Netherlands national badminton team

Summary

The Netherlands national badminton team (Dutch: Nederlands nationaal badmintonteam) represents the Netherlands in international badminton team competitions.[1] It is controlled by Badminton Nederland. The Dutch women's team had enjoyed success in the 2000s as the team were runners-up at the 2006 Uber Cup and were champions at the 2006 European Women's Team Badminton Championships when they beat England.[2][3]

Netherlands
AssociationBadminton Nederland (BN)
ConfederationBE (Europe)
PresidentJan Helmond
BWF ranking
Current ranking20 Decrease 2 (2 January 2024)
Highest ranking11 (7 January 2020)
Sudirman Cup
Appearances15 (first in 1989)
Best resultGroup stage
Thomas Cup
Appearances2 (first in 1998)
Best resultGroup stage
Uber Cup
Appearances10 (first in 1988)
Best resultRunners-up (2006)
European Mixed Team Championships
Appearances27 (first in 1972)
Best resultRunners-up (2004, 2006)
European Men's Team Championships
Appearances6 (first in 2006)
Best resultRunners-up (2020)
European Women's Team Championships
Appearances6 (first in 2006)
Best resultChampions (2006)
Helvetia Cup
Appearances11 (first in 1962)
Best resultChampions (1985)

The men's team were runners-up at the 2020 European Men's Team Badminton Championships after losing 3-0 to Denmark. They also participated in the Thomas Cup but never got past the group stage.

Competitive record edit

European Team Championships edit

Helvetia Cup edit

Year Result
  1962   Runners-up
  1963 Fourth place
  1964   Third place
  1965   Runners-up
  1966   Runners-up
  1967   Runners-up
  1968   Third place
  1969   Runners-up
  1970   Runners-up
  1971   Runners-up
  1973 Did not enter
  1975
  1977
  1979
  1981
  1983
  1985   Champions
  1987 Did not enter
  1989
  1991
  1993
  1995
  1997
  1999
  2001
  2003
  2005
  2007
**Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.

Junior competitive record edit

Suhandinata Cup edit

Year Result
  2000 Group stage − 14th of 24
  2002 Group stage − 13th of 23
  2004 Group stage − 17th of 20
  2006 Group stage − 14th of 28
  2007 Group stage − 13th of 25
  2008 Did not enter
  2009
  2010 Group stage − 14th of 24
  2011 Quarter-finals
  2012 Group Y2 − 12th of 30
  2013 Did not enter
  2014 Group W2 − 18th of 33
  2015 Group B1 − 15th of 39
  2016 Group G2 − 20th of 52
  2017 Group F1 − 33rd of 44
  2018 Group A2 − 29th of 39
  2019 Did not enter
  2022 Group D − 26th of 37
  2023 Group A − 21st of 38
  2024 TBD

European Junior Team Championships edit

Mixed team edit

Year Result
  1975 Group stage − 6th
  1977 Group stage − 7th
  1979 Group stage − 7th
  1981 Fourth place
  1983 Fourth place
  1985 Group stage − 6th
  1987 Fourth place
  1989 Fourth place
  1991   Runners-up
  1993 Fourth place
  1995 Group stage − 5th
  1997   Third place
  1999 Group stage − 7th
  2001 Group stage − 7th
  2003 Group stage − 5th
  2005 Fourth place
  2007   Runners-up
  2009   Runners-up
  2011 Quarter-finals
  2013   Semi-finals
  2015 Quarter-finals
  2017 Quarter-finals
  2018 Group stage
  2020 Did not enter
  2022 Group stage
**Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.

Players edit

Current squad edit

As of 2 January 2024

Men's team edit

Name DoB/Age Ranking of event
MS MD XD
Mark Caljouw (1995-01-25) 25 January 1995 (age 29) 52 - -
Joran Kweekel (1998-05-16) 16 May 1998 (age 25) 100 - -
Finn Achthoven (2002-02-01) 1 February 2002 (age 22) 311 717 740
Noah Haase (2005-02-11) 11 February 2005 (age 19) 412 717 -
Ruben Jille (1996-07-11) 11 July 1996 (age 27) - 58 -
Ties van der Lecq (2000-03-10) 10 March 2000 (age 24) - 58 125
Dyon van Wijlick (2003-11-20) 20 November 2003 (age 20) - 203 147
Brian Wassink (2001-01-03) 3 January 2001 (age 23) - 203 234
Robin Tabeling (1994-04-24) 24 April 1994 (age 29) - 454 16
Andy Buijk (2002-02-25) 25 February 2002 (age 22) - 355 112

Women's team edit

Name DoB/Age Ranking of event
WS WD XD
Jaymie Laurens (2003-08-22) 22 August 2003 (age 20) 157 579 299
Diede Odijk (2003-11-21) 21 November 2003 (age 20) 256 175 973
Nadia Choukri (2003-04-21) 21 April 2003 (age 21) 310 871 -
Novi Wieland (2003-11-26) 26 November 2003 (age 20) 278 589 733
Debora Jille (1999-09-11) 11 September 1999 (age 24) - 33 221
Cheryl Seinen (1995-08-04) 4 August 1995 (age 28) - 33 -
Alyssa Tirtosentono (2000-05-29) 29 May 2000 (age 23) - 59 125
Kirsten de Wit (2004-03-16) 16 March 2004 (age 20) - 59 147
Selena Piek (1991-09-30) 30 September 1991 (age 32) - - 16
Kelly van Buiten (2002-04-15) 15 April 2002 (age 22) - 196 112

Previous squads edit

Thomas Cup edit

Uber Cup edit

Sudirman Cup edit

References edit

  1. ^ Populorum, Mike. "Archiv SudirmanCup". sbg.ac.at. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
  2. ^ "Day 8 : 2006 Uber Cup Final CHINA vs THE NETHERLANDS (May 6 1pm)". BadmintonCentral. Retrieved 2022-08-07.
  3. ^ "Philippine Open Badminton". sitedesq.sportstg.com. Retrieved 2022-08-07.