Tahiti national badminton team

Tahiti
AssociationTahitian Badminton Federation (TFB)
ConfederationBO (Oceania)
PresidentMichael Alezrah
BWF ranking
Current ranking76 Steady (2 January 2024)
Highest ranking40 (5 April 2018)
Sudirman Cup
Appearances2 (first in 2017)
Best resultGroup stage
Thomas Cup
Appearances1 (first in 2020)
Best resultGroup stage
Uber Cup
Appearances1 (first in 2020)
Best resultGroup stage
Oceania Mixed Team Championships
Appearances4 (first in 2014)
Best resultThird place (2016)
Oceania Men's Team Championships
Appearances4 (first in 2012)
Best resultThird place (2016, 2018, 2020)
Oceania Women's Team Championships
Appearances3 (first in 2016)
Best resultFourth place (2016, 2018, 2020)

The Tahiti national badminton team (French: Équipe nationale de badminton de Tahiti; Tahitian: Te pupu ma'iti badminton no te fenua Tahiti) represents French Polynesia, an overseas collectivity of France, in international badminton team competitions. The Tahitian team has competed in the Oceania Badminton Championships since 2014. The men's team achieved third place three times in the team tournament while the mixed team won bronze in the 2014 Oceania Badminton Championships.

In 2021, the Tahitian men's and women's team would make their debuts onto the Thomas Cup and Uber Cup when they qualified for the 2020 Thomas & Uber Cup finals after the withdrawal of the Australian team and New Zealand declining the invitation.[1] The team were also invited to compete in the 2021 Sudirman Cup. The team was eliminated in the group stages.

Tahiti also competes in the Pacific Mini Games. The Tahitian team became the first nation to win the first ever badminton gold in the Pacific Mini Games.

Competitive record

Oceania Team Championships

Pacific Games

Mixed team

Year Result
Fiji 2003 Not a member of BO
Samoa 2007
New Caledonia 2011 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Third place
Samoa 2019 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Third place
French Polynesia 2027 TBD

Pacific Mini Games

Mixed team

Year Result
Northern Mariana Islands 2022 1st place, gold medalist(s) Champions
**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 Group E − 35th of 37
United States 2023 Group G
China 2024 withdrew

Oceania Junior Team Championships

Mixed team

Year Result
Fiji 2011 Round robin − 5th
French Polynesia 2013 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Third place
New Zealand 2015 Fourth place
New Caledonia 2017 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Third place
Australia 2019 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Third place
New Zealand 2023 Fourth 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
Rémi Rossi (1995-12-23) 23 December 1995 (age 28) 379 717 -
Teiva Politi (2001-11-05) 5 November 2001 (age 22) 1028 1110 1160
Rémy Goubin (1996-07-19) 19 July 1996 (age 28) 1047 578 740
Glen Lefoll (1991-12-28) 28 December 1991 (age 32) 1047 578 -
Antoine Beaubois (1997-08-29) 29 August 1997 (age 27) 1551 1110 -
Elias Maublanc (2007-09-05) 5 September 2007 (age 17) - - -
Heiva Yvonet (2004-06-06) 6 June 2004 (age 20) 1057 711 -
Kaihei Teiefitu (2004-11-17) 17 November 2004 (age 19) 1047 711 -

Women's team

Name DoB/Age Ranking of event
WS WD XD
Jenny Maho (1997-10-25) 25 October 1997 (age 27) 586 589 740
Taphira Barsinas (2007-03-04) 4 March 2007 (age 17) - - -
May Gaymann (1993-11-20) 20 November 1993 (age 30) - - -
Maeva Gaillard (2007-04-04) 4 April 2007 (age 17) 1183 - 1160
Heirautea Curet (2005-03-11) 11 March 2005 (age 19) - - -
Mélissa Mi You (2003-12-25) 25 December 2003 (age 20) - - -
Chloé Segrestan (2002-02-22) 22 February 2002 (age 22) - - -
Jenica Lesourd (2006-04-28) 28 April 2006 (age 18) - - -

Previous squads

Thomas Cup

Uber Cup

Sudirman Cup

References

  1. ^ Tom (9 August 2021). "Tahiti to compete in TotalEnergies BWF Sudirman Cup, Thomas and Uber Cup Finals 2021". Badminton Oceania. Retrieved 2022-08-13.