TheEuropean Badminton Championships is a tournament organized by theBadminton 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.
The first of these competitions was held in1968. The competition was held once every two years to determine the bestbadminton players inEurope.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 withEuropean Games - the badminton program at those Games will operate as that years Championships. Since 2008, it is being graded as aGrand Prix Gold tournament by theBadminton World Federation.[1][2]
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 intodifferent championships.[3] Starting from 2017, the championship will be an annual event except for the year withEuropean Games. The 2020 edition inKyiv, Ukraine, had to be cancelled due toCOVID-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.
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| Year | Mixed team |
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| 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 |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
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 |
