The 3rd European Badminton Championships were held in Karlskrona (Sweden), between 14 and 16 April 1972, and hosted by the European Badminton Union and the Svenska Badmintonförbundet.

Medalists

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's singles	Wolfgang Bochow	Klaus Kaagaard	Ray Stevens
			Flemming Delfs
Women's singles	Margaret Beck	Gillian Gilks	Eva Twedberg
			Joke van Beusekom
Men's doubles	Willi Braun and Roland Maywald	Derek Talbot and Elliot Stuart	Erland Kops and Elo Hansen
			Wolfgang Bochow and Gerhard Kucki
Women's doubles	Gillian Gilks and Judy Hashman	Margaret Beck and Julie Rickard	Anne Flindt and Pernille Kaagaard
			Annie Bøg Jørgensen and Lene Køppen
Mixed doubles	Derek Talbot and Gillian Gilks	Wolfgang Bochow and Marieluise Wackerow	Roland Maywald and Brigitte Steden
			Gert Perneklo and Eva Twedberg
Teams	England	Denmark	West Germany

Results

Semi-finals

Category	Winner	Runner-up	Score
Men's singles	Wolfgang Bochow	Ray Stevens	15–4, 15–4
	Klaus Kaagaard	Flemming Delfs	18–13, 8–15, 15–7
Women's singles	Gillian Gilks	Eva Twedberg	11–2, 11–7
	Margaret Beck	Joke van Beusekom	11–2, 11–1
Men's doubles	Roland Maywald Willi Braun	Elo Hansen Erland Kops	15–13, 15–8
	Derek Talbot Elliot Stuart	Gerhard Kucki Wolfgang Bochow	Walkover
Women's doubles	Judy Hashman Gillian Gilks	Anne Flindt Pernille Kaagaard	15–5, 15–10
	Julie Rickard Margaret Beck	Annie Bøg Jørgensen Lene Køppen	15–9, 15–7
Mixed doubles	Derek Talbot Gillian Gilks	Roland Maywald Brigitte Steden	15–1, 15–9
	Wolfgang Bochow Marieluise Wackerow	Gert Perneklo Eva Twedberg	15–11, 15–8

Finals

Category	Winners	Runners-up	Score
Men's singles	Wolfgang Bochow	Klaus Kaagaard	15–5, 15–2
Women's singles	Margaret Beck	Gillian Gilks	11–0, 11–1
Men's doubles	Roland Maywald Willi Braun	Derek Talbot Elliot Stuart	15–11, 18–15
Women's doubles	Judy Hashman Gillian Gilks	Julie Rickard Margaret Beck	15–11, 15–7
Mixed doubles	Derek Talbot Gillian Gilks	Wolfgang Bochow Marieluise Wackerow	15–6, 15–4

Medal account

Pos	Country				Total
1	England	4	3	1	8
2	West Germany	2	1	3	6
3	Denmark	0	2	4	6
4	Sweden	0	0	2	2
5	Netherlands	0	0	1	1