Canada
AssociationBadminton Canada (BC)
ConfederationBPA (Pan America)
PresidentAnil Kaul
BWF ranking
Current ranking11 Steady (2 January 2024)
Highest ranking11 (4 July 2023)
Sudirman Cup
Appearances14 (first in 1989)
Best resultGroup stage
Thomas Cup
Appearances6 (first in 1970)
Best resultSemi-finals (1970, 1973)
Uber Cup
Appearances13 (first in 1960)
Best resultSemi-finals (1975, 1981)
Pan Am Mixed Team Championships
Appearances21 (first in 1977)
Best resultChampions (1977, 1978, 1979, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1997, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2023)
Pan Am Men's Team Championships
Appearances8 (first in 2006)
Best resultChampions (2008, 2018, 2020, 2022)
Pan Am Women's Team Championships
Appearances9 (first in 2004)
Best resultChampions (2004, 2018, 2020)

The Canada national badminton team (French: Équipe nationale de badminton du Canada) represents Canada in international badminton team competitions.[1] It is controlled by the nation's governing body of badminton, Badminton Canada. The team's best result was achieving two semifinal finishes in both Thomas Cup and the Uber Cup.

Canada is one of the most prestigious badminton countries in the Americas, winning almost every mixed team event in the Pan American Badminton Championships and also winning gold in both men and women's teams. Next to the United States, Canada has won 21 gold medals, 22 silvers and 12 bronzes in badminton at the Pan American Games.

The national team has won almost every edition of the Pan American Badminton Championships mixed team events except for one in 2001. The men's team have also became recent champions while the women's team lost to the United States in 2022.

Competitive record

Commonwealth Games

Pan Am Team Championships

Summer Universiade

Mixed team

Year Result
2007 Group stage
2013 Group stage
2015 Group stage
2017 Group stage

Junior competitive record

Suhandinata Cup

Year Result
China 2000 Group stage - 21st of 24
South Africa 2002 Did not enter
Canada 2004 Group stage - 18th of 20
South Korea 2006 Group stage - 21st of 28
New Zealand 2007 Did not enter
India 2008 Group stage - 10th of 21
Malaysia 2009 Group stage - 18th of 21
Mexico 2010 Group stage - 16th of 24
Taiwan 2011 Group stage - 19th of 22
Japan 2012 Group Y2 - 21st of 30
Thailand 2013 Group Y2 - 18th of 30
Malaysia 2014 Group X1 - 19th of 33
Peru 2015 Group A1 - 13th of 39
Spain 2016 Group A1 - 19th of 52
Indonesia 2017 Group A1 - 18th of 44
Canada 2018 Group B - 17th of 39
Russia 2019 Group B - 25th of 43
New Zealand 2020Cancelled
China 2021Cancelled
Spain 2022 Group D - 11th of 37
United States 2023

Pan American Junior Team Championships

Mixed team

Year Result
1981 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
1988 1st place, gold medalist(s) Champions
1996 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
1998 1st place, gold medalist(s) Champions
2000 1st place, gold medalist(s) Champions
2002 Fourth place
2004 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2006 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2007 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Third place
2008 6th place
2009 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Third place
2010 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Third place
2011 1st place, gold medalist(s) Champions
2012 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2013 1st place, gold medalist(s) Champions
2015 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Third place
2016 1st place, gold medalist(s) Champions
2017 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2018 1st place, gold medalist(s) Champions
2019 1st place, gold medalist(s) Champions
2022 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2023 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up

Players

Current squad

As of 2 January 2024

Men's team

Name DoB/Age Ranking of event
MS MD XD
Brian Yang 25 November 2001 26 - -
Victor Lai 19 December 2004 107 - -
Josh Nguyen 9 September 2005 367 - -
Imran Wadia 24 October 1996 175 717 255
Nyl Yakura 14 February 1993 - 34 217
Adam Dong 14 February 1994 - 34 691
Kevin Lee 10 November 1998 - 41 123
Ty Alexander Lindeman 15 August 1997 - 41 29
B. R. Sankeerth 22 December 1997 156 455 1392
Joshua Hurlburt-Yu 28 December 1994 - 455 90

Women's team

Name DoB/Age Ranking of event
WS WD XD
Michelle Li 3 November 1993 24 526 -
Wenyu Zhang 29 August 2002 46 91 740
Talia Ng 6 November 2001 70 91 494
Rachel Chan 15 November 2003 65 - 426
Catherine Choi 1 May 2001 - 28 426
Josephine Wu 20 January 1995 - 28 29
Rachel Honderich 21 April 1996 - 232 90
Jacqueline Cheung 18 October 2002 - 232 279
Camille Leblanc 16 August 1996 - 242 -
Alexandra Mocanu 1 December 1999 - 242 361

Previous squads

Sudirman Cup

Thomas Cup

Uber Cup

References

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