European Badminton Championships

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, 2026

2021

2022

2024

2025

Host cities of the European Badminton 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)[a] 2022 29 Madrid, Spain (1) 2024 30 Saarbrücken, Germany (1) 2025 31 Horsens, Denmark (1) 2026 32 Huelva, Spain (2)

1. This tournament, originally to be played from 21 to 26 April 2020, was later postponed due to COVID-19 pandemic in Ukraine.^[5]

Past winners

Individual events (1968–present)

Year	Men's singles	Women's singles	Men's doubles	Women's doubles	Mixed doubles
1968	Sture Johnsson	Irmgard Latz	David Eddy Roger Powell	Margaret Boxall Susan Whetnall	Tony Jordan Susan Whetnall
1970		Eva Twedberg	Elo Hansen Per Walsøe		David Eddy Susan Whetnall
1972	Wolfgang Bochow	Margaret Beck	Willi Braun Roland Maywald	Gillian Gilks Judy Hashman	Derek Talbot Gillian Gilks
1974	Sture Johnsson	Gillian Gilks		Margaret Beck Gillian Gilks
1976	Flemming Delfs		Ray Stevens Mike Tredgett	Gillian Gilks Susan Whetnall
1978		Lene Køppen		Nora Perry Anne Statt	Mike Tredgett Nora Perry
1980		Liselotte Blumer	Stefan Karlsson Claes Nordin	Nora Perry Jane Webster
1982	Jens Peter Nierhoff	Lene Køppen	Stefan Karlsson Thomas Kihlström	Gillian Gilks Gillian Clark	Martin Dew Gillian Gilks
1984	Morten Frost	Helen Troke	Martin Dew Mike Tredgett	Karen Chapman Gillian Clark
1986			Steen Fladberg Jesper Helledie	Gillian Clark Gillian Gowers
1988	Darren Hall	Kirsten Larsen	Jens Peter Nierhoff Michael Kjeldsen	Dorte Kjær Nettie Nielsen	Steen Fladberg Gillian Clark
1990	Steve Baddeley	Pernille Nedergaard	Jan Paulsen Henrik Svarrer		Jon Holst-Christensen Grete Mogensen
1992	Poul-Erik Høyer Larsen		Jon Holst-Christensen Thomas Lund	Lim Xiaoqing Christine Magnusson	Thomas Lund Pernille Dupont
1994		Lim Xiaoqing	Simon Archer Chris Hunt		Michael Søgaard Catrine Bengtsson
1996		Camilla Martin	Jon Holst-Christensen Thomas Lund	Lisbeth Stuer-Lauridsen Marlene Thomsen	Michael Søgaard Rikke Olsen
1998	Peter Gade		Simon Archer Chris Hunt	Rikke Olsen Marlene Thomsen
2000			Jens Eriksen Jesper Larsen	Donna Kellogg Joanne Goode
2002	Peter Rasmussen	Yao Jie	Jens Eriksen Martin Lundgaard Hansen	Jane F. Bramsen Ann-Lou Jørgensen	Jens Eriksen Mette Schjoldager
2004	Peter Gade	Mia Audina		Mia Audina Lotte Bruil-Jonathans	Nathan Robertson Gail Emms
2006		Xu Huaiwen		Gail Emms Donna Kellogg	Thomas Laybourn Kamilla Rytter Juhl
2008	Kenneth Jonassen		Lars Paaske Jonas Rasmussen	Lena Frier Kristiansen Kamilla Rytter Juhl	Anthony Clark Donna Kellogg
2010	Peter Gade	Tine Baun		Valeria Sorokina Nina Vislova	Thomas Laybourn Kamilla Rytter Juhl
2012	Marc Zwiebler		Mathias Boe Carsten Mogensen	Christinna Pedersen Kamilla Rytter Juhl	Robert Mateusiak Nadieżda Zięba
2014	Jan Ø. Jørgensen	Carolina Marín	Vladimir Ivanov Ivan Sozonov		Joachim Fischer Nielsen Christinna Pedersen
2016	Viktor Axelsen		Mads Conrad-Petersen Mads Pieler Kolding
2017	Rajiv Ouseph		Mathias Boe Carsten Mogensen		Chris Adcock Gabby Adcock
2018	Viktor Axelsen		Kim Astrup Anders Skaarup Rasmussen	Gabriela Stoeva Stefani Stoeva
2021	Anders Antonsen		Vladimir Ivanov Ivan Sozonov		Rodion Alimov Alina Davletova
2022	Viktor Axelsen		Mark Lamsfuß Marvin Seidel		Mark Lamsfuß Isabel Lohau
2024	Anders Antonsen		Kim Astrup Anders Skaarup Rasmussen	Margot Lambert Anne Tran	Thom Gicquel Delphine Delrue
2025	Alex Lanier	Line Kjærsfeldt	Christo Popov Toma Junior Popov	Gabriela Stoeva Stefani Stoeva	Jesper Toft 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	Bulgaria				4		4
	France	1		1	1	1	4
	Russia			2	1	1	4
9	Netherlands		2		1		3
10	Poland					1	1
	Switzerland		1				1
Total		31	31	31	31	31	155

Medal count

As of finals of the 2025 edition

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Denmark	83	72	101.5	256.5
2	England	45.5	40	62	147.5
3	Sweden	11.5	19	48	78.5
4	Germany	9	11	29	49
5	Spain	7	0	0	7
6	France	4	7	9	20
7	Russia	4	4	11	19
8	Bulgaria	4	3	2	9
9	Netherlands	3	8	34.5	45.5
10	Poland	1	2	7	10
11	Switzerland	1	0	1	2
12	Scotland	0	6	8	14
13	Wales	0	1	3	4
14	Turkey	0	0	5	5
15	Finland	0	0	2	2
16	Belgium	0	0	1	1
	Croatia	0	0	1	1
	Hungary	0	0	1	1
	Ireland	0	0	1	1
	Israel	0	0	1	1
Totals (20 entries)		173	173	328	674

• 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
Gillian Gilks		2		4	6	12
Kamilla Rytter Juhl				5	2	7
Carolina Marín		7				7
Christinna Pedersen				4	2	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
Gabriela Stoeva				4		4
Stefani Stoeva				4		4