# Balkan Badminton Championships

The Balkan Badminton Championships is a regional badminton tournament organized by the Balkan Badminton Association (BBA) to crown the best badminton players and teams in the Balkans. The inaugural edition of the championships was hosted in 1992 in Bucharest, Romania. The junior team championships are divided into four different age groups, which are U19, U17, U15 and U13.

## Nations participating

* Greece (from 1992)
* Romania (from 1992)
* Bulgaria (from 1992)
* Turkey (from 1992)
* Moldova (from 1999)
* Serbia (from 2006)
* North Macedonia (from 2006)
* Bosnia and Herzegovina (from 2013)
* Albania (from 2013)
* Croatia (from 2013)
* Montenegro (from 2016)
* Georgia (from 2019)

### Former nations

* Serbia and Montenegro (1992-2006)

## Championships

| Year | Number | Host City | Host Country | Events |
| 1992 | 1 | Bucharest | Romania | 1 |
| 1993 | 2 | Sofia | Bulgaria | 6 |
| 1995 | 3 | Kütahya | Turkey | 6 |
| 1996 | 4 | Thessaloniki | Greece | 6 |
| 1997 | 5 | Šabac | Serbia and Montenegro | 6 |
| 1998 | 6 | Istanbul | Turkey | 6 |
| 1999 | 7 | Argostoli | Greece | 6 |
| 2000 | 8 | Varna | Bulgaria | 6 |
| 2001 | 9 | Burgas | Bulgaria | 6 |
| 2002 | 10 | Argostoli | Greece | 6 |
| 2003 | 11 | Bucharest | Romania | 6 |
| 2004 | 12 | Istanbul | Turkey | 6 |
| 2005 | 13 | Serres | Greece | 6 |
| 2006 | 14 | Istanbul | Turkey | 6 |
| 2007 | 15 | Stara Zagora | Bulgaria | 6 |
| 2008 | 16 | Slănic-Moldova | Romania | 6 |
| 2009 | 17 | Stara Zagora | Bulgaria | 6 |
| 2010 | 18 | Kavarna | Bulgaria | 6 |
| 2011 | 19 | Polygyros | Greece | 6 |
| Year | Number | Host City | Host Country | Events |
| 2012 | 20 | Burgas | Bulgaria | 6 |
| 2013 | 21 | Burgas | Bulgaria | 6 |
| 2014 | 22 | Stara Zagora | Bulgaria | 6 |
| 2016 | 23 | Iași | Romania | 6 |
| 2018 | 24 | Orestiada | Greece | 6 |

## Past winners
### Individual event

| Year | Men's Singles | Women's Singles | Men's Doubles | Women's Doubles | Mixed Doubles |
| 1992 | Not held | Not held | Not held | Not held | Not held |
| 1993 | | | | | |
| 1995 | | | | | |
| 1996 | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled |
| 1997 | Boris Kessov | Dobrinka Smilianova | Mihail Popov Svetoslav Stoyanov | Margarita Mladenova Raina Tzvetkova | Svetoslav Stoyanov Raina Tzvetkova |
| 1998 | Konstantin Dobrev | Dimitriyka Dimitrova | Konstantin Dobrev Ivan Sotirov | Diana Koleva Renni Assenova | Konstantin Dobrev Diana Koleva |
| 1999 | Konstantin Dobrev | Neli Boteva | Konstantin Dobrev Luben Panov | Neli Boteva Dobrinka Smilianova | Konstantin Dobrev Petya Nedelcheva |
| 2000 | Konstantin Dobrev | Neli Boteva | Konstantin Dobrev Luben Panov | Neli Boteva Petya Nedelcheva | Konstantin Dobrev Petya Nedelcheva |
| 2001 | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data |
| 2002 | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data |
| 2003 | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data |
| 2004 | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data |
| 2005 | Konstantin Dobrev | Diana Dimova | Konstantin Dobrev Georgi Petrov | Dimitriyka Dimitrova Diana Dimova | Konstantin Dobrev Maya Ivanova |
| 2006 | Georgi Petrov | Diana Dimova | Stiliyan Makarski Georgi Petrov | Diana Dimova Atanaska Spasova | Stiliyan Makarski Diana Dimova |
| 2007 | Krasimir Jankov | Diana Dimova | Stiliyan Makarski Vladimir Metodiev | Diana Dimova Maya Dobreva | Stiliyan Makarski Diana Dimova |
| 2008 | Robert Ciobotaru | Dimitria Popstoikova | Konstantin Dobrev Julian Hristov | Dimitria Popstoikova Diana Dimova | Konstantin Dobrev Diana Dimova |
| 2009 | Stiliyan Makarski | Petya Nedelcheva | Kamil Akcebe Ali Kaya | Diana Dimova Petya Nedelcheva | Stiliyan Makarski Diana Dimova |
| 2010 | Krasimir Jankov | Öznur Çalışkan | Krasimir Jankov Vladimir Metodiev | Gabriela Stoeva Stefani Stoeva | Julian Hristov Dimitria Popstoikova |
| 2011 | Ramazan Öztürk | Anne Hald Jensen | Peyo Boichinov Ivan Rusev | Dimitria Popstoikova Gabriela Stoeva | Julian Hristov Gabriela Stoeva |
| 2012 | Emre Vural | Özge Bayrak | Emre Aslan Hüseyin Oruç | Gabriela Stoeva Stefani Stoeva | Hüseyin Oruç Ebru Tunalı |
| 2013 | Ivan Rusev | Stefani Stoeva | Marius Corciuc Ionut Gradinaru | Gabriela Stoeva Stefani Stoeva | Stiliyan Makarski Gabriela Stoeva |
| 2014 | Blagovest Kisyov | Neslihan Yiğit | Blagovest Kisyov Peyo Boichinov | Gabriela Stoeva Stefani Stoeva | Blagovest Kisyov Gabriela Stoeva |
| 2016 | Ivan Rusev | Maria Delcheva | Daniel Nikolov Ivan Rusev | Maria Delcheva Alexandra Milon | Daniel Cojocaru Alexandra Milon |
| 2018 | Daniel Nikolov | Aliye Demirbağ | Daniel Nikolov Alex Vlaar | Aliye Demirbağ Neslihan Yiğit | Alex Vlaar Dimitria Popstoikova |

### Mixed team event

| Ed. | Year | Hosts | Final | Final | Final | Third place playoff or losing semi-finalists | Third place playoff or losing semi-finalists | Third place playoff or losing semi-finalists | Number of teams |
| Ed. | Year | Hosts | Champions | Score | Runners-up | Third place | Score | Fourth place | Number of teams |
| 1 | 1992 | Romania | Bulgaria | round-robin | Romania | Turkey | round-robin | Greece | 4 |
| 2 | 1993 | Bulgaria | Bulgaria | round-robin | Romania | Turkey | round-robin | Greece | 4 |
| 3 | 1995 | Turkey | Bulgaria | round-robin | Romania | Turkey | round-robin | Greece | 5 |
| 4 | 1997 | Serbia and Montenegro | Bulgaria | round-robin | Romania | Turkey | round-robin | Greece | 5 |
| 5 | 1998 | Turkey | Bulgaria | round-robin | Romania | Moldova | round-robin | Greece | 6 |
| 6 | 1999 | Greece | Bulgaria | round-robin | Romania | Moldova | round-robin | Turkey | 6 |
| 7 | 2000 | Bulgaria | Bulgaria | round-robin | Romania | Turkey | round-robin | Greece | 6 |
| 8 | 2001 | Bulgaria | Bulgaria | round-robin | Romania | Turkey | round-robin | Greece | 6 |
| 9 | 2002 | Greece | Bulgaria | round-robin | Romania | Turkey | round-robin | Greece | 6 |
| 10 | 2003 | Romania | Bulgaria | round-robin | Romania | Turkey | round-robin | Moldova | 6 |
| 11 | 2004 | Turkey | Bulgaria | round-robin | Romania | Turkey | round-robin | Moldova | 6 |
| 12 | 2005 | Greece | Bulgaria | 3–0 | Romania | Greece | 3–1 | Moldova | 7 |
| 13 | 2006 | Turkey | Bulgaria | 3–0 | Turkey | Moldova | 3–2 | Romania | 5 |
| 14 | 2007 | Bulgaria | Bulgaria | 3–0 | Turkey | Romania | 3–0 | Greece | 6 |
| 15 | 2008 | Romania | Bulgaria | 3–1 | Romania | Turkey | 3–0 | Greece | 6 |
| 16 | 2009 | Bulgaria | Bulgaria | 3–0 | Turkey | Greece and Serbia | Greece and Serbia | Greece and Serbia | 6 |
| 17 | 2010 | Bulgaria | Bulgaria | 3–0 | Turkey | Romania | 3–2 | Moldova | 6 |
| 18 | 2011 | Greece | Bulgaria | 3–1 | Turkey | Greece and Serbia | Greece and Serbia | Greece and Serbia | 6 |
| 19 | 2012 | Bulgaria | Turkey | 3–0 | Bulgaria | Romania | 3–0 | Moldova | 8 |
| 20 | 2013 | Bulgaria | Bulgaria | 3–0 | Turkey | Romania and Serbia | Romania and Serbia | Romania and Serbia | 7 |
| 21 | 2014 | Bulgaria | Bulgaria | 3–0 | Turkey | Greece and Romania | Greece and Romania | Greece and Romania | 6 |
| 22 | 2016 | Romania | Bulgaria | round-robin | Romania | Serbia | round-robin | Moldova | 4 |
| 23 | 2018 | Greece | Bulgaria | 3–2 | Turkey | Greece and Serbia | Greece and Serbia | Greece and Serbia | 6 |

## Junior championships (U19)
### Mixed team event

| Ed. | Year | Host city | Final | Final | Final | Third place playoff or losing semi-finalists | Third place playoff or losing semi-finalists | Third place playoff or losing semi-finalists | Number of teams |
| Ed. | Year | Host city | Champions | Score | Runners-up | Third place | Score | Fourth place | Number of teams |
| 1 | 1992 | Bucharest | Bulgaria | round-robin | Romania | Turkey | – | – | 3 |
| 2 | 1993 | Istanbul | Bulgaria | round-robin | Romania | Turkey | round-robin | Turkey B | 4 |
| 3 | 1994 | Sofia | Bulgaria | round-robin | Romania | Turkey | – | – | 3 |
| 4 | 1995 | Bucharest | Romania | round-robin | Bulgaria | Turkey | round-robin | Greece | 4 |
| 5 | 1996 | Sofia | Bulgaria | round-robin | Turkey | Greece | – | – | 3 |
| 6 | 1997 | Adapazarı | Bulgaria | round-robin | Romania | Turkey | round-robin | Greece | 6 |
| 7 | 1998 | Patras | Bulgaria | round-robin | Romania | Turkey | round-robin | Greece | 6 |
| 8 | 1999 | Ankara | Bulgaria | round-robin | Romania | Moldova | round-robin | Turkey | 6 |
| 9 | 2000 | Istanbul | Romania | round-robin | Bulgaria | Turkey | round-robin | Moldova | 5 |
| 10 | 2001 | Galati | Bulgaria | round-robin | Romania | Moldova | round-robin | Greece | 5 |
| 11 | 2002 | Sofia | Bulgaria | round-robin | Romania | Moldova | round-robin | Greece | 5 |
| 12 | 2004 | Thessaloniki | Bulgaria | round-robin | Turkey | Moldova | round-robin | Romania | 5 |
| 13 | 2005 | Varna | Bulgaria | round-robin | Turkey | Romania | round-robin | Moldova | 7 |
| 14 | 2006 | Sofia | Turkey | round-robin | Bulgaria | Romania | round-robin | North Macedonia | 4 |
| 15 | 2007 | Adapazarı | Bulgaria | 3–2 | Turkey | Greece and Romania | Greece and Romania | Greece and Romania | 7 |
| 16 | 2008 | Bafra | Turkey | round-robin | Bulgaria | Romania | round-robin | Greece | 5 |
| 17 | 2010 | Orestiada | Turkey | 3–2 | Bulgaria | Romania | 3–2 | Serbia | 6 |
| 18 | 2011 | Edirne | Bulgaria | 3–1 | Turkey | Romania and Serbia | Romania and Serbia | Romania and Serbia | 7 |
| 19 | 2012 | Onești | Bulgaria | round-robin | Turkey | Romania | round-robin | Greece | 4 |
| 20 | 2013 | Manisa | Bulgaria | round-robin | Turkey | North Macedonia | round-robin | Greece | 4 |
| 21 | 2015 | Karaman | Turkey | 3–0 | Bulgaria | Romania and Serbia | Romania and Serbia | Romania and Serbia | 6 |
| 22 | 2016 | Alexandroupolis | Turkey | 3–0 | Bulgaria | Greece and Serbia | Greece and Serbia | Greece and Serbia | 6 |
| 23 | 2017 | Edirne | Turkey | 3–2 | Bulgaria | Greece and Serbia | Greece and Serbia | Greece and Serbia | 6 |
| 24 | 2019 | Ankara | Turkey | 3–2 | Serbia | Bulgaria and Georgia | Bulgaria and Georgia | Bulgaria and Georgia | 6 |

## Youth championships (U17)
### Mixed team event

| Year | Ed. | Host | City | Champions | Runners-up | Third place | Rankings |
| 1997 | 1 | Greece | Argostoli | Bulgaria | Romania | Turkey | 1. Bulgaria 2. Romania 3. Turkey 4. Greece 5. Moldova 6. Serbia and Montenegro |
| 1998 | 2 | Romania | Bucharest | Bulgaria | Romania | Turkey | 1. Bulgaria 2. Romania 3. Turkey 4. Moldova 5. Greece |
| 1999 | 3 | Moldova | Chișinău | Romania | Bulgaria | Moldova | 1. Romania 2. Bulgaria 3. Moldova 4. Greece |
| 2000 | 4 | Moldova | Chișinău | Bulgaria | Moldova | Romania | 1. Bulgaria 2. Moldova 3. Romania 4. Turkey 5. Greece |
| 2002 | 5 | Turkey | Istanbul | Bulgaria | Turkey | Romania | 1. Bulgaria 2. Turkey 3. Romania 4. Moldova 5. Greece 6. Serbia and Montenegro |
| 2003 | 6 | Turkey | Istanbul | Moldova | Bulgaria | Turkey | 1. Moldova 2. Bulgaria 3. Turkey 4. Romania 5. Greece |
| 2004 | 7 | Bulgaria | Haskovo | Bulgaria | Romania | Turkey | 1. Bulgaria 2. Romania 3. Turkey 4. Greece 5. North Macedonia |
| 2005 | 8 | Turkey | Mersin | Turkey | Bulgaria | Turkey B | 1. Turkey 2. Bulgaria 3. Turkey B 4. Romania 5. Greece |
| 2006 | 9 | Greece | Thessaloniki | Turkey | Bulgaria | Greece | 1. Turkey 2. Bulgaria 3. Greece 4. Romania 5. Serbia - Montenegro (Withdrew) |
| 2008 | 10 | Greece | Sidirokastro | Turkey | Bulgaria | Greece | 1. Turkey 2. Bulgaria 3. Greece 4. Romania 5. Serbia |
| 2011 | 11 | Turkey | Edirne | Bulgaria | Turkey | Greece North Macedonia | 1. Bulgaria 2. Turkey 3. Greece 3. North Macedonia 5. Romania 6. Greece 7. Turkey B |
| 2013 | 12 | Turkey | Istanbul | Turkey | Bulgaria | Greece Romania | 1. Turkey 2. Bulgaria 3. Romania 3. Greece 5. Serbia 6. North Macedonia |
| 2014 | 13 | Serbia | Kladovo | Turkey | Bulgaria | Greece Romania | 1. Turkey 2. Bulgaria 3. Romania 3. Greece 5. Croatia 6. Serbia 7. Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| 2015 | 14 | Serbia | Novi Sad | Turkey | Bulgaria | Romania Serbia | 1. Turkey 2. Bulgaria 3. Romania 3. Serbia 5. Croatia 6. Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| 2016 | 15 | Turkey | Bursa | Turkey | Bulgaria | Romania Serbia | 1. Turkey 2. Bulgaria 3. Romania 3. Serbia 5. Moldova 6. Greece |
| 2018 | 16 | Serbia | Novi Sad | Serbia | Turkey | Bulgaria | 1. Serbia 2. Turkey 3. Bulgaria 4. Romania 5. Greece |
| 2019 | 17 | Serbia | Novi Sad | Serbia | Romania | Turkey Bulgaria | 1. Serbia 2. Romania 3. Turkey 3. Bulgaria 5. Greece 6. Croatia |
| 2023 | 18 | Romania | Galați | Turkey | Romania | Moldova | 1. Turkey 2. Romania 3. Moldova 4. Bulgaria |
| 2024 | 19 | Romania | Galați | Romania | Bulgaria | Greece | 1. Romania 2. Bulgaria 3. Greece 4. Moldova |