New Caledonia national badminton team

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New Caledonia
AssociationNew Caledonia Badminton Association (NCBA)
ConfederationBO (Oceania)
PresidentJohanna Kou
BWF ranking
Current ranking67 Increase 1 (2 January 2024)
Highest ranking34 (4 January 2018)
Sudirman Cup
Appearances1 (first in 2017)
Best resultGroup stage
Oceania Mixed Team Championships
Appearances7 (first in 1999)
Best resultThird place (1999, 2008, 2014, 2019, 2023)
Oceania Men's Team Championships
Appearances4 (first in 2010)
Best resultThird place (2010, 2012)
Oceania Women's Team Championships
Appearances4 (first in 2010)
Best resultThird place (2010, 2012, 2016, 2020)

The New Caledonia national badminton team (French: Équipe nationale de badminton de Nouvelle-Calédonie) represents New Caledonia, an overseas collectivity of France, in international badminton team competitions.[1] New Caledonia has competed in the Sudirman Cup once, which was in 2017, where the team was placed in Group 3A.

New Caledonia has reached many semifinals at the Oceania Badminton Championships. The men's team finished in third place in 2010 and 2012. The women's team have won bronze since 2010. The mixed team won bronze in 1999, 2008, 2014 and 2019. The New Caledonian team also competes in the Pacific Mini Games. They were runners-up at the 2022 Pacific Mini Games.

Competitive record

Oceania Team Championships

Pacific Games

Mixed team

Year Result
Fiji 2003 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runners-up
Samoa 2007 1st place, gold medalist(s) Champions
New Caledonia 2011 1st place, gold medalist(s) Champions
Samoa 2019 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runners-up
French Polynesia 2027 TBD

Pacific Mini Games

Mixed team

Year Result
Northern Mariana Islands 2022 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runners-up
**Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.

Junior competitive record

Suhandinata Cup

Year Result
China 2000 Did not enter
South Africa 2002
Canada 2004
South Korea 2006
New Zealand 2007
India 2008
Malaysia 2009
Mexico 2010
Chinese Taipei 2011
Japan 2012
Thailand 2013
Malaysia 2014
Peru 2015
Spain 2016
Indonesia 2017
Canada 2018
Russia 2019
Spain 2022
United States 2023
N/A 2024 TBD

Oceania Junior Team Championships

Mixed team

Year Result
Fiji 2011 Did not enter
French Polynesia 2013
New Zealand 2015
New Caledonia 2017 Fourth place
Australia 2019 Fourth place
New Zealand 2023 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Third place
**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
MS MD XD
Jeremy Lemaitre (1994-09-21) 21 September 1994 (age 29) 1047 - 737
Yohan de Geoffroy (1998-11-29) 29 November 1998 (age 25) - - -
Ronan Ho-Yagues (2000-07-17) 17 July 2000 (age 23) - - -
Lucas Juillot (2005-01-13) 13 January 2005 (age 19) 1828 - 408

Women's team

Name DoB/Age Ranking of event
WS WD XD
Soizick Ho-Yagues (1997-11-24) 24 November 1997 (age 26) 586 587 408
Dgenyva Matauli (2001-12-02) 2 December 2001 (age 22) 463 587 -
Marine Souviat (2006-05-16) 16 May 2006 (age 17) 1243 - -
Julie Wongsodjirono (2006-05-12) 12 May 2006 (age 17) - - -

References

  1. ^ Populorum, Mike. "Archiv SudirmanCup". sbg.ac.at. Retrieved 8 May 2019.