Canada national badminton team

The Canada national badminton team (French: Équipe nationale de badminton du Canada) represents Canada in international badminton team competitions.^[1] It is controlled by the nation's governing body of badminton, Badminton Canada. The team's best result was achieving two semifinal finishes in both Thomas Cup and the Uber Cup.

Canada

Association	Badminton Canada (BC)
Confederation	BPA (Pan America)
President	Anil Kaul
BWF ranking
Current ranking	11 (2 January 2024)
Highest ranking	11 (4 July 2023)
Sudirman Cup
Appearances	14 (first in 1989)
Best result	Group stage
Thomas Cup
Appearances	9 (first in 1970)
Best result	Semi-finals (1970, 1973)
Uber Cup
Appearances	14 (first in 1960)
Best result	Semi-finals (1975, 1981)
Pan Am Mixed Team Championships
Appearances	22 (first in 1977)
Best result	Champions (1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1997, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2023)
Pan Am Men's Team Championships
Appearances	5 (first in 2016)
Best result	Champions (2018, 2020, 2022)
Pan Am Women's Team Championships
Appearances	5 (first in 2016)
Best result	Champions (2018, 2020, 2024)

Canada is one of the most prestigious badminton countries in the Americas, winning almost every mixed team event in the Pan American Badminton Championships and also winning gold in both men and women's teams. Next to the United States, Canada has won 21 gold medals, 22 silvers and 12 bronzes in badminton at the Pan American Games.

The national team has won almost every edition of the Pan American Badminton Championships mixed team events except for one in 2001. The men's team have also became recent champions while the women's team lost to the United States in 2022.

Competitive record

Thomas Cup Year Round Pos 1949 Did not qualify 1952 1955 1958 1961 1964 1967 1970 Second round inter-zone 4th 1973 Second round inter-zone 4th 1976 First round inter-zone 6th 1979 First round inter-zone 5th 1982 Did not qualify 1984 1986 1988 1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 Round of 16 9th 2010 Did not qualify 2012 2014 2016 2018 Group stage 14th 2020 Group stage 12th 2022 Group stage 14th 2024 Group stage 12th 2026 To be determined 2028 2030

Uber Cup Year Round Pos 1957 Did not qualify 1960 First round inter-zone 4th 1963 First round inter-zone 5th 1966 First round inter-zone 5th 1969 Did not qualify 1972 First round inter-zone 5th 1975 Second round inter-zone 4th 1978 Did not qualify 1981 Second round inter-zone 4th 1984 Group stage 6th 1986 Group stage 8th 1988 Did not qualify 1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 Round of 16 12th 2006 Did not qualify 2008 2010 2012 2014 Group stage 14th 2016 Did not qualify 2018 Quarter-finals 8th 2020 Group stage 11th 2022 Group stage 10th 2024 Group stage 9th 2026 To be determined 2028 2030

Sudirman Cup Year Round Pos 1989 Group stage 13th 1991 Group stage 14th 1993 Group stage 12th 1995 Group stage 12th 1997 Group stage 14th 1999 Group stage 18th 2001 Group stage 16th 2003 Did not enter 2005 2007 Group stage 22nd 2009 Did not enter 2011 Group stage 16th 2013 Group stage 18th 2015 Group stage 19th 2017 Group stage 16th 2019 Group stage 13th 2021 Group stage 13th 2023 Group stage 12th 2025 To be determined 2027 2029

Commonwealth Games

See also: Badminton at the Commonwealth Games

Men's team Year Round Pos 1998 Quarter-finals

Women's team Year Round Pos 1998 Quarter-finals

Mixed team Year Round Pos 1978 Runners-up 2nd 1982 Runners-up 2nd 1986 Runners-up 2nd 1990 Runners-up 2nd 1994 Group stage 2002 Group stage 2006 Group stage 2010 Quarter-finals 2014 Quarter-finals 2018 Quarter-finals 2022 Quarter-finals 2026 TBD

Pan American Team Championships

Men's team Year Round Pos 2016 Runners-up 2nd 2018 Champions 1st 2020 Champions 1st 2022 Champions 1st 2024 Champions 1st 2026 To be determined 2028 2030

Women's team Year Round Pos 2016 Runners-up 2nd 2018 Champions 1st 2020 Champions 1st 2022 Runners-up 2nd 2024 Champions 1st 2026 To be determined 2028 2030

Mixed team Year Round Pos 1977 Champions 1st 1978 Champions 1st 1979 Champions 1st 1980 Champions 1st 1987 Champions 1st 1989 Champions 1st 1991 Champions 1st 1993 Did not enter 1997 Champions 1st 2001 Runners-up 2nd 2004 Champions 1st 2005 Champions 1st 2007 Champions 1st 2008 Champions 1st 2009 Champions 1st 2010 Champions 1st 2012 Champions 1st 2013 Champions 1st 2014 Champions 1st 2016 Champions 1st 2017 Champions 1st 2019 Champions 1st 2023 Champions 1st 2025 To be determined 2027 2029

FISU World University Games

See also: Badminton at the FISU World University Games

Mixed team

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

World University Team Championships

Mixed team

Year	Round	Pos
2008	Did not enter
2010
2012	Quarter-finals	6th
2014	Group stage	11th
2016	Group stage	10th
2018	Group stage	12th

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

Junior competitive record

Suhandinata Cup

See also: BWF World Junior Championships

Year	Round	Pos
2000	Group stage	21st
2002	Did not enter
2004	Group stage	18th
2006	Group stage	21st
2007	Did not enter
2008	Group stage	10th
2009	Group stage	18th
2010	Group stage	16th
2011	Group stage	19th
2012	Group stage	21st
2013	Group stage	18th
2014	Group stage	19th
2015	Group stage	13th
2016	Group stage	19th
2017	Group stage	18th
2018	Group stage	17th
2019	Group stage	25th
2022	Group stage	11th
2023	Group stage	17th
2024	To be determined

Commonwealth Youth Games

Mixed team

Year	Round	Pos
2004	Did not enter

Pan American Junior Team Championships

See also: Pan Am Junior Badminton Championships

Mixed team

Year	Round	Pos
1977	Champions	1st
1978	Champions	1st
1979	Champions	1st
1980	Champions	1st
1981	Runners-up	2nd
1988	Champions	1st
1990	Did not enter
1991
1992
1994
1996	Runners-up	2nd
1998	Champions	1st
2000	Champions	1st
2002	Fourth place	4th
2004	Runners-up	2nd
2006	Runners-up	2nd
2007	Third place	3rd
2008	Quarter-finals	6th
2009	Third place	3rd
2010	Third place	3rd
2011	Champions	1st
2012	Runners-up	2nd
2013	Champions	1st
2014	Did not enter
2015	Third place	3rd
2016	Champions	1st
2017	Runners-up	2nd
2018	Champions	1st
2019	Champions	1st
2021	Did not enter
2022	Runners-up	2nd
2023	Runners-up	2nd
2024	To be determined

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

Players

Current squad

As of 2 January 2024

Men's team

Name	DoB/Age	Ranking of event
		MS	MD	XD
Brian Yang	(2001-11-25) 25 November 2001 (age 23)	26	-	-
Victor Lai	(2004-12-19) 19 December 2004 (age 20)	107	-	-
Josh Nguyen	(2005-09-09) 9 September 2005 (age 19)	367	-	-
Imran Wadia	(1996-10-24) 24 October 1996 (age 28)	175	717	255
Nyl Yakura	(1993-02-14) 14 February 1993 (age 31)	-	34	217
Adam Dong	(1994-02-14) 14 February 1994 (age 30)	-	34	691
Kevin Lee	(1998-11-10) 10 November 1998 (age 26)	-	41	123
Ty Alexander Lindeman	(1997-08-15) 15 August 1997 (age 27)	-	41	29
B. R. Sankeerth	(1997-12-22) 22 December 1997 (age 27)	156	455	1392
Joshua Hurlburt-Yu	(1994-12-28) 28 December 1994 (age 30)	-	455	90

Women's team

Name	DoB/Age	Ranking of event
		WS	WD	XD
Michelle Li	(1991-11-03) 3 November 1991 (age 33)	24	526	-
Wenyu Zhang	(2002-08-29) 29 August 2002 (age 22)	46	91	740
Talia Ng	(2001-11-06) 6 November 2001 (age 23)	70	91	494
Rachel Chan	(2003-11-15) 15 November 2003 (age 21)	65	-	426
Catherine Choi	(2001-05-01) 1 May 2001 (age 23)	-	28	426
Josephine Wu	(1995-01-20) 20 January 1995 (age 30)	-	28	29
Rachel Honderich	(1996-04-21) 21 April 1996 (age 28)	-	232	90
Jacqueline Cheung	(2002-10-18) 18 October 2002 (age 22)	-	232	279
Camille Leblanc	(1996-08-16) 16 August 1996 (age 28)	-	242	-
Alexandra Mocanu	(1999-12-01) 1 December 1999 (age 25)	-	242	361

Previous squads

Sudirman Cup

• 2019, 2021, 2023

Thomas Cup

• 1973, 2018, 2020, 2022

Uber Cup

• 2014, 2018, 2020, 2022

References

• Sports portal
• Canada portal

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