Latvian badminton championship
Latvian championships in badminton are in Latvia , first held as a Championship of the Soviet republic since 1964th The staging of team championships began in 1997, from Junior Championships a year later. The national championships arose from the USSR championship in badminton . After the collapse of the Soviet Union , Azerbaijan , Armenia , Belarus , Estonia , Georgia , Latvia , Lithuania , Moldova , Russia and Ukraine started their own championships within the European Badminton Federation (EBU), while Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan found a new home in the Asian Badminton Federation found.