European Badminton Championships

The European Badminton Championships is a tournament organized by the Badminton Europe (BE).

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. Since 2008, it is being graded as a Grand Prix Gold tournament by the Badminton World Federation.[1][2]

Location of the European 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.

Year No. Host City Country Events
19681Bochum West Germany5
19702Port Talbot Wales5
19723Karlskrona Sweden6
19744Vienna Austria6
19765Dublin Ireland6
19786Preston England6
19807Groningen Netherlands6
19828Böblingen West Germany6
19849Preston England6
198610Uppsala Sweden6
198811Kristiansand Norway6
199012Moscow Soviet Union6
199213Glasgow Scotland6
199414Den Bosch Netherlands6
Year No. Host City Country Events
199615Herning Denmark6
199816Sofia Bulgaria6
200017Glasgow Scotland6
200218Malmö Sweden6
200419Geneva  Switzerland6
200620Den Bosch Netherlands6
200821Herning Denmark5
201022Manchester England5
201223Karlskrona Sweden5
201424Kazan Russia5
201625La Roche-sur-Yon France5
201726Kolding Denmark5
201827Huelva Spain5
202028Kiev Ukraine5

Past winners

Individual events (1968–present)

Year Men's singles Women's singles Men's doubles Women's doubles Mixed doubles
2020 Cancelled [note 1]
2018 Viktor Axelsen Carolina Marín Kim Astrup
Anders Skaarup Rasmussen
Gabriela Stoeva
Stefani Stoeva
Chris Adcock
Gabby Adcock
2017 Rajiv Ouseph Mathias Boe
Carsten Mogensen
Christinna Pedersen
Kamilla Rytter Juhl
2016 Viktor Axelsen Mads Conrad-Petersen
Mads Pieler Kolding
Joachim Fischer Nielsen
Christinna Pedersen
2014 Jan Ø. Jørgensen Vladimir Ivanov
Ivan Sozonov
2012 Marc Zwiebler Tine Baun Mathias Boe
Carsten Mogensen
Robert Mateusiak
Nadieżda Zięba
2010 Peter Gade Lars Paaske
Jonas Rasmussen
Valeria Sorokina
Nina Vislova
Thomas Laybourn
Kamilla Rytter Juhl
2008 Kenneth Jonassen Xu Huaiwen Kamilla Rytter Juhl
Lena Frier Kristiansen
Anthony Clark
Donna Kellogg
2006 Peter Gade Jens Eriksen
Martin Lundgaard Hansen
Donna Kellogg
Gail Emms
Thomas Laybourn
Kamilla Rytter Juhl
2004 Mia Audina Lotte Bruil
Mia Audina
Nathan Robertson
Gail Emms
2002 Peter Rasmussen Yao Jie Jane F. Bramsen
Ann-Lou Jørgensen
Jens Eriksen
Mette Schjoldager
2000 Peter Gade Camilla Martin Jens Eriksen
Jesper Larsen
Donna Kellogg
Joanne Goode
Michael Søgaard
Rikke Olsen
1998 Simon Archer
Chris Hunt
Rikke Olsen
Marlene Thomsen
1996 Poul-Erik Høyer Larsen Thomas Lund
Jon Holst-Christensen
Lisbeth Stuer-Lauridsen
Marlene Thomsen
1994 Lim Xiaoqing Simon Archer
Chris Hunt
Christine Magnusson
Lim Xiaoqing
Michael Søgaard
Catrine Bengtsson
1992 Pernille Nedergaard Thomas Lund
Jon Holst-Christensen
Thomas Lund
Pernille Dupont
1990 Steve Baddeley Jan Paulsen
Henrik Svarrer
Dorte Kjær
Nettie Nielsen
Jon Holst-Christensen
Grete Mogensen
1988 Darren Hall Kirsten Larsen Jens Peter Nierhoff
Michael Kjeldsen
Steen Fladberg
Gillian Clark
1986 Morten Frost Helen Troke Steen Fladberg
Jesper Helledie
Gillian Clark
Gillian Gowers
Martin Dew
Gillian Gilks
1984 Martin Dew
Mike Tredgett
Karen Chapman
Gillian Clark
1982 Jens Peter Nierhoff Lene Køppen Stefan Karlsson
Thomas Kihlström
Gillian Gilks
Gillian Clark
1980 Flemming Delfs Liselotte Blumer Claes Nordin
Stefan Karlsson
Nora Perry
Jane Webster
Mike Tredgett
Nora Perry
1978 Lene Køppen Ray Stevens
Mike Tredgett
Nora Perry
Anne Statt
1976 Gillian Gilks Gillian Gilks
Susan Whetnall
Derek Talbot
Gillian Gilks
1974 Sture Johnsson Willi Braun
Roland Maywald
Gillian Gilks
Margaret Beck
1972 Wolfgang Bochow Margaret Beck Gillian Gilks
Judy Hashman
1970 Sture Johnsson Eva Twedberg Elo Hansen
Per Walsoe
Margaret Boxall
Susan Whetnall
David Eddy
Susan Whetnall
1968 Irmgard Latz David Eddy
Roger Powell
Tony Jordan
Susan Whetnall

Mixed team event (1972–2006)

Year Mixed team
1972  England
1974
1976  Denmark
1978  England
1980
1982
1984
1986  Denmark
1988
1990
1992  Sweden
1994
1996  Denmark
1998
2000
2002
2004
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
Gillian Gilks24612
Kamilla Rytter Juhl527
Christinna Pedersen426
Peter Gade55
Susan Whetnall325
Mike Tredgett325
Jens Eriksen415
Nora Perry224
Gillian Clark314
Martin Dew134
Michael Søgaard44
Rikke Olsen134
Carolina Marín44

Medal count

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Denmark (DEN)635766186
2 England (ENG)453452131
3 Sweden (SWE)12194879
4 Germany (GER)7102239
5 Spain (ESP)4004
6 Netherlands (NED)372535
7 Russia (RUS)22711
8 Poland (POL)1168
9 Bulgaria (BUL)1113
10  Switzerland (SUI)1012
11 Scotland (SCO)0268
12 Wales (WAL)0134
13 France (FRA)0123
14 Belgium (BEL)0011
 Turkey (TUR)0011
Totals (15 nations)139135241515

* included medals won by the USSR and the CIS

Note

  1. This tournament, originally to be played from 21 to 26 April, was later cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic in Ukraine.[4]

References

  1. "European Championships 2008". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 20 November 2010. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
  2. "BWF World Rankings (4/22/2010)". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
  3. "Liverpool and Manchester win their European Championship bids". Retrieved 2008-01-20.
  4. "Two tournaments which were previously suspended, have been cancelled". bwfbadminton.com. Badminton World Federation. 9 June 2020. Retrieved 9 June 2020.
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