European Badminton Championships
The European Badminton Championships is a tournament organized by the Badminton Europe (BE). The first of these competitions was held in 1968. The competition is held once every two years to determine the best badminton players in Europe. European Mixed Team Badminton Championships usually starts prior to the individual championships until it was split in 2009.
Since 2008, it is being graded as a Grand Prix Gold tournament by the Badminton World Federation.[1][2]
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 bids to stage the 2010 events.[3] Starting from 2017, the championship will be an annual event except for the year with European Games.
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Past winners
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 | ||
 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 |
Medal count
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Denmark | 63 | 56 | 66 | 185 |
| 2 | England | 43 | 34 | 52 | 129 |
| 3 |  Sweden | 12 | 19 | 48 | 79 |
| 4 |  Germany | 7 | 10 | 22 | 39 |
| 5 |  Netherlands | 3 | 7 | 25 | 35 |
| 6 |  Russia* | 2 | 2 | 7 | 10 |
| 6 |  Spain | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 |  Poland | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 |
| 9 |  Switzerland | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 |  Wales | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 11 |  France | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 12 |  Scotland | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| 13 | .svg.png){kind=small} Belgium | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 13 |  Bulgaria | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 13 |  Turkey | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
* included medals won by the USSR and the CIS
References
- ↑ "European Championships 2008". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
- ↑ "BWF World Rankings (4/22/2010)". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
- ↑ "Liverpool and Manchester win their European Championship bids". Retrieved 2008-01-20.
