The 4th European Badminton Championships were held in Vienna (Austria), between 18 and 20 April 1974, and hosted by the European Badminton Union and the Österreichischer Badminton Verband.
| Men's singles | Sture Johnsson | Thomas Kihlström | Flemming Delfs | |
| Derek Talbot | ||||
| Women's singles | Gillian Gilks | Lene Køppen | Joke van Beusekom | |
| Margaret Beck | ||||
| Men's doubles | Willi Braun and Roland Maywald | Svend Pri and Poul Petersen | Ray Stevens and Mike Tredgett | |
| Elo Hansen and Flemming Delfs | ||||
| Women's doubles | Gillian Gilks and Margaret Beck | Susan Whetnall and Nora Gardner | Pernille Kaagaard and Ulla Strand | |
| Joke van Beusekom and Marjan Luesken | ||||
| Mixed doubles | Derek Talbot and Gillian Gilks | Elliot Stuart and Susan Whetnall | Wolfgang Bochow and Marieluise Zizmann | |
| Mike Tredgett and Barbara Giles | ||||
| Teams | England | Denmark | Sweden |
| Category | Winner | Runner-up | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's singles |  Sture Johnsson | Flemming Delfs | 4–15, 15–6, 15–8 |
| Thomas Kihlström | Derek Talbot | 15–5, 17–16 | |
| Women's singles | Gillian Gilks | Joke van Beusekom | 11–3, 11–1 |
| Lene Køppen | Margaret Beck | 11–6, 10–12, 11–7 | |
| Men's doubles | Poul Petersen Svend Pri | Mike Tredgett Ray Stevens | 15–8, 15–8 |
| Roland Maywald Willi Braun | Flemming Delfs Elo Hansen | 15–8, 15–6 | |
| Women's doubles | Nora Gardner Susan Whetnall | Pernille Kaagaard Ulla Strand | 15–8, 15–12 |
| Gillian Gilks Margaret Beck | Joke van Beusekom Marjan Luesken | 15–9, 15–5 | |
| Mixed doubles | Elliot Stuart Susan Whetnall | Wolfgang Bochow Marieluise Zizmann | 15–3, 15–3 |
| Derek Talbot Gillian Gilks | Mike Tredgett Barbara Giles | 15–0, 15–11 |
| Category | Winners | Runners-up | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men's singles | Sture Johnsson | Thomas Kihlström | 15–7, 15–8 | |
| Women's singles | Gillian Gilks | Lene Køppen | 11–6, 11–5 | |
| Men's doubles | Roland Maywald Willi Braun | Poul Petersen Svend Pri | 15–8, 11–15, 15–13 | |
| Women's doubles | Gillian Gilks Margaret Beck | Nora Gardner Susan Whetnall | 15–10, 15–13 | |
| Mixed doubles | Derek Talbot Gillian Gilks | Elliot Stuart Susan Whetnall | 5–15, 15–3, 15–3 |
| Pos | Country | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | style=text-align:left | 4 | 2 | 4 | 10 | ||
| 2 | style=text-align:left | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| 3 | style=text-align:left | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 4 | style=text-align:left | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | ||
| 5 | style=text-align:left | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |