# 2023 Small States of Europe Badminton Championships

The inaugural edition of the Small States of Europe Badminton Championships was held in Cospicua, Malta, from 3 to 5 November 2023. The tournament was originally planned to be held in Larnaca, Cyprus in 2020 but was later postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

## Medalists

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Mixed team | Cyprus Iakovos Acheriotis Andreas Ioannou Nikolas Kokosis Ioannis Tambourlas Eleni Christodoulou Chara Michael Ioanna Pissi | Iceland Davíð Bjarni Björnsson Kristófer Darri Finnsson Gabriel Ingi Helgason Daníel Jóhannesson Sigríður Árnadóttir Lilja Bu Arna Karen Jóhannsdóttir Una Hrund Örvar | Malta Matthew Abela Samuel Cassar Nigel DeGaetano Matthew Galea Lauren Azzopardi Francesca Clark Elenia Haber |

### Medal table

* Host nation (Malta)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Cyprus | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | Iceland | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | Malta* | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (3 entries) | Totals (3 entries) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |

## Tournament

The 2023 Small States of Europe Badminton Championships will crown the best national badminton teams between European microstates.

### Venue

This tournament was held at the Cottonera Sports Complex in Cospicua, Malta.

### Draw

The draw was announced on 2 November 2023. The group stage consists of 2 groups, Group A and Group B. A total of eight teams were invited to participate in the tournament, with Liechtenstein making their first ever team event appearance at an international level. Monaco whom were one of the few nations that envisioned this tournament were not invited to participate.
| Group A | Group B |
| Faroe Islands Gibraltar Liechtenstein Malta | Cyprus Greenland Isle of Man Iceland |

## Group stage

All times are Central European Time (UTC+01:00).

### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | MF | MA | MD | GF | GA | GD | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Faroe Islands | 3 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 2 | +11 | 27 | 4 | +23 | 623 | 363 | +260 | 3 | Semi-finals |
| 2 | Malta (H) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 3 | +9 | 24 | 8 | +16 | 618 | 426 | +192 | 2 | Semi-finals |
| 3 | Gibraltar | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 11 | −7 | 9 | 24 | −15 | 442 | 641 | −199 | 1 | 5th–6th place |
| 4 | Liechtenstein | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 14 | −13 | 4 | 28 | −24 | 395 | 648 | −253 | 0 | 7th–8th place |

#### Malta vs. Liechtenstein
### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | MF | MA | MD | GF | GA | GD | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Cyprus | 3 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 3 | +9 | 25 | 7 | +18 | 624 | 501 | +123 | 3 | Semi-finals |
| 2 | Iceland | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 5 | +5 | 22 | 12 | +10 | 651 | 548 | +103 | 2 | Semi-finals |
| 3 | Isle of Man | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 10 | −5 | 11 | 22 | −11 | 529 | 622 | −93 | 1 | 5th–6th place |
| 4 | Greenland | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 12 | −9 | 9 | 26 | −17 | 547 | 680 | −133 | 0 | 7th–8th place |

#### Iceland vs. Isle of Man
## Classification round
### 7th–8th place
## Knockout stage
### Bracket

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| 4 November 14:30 | 4 November 14:30 |
| Faroe Islands | 1 |
| Faroe Islands | 1 | 5 November 10:30 | 5 November 10:30 |
| Iceland | 3 | 5 November 10:30 | 5 November 10:30 |
| Iceland | 3 | Iceland | 2 |
| 4 November 14:30 | 4 November 14:30 | | Iceland | 2 |
| 4 November 14:30 | 4 November 14:30 | Cyprus | 3 |
| Malta | 1 | Cyprus | 3 |
| Cyprus | 3 | | |
| Cyprus | 3 | Third place | Third place |
| | | 5 November 10:30 | 5 November 10:30 |
| | | Faroe Islands | 1 |
| | | Malta | 3 |

### Final ranking

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | MD | GD | PD | Final result |
| | Cyprus | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5 | +12 | +22 | +185 | Champions |
| | Iceland | 5 | 4 | 1 | 4 | +6 | +12 | +104 | Runners-up |
| | Malta (H) | 5 | 3 | 2 | 3 | +9 | +17 | +179 | Third place |
| 4 | Faroe Islands | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | +7 | +15 | +210 | Fourth place |
| Eliminated in the group stage ||||||||||
| 5 | Isle of Man | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | −2 | −5 | −23 | 5th place |
| 6 | Gibraltar | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | −10 | −21 | −269 | 6th place |
| 7 | Greenland | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | −6 | −11 | −72 | 7th place |
| 8 | Liechtenstein | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | −16 | −30 | −314 | 8th place |