Finland
AssociationSuomen Sulkapalloliitto (SS)
ConfederationBE (Europe)
PresidentTytti Saarinen
BWF ranking
Current ranking42 Increase 1 (2 January 2024)
Highest ranking21 (6 April 2017)
Sudirman Cup
Appearances11 (first in 1989)
Best resultGroup stage
Thomas Cup
Appearances1 (first in 1994)
Best resultGroup stage
European Mixed Team Championships
Appearances20 (first in 1972)
Best resultQuarter-finals (2002)
European Men's Team Championships
Appearances7 (first in 2006)
Best resultSemi-finals (2014)
European Women's Team Championships
Appearances6 (first in 2006)
Best resultQuarter-finals (2018)
Helvetia Cup
Appearances14 (first in 1968)
Best resultRunners-up (1989)

The Finland national badminton team (Finnish: Suomen sulkapallomaajoukkue) represents Finland in international badminton team competitions.[1] It is controlled by Badminton Finland (Finnish: Suomen Sulkapallo), the national organization for badminton in Finland.

The Finnish men's team have once participated the Thomas Cup in 1994 but were eliminated in the group stage. The team's most recent achievement was achieving a semifinalist bronze position at the 2014 European Men's Team Badminton Championships. The women's team have never competed in the Uber Cup. Their best result was reaching the quarterfinals at the 2016 European Women's Team Badminton Championships.

The mixed team participated in the Sudirman Cup simultaneously until 2007. The team later qualified for the Sudirman Cup again in 2021 when Vantaa was chosen as the host for the 2021 Sudirman Cup. Finland finished in 14th place after being eliminated in the group stage.

Participation in BWF competitions

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

Participation in European Team Badminton Championships

Finland finished up as semifinalists in the 2014 European Men's and Women's Team Badminton Championships. The team got through the quarterfinal by beating Sweden with a score of 3–0. The first three singles, Ville Lång, Eetu Heino and Anton Kaisti beat Sweden's Henri Hurskainen, Gabriel Ulldahl and Mattias Borg to win the tie.

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

Junior competitive record

World Junior Team Championships

Suhandinata Cup

Year Result
China 2000Did not compete
South Africa 2002Group stage - 21st of 23
Canada 2004Did not compete
South Korea 2006
New Zealand 2007
India 2008
Malaysia 2009
Mexico 2010
Taiwan 2011Group X1 - 17th of 22
Japan 2012Group W2 - 18th of 30
Thailand 2013Group Y1 - 22nd of 30
Malaysia 2014Did not compete
Peru 2015
Spain 2016Group G2 - 49th of 52
Indonesia 2017Group H2 - 29th of 44
Canada 2018Did not compete
Russia 2019Group A1 - 30th of 43
New Zealand 2020Cancelled
China 2021Cancelled
Spain 2022Group E - 25th of 37

European Junior Team Championships

Mixed team

YearResult
Italy 2009Group stage
Finland 2011Group stage
Turkey 2013Group stage
Poland 2015Group stage
France 2017Group stage
Estonia 2018Group stage
Finland 2020Group stage
Serbia 2022Group stage

Players

Current squad

As of 2 January 2024

Men's team

Name DoB/Age Ranking of event
MS MD XD
Kalle Koljonen 26 February 1994 58 - -
Joakim Oldorff 14 December 2002 75 991 -
Iikka Heino 9 January 1995 240 280 -
Robin Jäntti 10 March 2003 - 280 -
Eliel Melleri 31 December 2003 826 387 973
Niilo Nyqvist 10 January 2004 826 387 -

Women's team

Name DoB/Age Ranking of event
WS WD XD
Nella Nyqvist 20 March 2006 261 805 973
Petra Saarnivaara 1 July 2005 565 766 -
Ria Tuominen 18 November 2005 1096 766 1160
Oona Tapola 18 August 2005 806 482 288
Sarah Asfar 9 December 2004 - 482 -
Nella Siilasmaa 19 December 1997 1100 913 -

References

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