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]

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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	Konstantin Dobrev Luben Panov	Neli Boteva Petya Nedelcheva	Konstantin Dobrev Petya Nedelcheva
2001	No data
2002
2003
2004	Georgi Petrov	Petya Nedelcheva	Krasimir Jankov Georgi Petrov	Neli Boteva Petya Nedelcheva	Julian Hristov Petya Nedelcheva
2005	Konstantin Dobrev	Petya Nedelcheva	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 Dimitria Popstoikova	Vladimir Metodiev 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

Ed.	Year	Hosts	Champions	Score	Runners-up	Third place	Score	Fourth place	Number of teams
Ed.	Year	Hosts	Final			Third place playoff or losing semi-finalists			Number of teams
1	1992	Romania	Bulgaria	round-robin	Romania	Greece	round-robin	–	4
2	1993	Bulgaria	Bulgaria	round-robin	Romania	Greece	round-robin	–	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

Ed.	Year	Host city	Champions	Score	Runners-up	Third place	Score	Fourth place	Number of teams
Ed.	Year	Host city	Final			Third place playoff or losing semi-finalists			Number of teams
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

Balkan Badminton Championships

Nations participating

Former nations

Championships

Past winners

Individual event

Mixed team event

Junior championships (U19)

Mixed team event

Youth championships (U17)

Mixed team event

References

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