2012 Balkan Badminton Championships
Badminton tournament
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The 2012 Balkan Badminton Championships (Bulgarian: балканско първенство по бадминтон 2013) was a badminton tournament sanctioned by the Balkan Badminton Association and Badminton Europe. The individual and mixed team events were held from 4 to 6 May 2012.
The tournament was held at the Mladost Hall in Burgas, Bulgaria.[1] Seven countries took part in the championships. Turkey defeated Bulgaria 3–0 in the final and won the mixed team title for the first time since the first edition of the championships in 1992.[2] In the tie for third place, Romania defeated Moldova 3–0.
It was also the first time Turkey dominated the individual events in the championships, winning five gold medals, two silver medals and three bronze medals.[3][4] North Macedonia also won their first medal in the Balkan Championships with Dea Zdravkovska and Ina Stefanovska winning bronze in the women's doubles event.[5]
Medal summary
Medalists
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's singles |  Emre Vural |
 Blagovest Kisyov |
Gergin Nedyalkov |
| Ramazan Öztürk | |||
| Women's singles | Özge Bayrak |
Stefani Stoeva |
Busenur Korkmaz |
| Mariya Mitsova | |||
| Men's doubles | Emre Aslan Hüseyin Oruç |
Emre Lale Emre Vural |
 Maxim Carpenco Alexandru Morari |
| Julian Hristov Blagovest Kisyov | |||
| Women's doubles | Gabriela Stoeva Stefani Stoeva |
 Florentina Constantinescu Alexandra Milon |
 Dea Zdravkovska Ina Stefanovska |
| Neslihan Kılıç Ebru Tunalı | |||
| Mixed doubles | Hüseyin Oruç Ebru Tunalı |
Ramazan Öztürk Neslihan Kılıç |
Julian Hristov Dimitria Popstoikova |
| Ivan Rusev Gabriela Stoeva | |||
| Mixed team | Turkey Emre Aslan Emre Lale Hüseyin Oruç Ramazan Öztürk Emre Vural Özge Bayrak Neslihan Kılıç Busenur Korkmaz Ebru Tunalı Neslihan Yiğit |
Bulgaria Julian Hristov Blagovest Kisyov Gergin Nedyalkov Ivan Rusev Petya Nedelcheva Dimitria Popstoikova Gabriela Stoeva Stefani Stoeva |
Romania Robert Ciobotaru George Constantinescu Daniel Cojocaru Ionut Gradinaru Carmen Blanaru Florentina Constantinescu Magda Lozniceriu Alexandra Milon |
Medal table
* Host nation (Bulgaria)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Turkey | 5 | 2 | 3 | 10 |
| 2 | Bulgaria* | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 |
| 3 | Romania | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | Moldova | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| North Macedonia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (5 entries) | 6 | 6 | 11 | 23 | |
Team event
Group stage
Group A
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | MF | MA | MD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bulgaria (H) |
3 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 1 | +13 | 3 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Moldova |
3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 2 | |
| 3 |  Serbia |
3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | −1 | 1 | |
| 4 | North Macedonia |
3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 15 | −15 | 0 |
Group B
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | MF | MA | MD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Turkey |
3 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 0 | +15 | 3 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Romania |
3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 2 | |
| 3 | Bulgaria B (H) |
3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 12 | −9 | 1 | |
| 4 |  Greece |
3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 13 | −11 | 0 |
Knockout stage
Bracket
| Semi-finals | Final | ||||||
| Bulgaria
| 3 | ||||||
| Romania
| 0 | ||||||
| Bulgaria
| 0 | ||||||
| Turkey
| 3 | ||||||
| Moldova
| 0 | ||||||
| Turkey
| 3 | Third place | |||||
| Romania
| 3 | ||||||
| Moldova
| 0 | ||||||