European Badminton Championships


The European Badminton Championships is a tournament organized by the Badminton Europe.
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. Since 2008, it is being graded as a Grand Prix Gold tournament by the Badminton World Federation.

Location of the European 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. Starting from 2017, the championship will be an annual event except for the year with European Games.

Past winners

Individual events (1968–present)

Mixed team event (1972–2006)

Successful players

Below is the list of the most ever successful players in the European Badminton Championships:
NameMSWSMDWDXDTotal
Gillian Gilks24612
Kamilla Rytter Juhl527
Christinna Pedersen426
Peter Gade55
Susan Whetnall325
Mike Tredgett325
Jens Eriksen415
Nora Perry224
Gillian Clark314
Martin Dew134
Michael Søgaard44
Rikke Olsen134
Carolina Marín44

Medal count

* included medals won by the USSR and the CIS

Note

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