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Bulgaria national badminton team

The Bulgaria national badminton team (Bulgarian: Националния отбор на България по бадминтон) represents Bulgaria in international badminton team competitions and is controlled by the Bulgarian Badminton Federation (Bulgarian: Българска Федерация Бадминтон).[1] The Bulgarian women's team achieved second place in the 2016 European Men's and Women's Team Badminton Championships, they were semifinalists two years prior.

Bulgaria
AssociationBulgarian Badminton Federation (BFB)
ConfederationBE (Europe)
PresidentVolodya Zlatev
BWF ranking
Current ranking24 Decrease 2 (2 January 2024)
Highest ranking16 (5 July 2018)
Sudirman Cup
Appearances12 (first in 1989)
Best resultGroup stage
Uber Cup
Appearances1 (first in 2016)
Best resultGroup stage
European Mixed Team Championships
Appearances17 (first in 1986)
Best resultQuarter-finals (2011)
European Men's Team Championships
Appearances7 (first in 2006)
Best resultQuarter-finals (2020)
European Women's Team Championships
Appearances8 (first in 2006)
Best resultRunners-up (2016)
Helvetia Cup
Appearances5 (first in 1987)
Best resultRunners-up (1995)

The Bulgarian team have won a gold and a bronze medal at the European Games. National women's doubles specialists Gabriela Stoeva and Stefani Stoeva are the first Bulgarian players to enter the top 10 in the BWF World Ranking. The women's team made its Uber Cup debut in 2016.

Competitive record

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European Team Championships

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Helvetia Cup

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Year Round Pos
1962 Did not enter
1963
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970
1971
1973
1975
1977
1979
1981
1983
1985
1987 Group stage 12th
1989 Group stage 10th
1991 Group stage 5th
1993 Group stage 8th
1995 Runners-up 2nd
1997 Did not enter
1999
2001
2003
2005
2007

Balkan Team Championships

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Mixed team

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Year Round Pos
1992 Champions 1st
1993 Champions 1st
1994 Champions 1st
1995 Champions 1st
1996 Champions 1st
1997 Champions 1st
1998 Champions 1st
1999 Champions 1st
2000 Champions 1st
2001 Champions 1st
2002 Champions 1st
2003 Champions 1st
2004 Champions 1st
2005 Champions 1st
2006 Champions 1st
2007 Champions 1st
2008 Champions 1st
2009 Champions 1st
2010 Champions 1st
2011 Champions 1st
2012 Runners-up 2nd
2014 Champions 1st
2016 Champions 1st
2018 Champions 1st

FISU World University Games

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See also: Badminton at the FISU World University Games

Mixed team

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Year Round Pos
2007 Group stage
2011 Did not enter
2013
2015
2017
2021
2025 TBD

World University Team Championships

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Mixed team

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Year Round Pos
2008 Did not enter
2010
2012
2014
2016
2018
**Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.

Junior competitive record

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Suhandinata Cup

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See also: BWF World Junior Championships
Year Round Pos
2000 Did not enter
2002 Group stage 15th
2004 Did not enter
2006 Group stage 22nd
2007 Group stage 11th
2008 Did not enter
2009
2010
2011
2012 Group stage 27th
2013 Group stage 17th
2014 Group stage 22nd
2015 Did not enter
2016 Group stage 33rd
2017 Group stage 34th
2018 Did not enter
2019
2022
2023
2024 TBD

European Junior Team Championships

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See also: European Junior Badminton Championships

Mixed team

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Year Round Pos
1975 Did not enter
1977
1979
1981
1983
1985
1987 Group stage 18th
1989 Did not enter
1991 Group stage 20th
1993 Group stage 20th
1995 Group stage 9th
1997 Group stage 8th
1999 Group stage 12th
2001 Group stage 10th
2003 Group stage 9th
2005 Group stage 7th
2007 Group stage 12th
2009 Group stage
2011 Group stage
2013 Quarter-finals
2015 Group stage
2017 Group stage
2018 Group stage
2020 Did not enter
2022 Group stage
2024 TBD

Finlandia Cup

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Mixed team

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Year Round Pos
1984 Did not enter
1986
1988
1990 Group stage 12th
1992 Group stage 15th
1994 Champions 1st
1996 Did not enter
1998
2000
2002
2004
2006

Balkan Junior Team Championships

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Mixed team

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Year Round Pos
1992 Champions 1st
1993 Champions 1st
1994 Champions 1st
1995 Champions 1st
1996 Champions 1st
1997 Champions 1st
1998 Champions 1st
1999 Runners-up 2nd
2000 Runners-up 2nd
2001 Champions 1st
2002 Champions 1st
2003 Champions 1st
2004 Champions 1st
2005 Champions 1st
2006 Runners-up 2nd
2007 Champions 1st
2008 Runners-up 2nd
2010 Runners-up 2nd
2011 Champions 1st
2013 Champions 1st
2015 Runners-up 2nd
2016 Runners-up 2nd
2017 Runners-up 2nd
2019 Semi-finals 3rd
**Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.

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
Daniel Nikolov (1998-08-26) 26 August 1998 (age 26) - 709 -
Dimitar Yanakiev (1998-11-05) 5 November 1998 (age 26) 216 709 -
Ivan Rusev (1993-05-06) 6 May 1993 (age 31) 418 106 -
Iliyan Stoynov (2001-01-25) 25 January 2001 (age 23) 449 106 81
Patrik Dimitrov (2008-03-19) 19 March 2008 (age 16) 1735 1301 -
Tsvetan Ivanov (2007-08-26) 26 August 2007 (age 17) 1735 1301 1160
Teodor Mitev (2009-09-09) 9 September 2009 (age 15) 1623 1301 -
Stefan Zeirov (1999-03-08) 8 March 1999 (age 25) - 1301 -

Women's team

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Name DoB/Age Ranking of event
WS WD XD
Kaloyana Nalbantova (2006-03-06) 6 March 2006 (age 18) 76 502 1019
Hristomira Popovska (2000-09-05) 5 September 2000 (age 24) 124 305 81
Mariya Mitsova (1996-11-21) 21 November 1996 (age 28) - 763 -
Gergana Pavlova (2003-07-27) 27 July 2003 (age 21) 268 327 -
Gabriela Stoeva (1994-07-15) 15 July 1994 (age 30) - 18 944
Stefani Stoeva (1995-09-23) 23 September 1995 (age 29) 948 18 -
Mihaela Chepisheva (2004-11-27) 27 November 2004 (age 19) 443 187 -
Tsvetina Popivanova (2005-07-01) 1 July 2005 (age 19) 695 187 312

Previous squads

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Uber Cup

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European Team Championships

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References

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