Soviet Union national badminton team

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Soviet Union
AssociationUSSR Badminton Federation
ConfederationBE (Europe)
Sudirman Cup
Appearances2 (first in 1989)
Best resultGroup stage
European Mixed Team Championships
Appearances8 (first in 1976)
Best resultFourth place (1988, 1990)
Helvetia Cup
Appearances2 (first in 1977)
Best resultChampions (1977, 1979)

The Soviet Union national badminton team (Russian: Сборная СССР по бадминтону) represented the Soviet Union in international badminton team competitions.[1] The Soviet national team have only participated twice in the international events, namely the Sudirman Cup. The team's last ever competition was the 1991 Sudirman Cup, months before the USSR was dissolved.

Prior to the dissolution, the national team were active in participating in the USSR International badminton tournament, where most of its players have won.

History

Mixed team

The Soviet team participated in the first Sudirman Cup in 1989. The team were placed in Group 2. They finished in 10th place on the ranking. The Soviet team competed in their final tournament at the 1991 Sudirman Cup in Copenhagen, Denmark. The team was placed into Group 3 with Scotland, Thailand and Canada. The Soviet team won both ties against Scotland and Canada with a tight score of 4-1 and 3-2 respectively. They lost the tie with Thailand and were placed 12th in the rankings.

Competitive record

European Team Championships

Mixed team

Year Round Pos
1972 Did not enter
1974
1976 Group stage 7th
1978 Group stage 8th
1980 Group stage 5th
1982 Group stage 5th
1984 Group stage 5th
1986 Group stage 5th
1988 Fourth place 4th
1990 Fourth place 4th

Helvetia Cup

Year Round Pos
1962 Did not enter
1963
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970
1971
1973
1975
1977 Champions 1st
1979 Champions 1st
1981 Did not enter
1983
1985
1987
1989
1991
**Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.

Junior competitive record

European Junior Team Championships

Mixed team

Year Round Pos
1975 Group stage 7th
1977 Group stage 6th
1979 Group stage 5th
1981 Group stage 8th
1983 Group stage 7th
1985 Group stage 7th
1987 Group stage 7th
1989 Group stage 7th
1991 Champions 1st

Finlandia Cup

Mixed team

Year Round Pos
1984 Did not enter
1986 Champions 1st
1988 Did not enter
1990
**Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.

Players

Squad

As of 1991

Men's team

Name DoB/Age Ranking of event
MS MD XD
Pavel Uvarov (1967-03-22)22 March 1967 (aged 24) - - -
Andrey Antropov (1967-05-21)21 May 1967 (aged 24) - - -
Nikolai Zuyev (1970-05-07)7 May 1970 (aged 21) - - -
Anatoliy Skripko (1952-12-14)14 December 1952 (aged 39) - - -
Vitaliy Shmakov 1961 (aged 29–30) - - -
Sergey Sevryukov 1965 (aged 25–26) - - -

Women's team

Name DoB/Age Ranking of event
WS WD XD
Elena Rybkina (1964-04-24)24 April 1964 (aged 27) - - -
Irina Serova (1966-05-14)14 May 1966 (aged 25) - - -
Svetlana Beliasova (1958-05-10)10 May 1958 (aged 33) - - -
Viktoria Pron (1965-04-23)23 April 1965 (aged 26) - - -
Vlada Chernyavskaya (1966-06-10)10 June 1966 (aged 25) - - -
Tatyana Litvinenko 1960 (aged 30–31) - - -

References

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