# Soviet Union national badminton team

The Soviet Union national badminton team (Russian: Сборная СССР по бадминтону) represented the Soviet Union in international badminton team competitions. The Soviet national team have only participated twice in the international events, namely the Sudirman Cup. The team's last ever competition was the 1991 Sudirman Cup, months before the USSR was dissolved.
Prior to the dissolution, the national team were active in participating in the USSR International badminton tournament, where most of its players have won.

## History
### Mixed team

The Soviet team participated in the first Sudirman Cup in 1989. The team were placed in Group 2. They finished in 10th place on the ranking. The Soviet team competed in their final tournament at the 1991 Sudirman Cup in Copenhagen, Denmark. The team was placed into Group 3 with Scotland, Thailand and Canada. The Soviet team won both ties against Scotland and Canada with a tight score of 4-1 and 3-2 respectively. They lost the tie with Thailand and were placed 12th in the rankings.

## Competitive record
### European Team Championships
#### Mixed team

| Year | Round | Pos |
| 1972 | Did not enter | Did not enter |
| 1974 | Did not enter | Did not enter |
| 1976 | Group stage | 7th |
| 1978 | Group stage | 8th |
| 1980 | Group stage | 5th |
| 1982 | Group stage | 5th |
| 1984 | Group stage | 5th |
| 1986 | Group stage | 5th |
| 1988 | Fourth place | 4th |
| 1990 | Fourth place | 4th |

### Helvetia Cup

| Year | Round | Pos |
| 1962 | Did not enter | Did not enter |
| 1963 | Did not enter | Did not enter |
| 1964 | Did not enter | Did not enter |
| 1965 | Did not enter | Did not enter |
| 1966 | Did not enter | Did not enter |
| 1967 | Did not enter | Did not enter |
| 1968 | Did not enter | Did not enter |
| 1969 | Did not enter | Did not enter |
| 1970 | Did not enter | Did not enter |
| 1971 | Did not enter | Did not enter |
| 1973 | Did not enter | Did not enter |
| 1975 | Did not enter | Did not enter |
| 1977 | Champions | 1st |
| 1979 | Champions | 1st |
| 1981 | Did not enter | Did not enter |
| 1983 | Did not enter | Did not enter |
| 1985 | Did not enter | Did not enter |
| 1987 | Did not enter | Did not enter |
| 1989 | Did not enter | Did not enter |
| 1991 | Did not enter | Did not enter |
    **Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.

## Junior competitive record
### European Junior Team Championships
#### Mixed team

| Year | Round | Pos |
| 1975 | Group stage | 7th |
| 1977 | Group stage | 6th |
| 1979 | Group stage | 5th |
| 1981 | Group stage | 8th |
| 1983 | Group stage | 7th |
| 1985 | Group stage | 7th |
| 1987 | Group stage | 7th |
| 1989 | Group stage | 7th |
| 1991 | Champions | 1st |

### Finlandia Cup
#### Mixed team

| Year | Round | Pos |
| 1984 | Did not enter | Did not enter |
| 1986 | Champions | 1st |
| 1988 | Did not enter | Did not enter |
| 1990 | Did not enter | Did not enter |
    **Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.

## Players
### Squad

    As of 1991

#### Men's team

| Name | DoB/Age | Ranking of event | Ranking of event | Ranking of event |
| Name | DoB/Age | MS | MD | XD |
| Pavel Uvarov | (1967-03-22)22 March 1967 (aged 24) | - | - | - |
| Andrey Antropov | (1967-05-21)21 May 1967 (aged 24) | - | - | - |
| Nikolai Zuyev | (1970-05-07)7 May 1970 (aged 21) | - | - | - |
| Anatoliy Skripko | (1952-12-14)14 December 1952 (aged 39) | - | - | - |
| Vitaliy Shmakov | 1961 (aged 29–30) | - | - | - |
| Sergey Sevryukov | 1965 (aged 25–26) | - | - | - |

#### Women's team

| Name | DoB/Age | Ranking of event | Ranking of event | Ranking of event |
| Name | DoB/Age | WS | WD | XD |
| Elena Rybkina | (1964-04-24)24 April 1964 (aged 27) | - | - | - |
| Irina Serova | (1966-05-14)14 May 1966 (aged 25) | - | - | - |
| Svetlana Beliasova | (1958-05-10)10 May 1958 (aged 33) | - | - | - |
| Viktoria Pron | (1965-04-23)23 April 1965 (aged 26) | - | - | - |
| Vlada Chernyavskaya | (1966-06-10)10 June 1966 (aged 25) | - | - | - |
| Tatyana Litvinenko | 1960 (aged 30–31) | - | - | - |