The Greenland national badminton team (; ) is a badminton team located in Greenland, Denmark and represents the nation of Greenland in international badminton team competitions. It is controlled by the Greenland Badminton Federation, the governing body for badminton in Greenland.
Despite badminton not being popular in Greenland, the team has once participated in the Sudirman Cup, which was in 2019. Greenland has also recently been participating in the European Men's and Women's Team Badminton Championships. The team participates under Danish influence.
Greenland has only participated once in international BWF team tournaments and that was the 2019 Sudirman Cup. The Greenlandic team was placed into the Group 4 along with Kazakhstan and Macau. The team lost both group ties but won one match when Sara Lindskov Jacobsen beat Kazakhstan's Aisha Zhumabek. The team finished in 31st place on the rankings. The Greenlandic badminton team participates in the biennial Island Games. The mixed team lost the quarterfinals tie twice in 2015 and 2019. The team finally won gold in 2019 after defeating defending champions Guernsey.
Competitive record
Thomas Cup YearResult 1949to 2016Did not enter 2018Did not qualify 2020 2022 2024 2026TBD 2028TBD 2030TBD
Uber Cup YearResult 1957to 2016Did not enter 2018Did not qualify 2020Did not enter 2022Did not qualify 2024 2026TBD 2028TBD 2030TBD
Sudirman Cup YearResult 1989to 1999Did not enter 2001Group 7 − 51st 2003Group 6 − 44th 2005Did not enter 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019Group 4 − 31st 2021Did not enter 2023Did not qualify 2025Did not enter 2027TBD 2029TBD
European Team Championships
Men's team YearResult 2006to 2016Did not enter 2018Group stage 2020Group stage 2024Did not qualify
Women's team YearResult 2006to 2016Did not enter 2018Group stage 2020Did not enter 2024Did not qualify
Mixed team YearResult 1972to 2021Did not enter 2023Did not qualify 2025Did not enter
Island Games
Mixed team YearResult 1985Did not enter 1987 1989Quarter-finals 1991Group A − 7th 1993Group stage 1995Group stage 1997Group stage 1999Quarter-finals 2001Group A − 6th 2003Quarter-finals 2005Fourth place 2009 Runner-up 2011Fourth place 2013Quarter-finals 2015Quarter-finals 2017Quarter-finals 2019 Champions 2023 Runner-up
Players
Current squad
Men's team NameDoB/AgeRanking of eventMSMDXDJulian King - - -Maluk Tiger - - -Sebastian Reimer Bendtsen - 1331 -Toke Ketwa-Driefer - 1331 -Sequssuna Schmidt - - -Taatsiannguaq Pedersen - - -
Women's team NameDoB/AgeRanking of eventWSWDXDMilka Brønlund - - -Nina Høegh - - -Sara Lindskov - - -Celia Villebro - - -Cecilia Josenius - - -Tina Amassen Rafaelsen - - -
Previous squads
European Team Championships
Men's team: 2020
References