Georgia national badminton team

Georgia
Association	Georgian Badminton Federation (GBF)
Confederation	BE (Europe)
President	Tinatin Baghashvili
BWF ranking
Current ranking	Unranked (2 January 2024)
Highest ranking	123 (5 October 2017)

The Georgia national badminton team (Georgian: საქართველოს ბადმინტონის ეროვნული ნაკრები) represents Georgia in international badminton team competitions.^[1] The national team is controlled by the Georgian Badminton Federation, the governing body of Georgian badminton. Georgia competed in before 1991 as part of the Soviet Union national badminton team. The team competed independently after the dissolution of the Soviet Union.

The Georgian junior team also participated in the BWF World Junior Championships mixed team event, also known as the Suhandinata Cup. The Georgian junior team also placed third in the Balkan Junior Team Championships in 2019.^[2]^[3]^[4]

History

Badminton was introduced to Georgia in the early 1960s. The spread of this sport was facilitated by the first USSR National Badminton Championships held in Tbilisi in 1963, which was followed by the Georgian National Badminton Championships a year later. In addition to Tbilisi, badminton groups have opened in Kutaisi, Batumi, Sukhumi, Rustavi, Telavi, Gurjaani and Gachiani.^[5]

Junior competitive record

Suhandinata Cup

Mixed team

Year	Result
2016	Group C2 – 52nd of 52
2017	Group E – 40th of 44
2022	Group C – 37th of 37
2023	Group E – 38th of 38

Balkan Junior Team Championships

Mixed team

Year	Result
2019	Semi-finals

Players

Current squad

As of 2 January 2024

Men's team

Name	DoB/Age	Ranking of event
Name	DoB/Age	MS	MD	XD
Nikoloz Chkheidze	(2006-12-20) 20 December 2006 (age 18)	–	–	–
Daniel Tatevosyan	(2005-12-21) 21 December 2005 (age 19)	–	–	–
Garri Ter-Karapetyan	(2005-04-01) 1 April 2005 (age 19)	–	–	–
Grigol Nalgranyan	(2003-03-30) 30 March 2003 (age 21)	–	–	–

Women's team

Name	DoB/Age	Ranking of event
Name	DoB/Age	WS	WD	XD
Maria Khachaturyan	(2003-02-20) 20 February 2003 (age 21)	–	–	–
Teona Batiashvili	(2003-04-07) 7 April 2003 (age 21)	–	–	–
Marina Ovasapyan	(2005-12-10) 10 December 2005 (age 19)	–	–	–
Elisabed Zumbulidze	(2006-08-02) 2 August 2006 (age 18)	–	–	–

References

^ Populorum, Mike. "Archiv SudirmanCup". sbg.ac.at. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
^ "U19 Balkan Badminton Championships'2019 – Winners". www.tournamentsoftware.com. Retrieved 11 September 2022.
^ "19 Yaş Altı Balkan Badminton Şampiyonası Başladı". TÜRKİYE BADMİNTON FEDERASYONU (in Turkish). 1 July 2019. Retrieved 21 May 2023.
^ "Genç Badmintoncular, 19 Yaş Altı Balkan Şampiyonu". TÜRKİYE BADMİNTON FEDERASYONU (in Turkish). 4 July 2019. Retrieved 21 May 2023.
^ "Georgian Badminton Federation". 25 November 2021. Retrieved 21 May 2023.