Finland national badminton team explained

The Finland national badminton team (fi|Suomen sulkapallomaajoukkue) represents Finland in international badminton team competitions.^[1] It is controlled by Badminton Finland (Finnish: Suomen Sulkapallo), the national organization for badminton in Finland.

The Finnish men's team have once participated the Thomas Cup in 1994 but were eliminated in the group stage. The team's most recent achievement was achieving a semifinalist bronze position at the 2014 European Men's Team Badminton Championships. The women's team have never competed in the Uber Cup. Their best result was reaching the quarterfinals at the 2016 European Women's Team Badminton Championships.

The mixed team participated in the Sudirman Cup simultaneously until 2007. The team later qualified for the Sudirman Cup again in 2021 when Vantaa was chosen as the host for the 2021 Sudirman Cup. Finland finished in 14th place after being eliminated in the group stage.

Participation in BWF competitions

Thomas Cup

Year	Result
	20th - Group 5
	21st - Group 5
	20th - Group 5
	21st - Group 5
	20th - Group 3
	20th - Group 3
	19th - Group 3
	17th - Group 3
	22nd - Group 3
	23rd - Group 3
	14th − Group stage

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

Participation in European Team Badminton Championships

Finland finished up as semifinalists in the 2014 European Men's and Women's Team Badminton Championships. The team got through the quarterfinal by beating Sweden with a score of 3–0. The first three singles, Ville Lång, Eetu Heino and Anton Kaisti beat Sweden's Henri Hurskainen, Gabriel Ulldahl and Mattias Borg to win the tie.

Men's Team

Year	Result
	Group stage
	Group stage
	Group stage
	Semi-finalist
	Group stage
	Quarter-finalist
	Group stage

Women's Team

Year	Result
	Group stage
	Group stage
	Group stage
	Group stage
	Quarter-finalist
	Group stage

Mixed Team

Year	Result
1972	Group stage
1974	Group stage
1980	Group stage
1982	Group stage
1986	Group stage
1988	Group stage
1990	Group stage
1992	Group stage
1994	Group stage
1996	Group stage
1998	Group stage
2000	Group stage
2002	Quarter-finalist
2004	Group stage
2006	Group stage
	Group stage
	Group stage
	Group stage
	Group stage
	Group stage

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

Junior competitive record

World Junior Team Championships

See also: BWF World Junior Championships.

Suhandinata Cup

!Year!Result

	Did not compete
	Group stage - 21st of 23
	Did not compete
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
	Group X1 - 17th of 22
	Group W2 - 18th of 30
	Group Y1 - 22nd of 30
	Did not compete
2015
	Group G2 - 49th of 52
	Group H2 - 29th of 44
	Did not compete
	Group A1 - 30th of 43
	Cancelled
	Cancelled
	Group E - 25th of 37

European Junior Team Championships

Year	Result
	Group stage
	Group stage
	Group stage
	Group stage
	Group stage
	Group stage
	Group stage
	Group stage
	Group stage

Players

Current squad

Men's team

Name	DoB/Age	Ranking of event
		MS	MD	XD
Kalle Koljonen	26 February 1994	58	-	-
Joakim Oldorff	14 December 2002	75	991	-
Iikka Heino	9 January 1995	240	280	-
Robin Jäntti	10 March 2003	-	280	-
Eliel Melleri	31 December 2003	826	387	973
Niilo Nyqvist	10 January 2004	826	387	-

Women's team

Name	DoB/Age	Ranking of event
		WS	WD	XD
Nella Nyqvist	20 March 2006	261	805	973
Petra Saarnivaara	1 July 2005	565	766	-
Ria Tuominen	18 November 2005	1096	766	1160
Oona Tapola	18 August 2005	806	482	288
Sarah Asfar	9 December 2004	-	482	-
Nella Siilasmaa	19 December 1997	1100	913	-

Notes and References

1. Web site: Populorum . Mike . Archiv SudirmanCup . sbg.ac.at . 8 May 2019.