Australia national badminton team

Australia national badminton team
Sport	Badminton
Association	Badminton Australia
Location	Australia
Confederation	Badminton Oceania
World rank	20

The Australia national badminton team represents Australia in international badminton team competitions.^[1] The national team is controlled by Badminton Australia, the top governing body for badminton in the country.

They have yet to reach any semifinal at the team events in the international stage, that includes the Thomas Cup, Uber Cup and the Sudirman Cup.

Participation in BWF competitions

Thomas Cup

Year	Result
1955	First round inter-zone (5th)
1961	First round inter-zone (5th)
2010	Group stage − 9th
2018	Group stage − 13th
2020	Withdrew

Uber Cup

Year	Result
1975	First round inter-zone (5th)
1978	First round inter-zone (5th / 6th)
2004	Group stage − 10th
2010	Group stage − 10th
2012	Group stage − 10th
2014	Group stage − 16th
2016	Group stage − 15th
2018	Group stage − 13th
2020	Withdrew
2022	Group Stage − 15th

Sudirman Cup

Year	Result
1989^[2]	16th – Group 4
1991	15th – Group 4 Promoted
1993	14th – Group 3 Relegated
1995	15th – Group 4 Promoted
1997	16th – Group 3
1999	19th – Group 3
2003	26th – Group 4
2005	27th – Group 4
2007	26th – Group 4
2009	24th – Group 3
2011	22nd – Group 3
2013	24th – Group 3
2015	23rd – Group 3
2017	15th – Group 2
2019	24th – Group 3
2021	Withdrew

Participation in Commonwealth Games

Medal table

As of the 2018 Commonwealth Games


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	England (ENG)	37	34	38	109
2	Malaysia (MAS)	29	21	14	64
3	India (IND)	7	7	11	25
4	Canada (CAN)	3	10	6	19
5	Australia	2	1	9	12
6	Singapore (SIN)	1	5	4	10
7	Scotland (SCO)	1	2	7	10
8	Hong Kong (HKG)	1	0	2	3
9	Wales (WAL)	1	0	1	2
10	New Zealand (NZL)	0	2	9	11
Totals (10 nations)		82	82	101	265

List of medallists

Individual event
Medal	Name	Games	Event
Gold	Michael Scandolera Audrey Tuckey	1986 Edinburgh	Mixed doubles
Gold	Lisa Campbell	1994 Victoria	Women's singles
Silver	Sze Yu	1986 Edinburgh	Men's singles
Bronze	Song Yang	1994 Victoria	Women's singles
Bronze	Peter Blackburn Mark Nichols	1994 Victoria	Men's doubles
Bronze	Peter Blackburn Rhonda Cator	1994 Victoria	Mixed doubles
Bronze	Peter Blackburn Rhonda Cator	1998 Kuala Lumpur	Mixed doubles
Bronze	Tang Hetian Kate Wilson-Smith	2010 Delhi	Women's doubles

Team event
Medal	Name	Games	Event
Bronze	Audrey Swaby Darren McDonald Jane Forrest Jennifer Cunningham Julie McDonald Mark Harry Maxine Evans Michael Scandolera Paul Morgan Trevor James	1982 Brisbane	Mixed team
Bronze	Audrey Tuckey Darren McDonald Gordon Lang Julie McDonald Karen Jupp Michael Scandolera Paul Heng Kong Rhonda Cator Tracey Small Sze Yu	1986 Edinburgh	Mixed team
Bronze	Audrey Tuckey Darren McDonald Gordon Lang Julie McDonald Karen Jupp Paul Heng Kong Rhonda Cator Tracey Small	1994 Victoria	Mixed team
Bronze	Amanda Hardy Kate Wilson-Smith Kellie Lucas Michaela Smith Rayoni Head Rhonda Cator Sarah Hicks	1998 Kuala Lumpur	Women's team

Mixed team

Year	Result
2010	Quarter-finals
2014	Quarter-finals
2018	Quarter-finals
2022	Group stage

Participation in Oceania Badminton Championships

Despite Australia having yet to be a competitive country in badminton, the nation is currently the most dominant in Oceania, winning a total of 16 team titles at the Oceania Badminton Championships, as of 2022.

Men's team

Year	Result
2008	Runner-up
2010	Champions
2012	Runner-up
2016	Runner-up
2018	Champions
2020	Champions

Women's team

Year	Result
2008	Runner-up
2010	Champions
2012	Champions
2016	Champions
2018	Champions
2020	Champions

Mixed team

Year	Result
1999	Champions
2002	Champions
2004	Runner-up
2006	Runner-up
2008	Runner-up
2010	Champions
2012	Champions
2014	Champions
2016	Champions
2019	Champions

Current squad

Men

Women

References

^ "2007 Sudirman Cup - Groups" (PDF). Retrieved 28 May 2007.
^ Populorum, Mike. "Archiv SudirmanCup". sbg.ac.at. Retrieved 8 May 2019.

[1] "2007 Sudirman Cup - Groups" (PDF). Retrieved 28 May 2007.

[2] Populorum, Mike. "Archiv SudirmanCup". sbg.ac.at. Retrieved 8 May 2019.

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