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

•   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

•   Serbia and Montenegro (1992-2006)

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	Turkey		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		1.   Bulgaria 2.   Romania 3.   Turkey 4.   Greece 5.   Moldova 6.   Serbia and Montenegro
1998	2	Romania	Bucharest	Bulgaria	Romania	Turkey		1.   Bulgaria 2.   Romania 3.   Turkey 4.   Moldova 5.   Greece
1999	3	Moldova	Chișinău	Romania	Bulgaria	Moldova		1.   Romania 2.   Bulgaria 3.   Moldova 4.   Greece
2000	4	Moldova	Chișinău	Bulgaria	Moldova	Romania		1.   Bulgaria 2.   Moldova 3.   Romania 4.   Turkey 5.   Greece
2002	5	Turkey	Istanbul	Bulgaria	Turkey	Romania		1.   Bulgaria 2.   Turkey 3.   Romania 4.   Moldova 5.   Greece 6.   Serbia and Montenegro
2003	6	Turkey	Istanbul	Moldova	Bulgaria	Turkey		1.   Moldova 2.   Bulgaria 3.   Turkey 4.   Romania 5.   Greece
2004	7	Bulgaria	Haskovo	Bulgaria	Romania	Turkey		1.   Bulgaria 2.   Romania 3.   Turkey 4.   Greece 5.   North Macedonia
2005	8	Turkey	Mersin	Turkey	Bulgaria	Turkey B		1.   Turkey 2.   Bulgaria 3.   Turkey B 4.   Romania 5.   Greece
2006	9	Greece	Thessaloniki	Turkey	Bulgaria	Greece		1.   Turkey 2.   Bulgaria 3.   Greece 4.   Romania 5.   Serbia -   Montenegro (Withdrew)
2008	10	Greece	Sidirokastro	Turkey	Bulgaria	Greece		1.   Turkey 2.   Bulgaria 3.   Greece 4.   Romania 5.   Serbia
2011	11	Turkey	Edirne	Bulgaria	Turkey	Greece   North Macedonia		1.   Bulgaria 2.   Turkey 3.   Greece 3.   North Macedonia 5.   Romania 6.   Greece 7.   Turkey B
2013	12	Turkey	Istanbul	Turkey	Bulgaria	Greece   Romania		1.   Turkey 2.   Bulgaria 3.   Romania 3.   Greece 5.   Serbia 6.   North Macedonia
2014	13	Serbia	Kladovo	Turkey	Bulgaria	Greece   Romania		1.   Turkey 2.   Bulgaria 3.   Romania 3.   Greece 5.   Croatia 6.   Serbia 7.   Bosnia and Herzegovina
2015	14	Serbia	Novi Sad	Turkey	Bulgaria	Romania   Serbia		1.   Turkey 2.   Bulgaria 3.   Romania 3.   Serbia 5.   Croatia 6.   Bosnia and Herzegovina
2016	15	Turkey	Bursa	Turkey	Bulgaria	Romania   Serbia		1.   Turkey 2.   Bulgaria 3.   Romania 3.   Serbia 5.   Moldova 6.   Greece
2018	16	Serbia	Novi Sad	Serbia	Turkey	Bulgaria		1.   Serbia 2.   Turkey 3.   Bulgaria 4.   Romania 5.   Greece
2019	17	Serbia	Novi Sad	Serbia	Romania	Turkey   Bulgaria		1.   Serbia 2.   Romania 3.   Turkey 3.   Bulgaria 5.   Greece 6.   Croatia
2023	18	Romania	Galați	Turkey	Romania	Moldova		1.   Turkey 2.   Romania 3.   Moldova 4.   Bulgaria
2024	19	Romania	Galați	Romania	Bulgaria	Greece		1.   Romania 2.   Bulgaria 3.   Greece 4.   Moldova

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