The 4th European Badminton Championships were held in Vienna (Austria), between 18 and 20 April 1974, and hosted by the European Badminton Union and the Österreichischer Badminton Verband.

Medalists

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's singles	Sture Johnsson	Thomas Kihlström	Flemming Delfs
			Derek Talbot
Women's singles	Gillian Gilks	Lene Køppen	Joke van Beusekom
			Margaret Beck
Men's doubles	Willi Braun and Roland Maywald	Svend Pri and Poul Petersen	Ray Stevens and Mike Tredgett
			Elo Hansen and Flemming Delfs
Women's doubles	Gillian Gilks and Margaret Beck	Susan Whetnall and Nora Gardner	Pernille Kaagaard and Ulla Strand
			Joke van Beusekom and Marjan Luesken
Mixed doubles	Derek Talbot and Gillian Gilks	Elliot Stuart and Susan Whetnall	Wolfgang Bochow and Marieluise Zizmann
			Mike Tredgett and Barbara Giles
Teams	England	Denmark	Sweden

Results

Semi-finals

Category	Winner	Runner-up	Score
Men's singles	Sture Johnsson	Flemming Delfs	4–15, 15–6, 15–8
	Thomas Kihlström	Derek Talbot	15–5, 17–16
Women's singles	Gillian Gilks	Joke van Beusekom	11–3, 11–1
	Lene Køppen	Margaret Beck	11–6, 10–12, 11–7
Men's doubles	Poul Petersen Svend Pri	Mike Tredgett Ray Stevens	15–8, 15–8
	Roland Maywald Willi Braun	Flemming Delfs Elo Hansen	15–8, 15–6
Women's doubles	Nora Gardner Susan Whetnall	Pernille Kaagaard Ulla Strand	15–8, 15–12
	Gillian Gilks Margaret Beck	Joke van Beusekom Marjan Luesken	15–9, 15–5
Mixed doubles	Elliot Stuart Susan Whetnall	Wolfgang Bochow Marieluise Zizmann	15–3, 15–3
	Derek Talbot Gillian Gilks	Mike Tredgett Barbara Giles	15–0, 15–11

Finals

Category	Winners	Runners-up	Score
Men's singles	Sture Johnsson	Thomas Kihlström	15–7, 15–8
Women's singles	Gillian Gilks	Lene Køppen	11–6, 11–5
Men's doubles	Roland Maywald Willi Braun	Poul Petersen Svend Pri	15–8, 11–15, 15–13
Women's doubles	Gillian Gilks Margaret Beck	Nora Gardner Susan Whetnall	15–10, 15–13
Mixed doubles	Derek Talbot Gillian Gilks	Elliot Stuart Susan Whetnall	5–15, 15–3, 15–3

Medal account

Pos	Country				Total
1	England	4	2	4	10
2	Sweden	1	1	1	3
3	West Germany	1	0	1	2
4	Denmark	0	3	3	6
5	Netherlands	0	0	2	2