Gibraltar national badminton team

The Gibraltar national badminton team (Spanish: Equipo de bádminton de Gibraltar) represents Gibraltar in international badminton team competitions.^[1] It is controlled by the Gibraltar Badminton Association, the governing body for badminton in Gibraltar. The team have never competed in the European Men's and Women's Team Badminton Championships.

Gibraltar

Association	Gibraltar Badminton Association (GBA)
Confederation	BE (Europe)
President	Kasper Thy Jessen
BWF ranking
Current ranking	Unranked (2 January 2024)
Highest ranking	123 (2 January 2019)
Sudirman Cup
Appearances	2 (first in 2001)
Best result	Group stage

Gibraltar competed in the Sudirman Cup mixed team finals in 2001 and 2003. Gibraltar competed as the neutral "IBF Team" in the 2001 Sudirman Cup due to the Gibraltar dispute. An appeal by the Gibraltar Badminton Association to compete under the Gibraltar name and flag was rejected by the Court of Arbitration for Sport.

Competitive record

Thomas Cup Year Result 1949 to 2022 Did not participate 2024 TBD 2026 TBD 2028 TBD 2030 TBD

Uber Cup Year Result 1957 to 2022 Did not participate 2024 TBD 2026 TBD 2028 TBD 2030 TBD

Sudirman Cup Year Result 1989 to 1999 Did not participate 2001 Group 7 − 53rd 2003 Group 6 − 46th 2005 Did not participate 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 TBD 2027 TBD 2029 TBD

European Team Championships

Men's team Year Result 2006 to 2020 Did not participate 2024 TBD

Women's team Year Result 2006 to 2020 Did not participate 2024 TBD

Mixed team Year Result 1972 to 2023 Did not participate 2025 TBD

Island Games

Mixed team

Year	Result
1985	Did not participate
1987	Group stage
1989	Group B − 10th
1991	Did not participate
1993	Group stage
1995	Group stage
1997	Group stage
1999	Group stage
2001	Did not participate
2003	Group stage
2005	Group stage
2009	Group C − 8th
2011	Group C − 11th
2013	Group A − 7th
2015	Group B − 8th
2017	Group B − 7th
2019	Group D − 10th
2023	Group B − 12th

Players

Current squad

As of 2 January 2024

Men's team

Name	DoB/Age	Ranking of event
		MS	MD	XD
Henry Archer	(1999-11-08) 8 November 1999 (age 24)	-	-	-
Kasper Thy Jessen	(1984-04-30) 30 April 1984 (age 40)	-	-	-
Charles Avellano	(1984-04-23) 23 April 1984 (age 40)	-	-	-
James Linares	(1995-05-17) 17 May 1995 (age 29)	-	-	-

Women's team

Name	DoB/Age	Ranking of event
		WS	WD	XD
Amber Prescott	(2004-03-20) 20 March 2004 (age 20)	-	-	-
Chantal De'Ath	(1992-07-25) 25 July 1992 (age 32)	-	-	-
Alison Jessen	(1980-11-27) 27 November 1980 (age 43)	-	-	-
Yanira Blagg	(2006-02-18) 18 February 2006 (age 18)	-	-	-

References

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