The Argentina national badminton team (
Spanish: Selección Argentina de bádminton) represents Argentina in international badminton team competitions and is administered by
Argentine Badminton Federation (
Spanish: Federación de Bádminton de la República Argentina). Argentina competed in the
Sudirman Cup three times in 1995, 1997 and 1999.
Badminton has been played in Argentina since the 20th century in clubs and schools across the nation. The sport was promoted in the
1970s by the Argentine Youth Christian Association but did not garner much attention. The national team was formed after the formation of the
Argentine Badminton Federation (FEBARA).[1]
Mixed team
Argentina hosted the first two
South American Badminton Championships in 1984 and 1985 and the team qualified for the mixed team event as host nation.[2] The team finished as runners-up in both editions after losing to
Peru and
Brazil in the final.[2] In 1995, Argentina made their debut in the
Sudirman Cup.[3] The team were placed in Group 11. The team lost 4–1 to
Slovakia,
Malta and
Brazil but won their tie 5–0 against
Morocco to finish 48th in the overall standings.[3] The team then competed for the next two editions of the Sudirman Cup and lost all of their group ties.[3]