The 12th European Badminton Championships were held in Moscow, Soviet Union, between 8 and 14 April 1990, and hosted by the European Badminton Union and the Sovietic Badminton Federation.

Medalists

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's singles	Steve Baddeley	Darren Hall	Steve Butler
			Poul-Erik Høyer Larsen
Women's singles	Pernille Nedergaard	Fiona Smith	Helen Troke
			Christine Magnusson
Men's doubles	Jan Paulsen and Henrik Svarrer	Max Gandrup and Thomas Lund	Peter Axelsson and Mikael Rosén
			Alex Meijer and Pierre Pelupessy
Women's doubles	Dorte Kjær and Nettie Nielsen	Eline Coene and Erica van Dijck	Gillian Clark and Gillian Gowers
			Maria Bengtsson and Christine Magnusson
Mixed doubles	Jon Holst Christensen and Grete Mogensen	Jan-Eric Antonsson and Maria Bengtsson	Jan Paulsen and Gillian Gowers
			Jesper Knudsen and Lotte Olsen
Teams	Denmark	Sweden	England

Results

Semi-finals

Category	Winner	Runner-up	Score
Men's singles	Darren Hall	Steve Butler	15–7, 15–8
	Steve Baddeley	Poul-Erik Høyer Larsen	15–10, 0–15, 15–11
Women's singles	Pernille Nedergaard	Helen Troke	11–2, 11–6
	Fiona Smith	Christine Magnusson	11–3, 11–1
Men's doubles	Max Gandrup Thomas Lund	Mikael Rosen Peter Axelsson	15–10, 6–15, 15–6
	Henrik Svarrer Jan Paulsen	Alex Meijer Pierre Pelupessy	15–8, 15–10
Women's doubles	Dorte Kjær Nettie Nielsen	Christine Magnusson Maria Bengtsson	13–15, 15–5, 15–3
	Eline Coene Erica van Dijck	Gillian Clark Gillian Gowers	15–10, 11–15, 17–15
Mixed doubles	Jan-Eric Antonsson Maria Bengtsson	Jesper Knudsen Lotte Olsen	18–13, 15–5
	Jon-Holst Christensen Grete Mogensen	Jan Paulsen Gillian Gowers	8–15, 18–14, 15–9

Finals

Category	Winners	Runners-up	Score
Men's singles	Steve Baddeley	Darren Hall	11–15, 15–3, 15–7
Women's singles	Pernille Nedergaard	Fiona Smith	5–11, 12–11, 4–0 retired
Men's doubles	Henrik Svarrer Jan Paulsen	Max Gandrup Thomas Lund	17–16, 15–6
Women's doubles	Dorte Kjær Nettie Nielsen	Eline Coene Erica van Dijck	15–5, 15–6
Mixed doubles	Jon-Holst Christensen Grete Mogensen	Jan-Eric Antonsson Maria Bengtsson	15–7, 15–8

Medal account

Pos	Country				Total
1	Denmark	5	1	2.5	8.5
2	England	1	2	4.5	7.5
3	Sweden	0	2	3	5
4	Netherlands	0	1	1	2