Aruba national badminton team

Aruba

Association	Aruba Badminton Federation (ABF)
Confederation	BPA (Pan America)
President	Terence Sybesma
BWF ranking
Current ranking	Unranked (2 April 2024)
Highest ranking	105 (6 April 2017)

The Aruba national badminton team (Dutch: Arubaans badmintonteam; Papiamento: Grupo nashonal di bádminton di Aruba) represents Aruba in international badminton team competitions and is controlled by the Aruba Badminton Federation which is affiliated with Badminton Pan America and the Caribbean Regional Badminton Confederation (CAREBACO).^[1] The team first competed in their first international team tournament in 1990.

The team first made its appearance at the CAREBACO Team Championships in 1974. The team also competed in the 1990 Central American and Caribbean Games, where badminton was first inaugurated in the Games. The Aruban junior team competed in the 2009 Pan Am Junior Team Championships and finished in 12th place.^[2]

History

Mixed team

Aruba made their debut in the CAREBACO Team Championships in 1974. The team placed fifth in the final rankings, losing 7–0 to Jamaica, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago and Guyana.^[3]

Competitive record

Pan American Team Championships

Central American and Caribbean Games

CAREBACO Team Championships

Mixed team

Year	Round	Pos
1972	Did not enter
1973
1974	Fifth place	5th
1975	Fifth place	5th
1976	Sixth place	6th
1978	Seventh place	7th
1979	Fifth place	5th
1980	Fifth place	5th
1981	Fifth place	5th
1982	Fifth place	5th
1983	Fifth place	5th
1984	Fifth place	5th
1985	Fifth place	5th
1986	Did not enter
1987
1990	Fourth place	4th
1992	Did not enter
1993	Did not enter
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2011
2012
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018

**Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.

Junior competitive record

Suhandinata Cup

Year	Round	Pos
2000 to 2024	Did not enter
2025	To be determined

Pan American Junior Team Championships

Mixed team

Year	Round	Pos
1977 to 1981	Part of the  Netherlands Antilles
1988 to 2008	Did not enter
2009	Group stage	12th
2010	Did not enter
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2021
2022
2023
2024	To be determined

CAREBACO Junior Team Championships

Mixed team

Year	Round	Pos
1976 to 2015	Did not enter
2016	Group stage
2017	Did not enter

**Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.

Staff

The following list shows the coaching staff for the Aruba national badminton team.

Name	Role
Su-ying Lau	Coach[4]

Players

Current squad

As of 2 January 2024

Men's team

Name	DoB/Age	Ranking of event
		MS	MD	XD
Junjie Feng	(1998-06-01) 1 June 1998 (age 26)	-	-	-
Jonah Arthur Tromp	(1997-07-23) 23 July 1997 (age 26)	-	-	-
Kevin Dijkhoff	(1994-09-03) 3 September 1994 (age 29)	-	-	-
Mackie Lu	(2001-08-26) 26 August 2001 (age 22)	-	-	-

Women's team

Name	DoB/Age	Ranking of event
		WS	WD	XD
Leyenne Schairer	(2003-06-18) 18 June 2003 (age 21)	-	-	-
Cristle Nieuw	(1998-01-22) 22 January 1998 (age 26)	-	-	-
Thirsa van der Linden	(2000-09-04) 4 September 2000 (age 23)	-	-	-

Previous squads

Central American and Caribbean Games

• Mixed team: 1990

References