Soviet badminton championship
Soviet badminton championships ( Russian Чемпионат СССР по бадминтону ) were held from 1963 to 1991. There was a team competition only from 1988. In 1969 the junior championships started . There were international championships of the USSR from 1973. 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 Association.