2018 Balkan Badminton Championships
Badminton tournament
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The 2018 Balkan Badminton Championships (Greek: Βαλκανικού Πρωταθλήματος Αντιπτέρισης 2018) was a badminton tournament sanctioned by the Balkan Badminton Association and Badminton Europe. The individual and mixed team events were held from 18 to 20 May 2018.[1]
The tournament was held at Nikos Samaras Indoor Hall in Orestiada, Greece.[2] A total of eight Balkan countries competed in the individual events while only six teams competed in the mixed team event.[3] Bulgaria won first place in the mixed team event after beating Turkey in the final.[4] Hosts Greece shared the bronze medal position with Serbia.[5]
Medal summary
Medalists
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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| Men's singles |  Daniel Nikolov |
 Emre Lale |
Peyo Boichinov |
 Luka Milić | |||
| Women's singles | Aliye Demirbağ |
Neslihan Yiğit |
Maria Delcheva |
| Marija Sudimac | |||
| Men's doubles | Daniel Nikolov Alex Vlaar |
Muhammed Ali Kurt Emre Lale |
 Georgios Galvas Panagiotis Skarlatos |
| Peyo Boichinov Ivan Panev | |||
| Women's doubles | Aliye Demirbağ Neslihan Yiğit |
Bengisu Erçetin Nazlıcan İnci |
Theodora Lamprianidou Grammatoula Sotiriou |
| Sara Lončar Nataša Pavlović | |||
| Mixed doubles | Alex Vlaar Dimitria Popstoikova |
Emre Sönmez Zehra Erdem |
Stamatis Tsigirdakis Eleni Moutevelidou |
| Andrija Doder Marija Sudimac | |||
| Mixed team | Bulgaria Peyo Boichinov Daniel Nikolov Ivan Panev Alex Vlaar Maria Delcheva Hristomira Popovska Dimitria Popstoikova |
Turkey Haktan Doğan Serdar Koca Muhammed Ali Kurt Emre Lale Serhat Salım Emre Sönmez Özge Bayrak Aliye Demirbağ Bengisu Erçetin Zehra Erdem Nazlıcan İnci Neslihan Yiğit |
Greece Georgios Galvas Panagiotis Skarlatos Stamatis Tsigirdakis Ilias Xanthou Eleni Moutevelidou Elisavet Nioti Grammatoula Sotiriou Irini Tenta |
| Serbia Igor Bjelan Andrija Doder Luka Milić Nenad Milošević Sara Lončar Nataša Pavlović Marija Sudimac |
Medal table
* Host nation (Greece)
Team event
Group stage
Group A
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | MF | MA | MD | GF | GA | GD | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bulgaria |
2 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 1 | +8 | 18 | 3 | +15 | 408 | 293 | +115 | 2 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | Greece (H) |
2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | −4 | 8 | 14 | −6 | 354 | 397 | −43 | 1 | |
| 3 |  Moldova |
2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | −4 | 6 | 15 | −9 | 330 | 402 | −72 | 0 |
 Moldova 2 |
Nikos Samaras Indoor Hall, Court 1 18 May 2018, 09:20 UTC+2 [6] |
 Greece 3 |
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 Bulgaria 5 |
Nikos Samaras Indoor Hall, Court 1 18 May 2018, 11:40 UTC+2 [7] |
Greece 0 |
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Bulgaria 4 |
Nikos Samaras Indoor Hall, Court 1 18 May 2018, 14:10 UTC+2 [8] |
Moldova 1 |
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Group B
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | MF | MA | MD | GF | GA | GD | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Turkey |
2 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 1 | +8 | 18 | 4 | +14 | 441 | 265 | +176 | 2 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | Serbia |
2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 14 | 10 | +4 | 416 | 397 | +19 | 1 | |
| 3 | Greece B |
2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10 | −10 | 2 | 20 | −18 | 266 | 461 | −195 | 0 |
Source: TournamentSoftware.com
 Turkey 5 |
Nikos Samaras Indoor Hall, Court 2 18 May 2018, 09:20 UTC+2 [9] |
Greece B 0 |
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 Serbia 5 |
Nikos Samaras Indoor Hall, Court 2 18 May 2018, 11:40 UTC+2 [10] |
Greece B 0 |
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Serbia 1 |
Nikos Samaras Indoor Hall, Court 2 18 May 2018, 14:10 UTC+2 [11] |
Turkey 4 |
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Knockout stage
Bracket
| Semi-finals | Final | ||||||
| Bulgaria
| 3 | ||||||
| Serbia
| 0 | ||||||
| Bulgaria
| 3 | ||||||
| Turkey
| 2 | ||||||
| Greece
| 0 | ||||||
| Turkey
| 3 | ||||||
Semi-finals
Bulgaria 3 |
Nikos Samaras Indoor Hall, Court 1 18 May 2018, 16:15 UTC+2 [12] |
Serbia 0 |
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Greece 0 |
Nikos Samaras Indoor Hall, Court 2 18 May 2018, 16:15 UTC+2 [13] |
Turkey 3 |
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Final
Bulgaria 3 |
Nikos Samaras Indoor Hall, Court 1 18 May 2018, 21:30 UTC+2 [14] |
Turkey 2 |
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