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.^[1][2]

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. 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.^[4] The number in parentheses following the city/country denotes how many times that city/country has hosted the championships.

1968

1970

1972, 2012

1974

1976

1978, 1984

1980

1982

1986

1988

1990

1992, 2000

1994, 2006

1996, 2008

1998

2002

2004

2010

2014

2016

2017

2018

2021

2022

2024

Host cities of the European Badminton Championships

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

Year Number Host City Host Country Events 2000 17 Glasgow (1)  Scotland (1) 6 2002 18 Malmö (1)  Sweden (3) 2004 19 Geneva (1)  Switzerland (1) 2006 20 Den Bosch (2)  Netherlands (3) 2008 21 Herning (2)  Denmark (2) 5 2010 22 Manchester (1)  England (3) 2012 23 Karlskrona (2)  Sweden (4) 2014 24 Kazan (1)  Russia (2) 2016 25 La Roche-sur-Yon (1)  France (1) 2017 26 Kolding (1)  Denmark (3) 2018 27 Huelva (1)  Spain (1) 2021 28 Kyiv (1)  Ukraine (1) 2022 29 Madrid (1)  Spain (2) 2024 30 Saarbrücken (1)  Germany (3) 2025 31 TBD TBD 2026 32 TBD  Spain (3)

European Games

Badminton is a core sport of the European Games, and the badminton program at those Games functions since 2015 as the continental championships for that year, although they are not included in the time-line of the stand-alone championships.

Year	Number	Host City	Host Country	Events
2015	I	Baku	Azerbaijan	5
2019	II	Minsk	Belarus	5
2023	III	Tarnów	Poland	5

Past winners

Individual events (1968–present)

Year	Men's singles	Women's singles	Men's doubles	Women's doubles	Mixed doubles
2022	Viktor Axelsen	Carolina Marín	Mark Lamsfuß Marvin Seidel	Gabriela Stoeva Stefani Stoeva	Mark Lamsfuß Isabel Lohau
2021[note 1]	Anders Antonsen		Vladimir Ivanov Ivan Sozonov		Rodion Alimov Alina Davletova
2018	Viktor Axelsen		Kim Astrup Anders Skaarup Rasmussen		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 Walsøe	Margaret Boxall Susan Whetnall	David Eddy Susan Whetnall
1968		Irmgard Latz	David Eddy Roger Powell		Tony Jordan Susan Whetnall

Performances by nation

As of finals of the 2022 edition

Pos	Nation	MS	WS	MD	WD	XD	Total
1	Denmark	21	10	16	10	11	68
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	0	1	9
5	Spain	0	6	0	0	0	6
6	Russia	0	0	2	1	1	4
8	Bulgaria	0	0	0	3	0	3
	Netherlands	0	2	0	1	0	3
9	Poland	0	0	0	0	1	1
	Switzerland	0	1	0	0	0	1
Total		29	29	29	29	29	145

Medal count

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Denmark	79	69	92	240
2	England	45	40	61	146
3	Sweden	12	19	49	80
4	Germany	9	11	29	49
5	Spain	6	0	0	6
6	Russia	4	4	11	19
7	Netherlands	3	8	32	43
8	Bulgaria	3	2	2	7
9	Poland	1	2	7	10
10	Switzerland	1	0	1	2
11	Scotland	0	4	8	12
12	France	0	3	6	9
13	Wales	0	1	3	4
14	Turkey	0	0	3	3
15	Belgium	0	0	1	1
	Finland	0	0	1	1
	Ireland	0	0	1	1
	Israel	0	0	1	1
Totals (18 entries)		163	163	308	634

* Russian medals included medals won by the USSR and the CIS * German medals included medals won by West Germany

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

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

Note