Portugal national badminton team

The Portugal national badminton team (Portuguese: Seleção Portuguesa de Badminton) represents Portugal in international badminton team competitions. It is controlled by the Portuguese Badminton Federation, the governing body for badminton in Portugal. The Portuguese have never competed in the Thomas Cup and Uber Cup. The team last participated the Sudirman Cup in 2009.

Portugal

Association	Federação Portuguesa de Badminton (FPB)
Confederation	BE (Europe)
President	Horácio Miranda Ornelas Bento de Gouveia
BWF ranking
Current ranking	67 11 (3 October 2023)
Highest ranking	44 (6 October 2011)
Sudirman Cup
Appearances	7 (first in 1995)
Best result	Group stage
European Mixed Team Championships
Appearances	10 (first in 1978)
Best result	Group stage
European Men's Team Championships
Appearances	7 (first in 2004)
Best result	Group stage
European Women's Team Championships
Appearances	7 (first in 2004)
Best result	Group stage
Helvetia Cup
Appearances	9 (first in 1979)
Best result	Runners-up (1997, 2001)

The team have been competing in the European Men's and Women's Team Badminton Championships since 2006. They have never reached the quarterfinals.

Competitive record

Thomas Cup

Year	Result
1949	Did not enter
1952
1955
1958
1961
1964
1967
1970
1973
1976
1979
1982
1984
1986
1988
1990
1992	Did not qualify
1994
1996
1998
2000
2002
2004
2006
2008
2010
2012
2014	Did not enter
2016
2018	Did not qualify
2020
2022	Did not enter
2024	TBD
2026	TBD
2028	TBD
2030	TBD

Uber Cup

Year	Result
1957	Did not enter
1960
1963
1966
1969
1972
1975
1978
1981
1984
1986
1988
1990
1992
1994	Did not qualify
1996
1998
2000
2002
2004
2006
2008
2010
2012
2014	Did not enter
2016
2018	Did not qualify
2020
2022	Did not enter
2024	TBD
2026	TBD
2028	TBD
2030	TBD

Sudirman Cup

Year	Result
1989	Did not enter
1991
1993
1995	Group 9 − 38th
1997	Group 5 − 35th
1999	Group 5 − 35th
2001	Group 5 − 36th
2003	Group 5 − 31st
2005	Did not enter
2007	Group 6 Promoted − 41st
2009	Group 4 − 28th
2011	Did not enter
2013
2015
2017
2019
2021
2023
2025	TBD
2027	TBD
2029	TBD

European Team Championships

Men's team

Year	Result
2004	Group stage
2006	Group stage
2008	Group stage
2010	Group stage
2012	Group stage
2014	Did not enter
2016
2018	Group stage
2020	Group stage
2024	TBD

Women's team

Year	Result
2004	Group stage
2006	Group stage
2008	Group stage
2010	Group stage
2012	Group stage
2014	Did not enter
2016
2018	Group stage
2020	Group stage
2024	TBD

Mixed team

Year	Result
1972	Did not enter
1974
1976
1978	Group stage − 18th
1980	Group stage − 20th
1982	Did not enter
1984
1986
1988	Group stage − 21st
1990	Did not enter
1992	Group stage − 22nd
1994	Did not enter
1996
1998	Group stage − 15th
2000	Group stage − 16th
2002	Group stage − 15th
2004	Did not enter
2006	Group stage − 14th
2008	Did not enter
2009	Group stage
2011	Group stage
2013	Did not enter
2015
2017	Did not qualify
2019
2021
2023
2025	TBD

Helvetia Cup

Year	Result
1962	Did not enter
1963
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970
1971
1973
1975
1977
1979	Group stage − 10th
1981	Did not enter
1983
1985
1987
1989
1991
1993	Group stage − 13th
1995	Group stage − 9th
1997	Runners-up
1999	Third place
2001	Runners-up
2003	Fourth place
2005	Third place
2007	Group stage − 5th

FISU World University Games

See also: Badminton at the FISU World University Games

Mixed team

Year	Result
2007	Did not enter
2011
2013
2015
2017
2021
2025	TBD

World University Team Championships

Mixed team

Year	Result
2008	Round of 16
2010	Did not enter
2012
2014
2016
2018

**Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.

Junior competitive record

Suhandinata Cup

See also: BWF World Junior Championships

Year	Result
2000	Did not enter
2002
2004
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016	Group H2 − 28th of 52
2017	Did not enter
2018
2019	Group D − 34th of 43
2022	Group C − 29th of 37
2023	Group E − 18th of 40
2024	Group H − 33rd of 39

European Junior Team Championships

See also: European Junior Badminton Championships

Mixed team

Year	Result
1975	Did not enter
1977
1979	Group stage − 17th
1981	Group stage − 16th
1983	Did not enter
1985	Group stage − 20th
1987	Did not enter
1989	Group stage − 19th
1991	Group stage − 14th
1993	Group stage − 16th
1995	Did not enter
1997
1999
2001
2003
2005	Group stage − 12th
2007	Group stage − 16th
2009	Did not enter
2011
2013
2015	Group stage
2017	Group stage
2018	Group stage
2020	Group stage
2022	Group stage

Finlandia Cup

Mixed team

Year	Result
1984	Did not enter
1986
1988	Group stage − 12th
1990	Group stage − 10th
1992	Group stage − 13th
1994	Group stage − 9th
1996	Group stage − 14th
1998	Group stage − 7th
2000	Fourth place
2002	Group stage − 5th
2004	Third place
2006	Did not enter

**Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.

Players

Current squad

Men's team

Name	DoB/Age	Ranking of event
		MS	MD	XD
Bernardo Atilano	(1996-06-19) 19 June 1996	100	-	-
David Silva	(2003-09-12) 12 September 2003	1107	490	900
Gabriel Rodrigues	(2002-04-15) 15 April 2002	276	488	572
Duarte Nuno Anjo	(1996-04-05) 5 April 1996	1352	1296	-
Angelo Silva	(1997-03-30) 30 March 1997	1624	1268	1277
Tomas Nero	(1992-12-01) 1 December 1992	-	866	966
Bruno Carvalho	(1994-10-01) 1 October 1994	277	622	648
Rodrigo Almeida	(2001-08-29) 29 August 2001	1605	490	882
Pedro Portelas	(2003-01-31) 31 January 2003	1286	941	966
Rodrigo Dias	(2003-10-31) 31 October 2003	-	941	1277

Women's team

Name	DoB/Age	Ranking of event
		WS	WD	XD
Madalena Fortunato	(2004-05-14) 14 May 2004	271	507	900
Mariana Afonso	(2002-01-18) 18 January 2002	1028	741	1085
Inês Pardilhó	(2004-10-09) 9 October 2004	771	679	1277
Mariana Paiva	(1998-10-07) 7 October 1998	281	507	656
Mariana Pinto Leite	(1999-07-03) 3 July 1999	971	524	1107
Mariana Neves	(2002-03-19) 19 March 2002	-	698	882
Catarina Martins	(1999-07-05) 5 July 1999	1167	741	865
Sonia Gonçalves	(1994-09-24) 24 September 1994	517	295	648
Adriana Gonçalves	(1999-04-24) 24 April 1999	754	295	900
Beatriz Roberto	(2004-04-09) 9 April 2004	1163	880	966

Previous squads

European Team Championships

• Men's team: 2020

• Women's team: 2020