Indonesia national badminton team


The Indonesia national badminton team represents Indonesia in international badminton team competitions and is controlled by the Persatuan Bulutangkis Seluruh Indonesia, PBSI, the governing body for badminton in Indonesia. The Indonesian team has not been absent from the Thomas Cup tournament since it first entered and won the competition in 1958.
The Indonesia men's team has participated in Thomas Cup 27 times, won the title 13 times and never failed to qualify for inter-zone competition. Indonesia has played in the decisive final tie on 19 occasions and never failed to place among the top four teams, except in 2012.
The Indonesia women's team has participated in Uber Cup 24 times, won the title 3 times and once failed to qualify in 2006. Indonesia has played in the decisive final tie on 10 occasions.
The Indonesia mixed team has won Sudirman Cup only once in 1989.

Badminton World Team Ranking

Summer Olympic Games

Participation in World Badminton Championships

The BWF World Championships is a badminton tournament sanctioned by Badminton World Federation.
The tournament started in 1977 and was held once every three years until 1983. Below is the gold medalists shown based by category and countries after the 2013 Championships. China has been the most successful in the World Championships ever since its inception in 1977. From 1977 up to 2001, the medals were usually divided among five countries, namely Indonesia, China, Korea, Denmark, Malaysia. However, in 2003, the winners included seven countries and in 2005 the medal board contained a record high of ten countries. Indonesians Tony Gunawan also bears the distinction of winning a gold medal in Men's Doubles, representing two different countries, 2001 partnering with Halim Haryanto for Indonesia and in 2005 partnering with Howard Bach to give the United States its first medal in the competition.

Participation in Thomas Cup, Uber Cup and Sudirman Cup

Indonesia leads in total titles with thirteen. It won four consecutive titles from 1970 through 1979 and five consecutive titles from 1994 through 2002. Indonesia's ten-year reign as champions was ended by the resurgence of China in 2004 when the Chinese won the title in Jakarta. Indonesia has played in the decisive final tie on nineteen occasions. Since the Thomas Cup format was overhauled in 1984, it has failed to place among the top four teams only once, in 2012.
;Thomas Cup
YearResult
1958 Champion
1961 Champion
1964 Champion
1967 Runner-up
1970 Champion
1973 Champion
1976 Champion
1979 Champion
1982 Runner-up
1984 Champion
1986 Runner-up
1988 Third place
1990 Semi-finalist
1992 Runner-up
1994 Champion
1996 Champion
1998 Champion
2000 Champion
2002 Champion
2004 Semi-finalist
2006 Semi-finalist
2008 Semi-finalist
2010 Runner-up
2012Quarter-finalist
2014 Semi-finalist
2016 Runner-up
2018 Semi-finalist
2020Qualified

;Uber Cup
YearResult
1963 Final round inter-zone
1966First round inter-zone
1969 Runner-up
1972 Runner-up
1975 Champion
1978 Runner-up
1981 Runner-up
1984Group stage 5th / 6th
1986 Runner-up
1988 Third place
1990 Semi-finalist
1992 Semi-finalist
1994 Champion
1996 Champion
1998 Runner-up
2000 Semi-finalist
2002Group stage 5th / 6th
2004Quarter-finalist
2008 Runner-up
2010 Semi-finalist
2012Quarter-finalist
2014Quarter-finalist
2016Quarter-finalist
2018Quarter-finalist
2020Qualified

;Sudirman Cup
YearResult
1989 Champion
1991 Runner-up
1993 Runner-up
1995 Runner-up
1997 Semi-finalist
1999 Semi-finalist
2001 Runner-up
2003 Semi-finalist
2005 Runner-up
2007 Runner-up
2009 Semi-finalist
2011 Semi-finalist
2013Quarter-finalist
2015 Semi-finalist
2017Group stage 9th/12th
2019 Semi-finalist
2021

Squads

Thomas Cup

Uber Cup

Sudirman Cup

2019
2017
2015
2013
2011
2009
2007
2005
2003
2001
1999
1997
1995
1993
1991
1989
;Men's team competition
;Women's team competition
;Men's team
YearResult
2016 Champions
2018 Champions
2020 Champions

;Women's team
YearResult
2016Quarter-finalist
2018 Semi-finalist
2020Quarter-finalist

;Mixed team
YearResult
2017Quarter-finalist
2019 Semi-finalist

Participation in Badminton Asia Championships

Southeast Asian Games

Team competition

;Men's team competition
;Women's team competition
TournamentMSWSMDWDXDTotal-
All England Open154202546
Australian Open6331,5114,5
Brunei Open2253114
Canada Open8022214
China Open6081419
Chinese Taipei Open156125846
Denmark Open6382322
Dutch Open96103230
French Open706,526,522
German Open6234116
Hong Kong Open50110420
India Open4242618
Indonesia Open221121131582
Japan Open85120429
Korea Open4151213
Macau Open101046
Malaysia Open89123941
New Zealand Open1131511
Philippines Open001113
Russian Open210003
Singapore Open1661861258
Swedish Open4170012
Swiss Open322018
Thailand Open104124535
U.S. Open102433,522,5
Vietnam Open32776,525,5

Men's doubles supremacy

Even though they actually have a balance of strength in all events, they are known for producing many great doubles in the men's category. Their doubles had conquered the Olympic Gold Medal, World Champion titles, All Englands and many open titles over decades. Among their greats are Tjun Tjun, Christian Hadinata, Eddie Hartono, Rexy Mainaky, Ricky Subagja, Chandra Wijaya, Tony G, Sigit Budiarto, Markis Kido and Hendra Setiawan. Despite their domination, the national badminton governing body is also known for their awkward splitting decision. It happened twice in the Thomas Cup and thrice in the Olympics. Indonesia leads in total titles with thirteen. It won four consecutive titles from 1970 through 1979 and five consecutive titles from 1994 through 2002. Indonesia's ten-year reign as champions was ended by the resurgence of China in 2004 when the Chinese won the title in Jakarta. Indonesia has played in the decisive final tie on eighteen occasions. Since the Thomas Cup format was overhauled in 1984, it has failed to place among the top four teams only once, in 2012.
In 1986, they chose to field King/Ertanto instead of the more solid King/Kartono, considering that Kartono always played badly against the Chinese. In 2004, they fielded weak doubles against strong Danish pairs. Because of those decisions, they lost the match. As for the Olympics, they didn't do anything to maintain the Halim/Tony partnership and Tony G quit the national team. They also split the Candra/Sigit combination months before the 2004 Games. Four years later in Beijing they deselected Tony G/Candra in favor of Luluk/Alvent. For the London Games, the same thing repeated once more due to their decision in deceiving reigning Olympics Gold Medalists Markis/Hendra. The 2005 edition also brought new faces in the mixed doubles event which had been dominated by China and Korea since 1997. With the retirement of defending champions and two-time winners Kim Dong-moon/Ra Kyung-min, Nova Widianto/Lilyana Natsir won Indonesia's first mixed doubles gold since 1980 when Christian Hadinata/Imelda Wiguna won it last for Indonesia.

Match fixing

At the London 2012 Olympic Games, two members of the Indonesian badminton team, Greysia Poli and Meiliana Jauhari, were thrown out of the tournament after being found guilty of match fixing.
Chair of the London Organising Committee, Lord Coe described the incident as "depressing".