Balkan Badminton Championships

The Balkan Badminton Championships is a regional badminton tournament organized by the Balkan Badminton Association (BBA) to crown the best badminton players and teams in the Balkans. The inaugural edition of the championships was hosted in 1992 in Bucharest, Romania.[1][2][3][4][5] The junior team championships are divided into four different age groups, which are U19, U17, U15 and U13.[6][7][8]

Nations participating

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Former nations

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Championships

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Year Number Host City Host Country Events
1992 1 Bucharest   Romania 6
1993 2 No data No data -
1994 3
1995 4 Kütahya   Turkey 6
1996 5 Thessaloniki   Greece
1997 6 Šabac   Serbia and Montenegro
1998 7 Istanbul   Turkey
1999 8 Argostoli   Greece
2000 9 Varna   Bulgaria
2001 10 Burgas
2002 11 Argostoli   Greece
2003 12 Bucharest   Romania
2004 13 Istanbul   Turkey
2005 14 Serres   Greece
2006 15 Istanbul   Turkey
2007 16 Stara Zagora   Bulgaria
2008 17 Bucharest   Romania
2009 18 Sofia   Bulgaria
2010 19 Kavarna
2011 20 Polygyros   Greece
Year Number Host City Host Country Events
2012 21 Burgas   Bulgaria 6
2013 22
2014 23 Sofia
2016 24 Iași   Romania
2018 25 Orestiada   Greece

Past winners

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Individual event

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Year Men's Singles Women's Singles Men's Doubles Women's Doubles Mixed Doubles
1992 No data
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998   Konstantin Dobrev   Dimitriyka Dimitrova   Konstantin Dobrev
  Ivan Sotirov
  Diana Koleva
  Renni Assenova
  Konstantin Dobrev
  Diana Koleva
1999   Neli Boteva   Konstantin Dobrev
  Luben Panov
  Neli Boteva
  Dobrinka Smilianova
  Konstantin Dobrev
  Petya Nedelcheva
2000   Neli Boteva
  Petya Nedelcheva
2001 No data
2002
2003
2004
2005   Konstantin Dobrev   Diana Dimova   Konstantin Dobrev
  Georgi Petrov
  Dimitriyka Dimitrova
  Diana Dimova
  Konstantin Dobrev
  Maya Ivanova
2006 No data
2007   Krasimir Jankov   Diana Dimova   Konstantin Dobrev
  Radoslav Simeonov
  Stiliyan Makarski
  Diana Dimova
2008   Robert Ciobotaru   Dimitria Popstoikova   Konstantin Dobrev
  Yulian Hristov
  Dimitria Popstoikova
  Diana Dimova
  Konstantin Dobrev
  Diana Dimova
2009 No data
2010   Krasimir Jankov   Öznur Çalışkan   Krasimir Jankov
  Vladimir Metodiev
  Gabriela Stoeva
  Stefani Stoeva
  Yulian Hristov
  Dimitria Popstoikova
2011   Anne Hald Jensen   Peyo Boichinov
  Ivan Rusev
  Dimitria Popstoikova
  Gabriela Stoeva
  Yulian Hristov
  Gabriela Stoeva
2012   Emre Vural   Özge Bayrak   Emre Aslan
  Hüseyin Oruç
  Gabriela Stoeva
  Stefani Stoeva
  Hüseyin Oruç
  Ebru Tunalı
2014   Blagovest Kisyov   Neslihan Yiğit   Blagovest Kisyov
  Peyo Boichinov
  Gabriela Stoeva
  Stefani Stoeva
  Blagovest Kisyov
  Gabriela Stoeva
2016   Ivan Rusev   Maria Delcheva   Daniel Nikolov
  Ivan Rusev
  Maria Delcheva
  Alexandra Milon
  Daniel Cojocaru
  Alexandra Milon
2018   Daniel Nikolov   Aliye Demirbağ   Daniel Nikolov
  Alex Vlaar
  Aliye Demirbağ
  Neslihan Yiğit
  Alex Vlaar
  Dimitria Popstoikova

Team event

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Venue Country Year Champion Runner-up Score Bronze Fourth place
Bucharest   Romania 1992   Bulgaria   Romania   Turkey   Greece
1993   Bulgaria   Romania   Turkey   Greece
Sofia   Bulgaria 1994   Bulgaria   Romania   Turkey   Greece
Kütahya   Turkey 1995   Bulgaria   Romania 5-0   Turkey   Greece
Thessaloniki   Greece 1996   Bulgaria   Romania 5-0   Turkey   Greece
Šabac   Serbia and Montenegro 1997   Bulgaria   Romania 5-0   Turkey   Greece
Istanbul   Turkey 1998   Bulgaria   Romania 5-0   Moldova   Turkey
Argostoli   Greece 1999   Bulgaria   Romania 5-0   Moldova   Turkey
Varna   Bulgaria 2000   Bulgaria   Romania 5-0   Turkey   Greece
Burgas   Bulgaria 2001   Bulgaria   Romania 5-0   Moldova   Turkey
Argostoli   Greece 2002   Bulgaria   Romania 5-0   Turkey   Moldova
Bucharest   Romania 2003   Bulgaria   Romania 5-0   Turkey   Moldova
Istanbul   Turkey 2004   Bulgaria   Romania 5-0   Turkey   Moldova
Serres   Greece 2005   Bulgaria   Romania 5-0   Greece   Moldova
Istanbul   Turkey 2006   Bulgaria   Turkey 5-0   Romania   Moldova
Stara Zagora   Bulgaria 2007   Bulgaria   Romania 5-0   Turkey   Greece
Bucharest   Romania 2008   Bulgaria   Romania 5-0   Serbia
Sofia   Bulgaria 2009   Bulgaria   Turkey 5-0   Serbia   North Macedonia
Kavarna   Bulgaria 2010   Bulgaria   Turkey 3-0   Romania   Moldova
Polygyros   Greece 2011   Bulgaria   Turkey 3-0   Romania   Greece
Burgas   Bulgaria 2012   Turkey   Bulgaria 3-0   Romania   Moldova
Sofia   Bulgaria 2014   Bulgaria   Turkey   Greece
  Romania
Iași   Romania 2016   Bulgaria   Romania   Serbia   Moldova
Orestiada   Greece 2018   Bulgaria   Turkey 3-2   Greece
  Serbia

Junior results

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Team event

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Venue Country Year Champion Runner-up Score Bronze Fourth place
1992   Bulgaria   Romania   Turkey   Greece
1993   Bulgaria   Romania   Turkey   Greece
Sofia   Bulgaria 1994   Bulgaria   Romania   Turkey   Greece
1995   Bulgaria   Romania   Turkey   Greece
1996   Bulgaria   Romania   Turkey   Greece
Istanbul   Turkey 1997   Bulgaria   Turkey   Romania   Moldova
Sidirokastro   Greece 1998   Bulgaria   Romania   Moldova   Greece
Antalya   Turkey 1999   Romania   Bulgaria   Moldova   Turkey
2000   Romania   Bulgaria   Turkey   Moldova
Galați   Romania 2001   Bulgaria   Romania   Moldova   Greece
2002   Bulgaria   Romania   Turkey   Moldova
2003   Bulgaria   Romania   Turkey   Moldova
Thessaloniki   Greece 2004   Bulgaria   Turkey   Moldova   Romania
Varna   Bulgaria 2005   Bulgaria   Turkey   Moldova   Romania
Sofia   Bulgaria 2006   Turkey   Bulgaria 3-2   Romania   North Macedonia
Adapazarı   Turkey 2007   Bulgaria   Turkey 3-2   Romania   Greece
Bafra   Turkey 2008   Turkey   Bulgaria 3-0   Romania   Greece
Orestiada   Greece 2010   Turkey   Bulgaria   Romania
Edirne   Turkey 2011   Bulgaria   Turkey 3-0   Romania   Serbia
Manisa   Turkey 2013   Bulgaria   Turkey 3-0   North Macedonia   Greece
Karaman   Turkey 2015   Turkey   Bulgaria 3-0   Romania
  Serbia
Alexandroupolis   Greece 2016   Turkey   Bulgaria 4-1   Greece
  Serbia
Edirne   Turkey 2017   Turkey   Bulgaria 3-2   Greece
  Serbia
Ankara   Turkey 2019   Turkey   Serbia 3-0   Bulgaria
  Georgia

References

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