Helvetia Cup

The Helvetia Cup was a European team tournament for mixed teams in badminton . It was held for the last time in 2007.

history

In order to strengthen contact among the younger European badminton nations, an unofficial European team championship , first called the Cup of Nations and then the Helvetia Cup, was set up for Switzerland , Austria , Belgium , Germany and the United Kingdom at the suggestion of the Swiss Badminton Association in 1961 Netherlands launched. The traditional and at the time leading European badmintonnations Denmark, Sweden, England and Scotland were denied participation. The competition was held annually until 1971, with the introduction of theBadminton Team European Championship alternating with this one. In the mid- 1980s , the cup was given the additional designation European B-Team Championships. From this time on, the tournament was regarded as a qualifying competition for the subsequent European team.

Winner and placed

year	place		final				3rd place
			winner	Result	2nd place		3rd place	Result	4th Place
1962	Zurich , Switzerland		Federal Republic of Germany		Netherlands		Austria		Belgium
1963	Munich , Germany		Federal Republic of Germany		Austria		Belgium		Netherlands
1964	Haarlem , the Netherlands		Federal Republic of Germany		Belgium		Netherlands		Austria
1965	Graz , Austria		Federal Republic of Germany		Netherlands		Austria		Belgium
1966	Brussels , Belgium		Federal Republic of Germany		Netherlands		Austria		Belgium
1967	Lausanne , Switzerland		Federal Republic of Germany		Netherlands		Austria		Belgium
1968	Oslo , Norway		Federal Republic of Germany		Norway		Netherlands		Austria
1969	Prague , ČSSR		Federal Republic of Germany		Netherlands		Austria		ČSSR
1970	Neuss , Germany		Federal Republic of Germany		Netherlands		Wales		Norway
1971	Heerlen , Netherlands		Federal Republic of Germany		Netherlands		Belgium		Austria
1973	Graz , Austria		ČSSR		Norway		Austria		Yugoslavia
1975	Antwerp , Belgium		Norway		Yugoslavia		Austria		Ireland
1977	Leningrad , USSR		USSR		Ireland		GDR		ČSSR
1979	Klagenfurt , Austria		USSR		Ireland		Norway		Wales
1981	Sandefjord , Norway		Ireland		Norway		Wales		Poland
1983	Basel , Switzerland		Federal Republic of Germany		Wales		Ireland		Austria
1985	Warsaw , Poland		Netherlands		Wales		Poland		Belgium
1987	Belfast , Northern Ireland		Federal Republic of Germany		Wales		Ireland		Austria
1989	Budapest , Hungary		Poland		Finland		Ireland		Wales
1991	Varna , Bulgaria		Poland		Ireland		Austria		Wales
1993	Pressbaum , Austria		Austria		Poland		Ireland		Ukraine
1995	Nicosia , Cyprus		Ukraine		Bulgaria		Ireland		Switzerland
1997	Strasbourg , France		France		Portugal		Switzerland		Spain
1999	Lisburn , Northern Ireland		Iceland		Poland		Portugal		Spain
2001	Most , Czech Republic		Spain		Portugal		Czech Republic		Slovenia
2003	Caldas da Rainha , Portugal		France		Slovenia		Czech Republic		Portugal
2005	Agros , Cyprus		Czech Republic	3–2	Spain		Portugal	3–2	Belgium
2007	Reykjavík , Iceland		Iceland	3–2	Ireland		Estonia	3–2	Switzerland

Web links

• Helvetia Cup ( Memento from March 3, 2016 in the Internet Archive )