Balkan Badminton Championships Explained

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

• (from 1992)
• (from 1992)
• (from 1992)
• (from 1992)
• (from 1999)
• (from 2006)
• (from 2006)
• (from 2013)
• (from 2013)
• (from 2013)
• (from 2016)
• (from 2019)

Former nations

• (1992-2006)

Championships

Year Number Host City Host Country Events 1992 1 Bucharest 6 1993 2 No data No data - 1994 3 1995 4 Kütahya 6 1996 5 Thessaloniki 1997 6 Šabac 1998 7 Istanbul 1999 8 Argostoli 2000 9 Varna 2001 10 Burgas 2002 11 Argostoli 2003 12 Bucharest 2004 13 Istanbul 2005 14 Serres 2006 15 Istanbul 2007 16 Stara Zagora 2008 17 Bucharest 2009 18 Sofia 2010 19 Kavarna 2011 20 Polygyros

Year Number Host City Host Country Events 2012 21 Burgas 6 2013 22 2014 23 Sofia 2016 24 Iași 2018 25 Orestiada

Past winners

Individual event

Year	Men's Singles	Women's Singles	Men's Doubles	Women's Doubles	Mixed Doubles
1992	No data
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
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	No data
2007	Krasimir Jankov	Diana Dimova	Konstantin Dobrev Radoslav Simeonov		Stiliyan Makarski Diana Dimova
2008	Robert Ciobotaru	Dimitria Popstoikova	Konstantin Dobrev Yulian Hristov	Dimitria Popstoikova Diana Dimova	Konstantin Dobrev Diana Dimova
2009	No data
2010	Krasimir Jankov	Öznur Çalışkan	Krasimir Jankov Vladimir Metodiev	Gabriela Stoeva Stefani Stoeva	Yulian Hristov Dimitria Popstoikova
2011		Anne Hald Jensen	Peyo Boichinov Ivan Rusev	Dimitria Popstoikova Gabriela Stoeva	Yulian Hristov Gabriela Stoeva
2012	Emre Vural	Özge Bayrak	Emre Aslan Hüseyin Oruç	Gabriela Stoeva Stefani Stoeva	Hüseyin Oruç Ebru Tunalı
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

Team event

Venue	Country	Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score	Bronze	Fourth place
Bucharest		1992
		1993
Sofia		1994
Kütahya		1995			5-0
Thessaloniki		1996			5-0
Šabac		1997			5-0
Istanbul		1998			5-0
Argostoli		1999			5-0
Varna		2000			5-0
Burgas		2001			5-0
Argostoli		2002			5-0
Bucharest		2003			5-0
Istanbul		2004			5-0
Serres		2005			5-0
Istanbul		2006			5-0
Stara Zagora		2007			5-0
Bucharest		2008			5-0
Sofia		2009			5-0
Kavarna		2010			3-0
Polygyros		2011			3-0
Burgas		2012			3-0
Sofia		2014
Iași		2016
Orestiada		2018			3-2

Junior results

Team event

Venue	Country	Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score	Bronze	Fourth place
		1992
		1993
Sofia		1994
		1995
		1996
Istanbul		1997
Sidirokastro		1998
Antalya		1999
		2000
Galați		2001
		2002
		2003
Thessaloniki		2004
Varna		2005
Sofia		2006			3-2
Adapazarı		2007			3-2
Bafra		2008			3-0
Orestiada		2010
Edirne		2011			3-0
Manisa		2013			3-0
Karaman		2015			3-0
Alexandroupolis		2016			4-1
Edirne		2017			3-2
Ankara		2019			3-0

Notes and References

1. Web site: ARHIVA REZULTATA BADMINTON SAVEZA SRBIJE . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20111202124149/http://www.badminton.org.rs/Arhiva.23.0.html . 2 December 2011 . 29 April 2023 . Badminton Savez Srbije.
2. Web site: Balkansko Prvenstvo u Bugarskoj . 2023-05-04 . Badminton Savez Srbije . sr-rs.
3. Web site: Redakcija . ATA Stars . 2012-08-31 . BADMINTON, Završeno Balkansko prvenstvo na Karatašu, srpski badmintonci osvojili četiri medalje . 2023-05-20 . ATA Stars . sr-RS.
4. Web site: България стана отборен шампион на Балканско първенство . 2023-05-20 . novsport.com.
5. Web site: Balkan Championships 2018 . 2023-05-20 . www.tournamentsoftware.com.
6. Web site: Balkan U17 Championships . 2022-09-11 . badmintoneurope.com.
7. Web site: 2007-05-14 . 19 Yaş Altı Badminton Milli Takımı, Balkan Şampiyonası'nda 5 Altın Madalya Kazandı . 2023-08-30 . Haberler . tr.
8. Web site: Κατσίφας . Βασίλης . 2010-10-04 . Badminton: ΔΕΛΤΙΟ ΤΥΠΟΥ : ΒΑΛΚΑΝΙΚΟΙ ΑΓΩΝΕΣ BADMINTON ΣΤΗΝ ΟΡΕΣΤΙΑΔΑ. . 2023-08-30 . Badminton.