Armenia
AssociationBadminton Federation of Armenia (BFA)
ConfederationBE (Europe)
PresidentHovhannes Khachatryan
BWF ranking
Current rankingUnranked (2 January 2024)
Highest ranking88 (2 July 2015)
Sudirman Cup
Appearances1 (first in 1997)
Best resultGroup stage (1997)
European Men's Team Championships
Appearances1 (first in 2006)
Best resultGroup stage
European Women's Team Championships
Appearances1 (first in 2004)
Best resultGroup stage

The Armenia national badminton team (Armenian: Հայաստանի բադմինտոնի ազգային հավաքական) represents Armenia in international badminton team competitions.[1] The national team is controlled by the Badminton Federation of Armenia, the governing body of Armenian badminton. Armenia competed in the Sudirman Cup in 1989 and 1991 as part of the Soviet Union national badminton team.

The Armenian junior team also participated in the BWF World Junior Championships mixed team event, also known as the Suhandinata Cup.

History

Badminton was first played in Armenia in the 1980s when it was still under Soviet rule. After Armenia gained independence following the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, the Badminton Federation of Armenia was established which then formed the national team in 1992. Armenia made its first international team appearance at the 1997 Sudirman Cup.[2]

Men's team

The Armenian men's team competed in the 2006 European Men's Team Badminton Championship.[3] The team were placed into Group 1 with Denmark, Ireland and Iceland. The team lost all matches against Denmark and Ireland but managed to win a match against Iceland.[4]

Mixed team

The Armenian mixed team debuted in the Sudirman Cup in 1997.[2] The team were placed into Group 8 with Lithuania, Estonia, Greece and Chile to compete for 55th to 59th place. The Armenian team lost 5−0 to Lithuania and Estonia but won narrowly against Greece and Chile to earn themselves 57th place on the overall standings.[2]

Competitive record

European Team Championships

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

Junior competitive record

Suhandinata Cup

See also: BWF World Junior Championships
Year Round Pos
2000 Did not enter
2002
2004
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013 Group stage 26th
2014 Group stage 31st
2015 Did not enter
2016 Group stage 48th
2017 Group stage 44th
2018 Did not enter
2019 Group stage 40th
2022 Group stage 32nd
2023 Group stage 31st
2024 TBD

European Junior Team Championships

See also: European Junior Badminton Championships

Mixed team

Year Round Pos
1975 Part of the  Soviet Union
1977
1979
1981
1983
1985
1987
1989
1991
1993 Did not enter
1995
1997
1999 Did not qualify
2001 Did not enter
2003
2005
2007
2009
2011
2013 Group stage
2015 Group stage
2017 Did not enter
2018
2020
2022
2024 TBD

Finlandia Cup

Mixed team

Year Round Pos
1984 Part of the  Soviet Union
1986
1988
1990
1992 Part of the  CIS
1994 Did not enter
1996
1998 Group stage 21st
2000 Did not enter
2002
2004
2006
**Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.

Staff

The following list shows the coaching staff for the national badminton team of Armenia.

Name Role
Armenia Eleonora Mesropyani Coach[5]

Players

Current squad

As of 2 January 2024

Men's team

Name DoB/Age Ranking of event
MS MD XD
Arman Vardanyan (2003-11-12) 12 November 2003 (age 20) - - -
Mikayel Harutyunyan (2005-02-07) 7 February 2005 (age 19) - - -
Davit Saribekyan (2006-06-05) 5 June 2006 (age 17) - - -
Gor Grigoryan (2002-07-25) 25 July 2002 (age 21) - - -
Zaven Mnatsakanyan (1997-10-03) 3 October 1997 (age 26) - - -
Manvel Harutyunyan (2006-02-13) 13 February 2006 (age 17) - - -

Women's team

Name DoB/Age Ranking of event
WS WD XD
Elen Tiraturyan (2005-08-23) 23 August 2005 (age 18) - - -
Gayane Mamajanyan (2004-03-13) 13 March 2004 (age 19) - - -
Lilit Poghosyan (1996-04-17) 17 April 1996 (age 27) - - -
Marieta Nikoyan (1998-12-24) 24 December 1998 (age 25) - - -
Svetlana Boyajyan (2004-03-10) 10 March 2004 (age 19) - - -
Lusine Smbatyan (2007-12-08) 8 December 2007 (age 16) - - -

See also

References

  1. ^ "Members | BWF Corporate". Retrieved 2023-03-15.
  2. ^ a b c Populorum, Mike. "Archiv SudirmanCup". sbg.ac.at. Archived from the original on 27 June 2022. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
  3. ^ "BadmintonEurope.com - European Men's Team Championships". badmintoneurope.com. Retrieved 2023-03-15.
  4. ^ "2006 European M & W Team Championships - Group 1". www.tournamentsoftware.com. Retrieved 2023-03-15.
  5. ^ "Պատանի բադմինտոնիստները կմասնակցեն Եվրոպայի առաջնությանը". artsakhpress.am. Retrieved 2023-03-28.
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