# Bulgaria national badminton team

The Bulgaria national badminton team (Bulgarian: Националния отбор на България по бадминтон) represents Bulgaria in international badminton team competitions and is controlled by the Bulgarian Badminton Federation (Bulgarian: Българска Федерация Бадминтон). The Bulgarian women's team achieved second place in the 2016 European Men's and Women's Team Badminton Championships, they were semifinalists two years prior.
The Bulgarian team have won a gold and a bronze medal at the European Games. National women's doubles specialists Gabriela Stoeva and Stefani Stoeva are the first Bulgarian players to enter the top 10 in the BWF World Ranking. The women's team made its Uber Cup debut in 2016.

## Competitive record
### 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 | Did not enter | Did not enter |
| 1979 | Did not enter | Did not enter |
| 1981 | Did not enter | Did not enter |
| 1983 | Did not enter | Did not enter |
| 1985 | Did not enter | Did not enter |
| 1987 | Group stage | 12th |
| 1989 | Group stage | 10th |
| 1991 | Group stage | 5th |
| 1993 | Group stage | 8th |
| 1995 | Runners-up | 2nd |
| 1997 | Did not enter | Did not enter |
| 1999 | Did not enter | Did not enter |
| 2001 | Did not enter | Did not enter |
| 2003 | Did not enter | Did not enter |
| 2005 | Did not enter | Did not enter |
| 2007 | Did not enter | Did not enter |

### Balkan Team Championships
#### Mixed team

| Year | Round | Pos |
| 1992 | Champions | 1st |
| 1993 | Champions | 1st |
| 1995 | Champions | 1st |
| 1997 | Champions | 1st |
| 1998 | Champions | 1st |
| 1999 | Champions | 1st |
| 2000 | Champions | 1st |
| 2001 | Champions | 1st |
| 2002 | Champions | 1st |
| 2003 | Champions | 1st |
| 2004 | Champions | 1st |
| 2005 | Champions | 1st |
| 2006 | Champions | 1st |
| 2007 | Champions | 1st |
| 2008 | Champions | 1st |
| 2009 | Champions | 1st |
| 2010 | Champions | 1st |
| 2011 | Champions | 1st |
| 2012 | Runners-up | 2nd |
| 2013 | Champions | 1st |
| 2014 | Champions | 1st |
| 2016 | Champions | 1st |
| 2018 | Champions | 1st |

### FISU World University Games
#### Mixed team

| Year | Round | Pos |
| 2007 | Group stage | 16/21 |
| 2011 | Did not enter | Did not enter |
| 2013 | Did not enter | Did not enter |
| 2015 | Did not enter | Did not enter |
| 2017 | Did not enter | Did not enter |
| 2021 | Did not enter | Did not enter |
| 2025 | TBD | TBD |

### World University Team Championships
#### Mixed team

| Year | Round | Pos |
| 2008 | Did not enter | Did not enter |
| 2010 | Did not enter | Did not enter |
| 2012 | Did not enter | Did not enter |
| 2014 | Did not enter | Did not enter |
| 2016 | Did not enter | Did not enter |
| 2018 | Did not enter | Did not enter |
    **Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.

## Junior competitive record
### Suhandinata Cup

| Year | Round | Pos |
| 2000 | Did not enter | Did not enter |
| 2002 | Group stage | 15th |
| 2004 | Did not enter | Did not enter |
| 2006 | Group stage | 22nd |
| 2007 | Group stage | 11th |
| 2008 | Did not enter | Did not enter |
| 2009 | Did not enter | Did not enter |
| 2010 | Did not enter | Did not enter |
| 2011 | Did not enter | Did not enter |
| 2012 | Group stage | 27th |
| 2013 | Group stage | 17th |
| 2014 | Group stage | 22nd |
| 2015 | Did not enter | Did not enter |
| 2016 | Group stage | 33rd |
| 2017 | Group stage | 34th |
| 2018 | Did not enter | Did not enter |
| 2019 | Did not enter | Did not enter |
| 2022 | Did not enter | Did not enter |
| 2023 | Did not enter | Did not enter |
| 2024 | TBD | TBD |

### European Junior Team Championships
#### Mixed team

| Year | Round | Pos |
| 1975 | Did not enter | Did not enter |
| 1977 | Did not enter | Did not enter |
| 1979 | Did not enter | Did not enter |
| 1981 | Did not enter | Did not enter |
| 1983 | Did not enter | Did not enter |
| 1985 | Did not enter | Did not enter |
| 1987 | Group stage | 18th |
| 1989 | Did not enter | Did not enter |
| 1991 | Group stage | 20th |
| 1993 | Group stage | 20th |
| 1995 | Group stage | 9th |
| 1997 | Group stage | 8th |
| 1999 | Group stage | 12th |
| 2001 | Group stage | 10th |
| 2003 | Group stage | 9th |
| 2005 | Group stage | 7th |
| 2007 | Group stage | 12th |
| 2009 | Group stage | 8/14 |
| 2011 | Group stage | 8/14 |
| 2013 | Quarter-finals | 5/8 |
| 2015 | Did not enter | Did not enter |
| 2017 | Group stage | 19/24 |
| 2018 | Group stage | 9/16 |
| 2020 | Did not enter | Did not enter |
| 2022 | Group stage | 9/16 |
| 2024 | Group stage | 9/16 |

### Finlandia Cup
#### Mixed team

| Year | Round | Pos |
| 1984 | Did not enter | Did not enter |
| 1986 | Did not enter | Did not enter |
| 1988 | Did not enter | Did not enter |
| 1990 | Group stage | 12th |
| 1992 | Group stage | 15th |
| 1994 | Champions | 1st |
| 1996 | Did not enter | Did not enter |
| 1998 | Did not enter | Did not enter |
| 2000 | Did not enter | Did not enter |
| 2002 | Did not enter | Did not enter |
| 2004 | Did not enter | Did not enter |
| 2006 | Did not enter | Did not enter |

### Balkan Junior Team Championships
#### Mixed team

| Year | Round | Pos |
| 1992 | Champions | 1st |
| 1993 | Champions | 1st |
| 1994 | Champions | 1st |
| 1995 | Runners-up | 2nd |
| 1996 | Champions | 1st |
| 1997 | Champions | 1st |
| 1998 | Champions | 1st |
| 1999 | Champions | 1st |
| 2000 | Runners-up | 2nd |
| 2001 | Champions | 1st |
| 2002 | Champions | 1st |
| 2004 | Champions | 1st |
| 2005 | Champions | 1st |
| 2006 | Runners-up | 2nd |
| 2007 | Champions | 1st |
| 2008 | Runners-up | 2nd |
| 2010 | Runners-up | 2nd |
| 2011 | Champions | 1st |
| 2012 | Champions | 1st |
| 2013 | Champions | 1st |
| 2015 | Runners-up | 2nd |
| 2016 | Runners-up | 2nd |
| 2017 | Runners-up | 2nd |
| 2019 | Semi-finals | 3rd |
    **Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.

## Players
### Current squad

    As of 2 January 2024

#### Men's team

| Name | DoB/Age | Ranking of event | Ranking of event | Ranking of event |
| Name | DoB/Age | MS | MD | XD |
| Daniel Nikolov | (1998-08-26) 26 August 1998 (age 26) | - | 709 | - |
| Dimitar Yanakiev | (1998-11-05) 5 November 1998 (age 26) | 216 | 709 | - |
| Ivan Rusev | (1993-05-06) 6 May 1993 (age 31) | 418 | 106 | - |
| Iliyan Stoynov | (2001-01-25) 25 January 2001 (age 24) | 449 | 106 | 81 |
| Patrik Dimitrov | (2008-03-19) 19 March 2008 (age 16) | 1735 | 1301 | - |
| Tsvetan Ivanov | (2007-08-26) 26 August 2007 (age 17) | 1735 | 1301 | 1160 |
| Teodor Mitev | (2009-09-09) 9 September 2009 (age 15) | 1623 | 1301 | - |
| Stefan Zeirov | (1999-03-08) 8 March 1999 (age 25) | - | 1301 | - |

#### Women's team

| Name | DoB/Age | Ranking of event | Ranking of event | Ranking of event |
| Name | DoB/Age | WS | WD | XD |
| Kaloyana Nalbantova | (2006-03-06) 6 March 2006 (age 18) | 76 | 502 | 1019 |
| Hristomira Popovska | (2000-09-05) 5 September 2000 (age 24) | 124 | 305 | 81 |
| Mariya Mitsova | (1996-11-21) 21 November 1996 (age 28) | - | 763 | - |
| Gergana Pavlova | (2003-07-27) 27 July 2003 (age 21) | 268 | 327 | - |
| Gabriela Stoeva | (1994-07-15) 15 July 1994 (age 30) | - | 18 | 944 |
| Stefani Stoeva | (1995-09-23) 23 September 1995 (age 29) | 948 | 18 | - |
| Mihaela Chepisheva | (2004-11-27) 27 November 2004 (age 20) | 443 | 187 | - |
| Tsvetina Popivanova | (2005-07-01) 1 July 2005 (age 19) | 695 | 187 | 312 |

### Previous squads
#### Uber Cup

* 2016

#### European Team Championships

* Men's team: 2020
* Women's team: 2020