European badminton championships

Badminton European Championships have beenheld every two yearssince 1968 in the disciplines of men's singles, men's doubles, women's singles, women's doubles and mixed. At the first European championships, Irmgard Gerlatzka won the first European championship title for Germany. Wolfgang Bochow won further titles for Germany in 1972 in the men's singles and Willi Braun / Roland Maywald in 1972 and 1974 in the men's doubles. Only in 2006 did Xu Huaiwen win another title for Germany. She won the women's singles final against Mia Audina . Austria has so far remained without a title, while Switzerland surprisingly won a women's title in 1980thanks to Liselotte Blumer . European Junior Championships are played since 1969, team championships since 1972, senior European Championships since 1995, European Championships for disabled athletes since 1995, university European Championships since 2004 and European Youth Championships since of 2005.

The European champions

year	number	Date, place	Men's singles	Ladies singles	Men's doubles	Ladies doubles	Mixed
1968	I.	19. – 21. April, Bochum , FRG	Stubborn Johnsson	Irmgard Gerlatzka	David Eddy Roger Powell	Margaret Boxall Susan Whetnall	Tony Jordan Susan Whetnall
1970	II	17th-19th April, Port Talbot , Wales	Stubborn Johnsson	Eva Twedberg	Elo Hansen Per Walsøe	Margaret Boxall Susan Whetnall	David Eddy Susan Whetnall
1972	III	14.-16. April, Karlskrona , Sweden	Wolfgang Bochow	Margaret Beck	Willi Braun Roland Maywald	Gillian Gilks Judy Hashman	Derek Talbot Gillian Gilks
1974	IV	18.-20. April, Vienna , Austria	Stubborn Johnsson	Gillian Gilks	Willi Braun Roland Maywald	Margaret Beck Gillian Gilks	Derek Talbot Gillian Gilks
1976	V	6-7 April, Dublin , Ireland	Flemming Delfs	Gillian Gilks	Ray Stevens Mike Tredgett	Gillian Gilks Susan Whetnall	Derek Talbot Gillian Gilks
1978	VI	13-15 April, Preston , England	Flemming Delfs	Lene Køppen	Ray Stevens Mike Tredgett	Nora Perry Anne Instead	Mike Tredgett Nora Perry
1980	VII	17th to 20th April, Groningen , Netherlands	Flemming Delfs	Liselotte Blumer	Claes Nordin Stefan Karlsson	Nora Perry Jane Webster	Mike Tredgett Nora Perry
1982	VIII	13-18 April, Boeblingen , Germany	Jens Peter Nierhoff	Lene Køppen	Stefan Karlsson Thomas Kihlström	Gillian Gilks Gillian Clark	Martin Dew Gillian Gilks
1984	IX	8-14 April, Preston , England	Morten Frost	Helen Troke	Martin Dew Mike Tredgett	Karen Chapman Gillian Clark	Martin Dew Gillian Gilks
1986	X	March 30th - April 5th, Uppsala , Sweden	Morten Frost	Helen Troke	Steen Fladberg Jesper Helledie	Gillian Clark Gillian Gowers	Martin Dew Gillian Gilks
1988	XI	10-16 April, Kristiansand , Norway	Darren Hall	Kirsten Larsen	Jens Peter Nierhoff Michael Kjeldsen	Dorte Kjær Nettie Nielsen	Steen Fladberg Gillian Clark
1990	XII	8-14 April, Moscow , Soviet Union	Steve Baddeley	Pernille Nedergaard	Jan Paulsen Henrik Svarrer	Dorte Kjær Nettie Nielsen	Jon Holst-Christensen Grete Mogensen
1992	XIII	12-18 April, Glasgow , Scotland	Poul-Erik Høyer Larsen	Pernille Nedergaard	Jon Holst-Christensen Thomas Lund	Christine Magnusson Lim Xiaoqing	Thomas Lund Pernille Dupont
1994	XIV	10-17 April, Den Bosch , Netherlands	Poul-Erik Høyer Larsen	Lim Xiaoqing	Chris Hunt Simon Archer	Christine Magnusson Lim Xiaoqing	Michael Søgaard Catrine Bengtsson
1996	XV	13-20 April, Herning , Denmark	Poul-Erik Høyer Larsen	Camilla Martin	Thomas Lund Jon Holst-Christensen	Lisbet Stuer-Lauridsen Marlene Thomsen	Michael Søgaard Rikke Olsen
1998	XVI	18.-25. April, Sofia , Bulgaria	Peter Gade	Camilla Martin	Chris Hunt Simon Archer	Rikke Olsen Marlene Thomsen	Michael Søgaard Rikke Olsen
2000	XVII	25-29 April, Glasgow , Scotland	Peter Gade	Camilla Martin	Jens Eriksen Jesper Larsen	Donna Kellogg Joanne Goode	Michael Søgaard Rikke Olsen
2002	XVIII	13-20 April, Malmo , Sweden	Peter Rasmussen	Yao Jie	Jens Eriksen Martin Lundgaard Hansen	Jane F. Bramsen Ann-Lou Jørgensen	Jens Eriksen Mette Schjoldager
2004	XIX	16.-24. April, Geneva , Switzerland	Peter Gade	Mia Audina	Jens Eriksen Martin Lundgaard Hansen	Lotte Bruil Mia Audina	Nathan Robertson Gail Emms
2006	XX	12-16 April, Den Bosch , Netherlands	Peter Gade	Xu Huaiwen	Jens Eriksen Martin Lundgaard Hansen	Donna Kellogg Gail Emms	Thomas Laybourn Kamilla Rytter Juhl
2008	XXI	12-20 April, Herning , Denmark	Kenneth Jonassen	Xu Huaiwen	Lars Paaske Jonas Rasmussen	Kamilla Rytter Juhl Lena Frier Kristiansen	Anthony Clark Donna Kellogg
2010	XXII	14.-18. April, Manchester , UK	Peter Gade	Tine Rasmussen	Lars Paaske Jonas Rasmussen	Valeria Sorokina Nina Vislova	Thomas Laybourn Kamilla Rytter Juhl
2012	XXIII	16.-21. April, Karlskrona , Sweden	Marc Zwiebler	Tine Rasmussen	Mathias Boe Carsten Mogensen	Christinna Pedersen Kamilla Rytter Juhl	Robert Mateusiak Nadieżda Zięba
2014	XXIV	23-27 April, Kazan , Russia	Jan Ø. Jørgensen	Carolina Marín	Vladimir Ivanov Ivan Sozonov	Christinna Pedersen Kamilla Rytter Juhl	Joachim Fischer Nielsen Christinna Pedersen
2016	XXV	16.-21. April, La Roche-sur-Yon , France	Viktor Axelsen	Carolina Marín	Mads Conrad-Petersen Mads Pieler Kolding	Christinna Pedersen Kamilla Rytter Juhl	Joachim Fischer Nielsen Christinna Pedersen
2017	XXVI	25.-30. April, Kolding , Denmark	Rajiv Ouseph	Carolina Marín	Mathias Boe Carsten Mogensen	Christinna Pedersen Kamilla Rytter Juhl	Chris Adcock Gabrielle Adcock
2018	XXVII	24.-29. April, Huelva , Spain	Viktor Axelsen	Carolina Marín	Kim Astrup Anders Skaarup Rasmussen	Gabriela Stoeva Stefani Stoeva	Chris Adcock Gabrielle Adcock

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