The Réunion national badminton team (French: Équipe nationale de badminton de la Réunion; Réunion Creole: Ekip nasional badminton La Rényon) represents Réunion, an overseas department and region of France, in international team competitions.[1] The team is controlled by Ligue Nouvelle du Badminton Réunionnais, the governing body of badminton in the region.
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| Association | Ligue Nouvelle du Badminton Réunionnais (LNBR) |
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| Confederation | BCA (Africa) |
| President | Christophe Chenut |
| BWF ranking | |
| Current ranking | 64  9 (2 April 2024) |
| Highest ranking | 53 (4 July 2023) |
| African Mixed Team Championships | |
| Appearances | 2 (first in 2021) |
| Best result | Quarter-finals (2023) |
| African Men's Team Championships | |
| Appearances | 2 (first in 2016) |
| Best result | Quarter-finals (2022) |
| African Women's Team Championships | |
| Appearances | 2 (first in 2016) |
| Best result | Group stage |
In 2016, the Badminton World Federation granted Ligue Nouvelle du Badminton Réunionnais association membership, allowing the national players to compete under the Reunion flag in international tournaments and enter qualification for the international team events, that is the Thomas Cup, the Uber Cup and the Sudirman Cup.
Réunion hosted the first Indian Ocean Island Games in 1979 which introduced badminton as one of the few main sports in the games. Reunion also first competed in the African Badminton Championships in 2004 although the team were not affiliated members of the Badminton Confederation of Africa and the Badminton World Federation at the time.
History
editMen's team
editIn the 1979 Indian Ocean Island Games, Réunion finished in second place behind Mauritius in the men's team event. In the 1990 Indian Ocean Island Games, the team placed fourth after losing to Seychelles. The team were runners-up at the Indian Ocean Island Games from 1993 to 2003.[2]
In 2016, the team competed in the 2016 Africa Men's Team Championships.[3] The team were drawn into Group A with South Africa, Mauritius and Zimbabwe. The team lost 4–1 to South Africa. The team then lost 3–2 to Mauritius. The team finished third in their group after defeating Zimbabwe 5–0.
In 2022, the team entered the quarter-finals of the African Men's Team Championships but lost 3–2 to Mauritius.
Women's team
editIn the 1990 Indian Ocean Island Games, the team placed third after defeating Seychelles. In 2016, the team competed in the 2016 Africa Women's Team Championships but were eliminated in the group stages. In 2019, the team were runners-up at the 2019 Indian Ocean Island Games women's team event.[4] In 2022, the women's team lost to South Africa and Mauritius in the group stage of the African Women's Team Championships.
Mixed team
editIn the 1985 Indian Ocean Island Games, the team finished third in the mixed team event after losing 3–2 to the Maldives. In 2004, the team competed in the 2004 African Mixed Team Championships. The team were drawn into Group B. The team lost to Nigeria and Seychelles but placed third in their group by defeating Botswana, Swaziland and Algeria.[5]
In 2021, the team competed in the 2021 African Mixed Team Championships and were drawn into Group A with Algeria and Zambia.[6] The team failed to advance to the knockout round.[7] In the 2023 African Mixed Team Championships, the team entered the knockout stages for the first time by defeating Botswana in the group stage to finish second in their group.[8] The team lost in the quarter-finals to Algeria.[9][10]
Competitive record
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Thomas Cupedit
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Uber Cupedit
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Sudirman Cupedit
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African Games
editMixed team
edit| Year | Round | Pos |
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| 2003 | Did not enter | |
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| 2015 | ||
| 2019 | ||
| 2027 | To be determined | |
African Team Championships
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Indian Ocean Island Games
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- **Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.
Junior competitive record
editSuhandinata Cup
edit| Year | Round | Pos |
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| 2000 to 2023 |
Did not enter | |
| 2024 | To be determined | |
African Youth Games
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African Junior Team Championships
editMixed team
edit| Year | Round | Pos |
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| 1979 to 2021 |
Did not enter | |
| 2022 | Group stage | |
| 2024 | To be determined | |
- **Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.
Players
editCurrent squad
edit- As of 2 January 2024
Men's team
edit| Name | DoB/Age | Ranking of event | ||
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| MS | MD | XD | ||
| Aaron Assing | 11 April 2004 | 441 | 234 | 740 |
| Xavier Chan | 6 September 1993 | 684 | 234 | 229 |
| Grégory Grondin | 3 April 2002 | 1561 | 717 | 740 |
| Guillaume Gonthier | 6 May 1999 | - | 534 | 740 |
| Brivael Aipar | 29 September 2003 | - | 534 | 740 |
| Hugo Constans | 9 June 2005 | 1561 | 717 | 740 |
| Loïc Nanicaoudin | 24 November 1999 | 1561 | 717 | 740 |
| Thibauld Cougouille | 3 June 1992 | 1057 | 534 | 740 |
Women's team
edit| Name | DoB/Age | Ranking of event | ||
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| WS | WD | XD | ||
| Emily Grondin | 16 January 2007 | 1134 | 357 | 740 |
| Mathilde Lepetit | 23 March 1992 | 836 | 357 | - |
| Estelle Leperlier | 28 February 1992 | 836 | 357 | 740 |
| Emmanuelle Admette | 16 March 1998 | 1134 | 589 | 740 |
| Loise Law Kwai | 21 November 2002 | - | 357 | 567 |
| Ly-Hoa Chai | 9 May 1990 | - | 231 | 229 |
| Marina Bielle | 2 November 1997 | 1028 | 231 | 740 |
| Virginie Testan | 10 January 1991 | 1134 | 589 | 567 |
References
edit- ^ "Africa Continental Team Championships 2016". bwf.tournamentsoftware.com. Retrieved 11 May 2020.
- ^ "Une fédé vers l'olympisme". afbv.fr. Retrieved 2024-06-01.
- ^ "Cap sur l'Afrique pour le badminton réunionnais". Réunion la 1ère (in French). 2016-02-10. Retrieved 2024-06-01.
- ^ "JIOI 2019 – Les résultats". Le Mauricien (in French). 2019-07-15. Retrieved 2024-06-01.
- ^ "La finale programmée pour ce soir". lexpress.mu (in French). 2004-04-21. Retrieved 2024-06-01.
- ^ "ALL AFRICA SENIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS – UGANDA 2021 DRAW". Badminton Confederation of Africa. 2024-05-10. Retrieved 2024-06-01.
- ^ "Algeria, Mauritius start strongly in All Africa Senior Badminton Championship". New Vision. Retrieved 2024-06-01.
- ^ Keagakwa, City (2023-02-15). "Badminton crashes out of All Africa games". The Midweek Sun. Retrieved 2024-06-01 – via PressReader.
- ^ مومن, أيوب بن (2023-02-15). "بطولة إفريقيا للريشة الطائرة: المنتخب الوطني يتأهل للربع النهائي". دزاير توب (in Arabic). Retrieved 2024-06-01.
- ^ "بطولة افريقيا للريشة الطائرة: تأهل المنتخب الجزائري الى الدور نصف النهائي". aps.dz. Algeria Press Service. 2023-02-15. Retrieved 2024-06-01.