Costa Rica
AssociationFederación de Bádminton Costa Rica (FBCR)
ConfederationBPA (Pan America)
PresidentAdrian Gomez Calvo
BWF ranking
Current ranking113 Increase 4 (2 January 2024)
Highest ranking79 (3 January 2023)

The Costa Rica national badminton team (Spanish: Selección nacional de bádminton de Costa Rica) represents Costa Rica in international badminton team competitions.[1] The Costa Rican junior team have competed in the BWF World Junior Championships mixed team event, which is also called the Suhandinata Cup.[2]

History

Badminton in Costa Rica was first played in the 1970s. The sport later lost its recognition in the late 1980s. Soon after, badminton enthusiasts in Costa Rica attempted to revive badminton in the country by establishing the Association for the Development of Badminton (Spanish: Asociación para el Desarrollo del Bádminton).[3][4]

Mixed team

The Costa Rican mixed team competed in the 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games mixed team event.[5] They were placed in Group B with Cuba, Barbados and Mexico.[6][7] The team lost to 5–0 to Cuba and Mexico.[8] The team then almost beat Barbados but were eliminated in the group stages.[9][10]

Competitive record

Pan American Team Championships

Central American and Caribbean Games

**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
2014
2015 Group stage 36th
2016 Group stage 47th
2017 Did not enter
2018
2019
2022
2023
2024 TBD

Pan American Junior Team Championships

See also: Pan Am Junior Badminton Championships

Mixed team

Year Round Pos
1977 Did not enter
1980
1981
1988
1990
1991
1992
1994
1996
1998
2000
2002
2004
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013 Group stage 13th
2014 Group stage 12th
2015 Group stage 8th
2016 Group stage 12th
2017 Did not enter
2018
2019
2021
2022
2023 Group stage 8th
2024 TBD
**Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.

Players

Current squad

As of 2 January 2024

Men's team

Name DoB/Age Ranking of event
MS MD XD
Gianpiero Cavallotti (1997-09-09) 9 September 1997 (age 26) 398 717 494
Takeru Fujisawa (2002-05-11) 11 May 2002 (age 21) 1339 717 -
Santiago Suárez (2006-06-29) 29 June 2006 (age 17) - - -

Women's team

Name DoB/Age Ranking of event
WS WD XD
Lauren Villalobos (2000-08-20)20 August 2000 (aged 23) - - -
Cristal Villarreal Zapata (2005-05-19) 19 May 2005 (age 18) - - -
Arianna Rodríguez (2006-07-10) 10 July 2006 (age 17) - - -

Previous squads

Central American and Caribbean Games

References

  1. ^ "World Junior Championships | BWF Corporate". Retrieved 2022-08-15.
  2. ^ Noticias, Agencia Cubana de (2015-10-28). "Campeonato Mundial de Bádminton juvenil con presencia cubana". www.acn.cu (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2023-05-23.
  3. ^ "¿Cuánto sabe del bádminton?". El Financiero (in Spanish). 2013-03-31. Retrieved 2023-05-23.
  4. ^ "Asociación para el Desarrollo del Bádminton - Comité Olímpico" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-05-23.
  5. ^ Mindeporte. "Mindeporte". www.mindeporte.gov.co (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-05-23.
  6. ^ "Centroamerican and Caribbean Games (Badminton) Event Overview". JCC2018. Archived from the original on 7 August 2018. Retrieved 23 May 2023.
  7. ^ "XIII Juegos Centroamericanos y del Caribe Barranquilla 2018 (Torneo por Equipos) - Torneo por Equipos JCC 2018 - Group B". www.tournamentsoftware.com. Retrieved 2023-05-23.
  8. ^ "XIII Juegos Centroamericanos y del Caribe Barranquilla 2018 (Torneo por Equipos) - CUBA - COSTA RICA: 5-0". www.tournamentsoftware.com. Retrieved 2023-05-23.
  9. ^ "XIII Juegos Centroamericanos y del Caribe Barranquilla 2018 (Torneo por Equipos) - MEXICO - COSTA RICA: 5-0". www.tournamentsoftware.com. Retrieved 2023-05-23.
  10. ^ "XIII Juegos Centroamericanos y del Caribe Barranquilla 2018 (Torneo por Equipos) - COSTA RICA - BARBADOS: 2-3". www.tournamentsoftware.com. Retrieved 2023-05-23.
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