The England national badminton team represents

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in international

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team competitions and is controlled by ''

Badminton England Badminton England is the national governing body for the sport of badminton in England. It aims to govern, encourage and develop the sport throughout England. Originally established in 1893 as the Badminton Association of England in Portsmou ...

'', the governing body for badminton in England. The English team is ranked 13 on the world ranking and has had many appearances in international team events. England were runners-up at the

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and the 1984 Uber Cup. They've also been semifinalists 4 times at the

Uber Cup The Uber Cup, sometimes called the World Women's Team Championships, is a major international badminton competition contested by women's national badminton teams. First held in 1956–1957 and contested at three year intervals, it has been contes ...

. The men's team had two semifinal finishes at the 1982 and

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edition of the

Thomas Cup The Thomas Cup, sometimes called the World Men's Team Championships, is an international badminton competition among teams representing member nations of the Badminton World Federation (BWF), the sport's global governing body. The championships ha ...

. England only finished in the final four once in the

Sudirman Cup The Sudirman Cup is an international badminton mixed team competition contested by member countries of the Badminton World Federation (BWF), the sport's global governing body. The championship has been awarded every two years since the inaugural ...

which was in 2007. Next to

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, England is one of the dominant badminton nations in

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, having won the

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five times and having many podium finishes at the

European Men's and Women's Team Badminton Championships The European Men's and Women's Team Badminton Championships is a tournament organized by the Badminton Europe (BE), held once every two years to crown the best badminton men's and women's national teams in Europe Europe is a large peninsul ...

Summer Olympic Games

List of medalists

Participation in BWF competitions

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Participation in European Team Badminton Championships

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Participation in European Junior Team Badminton Championships

; Mixed Team

Current squad

;Male players *

Toby Penty Toby Penty (born 12 August 1992) is a retired English badminton player. He started playing badminton at aged 9, and won U-19 English National Championships in 2011. In 2010, he won junior titles in the Netherlands and Switzerland. In 2017, he wo ...

* Johnnie Torjussen * Ethan Rose * Ben Lane *

Sean Vendy Sean Vendy (born 18 May 1996) is a badminton player from England. He started playing badminton at aged 5 in Orkney, then moved to England at 7. He became part of the England national badminton team in May 2015. In 2022, he partnered with Ben Lan ...

Marcus Ellis Marcus Ellis (born 14 September 1989) is a British badminton player. He was the men's doubles champion in the English National Championships. Ellis and Chris Langridge won a bronze medal in the men's doubles at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio d ...

Chris Langridge Christopher Phillip Langridge (born 2 May 1985) is a retired British badminton player. He competed for England at the 2014 Commonwealth Games where he won three medals. He represented Great Britain at the 2016 Summer Olympics, and won a bronze m ...

Ethan van Leeuwen Ethan van Leeuwen (born 8 April 2001) is a badminton player from England. Career In 2021, he became the national champion of England after winning the men's doubles, with Matthew Clare at the 2021 English National Badminton Championships. A ...

Matthew Clare Matthew Clare (born 4 March 1997) is an English badminton player. He graduated from the Ripon Grammar School, and now educated at the Loughborough University. He won the 2016 U-19 National Junior Championships in the boys' doubles event partne ...

* Steven Stallwood * Callum Hemming ;Female players * Abigail Holden * Freya Patel-Redfearn * Estelle van Leeuwen *

Chloe Birch Chloe Francesca Hannah Birch (born 16 September 1995) is an English badminton player. She was introduced to badminton through school and started playing at age eight at Abbeydale Badminton Club. Birch received the Michael Vaughan Award from Silv ...

* Lauren Smith * Jessica Hopton *

Jessica Pugh Jessica Rose Pugh (born 17 March 1997) is an English badminton player. She joined the national junior team in 2008, and selected to the senior team in 2015. She had won the mixed doubles bronze medal at the 2015 European Junior Championships i ...

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