Romania
AssociationFederația Română de Badminton (FRB)
ConfederationBE (Europe)
PresidentMarian Pandele
BWF ranking
Current ranking128 Decrease 3 (2 January 2024)
Highest ranking81 (6 October 2016)
European Men's Team Championships
Appearances1 (first in 2004)
Best resultGroup stage
European Women's Team Championships
Appearances1 (first in 2004)
Best resultGroup stage
Helvetia Cup
Appearances6 (first in 1991)
Best result7th (2007)

The Romania national badminton team (Romanian: Echipa națională de badminton a României) represents Romania in international badminton team competitions.[1] The Romanian national team have never participated in the Sudirman Cup, Thomas Cup and the Uber Cup. Romania participated in the 2006 European Men's Team Badminton Championships and were eliminated in the group stages.

The Romanian team also competes in the Balkan Badminton Championships along with other Balkan countries. The team has had multiple runners-up finishes at the Balkan mixed team championships. Romanian badminton made one of its first international presences when national player Florin Balaban competed in men's singles at the 1992 Summer Olympics.[2]

The Romanian junior team were runners-up at the 2000 Finlandia Cup in Pressbaum, Austria.[3]

History

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]

Men's team

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]

Mixed team

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]

Competitive record

European Team Championships

Helvetia Cup

Year Result
Switzerland 1962 Did not enter
West Germany 1963
Netherlands 1964
Austria 1965
Belgium 1966
Switzerland 1967
Norway 1968
Czechoslovakia 1969
West Germany 1970
Netherlands 1971
Austria 1973
Belgium 1975
Soviet Union 1977
Austria 1979
Norway 1981
Switzerland 1983
Poland 1985
Northern Ireland 1987
Hungary 1989
Bulgaria 1991 Group stage – 11th
Austria 1993 Group stage – 17th
Cyprus 1995 Did not enter
France 1997 Group stage – 15th
Northern Ireland 1999 Did not enter
Czech Republic 2001
Portugal 2003 Group stage – 17th
Cyprus 2005 Group stage – 13th
Iceland 2007 Group stage – 7th

Balkan Badminton Championships

Mixed team

Year Result
Turkey 1995 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runners-up
Greece 1996 Did not enter
Serbia and Montenegro 1997 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runners-up
Turkey 1998 Did not enter
Greece 1999 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runners-up
Bulgaria 2000 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runners-up
Bulgaria 2001 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runners-up
Greece 2002 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runners-up
Romania 2003 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runners-up
Turkey 2004 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runners-up
Greece 2005 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runners-up
Turkey 2006 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Third place
Bulgaria 2007 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runners-up
Romania 2008 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runners-up
Bulgaria 2009 Did not enter
Bulgaria 2010 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Third place
Greece 2011 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Third place
Bulgaria 2012 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Third place
Bulgaria 2014 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Third place
Romania 2016 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runners-up
Greece 2018 Did not enter
**Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.

Junior competitive record

Suhandinata Cup

Year Result
China 2000 Group stage – 19th of 24
South Africa 2002 Did not enter
Canada 2004
South Korea 2006
New Zealand 2007
India 2008
Malaysia 2009
Mexico 2010
Chinese Taipei 2011
Japan 2012
Thailand 2013
Malaysia 2014
Peru 2015
Spain 2016 Group B1 – 41st of 52
Indonesia 2017 Did not enter
Canada 2018
Russia 2019
Spain 2022
United States 2023
N/A 2024 TBD

European Junior Team Championships

Mixed team

Year Result
Denmark 1975 Did not enter
Malta 1977
West Germany 1979
Scotland 1981
Finland 1983
Austria 1985
Poland 1987
England 1989
Hungary 1991 Group stage – 26th
Bulgaria 1993 Group stage – 25th
Slovakia 1995 Did not enter
Czech Republic 1997
Scotland 1999
Poland 2001 Group stage – 11th
Denmark 2003 Group stage – 16th
Netherlands 2005 Did not enter
Germany 2007
Italy 2009 Group stage
Finland 2011 Group stage
Turkey 2013 Group stage
Poland 2015 Group stage
France 2017 Did not enter
Estonia 2018 Group stage
Finland 2020 Did not enter
Serbia 2022 Group stage

Finlandia Cup

Mixed team

Year Result
Switzerland 1984 Did not enter
Hungary 1986
Wales 1988
Austria 1990
Czechoslovakia 1992 Group stage – 16th
Czech Republic 1994 Group stage – 13th
Portugal 1996 Did not enter
Finland 1998 Group stage – 15th
Austria 2000 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runners-up
Slovenia 2002 Did not enter
Austria 2004
Slovakia 2006

Balkan Junior Team Championships

Mixed team

Year Result
Bulgaria 2006 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Third place
Turkey 2007 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Third place
Turkey 2008 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Third place
Greece 2010 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Third place
Turkey 2011 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Third place
Turkey 2013 Did not enter
Turkey 2015 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Third place
Greece 2016 Did not enter
Turkey 2017
Turkey 2019
**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
Teodor-Ioan Cioroboiu 3 February 2004 778 - -
Călin Turcu 18 May 2005 - - -
Rareș Garalbatin 20 November 2005 - - -
Dinu Pandele 13 November 2005 - - -
Luca-Stefan Pandele 13 August 2007 - - -
George Şerbănescu 31 July 2004 - - -

Women's team

Name DoB/Age Ranking of event
WS WD XD
Laura Constantin 7 January 2007 - - -
Denisa-Maria Muscalu 13 May 2007 - - -
Anamaria Șerban 11 January 2005 - - -
Andra Stoica 16 June 2006 - - -
Maria Duțu 23 March 2001 - - -
Ioana Grecea 17 February 2001 - - -

References

  1. ↑ "2006 European M & W Team Championships". www.tournamentsoftware.com. Retrieved 5 May 2020.
  2. ↑ "Olympedia – Florin Balaban". www.olympedia.org. Retrieved 2023-05-13.
  3. ↑ "EBU-Turniere / Europameisterschaften im Detail | Finlandia Cup (B-Klasse Junioren/Jugend Europameisterschaften Mannschaft)". Mike's Badminton Populorum. Archived from the original on 23 July 2021. Retrieved 13 May 2023.
  4. ↑ "ISTORIA SPORTULUI ROMÂNESC: Badminton". Agerpres.ro. 7 December 2018.
  5. ↑ badmintondeva (2014-04-28). "Istoria badmintonului". Badminton Club Deva (in Romanian). Retrieved 2023-05-13.
  6. ↑ "Badminton Romania | PDF | Romania | Leisure". Scribd. Retrieved 2023-05-13.
  7. ↑ "BWF - 2006 European M & W Team Championships - Team: [ROU] Romania - Matches". bwf.tournamentsoftware.com. Retrieved 2023-05-13.
  8. ↑ Karakuş, Seydi; Küçük, Veysel; Koç, Hürmüz (1996-04-15). "1995 BALKAN ŞAMPİYONASINA KATILAN BADMINTON SPORCULARININ REAKSİYON ZAMANLARI". Gazi Beden Eğitimi ve Spor Bilimleri Dergisi. 1 (2): 11–17. ISSN 2717-9966.
  9. ↑ Küçük, Veysel (15 April 1996). "1995 BALKAN ŞAMPİYONASINA KATILAN BADMINTON SPORCULARININ REAKSİYON ZAMANLARI". DergiPark Akademik.
  10. ↑ "EBU-Turniere / Europameisterschaften im Detail Helvetia Cup (B-Klasse Mannschaften)". Mike's Badminton Populorum. Archived from the original on 17 May 2016. Retrieved 17 May 2016.
  11. ↑ "BWF - European B Team Championships 2007 - EBTC 2007 - Group 4". bwf.tournamentsoftware.com. Retrieved 2023-05-13.
  12. ↑ "BWF - European B Team Championships 2007 - EBTC 2007 - EBTC2007, #5-8". bwf.tournamentsoftware.com. Retrieved 2023-05-13.
  13. ↑ "Бадминтон: Балканска титла за националите ни". badminton.racketi.com. Retrieved 2023-05-13.
  14. ↑ "България стана отборен шампион на Балканско първенство". novsport.com. Retrieved 2023-05-13.
  15. ↑ "Юлиян Христов с два златни и сребърен медал от балканиадата по бадминтон". Retrieved 2023-05-13.
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