Brazil national badminton team

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.

Brazil
AssociationConfederação Brasileira de Badminton
ConfederationBadminton Pan America
PresidentJosé Santini
BWF ranking
Current ranking21 9 (3 January 2023)
Highest ranking21 (2 July 2015)
Sudirman Cup
Appearances4 (first in 1997)
Best resultGroup stage
Pan Am Mixed Team Championships
Appearances10 (first in 2008)
Best resultRunners-up (2016, 2018)
Pan Am Men's Team Championships
Appearances5 (first in 2008)
Best resultRunners-up (2022)
Pan Am Women's Team Championships
Appearances5 (first in 2008)
Best resultThird 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.

Participation in BWF competitions
Sudirman Cup
Year Result
1997 47th
1999 42nd
2001 46th
2015 20th

Participation in Pan American Badminton Championships

Participation in Pan American Games

Brazil has won a gold, two silvers and seven bronze medals at the Pan American Games in badminton. In 2019, Ygor Coelho won Brazil's first gold medal in badminton at the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru.

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Canada21221255
2 United States1081836
3 Guatemala2259
4 Brazil12710
5 Jamaica1056
6 Cuba0123
7 Peru001515
8 Mexico0044
9 Dominican Republic0011
 Trinidad and Tobago0011
Totals (10 entries)353570140

List of medalists
Medal Name Games Event
 Bronze Guilherme Kumasaka
Guilherme Pardo		 2007 Rio de Janeiro Men's doubles
 Bronze Daniel Paiola 2011 Guadalajara Men's singles
 Silver Hugo Arthuso
Daniel Paiola		 2015 Toronto Men's doubles
 Silver Lohaynny Vicente
Luana Vicente		 2015 Toronto Women's doubles
 Bronze Alex Tjong
Lohaynny Vicente		 2015 Toronto Mixed doubles
 Gold Ygor Coelho 2019 Lima Men's singles
 Bronze Fabricio Farias
Francielton Farias		 2019 Lima Men's doubles
 Bronze Tamires Santos
Fabiana Silva		 2019 Lima Women's doubles
 Bronze Jaqueline Lima
Sâmia Lima		 2019 Lima Women's doubles
 Bronze Fabricio Farias
Jaqueline Lima		 2019 Lima Mixed doubles

Notable players

Current squad

A new generation of badminton players have been selected to represent Brazil in the 2022 Pan Am Male & Female Badminton Cup.

References
  1. "2007 Sudirman Cup - Groups" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-03-21. Retrieved 2007-05-28.
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