Brazil national badminton team
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The Brazil national badminton team (Portuguese: Seleção Brasileira de badminton) represents Brazil in international badminton team competitions.[1] It is controlled by the Brazil Badminton Confederation (Portuguese: Confederação Brasileira de Badminton). Brazil is one of South America's most active badminton nations, with its mixed team participating four times in the Sudirman Cup.
Association | Confederação Brasileira de Badminton (CBBd) |
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Confederation | BPA (Pan America) |
President | José Santini |
BWF ranking | |
Current ranking | 17 3 (2 January 2024) |
Highest ranking | 17 (2 January 2024) |
Sudirman Cup | |
Appearances | 4 (first in 1997) |
Best result | Group stage |
Pan Am Mixed Team Championships | |
Appearances | 15 (first in 1993) |
Best result | Runners-up (2016, 2018) |
Pan Am Men's Team Championships | |
Appearances | 7 (first in 2004) |
Best result | Runners-up (2022) |
Pan Am Women's Team Championships | |
Appearances | 6 (first in 2006) |
Best result | Third place (2012, 2020, 2022) |
The mixed team were runners-up twice at the Pan American Badminton Championships mixed team event. The men's and women's team were runners-up and semifinalists at the 2022 Pan Am Male & Female Badminton Cup.
Brazil also competes in para-badminton. Para-badminton players, Cintya Oliveira and Vitor Gonçalves Tavares have contributed into earning Brazil a medal at the BWF Para-Badminton World Championships.