Balkan Badminton Championships

Regional 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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*  Greece (from 1992)
*  Romania (from 1992)
*  Bulgaria (from 1992)
*  Turkey (from 1992)
*  Moldova (from 1999)
*  Serbia (from 2006)
*  North Macedonia (from 2006)
*  Bosnia and Herzegovina (from 2013)
*  Albania (from 2013)
*  Croatia (from 2013)
*  Montenegro (from 2016)
*  Georgia (from 2019)

### Former nations

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*  Serbia and Montenegro (1992-2006)

## Championships

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| Year  | Number  | Host City  | Host Country  | Events

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1992  | 1  | Bucharest |  Romania | 1
1993  | 2  | Sofia |  Bulgaria | 6
1995  | 3  | Kütahya |  Turkey
1996  | 4  | Thessaloniki |  Greece
1997  | 5  | Šabac |  Serbia and Montenegro
1998  | 6  | Istanbul |  Turkey
1999  | 7  | Argostoli |  Greece
2000  | 8  | Varna |  Bulgaria
2001  | 9  | Burgas
2002  | 10  | Argostoli |  Greece
2003  | 11  | Bucharest |  Romania
2004  | 12  | Istanbul |  Turkey
2005  | 13  | Serres |  Greece
2006  | 14  | Istanbul |  Turkey
2007  | 15  | Stara Zagora |  Bulgaria
2008  | 16  | Slănic-Moldova |  Romania
2009  | 17  | Stara Zagora |  Bulgaria
2010  | 18  | Kavarna
2011  | 19  | Polygyros |  Greece
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2012  | 20  | Burgas |  Bulgaria | 6
2013  | 21
2014  | 22  | Stara Zagora
2016  | 23  | Iași |  Romania
2018  | 24  | 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

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1992  | Not held
1993 |  |  |  |  |
1995 |  |  |  |  |
1996  | Cancelled
1997 |  Boris Kessov |  Dobrinka Smilianova |  Mihail Popov
Svetoslav Stoyanov |  Margarita Mladenova
Raina Tzvetkova |  Svetoslav Stoyanov
Raina Tzvetkova
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 |  Georgi Petrov |  Diana Dimova |  Stiliyan Makarski
Georgi Petrov |  Diana Dimova
Atanaska Spasova |  Stiliyan Makarski
Diana Dimova
2007 |  Krasimir Jankov |  Diana Dimova |  Stiliyan Makarski
Vladimir Metodiev |  Diana Dimova
Maya Dobreva |  Stiliyan Makarski
Diana Dimova
2008 |  Robert Ciobotaru |  Dimitria Popstoikova |  Konstantin Dobrev
Julian Hristov |  Dimitria Popstoikova
Diana Dimova |  Konstantin Dobrev
Diana Dimova
2009 |  Stiliyan Makarski |  Petya Nedelcheva |  Kamil Akcebe
Ali Kaya |  Diana Dimova
Petya Nedelcheva |  Stiliyan Makarski
Diana Dimova
2010 |  Krasimir Jankov |  Öznur Çalışkan |  Krasimir Jankov
Vladimir Metodiev |  Gabriela Stoeva
Stefani Stoeva |  Julian Hristov
Dimitria Popstoikova
2011 |  Ramazan Öztürk |  Anne Hald Jensen |  Peyo Boichinov
Ivan Rusev |  Dimitria Popstoikova
Gabriela Stoeva |  Julian Hristov
Gabriela Stoeva
2012 |  Emre Vural |  Özge Bayrak |  Emre Aslan
Hüseyin Oruç |  Gabriela Stoeva
Stefani Stoeva |  Hüseyin Oruç
Ebru Tunalı
2013 |  Ivan Rusev |  Stefani Stoeva |  Marius Corciuc
Ionut Gradinaru |  Gabriela Stoeva
Stefani Stoeva |  Stiliyan Makarski
Gabriela Stoeva
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

### Mixed team event

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Ed.  | Year  | Hosts  |  | Final  |  | Third place playoff or losing semi-finalists  |  | Number of teams

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Champions  | Score  | Runners-up  | Third place  | Score  | Fourth place
1  | 1992 | Romania  |
Bulgaria | round-robin |
Romania |
Turkey | round-robin |
Greece | 4
2  | 1993 | Bulgaria  |
Bulgaria | round-robin  |
Romania |
Turkey | round-robin  |
Greece | 4
3  | 1995 | Turkey  |
Bulgaria | round-robin  |
Romania |
Turkey | round-robin  |
Greece | 5
4  | 1997 | Serbia and Montenegro  |
Bulgaria | round-robin  |
Romania |
Turkey | round-robin  |
Greece | 5
5  | 1998 | Turkey  |
Bulgaria | round-robin  |
Romania |
Moldova | round-robin  |
Greece | 6
6  | 1999 | Greece  |
Bulgaria | round-robin  |
Romania |
Moldova | round-robin  |
Turkey | 6
7  | 2000 | Bulgaria  |
Bulgaria | round-robin  |
Romania |
Turkey | round-robin  |
Greece | 6
8  | 2001 | Bulgaria  |
Bulgaria | round-robin  |
Romania |
Turkey | round-robin  |
Greece | 6
9  | 2002 | Greece  |
Bulgaria | round-robin  |
Romania |
Turkey | round-robin  |
Greece | 6
10  | 2003 | Romania  |
Bulgaria | round-robin  |
Romania |
Turkey | round-robin  |
Moldova | 6
11  | 2004 | Turkey  |
Bulgaria | round-robin  |
Romania |
Turkey | round-robin  |
Moldova | 6
12  | 2005 | Greece  |
Bulgaria | 3–0 |
Romania |
Greece | 3–1 |
Moldova | 7
13  | 2006 | Turkey  |
Bulgaria | 3–0 |
Turkey |
Moldova | 3–2 |
Romania | 5
14  | 2007 | Bulgaria  |
Bulgaria | 3–0 |
Turkey |
Romania | 3–0 |
Greece | 6
15  | 2008 | Romania  |
Bulgaria | 3–1 |
Romania |
Turkey | 3–0 |
Greece | 6
16  | 2009 | Bulgaria  |
Bulgaria | 3–0 |
Turkey |  Greece and  Serbia | 6
17  | 2010 | Bulgaria  |
Bulgaria | 3–0 |
Turkey |
Romania | 3–2 |
Moldova | 6
18  | 2011 | Greece  |
Bulgaria | 3–1 |
Turkey |  Greece and  Serbia | 6
19  | 2012 | Bulgaria  |
Turkey | 3–0 |
Bulgaria |
Romania | 3–0 |
Moldova | 8
20  | 2013 | Bulgaria  |
Bulgaria | 3–0 |
Turkey |  Romania and  Serbia | 7
21  | 2014 | Bulgaria  |
Bulgaria | 3–0 |
Turkey |  Greece and  Romania | 6
22  | 2016 | Romania  |
Bulgaria | round-robin  |
Romania |
Serbia | round-robin  |
Moldova | 4
23  | 2018 | Greece  |
Bulgaria | 3–2 |
Turkey |  Greece and  Serbia | 6

## Junior championships (U19)

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### Mixed team event

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Ed.  | Year  | Host city  |  | Final  |  | Third place playoff or losing semi-finalists  |  | Number of teams

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Champions  | Score  | Runners-up  | Third place  | Score  | Fourth place
1  | 1992 | Bucharest  |
Bulgaria | round-robin |
Romania |
Turkey | –  | –  | 3
2  | 1993 | Istanbul  |
Bulgaria | round-robin  |
Romania |
Turkey | round-robin  |
Turkey B | 4
3  | 1994 | Sofia  |
Bulgaria | round-robin  |
Romania |
Turkey | –  | –  | 3
4  | 1995 | Bucharest  |
Romania | round-robin  |
Bulgaria |
Turkey | round-robin  |
Greece | 4
5  | 1996 | Sofia  |
Bulgaria | round-robin  |
Turkey |
Greece | –  | –  | 3
6  | 1997 | Adapazarı  |
Bulgaria | round-robin  |
Romania |
Turkey | round-robin  |
Greece | 6
7  | 1998 | Patras  |
Bulgaria | round-robin  |
Romania |
Turkey | round-robin  |
Greece | 6
8  | 1999 | Ankara  |
Bulgaria | round-robin  |
Romania |
Moldova | round-robin  |
Turkey | 6
9  | 2000 | Istanbul  |
Romania | round-robin  |
Bulgaria |
Turkey | round-robin  |
Moldova | 5
10  | 2001 | Galati  |
Bulgaria | round-robin  |
Romania |
Moldova | round-robin  |
Greece | 5
11  | 2002 | Sofia  |
Bulgaria | round-robin  |
Romania |
Moldova | round-robin  |
Greece | 5
12  | 2004 | Thessaloniki  |
Bulgaria | round-robin  |
Turkey |
Moldova | round-robin  |
Romania | 5
13  | 2005 | Varna  |
Bulgaria | round-robin  |
Turkey |
Romania | round-robin  |
Moldova | 7
14  | 2006 | Sofia  |
Turkey | round-robin  |
Bulgaria |
Romania | round-robin  |
North Macedonia | 4
15  | 2007 | Adapazarı  |
Bulgaria | 3–2 |
Turkey |  Greece and  Romania | 7
16  | 2008 | Bafra  |
Turkey | round-robin  |
Bulgaria |
Romania | round-robin  |
Greece | 5
17  | 2010 | Orestiada  |
Turkey | 3–2 |
Bulgaria |
Romania | 3–2 |
Serbia | 6
18  | 2011 | Edirne  |
Bulgaria | 3–1 |
Turkey |  Romania and  Serbia | 7
19  | 2012 | Onești  |
Bulgaria | round-robin  |
Turkey |
Romania | round-robin  |
Greece | 4
20  | 2013 | Manisa  |
Bulgaria | round-robin  |
Turkey |
North Macedonia | round-robin  |
Greece | 4
21  | 2015 | Karaman  |
Turkey | 3–0 |
Bulgaria |  Romania and  Serbia | 6
22  | 2016 | Alexandroupolis  |
Turkey | 3–0 |
Bulgaria |  Greece and  Serbia | 6
23  | 2017 | Edirne  |
Turkey | 3–2 |
Bulgaria |  Greece and  Serbia | 6
24  | 2019 | Ankara  |
Turkey | 3–2 |
Serbia |  Bulgaria and  Georgia | 6

## Youth championships (U17)

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### Mixed team event

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Year  | Ed.  | Host  | City  |  Champions  |  Runners-up  |  Third place  |  | Rankings

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1997  | 1  | Greece  | Argostoli  |  Bulgaria |  Romania |  Turkey |

1\.  Bulgaria
2\.  Romania
3\.  Turkey

4\.  Greece
5\.  Moldova
6\.  Serbia and Montenegro

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1998  | 2  | Romania  | Bucharest  |  Bulgaria |  Romania |  Turkey |

1\.  Bulgaria
2\.  Romania
3\.  Turkey

4\.  Moldova
5\.  Greece

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1999  | 3  | Moldova  | Chișinău  |  Romania |  Bulgaria |  Moldova |

1\.  Romania
2\.  Bulgaria
3\.  Moldova

4\.  Greece

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2000  | 4  | Moldova  | Chișinău  |  Bulgaria |  Moldova |  Romania |

1\.  Bulgaria
2\.  Moldova
3\.  Romania

4\.  Turkey
5\.  Greece

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2002  | 5  | Turkey  | Istanbul  |  Bulgaria |  Turkey |  Romania |

1\.  Bulgaria
2\.  Turkey
3\.  Romania

4\.  Moldova
5\.  Greece
6\.  Serbia and Montenegro

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2003  | 6  | Turkey  | Istanbul  |  Moldova |  Bulgaria |  Turkey |

1\.  Moldova
2\.  Bulgaria
3\.  Turkey

4\.  Romania
5\.  Greece

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2004  | 7  | Bulgaria  | Haskovo  |  Bulgaria |  Romania |  Turkey |

1\.  Bulgaria
2\.  Romania
3\.  Turkey

4\.  Greece
5\.  North Macedonia

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2005  | 8  | Turkey  | Mersin  |  Turkey |  Bulgaria |  Turkey B |

1\.  Turkey
2\.  Bulgaria
3\.  Turkey B

4\.  Romania
5\.  Greece

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2006  | 9  | Greece  | Thessaloniki  |  Turkey |  Bulgaria |  Greece |

1\.  Turkey
2\.  Bulgaria
3\.  Greece

4\.  Romania
5\.  Serbia
\-  Montenegro (Withdrew)

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2008  | 10  | Greece  | Sidirokastro  |  Turkey |  Bulgaria |  Greece |

1\.  Turkey
2\.  Bulgaria
3\.  Greece

4\.  Romania
5\.  Serbia

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2011  | 11  | Turkey  | Edirne  |  Bulgaria |  Turkey |  Greece

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North Macedonia |

1\.  Bulgaria
2\.  Turkey
3\.  Greece
3\.  North Macedonia

5\.  Romania
6\.  Greece
7\.  Turkey B

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2013  | 12  | Turkey  | Istanbul  |  Turkey |  Bulgaria |  Greece

* * *

Romania |

1\.  Turkey
2\.  Bulgaria
3\.  Romania
3\.  Greece

5\.  Serbia
6\.  North Macedonia

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2014  | 13  | Serbia  | Kladovo  |  Turkey |  Bulgaria |  Greece

* * *

Romania |

1\.  Turkey
2\.  Bulgaria
3\.  Romania
3\.  Greece

5\.  Croatia
6\.  Serbia
7\.  Bosnia and Herzegovina

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2015  | 14  | Serbia  | Novi Sad  |  Turkey |  Bulgaria |  Romania

* * *

Serbia |

1\.  Turkey
2\.  Bulgaria
3\.  Romania
3\.  Serbia

5\.  Croatia
6\.  Bosnia and Herzegovina

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2016  | 15  | Turkey  | Bursa  |  Turkey |  Bulgaria |  Romania

* * *

Serbia |

1\.  Turkey
2\.  Bulgaria
3\.  Romania
3\.  Serbia

5\.  Moldova
6\.  Greece

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2018  | 16  | Serbia  | Novi Sad  |  Serbia |  Turkey |  Bulgaria |

1\.  Serbia
2\.  Turkey
3\.  Bulgaria

4\.  Romania
5\.  Greece

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2019  | 17  | Serbia  | Novi Sad  |  Serbia |  Romania |  Turkey

* * *

Bulgaria |

1\.  Serbia
2\.  Romania
3\.  Turkey
3\.  Bulgaria

5\.  Greece
6\.  Croatia

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2023  | 18  | Romania  | Galați  |  Turkey |  Romania |  Moldova |

1\.  Turkey
2\.  Romania
3\.  Moldova

4\.  Bulgaria

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2024  | 19  | Romania  | Galați  |  Romania |  Bulgaria |  Greece |

1\.  Romania
2\.  Bulgaria
3\.  Greece

4\.  Moldova

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Balkan sports championships

Team sports|

* Basketball
* Women's basketball
* Football
* Youth football
* Women's football
* Ice hockey
* Indoor hockey
* Volleyball
* Women's volleyball

Individual sports|

* Athletics
* Outdoor
* Indoor
* Cross country
* Half Marathon
* Masters
* Badminton
* Bodybuilding
* Bowling
* Canoe-Kayak
* Chess
* Cycling
* Equestrian
* Fencing
* Golf
* Gymnastics
* Judo
* Karate
* Kickboxing
* Kurash
* Muaythai
* Rowing
* Sambo
* Sailing
* Snooker
* Swimming
* Table Tennis
* Tennis
* Taekwondo
* Triathlon
* Weightlifting
* Wrestling
* Wushu

Club sports|

* Club Ice Hockey
* Club Football
* Club Basketball
* Women's Club Basketball
* Club Volleyball

Awards|

* BTA Best Balkan Athlete of the Year

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