New Zealand national badminton team explained

New Zealand
Association:	Badminton New Zealand (BNZ)
Confederation:	BO (Oceania)
President:	Ian Willans
Rank:	49 1
Date:	2 January 2024
Max Rank:	21
Max Date:	3 October 2013
World Mixed Team Champ Apps:	11
World Mixed Team Champ First:	1989
World Mixed Team Champ Best:	Group stage
World Men's Team Champ Apps:	7
World Men's Team Champ First:	1970
World Men's Team Champ Best:	Group stage
World Women's Team Champ Apps:	6
World Women's Team Champ First:	1960
World Women's Team Champ Best:	Semi-finals (1960, 1972)
Regional Name:	Oceania Mixed Team Championships
Regional Cup Apps:	11
Regional Cup First:	1999
Regional Cup Best:	Champions (2004, 2006, 2008)
Regional2 Name:	Oceania Men's Team Championships
Regional2 Cup Apps:	8
Regional2 Cup First:	2004
Regional2 Cup Best:	Champions (2004, 2006, 2008, 2012, 2016)
Regional3 Name:	Oceania Women's Team Championships
Regional3 Cup Apps:	8
Regional3 Cup First:	2004
Regional3 Cup Best:	Champions (2006, 2008)

The New Zealand national badminton team (Maori: Kapa badminton o Aotearoa) represents New Zealand in international badminton team competitions. The best result the national team has produced on the international stage was being the semifinalist at the Uber Cup in 1960 and 1972 respectively.

It is controlled by Badminton New Zealand, the governing body for badminton in New Zealand. In February 2018, Danish badminton player, Rikke Olsen Siegemund was assigned to be the coach of the national team.

Competitive record

Thomas Cup

Year	Result
1949	Did not enter
1952
1955	Did not qualify
1958
1961
1964
1967
1970	First round inter-zone
1973	First round inter-zone
1976	Did not qualify
1979
1982
1984
1986
1988
1990
1992
1994	Did not enter
1996	Did not qualify
1998
2000	Did not enter
2002	Did not qualify
2004	Round of 16
2006	Round of 16
2008	Round of 16
2010	Did not qualify
2012	Group stage
2014	Did not enter
2016	Group stage
2018	Did not qualify
2020
2022	Withdrew
2024	Did not qualify
2026	TBD
2028	TBD
2030	TBD

Uber Cup

Year	Result
1957	Did not qualify
1960	Second round inter-zone
1963	First round inter-zone
1966	Did not qualify
1969
1972	Second round inter-zone
1975	Did not qualify
1978	First round inter-zone
1981	Did not qualify
1984
1986
1988
1990
1992
1994
1996
1998
2000	Did not enter
2002	Did not qualify
2004
2006	Round of 16
2008	Round of 16
2010	Did not qualify
2012
2014	Did not enter
2016	Did not qualify
2018
2020
2022	Did not enter
2024	Did not qualify
2026	TBD
2028	TBD
2030	TBD

Sudirman Cup

Year	Result
1989	Group 5 Promoted − 19th
1991	Group 4 − 17th
1993	Group 4 − 16th
1995	Group 4 − 16th
1997	Group 3 − 18th
1999	Did not enter
2001	Group 4 − 25th
2003	Did not enter
2005	Group 3 − 19th
2007	Group 3 − 21st
2009	Did not enter
2011
2013	Group 3 − 26th
2015	Did not enter
2017	Group 2 − 19th
2019	Group 3 − 26th
2021	Did not enter
2023	Did not qualify
2025	TBD
2027	TBD
2029	TBD

Commonwealth Games

Mixed team

Year	Result
1978	Fourth place
1982	Fourth place
1986	Group stage
1990	Fourth place
1994	Group stage
2002	Semi-finals
2006	Fourth place
2010	Quarter-finals
2014	Group stage
2018	Did not enter
2022
2026	TBD

Oceania Team Championships

See also: Oceania Badminton Championships.

Men's team

Year	Result
2004	Champions
2006	Champions
2008	Champions
2010	Runners-up
2012	Champions
2016	Champions
2018	Runners-up
2024	Runners-up

Women's team

Year	Result
2004	Runners-up
2006	Champions
2008	Champions
2010	Runners-up
2012	Runners-up
2016	Runners-up
2018	Runners-up
2020	Runners-up
2024	Runners-up

Mixed team

Year	Result
1999	Runners-up
2002	Runners-up
2004	Champions
2006	Champions
2008	Champions
2010	Runners-up
2012	Runners-up
2014	Runners-up
2016	Runners-up
2019	Runners-up
2023	Runners-up

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

Junior competitive record

Suhandinata Cup

See also: BWF World Junior Championships.

Year	Result
2000	Group stage − 20th of 24
2002	Did not enter
2004
2006	Group Z2 − 23rd of 28
2007	Group W2 − 12th of 25
2008	Group Z − 15th of 21
2009	Group W − 16th of 21
2010	Did not enter
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2022
2023	Group G − 23rd of 38
2024	TBD

Commonwealth Youth Games

Mixed team

Oceania Junior Team Championships

Mixed team

Year	Result
2011	Champions
2013	Runners-up
2015	Runners-up Third place (Team B)
2017	Champions
2019	Runners-up
2023	Runners-up

**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
Adam Jeffrey	4 January 2001	-	257	189
Dylan Soedjasa	13 January 1995	1828	257	740
Edward Lau	22 February 2001	178	1072	200
Joshua Feng	7 September 2001	709	-	-
Ricky Cheng	10 June 2002	352	-	-
Jack Wang	30 March 2003	-	395	556
Ryan Tong	22 January 2001	-	395	-

Women's team

Name	DoB/Age	Ranking of event
		WS	WD	XD
Erena Calder-Hawkins	4 April 1998	-	176	740
Sally Fu	4 August 1999	-	357	740
Shaunna Li	7 August 2003	204	-	200
Courtney Trillo	18 September 1995	470	-	-
Anona Pak	29 November 1993	–	176	382
Angie Leung	20 January 1996	-	589	740
Alyssa Tagle	27 August 1999	-	357	426
Justine Villegas	22 December 1995	1243	589	189

Previous squads

Thomas Cup

• 2008, 2012, 2016