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]
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)
Serbia and Montenegro (1992-2006)
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