European Badminton Championships

Template:Short description 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.

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. 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. The number in parentheses following the city/country denotes how many times that city/country has hosted the championships.

Year Number Host City Events 1968 1 Bochum, West Germany (1) 5 1970 2 Port Talbot, Wales (1) 1972 3 Karlskrona, Sweden (1) 6 1974 4 Vienna, Austria (1) 1976 5 Dublin, Ireland (1) 1978 6 Preston, England (1) 1980 7 Groningen, Netherlands (1) 1982 8 Böblingen, West Germany (1) 1984 9 Preston, England (2) 1986 10 Uppsala, Sweden (1) 1988 11 Kristiansand, Norway (1) 1990 12 Moscow, Soviet Union (1) 1992 13 Glasgow, Scotland (1) 1994 14 Den Bosch, Netherlands (1) 1996 15 Herning, Denmark (1) 1998 16 Sofia, Bulgaria (1)

Year Number Host City Events 2000 17 Glasgow, Scotland (2) 6 2002 18 Malmö, Sweden (1) 2004 19 Geneva, Switzerland (1) 2006 20 Den Bosch, Netherlands (2) 2008 21 Herning, Denmark (2) 5 2010 22 Manchester, England (1) 2012 23 Karlskrona, Sweden (2) 2014 24 Kazan, Russia (1) 2016 25 La Roche-sur-Yon, France (1) 2017 26 Kolding, Denmark (1) 2018 27 Huelva, Spain (1) 2021 28 Kyiv, Ukraine (1)Template:Efn 2022 29 Madrid, Spain (1) 2024 30 Saarbrücken, Germany (1) 2025 31 Horsens, Denmark (1) 2026 32 Huelva, Spain (2)

Past winners

Individual events (1968–present)

Year	Men's singles	Women's singles	Men's doubles	Women's doubles	Mixed doubles
1968	Template:Flagicon Sture Johnsson	Template:Flagicon Irmgard Latz	Template:Flagicon David Eddy Template:Flagicon Roger Powell	Template:Flagicon Margaret Boxall Template:Flagicon Susan Whetnall	Template:Flagicon Tony Jordan Template:Flagicon Susan Whetnall
1970		Template:Flagicon Eva Twedberg	Template:Flagicon Elo Hansen Template:Flagicon Per Walsøe		Template:Flagicon David Eddy Template:Flagicon Susan Whetnall
1972	Template:Flagicon Wolfgang Bochow	Template:Flagicon Margaret Beck	Template:Flagicon Willi Braun Template:Flagicon Roland Maywald	Template:Flagicon Gillian Gilks Template:Flagicon Judy Hashman	Template:Flagicon Derek Talbot Template:Flagicon Gillian Gilks
1974	Template:Flagicon Sture Johnsson	Template:Flagicon Gillian Gilks		Template:Flagicon Margaret Beck Template:Flagicon Gillian Gilks
1976	Template:Flagicon Flemming Delfs		Template:Flagicon Ray Stevens Template:Flagicon Mike Tredgett	Template:Flagicon Gillian Gilks Template:Flagicon Susan Whetnall
1978		Template:Flagicon Lene Køppen		Template:Flagicon Nora Perry Template:Flagicon Anne Statt	Template:Flagicon Mike Tredgett Template:Flagicon Nora Perry
1980		Template:Flagicon Liselotte Blumer	Template:Flagicon Stefan Karlsson Template:Flagicon Claes Nordin	Template:Flagicon Nora Perry Template:Flagicon Jane Webster
1982	Template:Flagicon Jens Peter Nierhoff	Template:Flagicon Lene Køppen	Template:Flagicon Stefan Karlsson Template:Flagicon Thomas Kihlström	Template:Flagicon Gillian Gilks Template:Flagicon Gillian Clark	Template:Flagicon Martin Dew Template:Flagicon Gillian Gilks
1984	Template:Flagicon Morten Frost	Template:Flagicon Helen Troke	Template:Flagicon Martin Dew Template:Flagicon Mike Tredgett	Template:Flagicon Karen Chapman Template:Flagicon Gillian Clark
1986			Template:Flagicon Steen Fladberg Template:Flagicon Jesper Helledie	Template:Flagicon Gillian Clark Template:Flagicon Gillian Gowers
1988	Template:Flagicon Darren Hall	Template:Flagicon Kirsten Larsen	Template:Flagicon Jens Peter Nierhoff Template:Flagicon Michael Kjeldsen	Template:Flagicon Dorte Kjær Template:Flagicon Nettie Nielsen	Template:Flagicon Steen Fladberg Template:Flagicon Gillian Clark
1990	Template:Flagicon Steve Baddeley	Template:Flagicon Pernille Nedergaard	Template:Flagicon Jan Paulsen Template:Flagicon Henrik Svarrer		Template:Flagicon Jon Holst-Christensen Template:Flagicon Grete Mogensen
1992	Template:Flagicon Poul-Erik Høyer Larsen		Template:Flagicon Jon Holst-Christensen Template:Flagicon Thomas Lund	Template:Flagicon Lim Xiaoqing Template:Flagicon Christine Magnusson	Template:Flagicon Thomas Lund Template:Flagicon Pernille Dupont
1994		Template:Flagicon Lim Xiaoqing	Template:Flagicon Simon Archer Template:Flagicon Chris Hunt		Template:Flagicon Michael Søgaard Template:Flagicon Catrine Bengtsson
1996		Template:Flagicon Camilla Martin	Template:Flagicon Jon Holst-Christensen Template:Flagicon Thomas Lund	Template:Flagicon Lisbeth Stuer-Lauridsen Template:Flagicon Marlene Thomsen	Template:Flagicon Michael Søgaard Template:Flagicon Rikke Olsen
1998	Template:Flagicon Peter Gade		Template:Flagicon Simon Archer Template:Flagicon Chris Hunt	Template:Flagicon Rikke Olsen Template:Flagicon Marlene Thomsen
2000			Template:Flagicon Jens Eriksen Template:Flagicon Jesper Larsen	Template:Flagicon Donna Kellogg Template:Flagicon Joanne Goode
2002	Template:Flagicon Peter Rasmussen	Template:Flagicon Yao Jie	Template:Flagicon Jens Eriksen Template:Flagicon Martin Lundgaard Hansen	Template:Flagicon Jane F. Bramsen Template:Flagicon Ann-Lou Jørgensen	Template:Flagicon Jens Eriksen Template:Flagicon Mette Schjoldager
2004	Template:Flagicon Peter Gade	Template:Flagicon Mia Audina		Template:Flagicon Mia Audina Template:Flagicon Lotte Bruil-Jonathans	Template:Flagicon Nathan Robertson Template:Flagicon Gail Emms
2006		Template:Flagicon Xu Huaiwen		Template:Flagicon Gail Emms Template:Flagicon Donna Kellogg	Template:Flagicon Thomas Laybourn Template:Flagicon Kamilla Rytter Juhl
2008	Template:Flagicon Kenneth Jonassen		Template:Flagicon Lars Paaske Template:Flagicon Jonas Rasmussen	Template:Flagicon Lena Frier Kristiansen Template:Flagicon Kamilla Rytter Juhl	Template:Flagicon Anthony Clark Template:Flagicon Donna Kellogg
2010	Template:Flagicon Peter Gade	Template:Flagicon Tine Baun		Template:Flagicon Valeria Sorokina Template:Flagicon Nina Vislova	Template:Flagicon Thomas Laybourn Template:Flagicon Kamilla Rytter Juhl
2012	Template:Flagicon Marc Zwiebler		Template:Flagicon Mathias Boe Template:Flagicon Carsten Mogensen	Template:Flagicon Christinna Pedersen Template:Flagicon Kamilla Rytter Juhl	Template:Flagicon Robert Mateusiak Template:Flagicon Nadieżda Zięba
2014	Template:Flagicon Jan Ø. Jørgensen	Template:Flagicon Carolina Marín	Template:Flagicon Vladimir Ivanov Template:Flagicon Ivan Sozonov		Template:Flagicon Joachim Fischer Nielsen Template:Flagicon Christinna Pedersen
2016	Template:Flagicon Viktor Axelsen		Template:Flagicon Mads Conrad-Petersen Template:Flagicon Mads Pieler Kolding
2017	Template:Flagicon Rajiv Ouseph		Template:Flagicon Mathias Boe Template:Flagicon Carsten Mogensen		Template:Flagicon Chris Adcock Template:Flagicon Gabby Adcock
2018	Template:Flagicon Viktor Axelsen		Template:Flagicon Kim Astrup Template:Flagicon Anders Skaarup Rasmussen	Template:Flagicon Gabriela Stoeva Template:Flagicon Stefani Stoeva
2021	Template:Flagicon Anders Antonsen		Template:Flagicon Vladimir Ivanov Template:Flagicon Ivan Sozonov		Template:Flagicon Rodion Alimov Template:Flagicon Alina Davletova
2022	Template:Flagicon Viktor Axelsen		Template:Flagicon Mark Lamsfuß Template:Flagicon Marvin Seidel		Template:Flagicon Mark Lamsfuß Template:Flagicon Isabel Lohau
2024	Template:Flagicon Anders Antonsen		Template:Flagicon Kim Astrup Template:Flagicon Anders Skaarup Rasmussen	Template:Flagicon Margot Lambert Template:Flagicon Anne Tran	Template:Flagicon Thom Gicquel Template:Flagicon Delphine Delrue
2025	Template:Flagicon Alex Lanier	Template:Flagicon Line Kjærsfeldt	Template:Flagicon Christo Popov Template:Flagicon Toma Junior Popov	Template:Flagicon Gabriela Stoeva Template:Flagicon Stefani Stoeva	Template:Flagicon Jesper Toft Template:Flagicon Amalie Magelund

Mixed team event (1972–2006)

Year	Mixed team
1972	England
1974
1976	Denmark
1978	England
1980	Denmark
1982	England
1984
1986	Denmark
1988
1990
1992	Sweden
1994
1996	Denmark
1998
2000
2002
2004
2006

Performances by nation

As of finals of the 2025 edition

Pos	Nation	MS	WS	MD	WD	XD	Total
1	Denmark	22	11	17	10	12	72
2	England	3	5	6	12	14.5	40.5
3	Sweden	3	2	2	2	0.5	9.5
4	Germany	2	3	3		1	9
5	Spain		7				7
6					4		4
		1		1	1	1	4
	Russia			2	1	1	4
9			2		1		3
10	Poland					1	1
	Template:SWI		1				1
Total		31	31	31	31	31	155

Medal count

As of finals of the 2025 edition

• 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
Template:Flagicon Gillian Gilks		2		4	6	12
Template:Flagicon Kamilla Rytter Juhl				5	2	7
Template:Flagicon Carolina Marín		7				7
Template:Flagicon Christinna Pedersen				4	2	6
Template:Flagicon Peter Gade	5					5
Template:Flagicon Susan Whetnall				3	2	5
Template:Flagicon Mike Tredgett			3		2	5
Template:Flagicon Jens Eriksen			4		1	5
Template:Flagicon Nora Perry				2	2	4
Template:Flagicon Gillian Clark				3	1	4
Template:Flagicon Martin Dew			1		3	4
Template:Flagicon Michael Søgaard					4	4
Template:Flagicon Rikke Olsen				1	3	4
Template:Flagicon Gabriela Stoeva				4		4
Template:Flagicon Stefani Stoeva				4		4

External links

• European Championships, Individuals at badmintoneurope.com