East Germany national badminton team
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| Sport | Badminton |
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| Association | Deutscher Federball-Verband (now the German Badminton Association) |
| Location | East Berlin |
| Confederation | Badminton Europe |
| World rank | Abolished |
The East Germany national badminton team represented East Germany in international badminton team competitions. After the German reunification on October 1990, the East German badminton team merged with the national badminton of West Germany and the Deutscher Federball-Verband (also known as DDR-Badmintonverband) was merged with the German Badminton Association.
East Germany competed in the Helvetia Cup mixed team tournament once in 1977 and achieved third place. East Germany also won a bronze at the European Junior Badminton Championships in the women's singles event.
Participation in Helvetia Cup
The Helvetia Cup or European B Team Championships was a European mixed team championship in badminton. The first Helvetia Cup tournament took place in Zurich, Switzerland in 1962.[1] The tournament took place every two years from 1971 until 2007, after which it was dissolved.
| Year | Result |
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 1977
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 Third place
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Participation in European Junior Team Badminton Championships
Medal table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Denmark | 84 | 58.5 | 73 | 215.5 |
| 2 |  England | 22 | 35 | 51 | 108 |
| 3 |  Germany | 14 | 10 | 26 | 50 |
| 4 |  France | 10.5 | 7 | 11 | 28.5 |
| 5 |  Sweden | 7 | 16.5 | 35 | 58.5 |
| 6 |  Netherlands | 7 | 12 | 25 | 44 |
| 7 |  Russia | 6 | 10 | 24 | 40 |
| 8 |  Spain | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 |
| 9 |  Bulgaria | 3 | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| 10 |  Wales | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 11 | Soviet Union | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 |
| 12 |  Ukraine | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 13 |  Finland | 1 | 0 | 7 | 8 |
 Turkey | 1 | 0 | 7 | 8 | |
| 15 |  Belarus | 1 | 0 | 1.5 | 2.5 |
| 16 |  Austria | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 17 |  Poland | 0.5 | 2 | 7 | 9.5 |
| 18 |  Ireland | 0.5 | 0 | 2 | 2.5 |
| 19 |  Czech Republic | 0.5 | 0 | 1.5 | 2 |
| 20 |  Scotland | 0 | 3 | 9 | 12 |
| 21 |  Norway | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 22 | West Germany | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 23 |  Switzerland | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 24 |  Estonia | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
 Hungary | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
 Serbia | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 27 |  Belgium | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 East Germany | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Slovenia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Yugoslavia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (30 entries) | 165 | 165 | 313 | 643 | |
List of medalists
| Medal | Name | Games | Event |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bronze
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Monika Cassens | 1971 Gottwaldov
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Women's singles |
Squad
Before the dissolution of East Germany, the following players were selected to represent the country in international tournaments.
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References
- ^ Helvetia Cup in EuropeanBadminton.org Archived 2007-09-27 at the Wayback Machine