National badminton team representing Greenland
Greenland![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_Greenland.svg/180px-Flag_of_Greenland.svg.png) |
Association | Badminton Kalaallit Nunaat (BKN) |
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Confederation | BE (Europe) |
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President | Michael Kleist |
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BWF ranking |
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Current ranking | 92 (2 January 2024) |
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Highest ranking | 51 (2 July 2019) |
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Sudirman Cup |
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Appearances | 1 (first in 2019) |
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Best result | Group stage |
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European Men's Team Championships |
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Appearances | 2 (first in 2018) |
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Best result | Group stage |
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European Women's Team Championships |
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Appearances | 1 (first in 2018) |
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Best result | Group stage |
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The Greenland national badminton team (Danish: Grønlands badmintonlandshold; Greenlandic: Kalaallit Nunaannit sulorarnermi nunanut allanut unammisartut) is a badminton team located in Greenland, Denmark and represents the nation of Greenland in international badminton team competitions. It is controlled by the Greenland Badminton Federation, the governing body for badminton in Greenland.[1]
Despite badminton not being popular in Greenland, the team has once participated in the Sudirman Cup, which was in 2019. Greenland has also recently been participating in the European Men's and Women's Team Badminton Championships. The team participates under Danish influence.
Greenland has only participated once in international BWF team tournaments and that was the 2019 Sudirman Cup. The Greenlandic team was placed into the Group 4 along with Kazakhstan and Macau. The team lost both group ties but won one match when Sara Lindskov Jacobsen beat Kazakhstan's Aisha Zhumabek. The team finished in 31st place on the rankings. The Greenlandic badminton team participates in the biennial Island Games. The mixed team lost the quarterfinals tie twice in 2015 and 2019. The team finally won gold in 2019 after defeating defending champions Guernsey.
Competitive record
European Team Championships
Island Games
Mixed team
Players
Current squad
- As of 2 January 2024
Men's team
Name | DoB/Age | Ranking of event |
MS | MD | XD |
Julian King | (2004-09-16) 16 September 2004 (age 19) | - | - | - |
Maluk Tiger | (2004-10-27) 27 October 2004 (age 19) | - | - | - |
Sebastian Reimer Bendtsen | (1995-06-01) 1 June 1995 (age 29) | - | 1331 | - |
Toke Ketwa-Driefer | (1998-10-07) 7 October 1998 (age 25) | - | 1331 | - |
Sequssuna Schmidt | (1992-05-13) 13 May 1992 (age 32) | - | - | - |
Taatsiannguaq Pedersen | (1991-01-11) 11 January 1991 (age 33) | - | - | - |
Women's team
Name | DoB/Age | Ranking of event |
WS | WD | XD |
Milka Brønlund | (1998-04-24) 24 April 1998 (age 26) | - | - | - |
Nina Høegh | (1993-04-20) 20 April 1993 (age 31) | - | - | - |
Sara Lindskov | (1994-07-15) 15 July 1994 (age 30) | - | - | - |
Celia Villebro | (1991-09-19) 19 September 1991 (age 32) | - | - | - |
Cecilia Josenius | (1997-02-07) 7 February 1997 (age 27) | - | - | - |
Tina Amassen Rafaelsen | (2002-07-28) 28 July 2002 (age 22) | - | - | - |
Previous squads
European Team Championships
References
- ^ Populorum, Mike. "Archiv SudirmanCup". sbg.ac.at. Retrieved 8 May 2019.