European Badminton Championships
The European Badminton Championships is a tournament organized by the Badminton Europe (BE). It represents the highest level of continental competition in European badminton, and the winners of each event are recognised as the European champions.
History
The first of these competitions was held in 1968. The competition was held once every two years to determine the best badminton players in Europe. European Mixed Team Badminton Championships usually started prior to the individual championships until it was split in 2009. From 2017 on the European badminton championship is held annually except for the year with European Games - the badminton program at those Games will operate as that years Championships. Since 2008, it is being graded as a Grand Prix Gold tournament by the Badminton World Federation.[1][2]
Championships
The table below gives an overview of all host cities and countries of the European Championships. On 15 January 2008, Manchester of England won the bid to stage the 2010 event which saw the separation the team event into different championships.[3] Starting from 2017, the championship will be an annual event except for the year with European Games. The 2020 edition in Kyiv, Ukraine, had to be cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic and the hosting rights of the 2021 edition was reallocated to Ukraine again.[4] The number in parentheses following the city/country denotes how many times that city/country has hosted the championships.
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- ^ This tournament, originally to be played from 21 to 26 April 2020, was later postponed due to COVID-19 pandemic in Ukraine.[5]
Past winners
Individual events (1968–present)
Mixed team event (1972–2006)
| Year | Mixed team |
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| 1972 |  England
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| 1974 | |
| 1976 | Error creating thumbnail: Denmark |
| 1978 | England
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| 1980 | Error creating thumbnail: Denmark |
| 1982 | England
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| 1984 | |
| 1986 | Error creating thumbnail: Denmark |
| 1988 | |
| 1990 | |
| 1992 | Error creating thumbnail: Sweden |
| 1994 | |
| 1996 | Error creating thumbnail: Denmark |
| 1998 | |
| 2000 | |
| 2002 | |
| 2004 | |
| 2006 |
Performances by nation
- As of finals of the 2025 edition
| Pos | Nation | MS | WS | MD | WD | XD | Total |
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| 1 | Error creating thumbnail: Denmark | 22 | 11 | 17 | 10 | 12 | 72 |
| 2 | England
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3 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 14.5 | 40.5 |
| 3 | Error creating thumbnail: Sweden | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0.5 | 9.5 |
| 4 | File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 | |
| 5 | File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain | 7 | 7 | ||||
| 6 |  Bulgaria
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4 | 4 | ||||
| Error creating thumbnail: France | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||
 Russia
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2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |||
| 9 |  Netherlands
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2 | 1 | 3 | |||
| 10 | File:Flag of Poland.svg Poland | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Error creating thumbnail: Switzerland | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Total | 31 | 31 | 31 | 31 | 31 | 155 | |
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Medal count
- As of finals of the 2025 edition
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 | Error creating thumbnail: Denmark | 83 | 72 | 101.5 | 256.5 |
| 2 | England | 45.5 | 40 | 62 | 147.5 |
| 3 | Error creating thumbnail: Sweden | 11.5 | 19 | 48 | 78.5 |
| 4 | File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany | 9 | 11 | 29 | 49 |
| 5 | File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 6 | Error creating thumbnail: France | 4 | 7 | 9 | 20 |
| 7 | Russia | 4 | 4 | 11 | 19 |
| 8 | Bulgaria | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 |
| 9 | Netherlands | 3 | 8 | 34.5 | 45.5 |
| 10 | File:Flag of Poland.svg Poland | 1 | 2 | 7 | 10 |
| 11 |  Switzerland | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 12 | File:Flag of Scotland.svg Scotland | 0 | 6 | 8 | 14 |
| 13 | File:Flag of Wales (1959–present).svg Wales | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 14 |  Turkey | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 15 | Error creating thumbnail: Finland | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 16 | File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| File:Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Hungary | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Error creating thumbnail: Ireland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| File:Flag of Israel.svg Israel | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (20 entries) | 173 | 173 | 328 | 674 | |
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- Russian medals included medals won by the USSR and the CIS
- German medals included medals won by West Germany
- Include Mixed Team Event (1972–2006)
Successful players
Below is the list of the most ever successful players in the European Badminton Championships:
| Name | MS | WS | MD | WD | XD | Total |
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| Gillian Gilks |
2 | 4 | 6 | 12 | ||
| Error creating thumbnail: Kamilla Rytter Juhl | 5 | 2 | 7 | |||
| Spain Carolina Marín | 7 | 7 | ||||
| Error creating thumbnail: Christinna Pedersen | 4 | 2 | 6 | |||
| Error creating thumbnail: Peter Gade | 5 | 5 | ||||
| Susan Whetnall |
3 | 2 | 5 | |||
| Mike Tredgett |
3 | 2 | 5 | |||
| Error creating thumbnail: Jens Eriksen | 4 | 1 | 5 | |||
| Nora Perry |
2 | 2 | 4 | |||
| Gillian Clark |
3 | 1 | 4 | |||
| Martin Dew |
1 | 3 | 4 | |||
| Error creating thumbnail: Michael Søgaard | 4 | 4 | ||||
| Error creating thumbnail: Rikke Olsen | 1 | 3 | 4 | |||
| Gabriela Stoeva |
4 | 4 | ||||
| Stefani Stoeva |
4 | 4 |
References
- ^ "European Championships 2008". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 20 November 2010. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
- ^ "BWF World Rankings (4/22/2010)". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
- ^ "Liverpool and Manchester win their European Championship bids". Retrieved 2008-01-20.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Andersen, Jimmy. "Official: Kyiv will host the 2021 European Championships". Badminton Europe. Retrieved 25 February 2021.
- ^ "Two tournaments which were previously suspended, have been cancelled". bwfbadminton.com. Badminton World Federation. 9 June 2020. Retrieved 9 June 2020.
External links
- European Championships, Individuals at badmintoneurope.com
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