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Italy national badminton team

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Italy
AssociationFederazione Italiana Badminton (FIBa)
ConfederationBE (Europe)
PresidentCarlo Beninati
BWF ranking
Current ranking46 Decrease 6 (2 January 2024)
Highest ranking27 (2 July 2015)
Sudirman Cup
Appearances7 (first in 1991)
Best resultGroup stage
European Mixed Team Championships
Appearances10 (first in 1978)
Best resultGroup stage
European Men's Team Championships
Appearances7 (first in 2006)
Best resultGroup stage
European Women's Team Championships
Appearances3 (first in 2006)
Best resultGroup stage
Helvetia Cup
Appearances9 (first in 1979)
Best result8th (1999)

The Italy national badminton team (Italian: Nazionale Italiana di badminton) represents Italy in international badminton team competitions and is controlled by the Italian Badminton Federation (Italian: Federazione Italiana Badminton).[1] The Italian national team competed in the Sudirman Cup but have never once qualified for the Thomas Cup and the Uber Cup.

The national team competed in the European Men's and Women's Team Badminton Championships and the European Mixed Team Badminton Championships but have never got pass the group stage. The Italian team also competed in the Mediterranean Games and has won a few medals in badminton at the Games.

Participation in BWF competitions

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Participation in European Team Badminton Championships

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Participation in Helvetia Cup

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Junior competitive record

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World Junior Team Championships

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Suhandinata Cup

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Year Result
China 2000 Group stage - 15th of 24
Peru 2015 Group A1 - 34th of 39

European Junior Team Championships

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Year Result
Italy 2009 Group stage
Poland 2015 Group stage
Estonia 2018 Group stage
Finland 2020 Group stage
Serbia 2022 Group stage
Spain 2024 Group stage

Players

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Current squad

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As of 2 January 2024

Men's team

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Name DoB/Age Ranking of event
MS MD XD
Giovanni Toti (2000-12-28) 28 December 2000 (age 24) 66 1335 -
Fabio Caponio (1999-03-26) 26 March 1999 (age 25) 89 1335 -
Christopher Vittoriani (2003-03-25) 25 March 2003 (age 21) 124 - -
Enrico Baroni (2001-05-20) 20 May 2001 (age 23) 323 - -
Matteo Massetti (2002-07-03) 3 July 2002 (age 22) - 286 -
David Salutt (1998-12-31) 31 December 1998 (age 25) - 286 396

Women's team

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Name DoB/Age Ranking of event
WS WD XD
Katharina Fink (2002-12-14) 14 December 2002 (age 22) 251 400 -
Yasmine Hamza (2003-09-16) 16 September 2003 (age 21) 111 400 1160
Judith Mair (2002-09-13) 13 September 2002 (age 22) 144 104 -
Martina Corsini (2002-01-30) 30 January 2002 (age 22) - 104 148
Gianna Stiglich (2005-12-06) 6 December 2005 (age 19) 189 745 -
Emma Piccinin (2004-09-19) 19 September 2004 (age 20) 827 581 -

References

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  1. ^ "2007 Sudirman Cup - Groups" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-03-21. Retrieved 2007-05-28.