Greenland national badminton team

The Greenland national badminton team (Danish: Grønlands badmintonlandshold; Greenlandic: Kalaallit Nunaannit sulorarnermi nunanut allanut unammisartut) is a badminton team located in Greenland, Denmark and represents the nation of Greenland in international badminton team competitions. It is controlled by the Greenland Badminton Federation, the governing body for badminton in Greenland.^[1]

Greenland

Association	Badminton Kalaallit Nunaat (BKN)
Confederation	BE (Europe)
President	Michael Kleist
BWF ranking
Current ranking	92 (2 January 2024)
Highest ranking	51 (2 July 2019)
Sudirman Cup
Appearances	1 (first in 2019)
Best result	Group stage
European Men's Team Championships
Appearances	2 (first in 2018)
Best result	Group stage
European Women's Team Championships
Appearances	1 (first in 2018)
Best result	Group stage

Despite badminton not being popular in Greenland, the team has once participated in the Sudirman Cup, which was in 2019. Greenland has also recently been participating in the European Men's and Women's Team Badminton Championships. The team participates under Danish influence.

Greenland has only participated once in international BWF team tournaments and that was the 2019 Sudirman Cup. The Greenlandic team was placed into the Group 4 along with Kazakhstan and Macau. The team lost both group ties but won one match when Sara Lindskov Jacobsen beat Kazakhstan's Aisha Zhumabek. The team finished in 31st place on the rankings. The Greenlandic badminton team participates in the biennial Island Games. The mixed team lost the quarterfinals tie twice in 2015 and 2019. The team finally won gold in 2019 after defeating defending champions Guernsey.

Competitive record

Thomas Cup Year Result 1949 to 2016 Did not enter 2018 Did not qualify 2020 2022 2024 2026 TBD 2028 TBD 2030 TBD

Uber Cup Year Result 1957 to 2016 Did not enter 2018 Did not qualify 2020 Did not enter 2022 Did not qualify 2024 2026 TBD 2028 TBD 2030 TBD

Sudirman Cup Year Result 1989 to 1999 Did not enter 2001 Group 7 − 51st 2003 Group 6 − 44th 2005 Did not enter 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 Group 4 − 31st 2021 Did not enter 2023 Did not qualify 2025 Did not enter 2027 TBD 2029 TBD

European Team Championships

Men's team Year Result 2006 to 2016 Did not enter 2018 Group stage 2020 Group stage 2024 Did not qualify

Women's team Year Result 2006 to 2016 Did not enter 2018 Group stage 2020 Did not enter 2024 Did not qualify

Mixed team Year Result 1972 to 2021 Did not enter 2023 Did not qualify 2025 Did not enter

Island Games

Mixed team

Year	Result
1985	Did not enter
1987
1989	Quarter-finals
1991	Group A − 7th
1993	Group stage
1995	Group stage
1997	Group stage
1999	Quarter-finals
2001	Group A − 6th
2003	Quarter-finals
2005	Fourth place
2009	Runner-up
2011	Fourth place
2013	Quarter-finals
2015	Quarter-finals
2017	Quarter-finals
2019	Champions
2023	Runner-up

Players

Current squad

As of 2 January 2024

Men's team

Name	DoB/Age	Ranking of event
		MS	MD	XD
Julian King	(2004-09-16) 16 September 2004 (age 20)	-	-	-
Maluk Tiger	(2004-10-27) 27 October 2004 (age 20)	-	-	-
Sebastian Reimer Bendtsen	(1995-06-01) 1 June 1995 (age 30)	-	1331	-
Toke Ketwa-Driefer	(1998-10-07) 7 October 1998 (age 26)	-	1331	-
Sequssuna Schmidt	(1992-05-13) 13 May 1992 (age 33)	-	-	-
Taatsiannguaq Pedersen	(1991-01-11) 11 January 1991 (age 34)	-	-	-

Women's team

Name	DoB/Age	Ranking of event
		WS	WD	XD
Milka Brønlund	(1998-04-24) 24 April 1998 (age 27)	-	-	-
Nina Høegh	(1993-04-20) 20 April 1993 (age 32)	-	-	-
Sara Lindskov	(1994-07-15) 15 July 1994 (age 31)	-	-	-
Celia Villebro	(1991-09-19) 19 September 1991 (age 33)	-	-	-
Cecilia Josenius	(1997-02-07) 7 February 1997 (age 28)	-	-	-
Tina Amassen Rafaelsen	(2002-07-28) 28 July 2002 (age 23)	-	-	-

Previous squads

European Team Championships

• Men's team: 2020