United States national badminton team

Sport	Badminton
Association	USA Badminton
Location	United States
Confederation	Badminton Pan America
World rank	18

The United States national badminton team represents the United States in international badminton team competitions.^[1] The national team is controlled by the governing body for badminton in the country, USA Badminton. The woman's team has won a total of 3 consecutive titles in the Uber Cup from 1957 to 1963.

The men's team were runners-up at the 1952 edition of the Thomas Cup where they lost to Malaya.

In individual events, the United States has won 1 gold medal in the BWF World Championships. It was won by Howard Bach and Tony Gunawan in the 2005 edition held in Anaheim, California.

World Championships medal table

Updated after XXVI edition (2021), does not include one stripped silver medal from 2014.

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	China	67	47	77	191
2	Indonesia	23	18	36	77
3	Denmark	10.5	14	40	64.5
4	South Korea	10	14	31	55
5	Japan	8	7	18	33
6	Spain	3	0	0	3
7	England	2.5	8.5	13	24
8	Thailand	2	1	4	7
9	India	1	4	7	12
10	Sweden	1	2	5	8
11	Singapore	1	0	0	1
	United States	1	0	0	1
13	Malaysia	0	8	13	21
14	Chinese Taipei	0	3	4	7
15	Hong Kong	0	1	3	4
16	Netherlands	0	1	1	2
17	Scotland	0	0.5	1	1.5
18	Germany	0	0	4	4
19	France	0	0	1	1
	New Zealand	0	0	1	1
	Vietnam	0	0	1	1
Totals (21 entries)		130	129	260	519

List of medalists

Medal	Name	Venue	Event
Gold	Howard Bach Tony Gunawan	2005 Anaheim	Men's doubles

Participation in BWF competitions

The United States has won 3 times in the Uber Cup and were runners up at the 1966 edition.

Thomas Cup[2] Year Result 1949 First round inter-zone (3rd) 1952 Runner-up 1955 First round inter-zone (4th / 5th) 1958 First round inter-zone (4th / 5th) 1961 First round inter-zone (4th / 5th) 1967 First round inter-zone (4th / 5th) 2004 9th / 12th 2006 9th / 12th 2012 9th / 12th 2022 Group stage − 15th

Uber Cup[3] Year Result 1957 Winner 1960 Winner 1963 Winner 1966 Runner-up 1969 First round inter-zone (4th / 5th) 1978 Second round inter-zone (3rd / 4th) 2006 9th / 12th 2008 9th / 12th 2010 9th / 12th 2012 9th / 12th 2016 9th / 12th 2022 Group stage − 13th

Sudirman Cup[4] Year Result 1989 21st – Group 5 1991 22nd – Group 5 Relegated 1993 25th – Group 6 1995 25th – Group 6 1997 24th – Group 4 1999 28th – Group 4 2001 24th – Group 4 2003 20th – Group 3 2005 20th – Group 3 2007 20th – Group 3 2009 20th – Group 3 2011 18th – Group 2 2013 19th – Group 2 2015 18th – Group 2 2017 18th – Group 2 2019 19th – Group 2

Participation in Pan American Badminton Championships

Men's team Year Result 2004 Champions 2006 Champions 2008 Runner-up 2010 Fourth place 2012 Champions 2016 Fourth place 2018 Runner-up 2020 Third place 2022 Fourth place

Women's team Year Result 2006 Champions 2008 Champions 2010 Champions 2012 Champions 2016 Champions 2018 Runner-up 2020 Runner-up 2022 Champions

Mixed team Year Result 1977 Runner-up 1979 Runner-up 1989 Runner-up 1991 Runner-up 1997 Runner-up 2001 Champions 2005 Runner-up 2007 Runner-up 2008 Semi-finalist 2009 5th place 2010 Runner-up 2012 Runner-up 2013 Runner-up 2014 Runner-up 2016 5th place 2017 Semi-finalist 2019 Runner-up

Notable players

Current squad

The following players were selected to represent the United States at the 2022 Thomas & Uber Cup.