| Dates: | 30 March – 5 April |
| Number Edition: | 10 |
| Venue: | Fyrishallen[1] |
| Location: | Uppsala, Sweden |
| Previous: | 1984 |
| Next: | 1988 |
The 10th European Badminton Championships were held in Uppsala, Sweden, between 30 March and 5 April 1986, and hosted by the European Badminton Union and the Svenska Badmintonförbundet.
| Men's singles | Morten Frost | Ib Frederiksen | Michael Kjeldsen | |
| Torben Carlsen | ||||
| Women's singles | Helen Troke | Kirsten Larsen | Christine Magnusson | |
| Svetlana Beliasova | ||||
| Men's doubles | Steen Fladberg and Jesper Helledie | Stefan Karlsson and Thomas Kihlström | Jan-Eric Antonsson and Pär-Gunnar Jönsson | |
| Mark Christiansen and Michael Kjeldsen | ||||
| Women's doubles | Gillian Clark and Gillian Gowers | Dorte Kjær and Nettie Nielsen | Karen Beckman and Sarah Halsall | |
| Maria Bengtsson and Christine Magnusson | ||||
| Mixed doubles | Martin Dew and Gillian Gilks | Nigel Tier and Gillian Gowers | Stefan Karlsson and Maria Bengtsson | |
| Thomas Kihlström and Christine Magnusson | ||||
| Teams | Denmark | England | Sweden |
| Category | Winner | Runner-up | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's singles | Morten Frost | Michael Kjeldsen | 7–15, 15–4, 15–3 |
| Ib Frederiksen | Torben Carlsen | 15–9, 15–10 | |
| Women's singles | Kirsten Larsen |  Christine Magnusson | 11–4, 11–6 |
| Helen Troke | Svetlana Belyasova | 11–3, 11–7 | |
| Men's doubles | Jesper Helledie Steen Fladberg | Jan-Eric Antonsson Pär-Gunnar Jönsson | 15–7, 15–5 |
| Stefan Karlsson Thomas Kihlström | Mark Christiansen Michael Kjeldsen | 15–8, 15–6 | |
| Women's doubles | Dorte Kjær Nettie Nielsen | Karen Beckman Sara Halsall | 15–8, 15–4 |
| Gillian Clark Gillian Gowers | Christine Magnusson Maria Bengtsson | 15–10, 8–15, 15–11 | |
| Mixed doubles | Martin Dew Gillian Gilks | Thomas Kihlström Christine Magnusson | 15–8, 15–8 |
| Nigel Tier Gillian Gowers | Stefan Karlsson Maria Bengtsson | 15–11, 15–12 |
| Category | Winners | Runners-up | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men's singles | Morten Frost | Ib Frederiksen | 15–8, 15–2 | |
| Women's singles | Helen Troke | Kirsten Larsen | 9–12, 11–3, 11–2 | |
| Men's doubles | Jesper Helledie Steen Fladberg | Stefan Karlsson Thomas Kihlström | 15–12, 18–17 | |
| Women's doubles | Gillian Clark Gillian Gowers | Dorte Kjær Nettie Nielsen | 15–11, 15–12 | |
| Mixed doubles | Martin Dew Gillian Gilks | Nigel Tier Gillian Gowers | 15–6, 15–8 |
| Pos | Country | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | style=text-align:left | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | ||
| 2 | style=text-align:left | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | ||
| 3 | style=text-align:left | 0 | 1 | 6 | 7 | ||
| 4 | style=text-align:left | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |