# 2018 European Men's and Women's Team Badminton Championships

The 2018 edition of the European Men's and Women's Team Badminton Championships was held in Kazan, Russia, from 13 to 18 February 2018. This tournament also served as European qualification for the 2018 Thomas & Uber Cup.

## Medalists

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Men's Team | Denmark Anders Antonsen Anders Skaarup Rasmussen David Daugaard Emil Holst Hans-Kristian Vittinghus Jan O. Jorgensen Kim Astrup Mads Conrad-Petersen Mads Pieler Kolding Mathias Christiansen Rasmus Gemke Viktor Axelsen | England Ben Lane Chris Langridge David Jones Marcus Ellis Peter Briggs Rajiv Ouseph Sam Parsons Sean Vendy Toby Penty Tom Wolfenden | Germany Alexander Roovers Fabian Roth Jones Ralfy Jansen Josche Zurwonne Kai Schäfer Lars Schänzler Marc Zwiebler Mark Lamsfuß Marvin Seidel Max Weißkirchen Peter Käsbauer |
| France Arnaud Merklé Bastian Kersaudy Brice Leverdez Gaetan Mittelheisser Julien Maio Leo Rossi Lucas Claerbout Lucas Corvee Ronan Labar Thom Gicquel Thomas Rouxel Toma Junior Popov |
| Women's Team | Denmark Christinna Pedersen Julie Dawall Jakobsen Julie Finne-Ipsen Kamilla Rytter Juhl Line Kjærsfeldt Maiken Fruergaard Mia Blichfeldt Natalia Koch Rohde Rikke Søby Hansen Sara Thygesen Sofie Holmboe Dahl | Germany Carla Nelte Fabienne Deprez Isabel Herttrich Johanna Goliszewski Lara Käpplein Linda Efler Luise Heim Olga Konon Yvonne Li | Russia Alina Davletova Anastasia Chervyakova Anastasiia Pustinskaia Anastasiia Semenova Ekaterina Bolotova Elena Komendrovskaja Elizaveta Pyatina Evgeniya Kosetskaya Ksenia Evgenova Natalia Perminova Nina Vislova Olga Morozova |
| Spain Beatriz Corrales Carolina Marin Clara Azurmendi Elena Fernández Lorena Usle Sara Penalver Pereira |

## Tournament

The 2018 European Men's and Women's Team Badminton Championships officially crowned the best male and female national teams in Europe and at the same time worked as the European qualification event towards the 2018 Thomas & Uber Cup finals. 53 teams consisting of 29 men's team and 24 women's team entered the tournament.

### Venue

This tournament was held at Gymnastics Center in Kazan, Russia.

### Seeds

The defending Champions, Denmark, were top seeded for both men's and women's team, while the host country Russia were seeded four.
* Men's team
* Denmark
* England
* Germany
* Russia
* France
* Poland
* Finland
* Women's team
* Denmark
* Spain
* Germany
* Russia
* Bulgaria
* England

### Draw

The draw was held on 5 December 2017, at the Badminton Europe office in Brøndby, Denmark. The men's team group stage consisted of six groups with four teams in each and one group with five teams. The women's team group stage consisted of six groups with four teams in each.
* Men's team
| Group 1 | Group 2 | Group 3 | Group 4 | Group 5 | Group 6 | Group 7 |
| Denmark  Israel  Croatia  Ireland | England  Hungary  Slovakia  Greenland | Germany  Iceland  Luxembourg  Azerbaijan | Russia  Bulgaria  Spain  Belgium | France  Ukraine  Austria  Lithuania | Poland  Italy  Portugal  Czech Republic | Finland  Estonia  Norway  Turkey  Latvia |
* Women's team
| Group 1 | Group 2 | Group 3 | Group 4 | Group 5 | Group 6 |
| Denmark  Sweden  Israel  Iceland | Spain  Hungary  Portugal  Slovakia | Germany  Lithuania  Ukraine  Ireland | Russia  Turkey  Estonia  Latvia | Bulgaria  France  Greenland  Belarus | England  Norway  Czech Republic  Poland |

## Men's team
### Format

In each group, teams played each other once. The seven group winners and the best runners-up qualified for the knockout stage.

### Groups

All times are Kazan Standard Time (UTC+03:00).

#### Group 1

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | MF | MA | MD | GF | GA | GD | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Denmark | 3 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 1 | +13 | 28 | 0 | +28 | 595 | 333 | +262 | 3 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | Ireland | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 5 | +5 | 19 | 10 | +9 | 528 | 478 | +50 | 2 | |
| 3 | Croatia | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 11 | −7 | 9 | 24 | −15 | 503 | 630 | −127 | 1 | |
| 4 | Israel | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 13 | −11 | 5 | 27 | −22 | 459 | 644 | −185 | 0 | |
* Denmark vs. Israel
* Croatia vs. Ireland
* Denmark vs. Croatia
* Israel vs. Ireland
* Denmark vs. Ireland
* Israel vs. Croatia

#### Group 2

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | MF | MA | MD | GF | GA | GD | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | England | 3 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 0 | +15 | 28 | 0 | +28 | 588 | 307 | +281 | 3 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | Hungary | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 7 | +1 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 601 | 585 | +16 | 2 | |
| 3 | Slovakia | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | −3 | 14 | 18 | −4 | 546 | 566 | −20 | 1 | |
| 4 | Greenland | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 14 | −13 | 4 | 28 | −24 | 379 | 656 | −277 | 0 | |
* England vs. Hungary
* Slovakia vs. Greenland
* England vs. Slovakia
* Hungary vs. Greenland
* England vs. Greenland
* Hungary vs. Slovakia

#### Group 3

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | MF | MA | MD | GF | GA | GD | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Germany | 3 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 0 | +15 | 30 | 0 | +30 | 630 | 252 | +378 | 3 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | Iceland | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 7 | +1 | 17 | 15 | +2 | 527 | 530 | −3 | 2 | |
| 3 | Luxembourg | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 10 | −5 | 11 | 24 | −13 | 525 | 658 | −133 | 1 | |
| 4 | Azerbaijan | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 13 | −11 | 7 | 26 | −19 | 410 | 652 | −242 | 0 | |
* Germany vs. Iceland
* Luxembourg vs. Azerbaijan
* Germany vs. Luxembourg
* Iceland vs. Azerbaijan
* Germany vs. Azerbaijan
* Iceland vs. Luxembourg

#### Group 4

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | MF | MA | MD | GF | GA | GD | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Russia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 2 | +11 | 24 | 8 | +16 | 635 | 491 | +144 | 3 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | Bulgaria | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 7 | +1 | 18 | 16 | +2 | 577 | 607 | −30 | 2 | |
| 3 | Spain | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | −1 | 17 | 15 | +2 | 597 | 551 | +46 | 1 | |
| 4 | Belgium | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 13 | −11 | 6 | 26 | −20 | 472 | 632 | −160 | 0 | |
* Russia vs. Bulgaria
* Spain vs. Belgium
* Russia vs. Spain
* Bulgaria vs. Belgium
* Russia vs. Belgium
* Bulgaria vs. Spain

#### Group 5

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | MF | MA | MD | GF | GA | GD | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | France | 3 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 0 | +15 | 30 | 0 | +30 | 631 | 327 | +304 | 3 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | Ukraine | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 19 | 12 | +7 | 551 | 490 | +61 | 2 | |
| 3 | Austria | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 10 | −5 | 11 | 21 | −10 | 513 | 596 | −83 | 1 | |
| 4 | Lithuania | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 14 | −13 | 2 | 29 | −27 | 365 | 647 | −282 | 0 | |
* France vs. Ukraine
* Austria vs. Lithuania
* Ukraine vs. Lithuania
* France vs. Austria
* France vs. Lithuania
* Ukraine vs. Austria

#### Group 6

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | MF | MA | MD | GF | GA | GD | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Poland | 3 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 2 | +11 | 27 | 7 | +20 | 676 | 528 | +148 | 3 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | Czech Republic | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 4 | +7 | 23 | 12 | +11 | 666 | 604 | +62 | 2 | Knockout stage |
| 3 | Italy | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 12 | −9 | 11 | 26 | −15 | 612 | 719 | −107 | 1 | |
| 4 | Portugal | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 12 | −9 | 11 | 27 | −16 | 633 | 736 | −103 | 0 | |
* Portugal vs. Czech Republic
* Poland vs. Italy
* Poland vs. Portugal
* Italy vs. Czech Republic
* Poland vs. Czech Republic
* Italy vs. Portugal

#### Group 7

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | MF | MA | MD | GF | GA | GD | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Finland | 4 | 4 | 0 | 19 | 1 | +18 | 39 | 5 | +34 | 918 | 603 | +315 | 4 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | Turkey | 4 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 7 | +6 | 28 | 16 | +12 | 814 | 686 | +128 | 3 | |
| 3 | Estonia | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 8 | +4 | 27 | 20 | +7 | 852 | 816 | +36 | 2 | |
| 4 | Norway | 4 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 14 | −8 | 14 | 28 | −14 | 681 | 788 | −107 | 1 | |
| 5 | Latvia | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 20 | −20 | 1 | 40 | −39 | 491 | 861 | −370 | 0 | |
* Finland vs. Estonia
* Norway vs. Turkey
* Finland vs. Norway
* Estonia vs. Latvia
* Finland vs. Turkey
* Norway vs. Latvia
* Estonia vs. Norway
* Turkey vs. Latvia
* Finland vs. Latvia
* Estonia vs. Turkey

### Ranking of second-placed teams

Due to group 7 having different number of teams, the results against the fifth-placed teams are not considered for this ranking.
| Pos | Grp | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | MF | MA | MD | GF | GA | GD | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | 6 | Czech Republic | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 4 | +7 | 23 | 12 | +11 | 666 | 604 | +62 | 2 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | 1 | Ireland | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 5 | +5 | 19 | 10 | +9 | 528 | 478 | +50 | 2 | |
| 3 | 5 | Ukraine | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 19 | 12 | +7 | 551 | 490 | +61 | 2 | |
| 4 | 7 | Turkey | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 7 | +1 | 18 | 16 | +2 | 604 | 564 | +40 | 2 | |
| 5 | 3 | Iceland | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 7 | +1 | 17 | 15 | +2 | 527 | 530 | −3 | 2 | |
| 6 | 4 | Bulgaria | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 7 | +1 | 18 | 16 | +2 | 577 | 607 | −30 | 2 | |
| 7 | 2 | Hungary | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 7 | +1 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 601 | 585 | +16 | 2 | |

### Knockout stage

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| 16 February 2018 | 16 February 2018 | | | |
| Denmark | 3 | | | |
| Denmark | 3 | 17 February 2018 | 17 February 2018 | | |
| Finland | 0 | 17 February 2018 | 17 February 2018 | |
| Finland | 0 | Denmark | 3 | |
| 16 February 2018 | 16 February 2018 | | Denmark | 3 | |
| 16 February 2018 | 16 February 2018 | Germany | 1 | |
| Germany | 3 | Germany | 1 | |
| Germany | 3 | | | | 18 February 2018 | 18 February 2018 |
| Czech Republic | 1 | | | | 18 February 2018 | 18 February 2018 |
| Czech Republic | 1 | | | | Denmark | 3 |
| 16 February 2018 | 16 February 2018 | | | | | Denmark | 3 |
| 16 February 2018 | 16 February 2018 | | | | England | 1 |
| France | 3 | | | | England | 1 |
| France | 3 | 17 February 2018 | 17 February 2018 | | | |
| Russia | 2 | 17 February 2018 | 17 February 2018 | | | |
| Russia | 2 | France | 1 | | | |
| 16 February 2018 | 16 February 2018 | | France | 1 | | | |
| 16 February 2018 | 16 February 2018 | England | 3 | |
| Poland | 0 | England | 3 | |
| England | 3 | | | |

#### Final
## Women's team
### Format

In each group, teams played each other once. The six group winners and the two best runners-up qualified for the knockout stage.

### Groups

All times are Kazan Standard Time (UTC+03:00).

#### Group 1

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | MF | MA | MD | GF | GA | GD | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Denmark | 3 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 1 | +18 | 29 | 3 | +26 | 659 | 339 | +320 | 3 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | Sweden | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 5 | +5 | 21 | 11 | +10 | 570 | 451 | +119 | 2 | |
| 3 | Israel | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 11 | −7 | 8 | 23 | −15 | 413 | 610 | −197 | 1 | |
| 4 | Iceland | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 18 | −16 | 5 | 26 | −21 | 378 | 630 | −252 | 0 | |
* Denmark vs. Sweden
* Israel vs. Iceland
* Denmark vs. Israel
* Sweden vs. Iceland
* Denmark vs. Iceland
* Sweden vs. Israel

#### Group 2

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | MF | MA | MD | GF | GA | GD | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Spain | 3 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 4 | +7 | 24 | 9 | +15 | 658 | 486 | +172 | 3 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | Hungary | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 4 | +7 | 23 | 13 | +10 | 689 | 603 | +86 | 2 | |
| 3 | Slovakia | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | −3 | 15 | 19 | −4 | 605 | 639 | −34 | 1 | |
| 4 | Portugal | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 13 | −11 | 7 | 28 | −21 | 489 | 713 | −224 | 0 | |
* Spain vs. Hungary
* Portugal vs. Slovakia
* Spain vs. Portugal
* Hungary vs. Slovakia
* Spain vs. Slovakia
* Hungary vs. Portugal

#### Group 3

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | MF | MA | MD | GF | GA | GD | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Germany | 3 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 0 | +15 | 30 | 4 | +26 | 702 | 479 | +223 | 3 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | Ukraine | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 5 | +5 | 24 | 12 | +12 | 698 | 561 | +137 | 2 | |
| 3 | Ireland | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 10 | −5 | 12 | 20 | −8 | 516 | 582 | −66 | 1 | |
| 4 | Lithuania | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 15 | −15 | 0 | 30 | −30 | 336 | 630 | −294 | 0 | |
* Ukraine vs. Ireland
* Germany vs. Lithuania
* Germany vs. Ukraine
* Lithuania vs. Ireland
* Germany vs. Ireland
* Lithuania vs. Ukraine

#### Group 4

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | MF | MA | MD | GF | GA | GD | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Russia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 2 | +11 | 27 | 7 | +20 | 678 | 519 | +159 | 3 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | Turkey | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 4 | +7 | 25 | 9 | +16 | 667 | 493 | +174 | 2 | Knockout stage |
| 3 | Estonia | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | −3 | 13 | 21 | −8 | 562 | 604 | −42 | 1 | |
| 4 | Latvia | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 15 | −15 | 2 | 30 | −28 | 371 | 662 | −291 | 0 | |
* Russia vs. Turkey
* Estonia vs. Latvia
* Turkey vs. Latvia
* Russia vs. Estonia
* Russia vs. Latvia
* Turkey vs. Estonia

#### Group 5

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | MF | MA | MD | GF | GA | GD | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Bulgaria | 3 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 2 | +11 | 27 | 4 | +23 | 645 | 359 | +286 | 3 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | France | 3 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 3 | +9 | 24 | 7 | +17 | 602 | 412 | +190 | 2 | Knockout stage |
| 3 | Belarus | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 10 | −5 | 10 | 20 | −10 | 413 | 535 | −122 | 1 | |
| 4 | Greenland | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 15 | −15 | 0 | 30 | −30 | 276 | 630 | −354 | 0 | |
* Greenland vs. Belarus
* Bulgaria vs. France
* Bulgaria vs. Greenland
* France vs. Belarus
* Bulgaria vs. Belarus
* France vs. Greenland

#### Group 6

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | MF | MA | MD | GF | GA | GD | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | England | 3 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 1 | +13 | 29 | 2 | +27 | 649 | 462 | +187 | 3 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | Poland | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 8 | −1 | 15 | 18 | −3 | 598 | 623 | −25 | 2 | |
| 3 | Czech Republic | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | −1 | 16 | 20 | −4 | 657 | 649 | +8 | 1 | |
| 4 | Norway | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 13 | −11 | 7 | 27 | −20 | 520 | 690 | −170 | 0 | |
* England vs. Norway
* Czech Republic vs. Poland
* England vs. Czech Republic
* Norway vs. Poland
* England vs. Poland
* Norway vs. Czech Republic

### Ranking of second-placed teams

| Pos | Grp | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | MF | MA | MD | GF | GA | GD | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | 5 | France | 3 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 3 | +9 | 24 | 7 | +17 | 602 | 412 | +190 | 2 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | 4 | Turkey | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 4 | +7 | 25 | 9 | +16 | 667 | 493 | +174 | 2 | Knockout stage |
| 3 | 2 | Hungary | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 4 | +7 | 23 | 13 | +10 | 689 | 603 | +86 | 2 | |
| 4 | 3 | Ukraine | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 5 | +5 | 24 | 12 | +12 | 698 | 561 | +137 | 2 | |
| 5 | 1 | Sweden | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 5 | +5 | 21 | 11 | +10 | 570 | 451 | +119 | 2 | |
| 6 | 6 | Poland | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 8 | −1 | 15 | 18 | −3 | 598 | 623 | −25 | 2 | |

### Knockout stage

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| 16 February 2018 | 16 February 2018 | | | |
| Denmark | 3 | | | |
| Denmark | 3 | 17 February 2018 | 17 February 2018 | | |
| England | 0 | 17 February 2018 | 17 February 2018 | |
| England | 0 | Denmark | 3 | |
| 16 February 2018 | 16 February 2018 | | Denmark | 3 | |
| 16 February 2018 | 16 February 2018 | Russia | 1 | |
| Russia | 3 | Russia | 1 | |
| Russia | 3 | | | | 18 February 2018 | 18 February 2018 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | | | | 18 February 2018 | 18 February 2018 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | | | | Denmark | 3 |
| 16 February 2018 | 16 February 2018 | | | | | Denmark | 3 |
| 16 February 2018 | 16 February 2018 | | | | Germany | 1 |
| France | 0 | | | | Germany | 1 |
| France | 0 | 17 February 2018 | 17 February 2018 | | | |
| Germany | 3 | 17 February 2018 | 17 February 2018 | | | |
| Germany | 3 | Germany | 3 | | | |
| 16 February 2018 | 16 February 2018 | | Germany | 3 | | | |
| 16 February 2018 | 16 February 2018 | Spain | 2 | |
| Turkey | 2 | Spain | 2 | |
| Spain | 3 | | | |