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

Former nations

Championships

Year Number Host City Host Country Events
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
Year Number Host City Host Country Events
2012 20 Burgas Bulgaria 6
2013 21
2014 22 Stara Zagora
2016 23 Iași Romania
2018 24 Orestiada Greece

Past winners

Individual event

Year Men's Singles Women's Singles Men's Doubles Women's Doubles Mixed Doubles
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

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

Mixed team event

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

Mixed team event

Year Ed. Host City Champions Runners-up Third place Rankings
1997 1 Greece Argostoli  Bulgaria  Romania  Turkey
1998 2 Romania Bucharest  Bulgaria  Romania  Turkey
1999 3 Moldova Chișinău  Romania  Bulgaria  Moldova
2000 4 Moldova Chișinău  Bulgaria  Moldova  Romania
2002 5 Turkey Istanbul  Bulgaria  Turkey  Romania
2003 6 Turkey Istanbul  Moldova  Bulgaria  Turkey
2004 7 Bulgaria Haskovo  Bulgaria  Romania  Turkey
2005 8 Turkey Mersin  Turkey  Bulgaria  Turkey B
2006 9 Greece Thessaloniki  Turkey  Bulgaria  Greece
2008 10 Greece Sidirokastro  Turkey  Bulgaria  Greece
2011 11 Turkey Edirne  Bulgaria  Turkey  Greece
 North Macedonia
2013 12 Turkey Istanbul  Turkey  Bulgaria  Greece
 Romania
2014 13 Serbia Kladovo  Turkey  Bulgaria  Greece
 Romania
2015 14 Serbia Novi Sad  Turkey  Bulgaria  Romania
 Serbia
2016 15 Turkey Bursa  Turkey  Bulgaria  Romania
 Serbia
2018 16 Serbia Novi Sad  Serbia  Turkey  Bulgaria
2019 17 Serbia Novi Sad  Serbia  Romania  Turkey
 Bulgaria
2023 18 Romania Galați  Turkey  Romania  Moldova
2024 19 Romania Galați  Romania  Bulgaria  Greece

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