Portugal national badminton team

Portugal

Association	Federação Portuguesa de Badminton (FPB)
Confederation	BE (Europe)
President	Horácio Miranda Ornelas Bento de Gouveia
BWF ranking
Current ranking	67 11 (3 October 2023)
Highest ranking	44 (6 October 2011)
Sudirman Cup
Appearances	7 (first in 1995)
Best result	Group stage
European Mixed Team Championships
Appearances	10 (first in 1978)
Best result	Group stage
European Men's Team Championships
Appearances	7 (first in 2004)
Best result	Group stage
European Women's Team Championships
Appearances	7 (first in 2004)
Best result	Group stage
Helvetia Cup
Appearances	9 (first in 1979)
Best result	Runners-up (1997, 2001)

The Portugal national badminton team (Portuguese: Seleção Portuguesa de Badminton) represents Portugal in international badminton team competitions.^[1] It is controlled by the Portuguese Badminton Federation, the governing body for badminton in Portugal. The Portuguese have never competed in the Thomas Cup and Uber Cup. The team last participated the Sudirman Cup in 2009.

The team have been competing in the European Men's and Women's Team Badminton Championships since 2006. They have never reached the quarterfinals.

Competitive record

Thomas Cup Year Result 1949 Did not enter 1952 1955 1958 1961 1964 1967 1970 1973 1976 1979 1982 1984 1986 1988 1990 1992 Did not qualify 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 Did not enter 2016 2018 Did not qualify 2020 2022 Did not enter 2024 TBD 2026 TBD 2028 TBD 2030 TBD

Uber Cup Year Result 1957 Did not enter 1960 1963 1966 1969 1972 1975 1978 1981 1984 1986 1988 1990 1992 1994 Did not qualify 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 Did not enter 2016 2018 Did not qualify 2020 2022 Did not enter 2024 TBD 2026 TBD 2028 TBD 2030 TBD

Sudirman Cup Year Result 1989 Did not enter 1991 1993 1995 Group 9 − 38th 1997 Group 5 − 35th 1999 Group 5 − 35th 2001 Group 5 − 36th 2003 Group 5 − 31st 2005 Did not enter 2007 Group 6 Promoted − 41st 2009 Group 4 − 28th 2011 Did not enter 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 TBD 2027 TBD 2029 TBD

European Team Championships

Men's team Year Result 2004 Group stage 2006 Group stage 2008 Group stage 2010 Group stage 2012 Group stage 2014 Did not enter 2016 2018 Group stage 2020 Group stage 2024 TBD

Women's team Year Result 2004 Group stage 2006 Group stage 2008 Group stage 2010 Group stage 2012 Group stage 2014 Did not enter 2016 2018 Group stage 2020 Group stage 2024 TBD

Mixed team Year Result 1972 Did not enter 1974 1976 1978 Group stage − 18th 1980 Group stage − 20th 1982 Did not enter 1984 1986 1988 Group stage − 21st 1990 Did not enter 1992 Group stage − 22nd 1994 Did not enter 1996 1998 Group stage − 15th 2000 Group stage − 16th 2002 Group stage − 15th 2004 Did not enter 2006 Group stage − 14th 2008 Did not enter 2009 Group stage 2011 Group stage 2013 Did not enter 2015 2017 Did not qualify 2019 2021 2023 2025

Helvetia Cup

Year	Result
1962	Did not enter
1963
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970
1971
1973
1975
1977
1979	Group stage − 10th
1981	Did not enter
1983
1985
1987
1989
1991
1993	Group stage − 13th
1995	Group stage − 9th
1997	Runners-up
1999	Third place
2001	Runners-up
2003	Fourth place
2005	Third place
2007	Group stage − 5th

FISU World University Games

See also: Badminton at the FISU World University Games

Mixed team

Year	Result
2007	Did not enter
2011
2013
2015
2017
2021
2025	TBD

World University Team Championships

Mixed team

Year	Result
2008	Round of 16
2010	Did not enter
2012
2014
2016
2018

**Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.

Junior competitive record

Suhandinata Cup

See also: BWF World Junior Championships

Year	Result
2000	Did not enter
2002
2004
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016	Group H2 − 28th of 52
2017	Did not enter
2018
2019	Group D − 34th of 43
2022	Group C − 29th of 37
2023	Group E − 18th of 40
2024	Group H − 33rd of 39

European Junior Team Championships

See also: European Junior Badminton Championships

Mixed team

Year	Result
1975	Did not enter
1977
1979	Group stage − 17th
1981	Group stage − 16th
1983	Did not enter
1985	Group stage − 20th
1987	Did not enter
1989	Group stage − 19th
1991	Group stage − 14th
1993	Group stage − 16th
1995	Did not enter
1997
1999
2001
2003
2005	Group stage − 12th
2007	Group stage − 16th
2009	Did not enter
2011
2013
2015	Group stage
2017	Group stage
2018	Group stage
2020	Group stage
2022	Group stage
2024	Group stage

Finlandia Cup

Mixed team

Year	Result
1984	Did not enter
1986
1988	Group stage − 12th
1990	Group stage − 10th
1992	Group stage − 13th
1994	Group stage − 9th
1996	Group stage − 14th
1998	Group stage − 7th
2000	Fourth place
2002	Group stage − 5th
2004	Third place
2006	Did not enter

**Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.

Players

Current squad

Men's team

Name	DoB/Age	Ranking of event
		MS	MD	XD
Bernardo Atilano	(1996-06-19) 19 June 1996 (age 28)	100	-	-
David Silva	(2003-09-12) 12 September 2003 (age 21)	1107	490	900
Gabriel Rodrigues	(2002-04-15) 15 April 2002 (age 22)	276	488	572
Duarte Nuno Anjo	(1996-04-05) 5 April 1996 (age 28)	1352	1296	-
Angelo Silva	(1997-03-30) 30 March 1997 (age 27)	1624	1268	1277
Tomas Nero	(1992-12-01) 1 December 1992 (age 32)	-	866	966
Bruno Carvalho	(1994-10-01) 1 October 1994 (age 30)	277	622	648
Rodrigo Almeida	(2001-08-29) 29 August 2001 (age 23)	1605	490	882
Pedro Portelas	(2003-01-31) 31 January 2003 (age 21)	1286	941	966
Rodrigo Dias	(2003-10-31) 31 October 2003 (age 21)	-	941	1277

Women's team

Name	DoB/Age	Ranking of event
		WS	WD	XD
Madalena Fortunato	(2004-05-14) 14 May 2004 (age 20)	271	507	900
Mariana Afonso	(2002-01-18) 18 January 2002 (age 22)	1028	741	1085
Inês Pardilhó	(2004-10-09) 9 October 2004 (age 20)	771	679	1277
Mariana Paiva	(1998-10-07) 7 October 1998 (age 26)	281	507	656
Mariana Pinto Leite	(1999-07-03) 3 July 1999 (age 25)	971	524	1107
Mariana Neves	(2002-03-19) 19 March 2002 (age 22)	-	698	882
Catarina Martins	(1999-07-05) 5 July 1999 (age 25)	1167	741	865
Sonia Gonçalves	(1994-09-24) 24 September 1994 (age 30)	517	295	648
Adriana Gonçalves	(1999-04-24) 24 April 1999 (age 25)	754	295	900
Beatriz Roberto	(2004-04-09) 9 April 2004 (age 20)	1163	880	966

Previous squads

European Team Championships

• Men's team: 2020

• Women's team: 2020

References

1. Populorum, Mike. "Archiv SudirmanCup". sbg.ac.at. Retrieved 8 May 2019.