# 2018 Balkan Badminton Championships

The 2018 Balkan Badminton Championships (Greek: Βαλκανικού Πρωταθλήματος Αντιπτέρισης 2018) was a badminton tournament sanctioned by the Balkan Badminton Association and Badminton Europe. The individual and mixed team events were held from 18 to 20 May 2018.
The tournament was held at Nikos Samaras Indoor Hall in Orestiada, Greece. A total of eight Balkan countries competed in the individual events while only six teams competed in the mixed team event. Bulgaria won first place in the mixed team event after beating Turkey in the final. Hosts Greece shared the bronze medal position with Serbia.

## Medal summary
### Medalists

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Men's singles | Daniel Nikolov | Emre Lale | Peyo Boichinov |
| Men's singles | Daniel Nikolov | Emre Lale | Luka Milić |
| Women's singles | Aliye Demirbağ | Neslihan Yiğit | Maria Delcheva |
| Women's singles | Aliye Demirbağ | Neslihan Yiğit | Marija Sudimac |
| Men's doubles | Daniel Nikolov Alex Vlaar | Muhammed Ali Kurt Emre Lale | Georgios Galvas Panagiotis Skarlatos |
| Men's doubles | Daniel Nikolov Alex Vlaar | Muhammed Ali Kurt Emre Lale | Peyo Boichinov Ivan Panev |
| Women's doubles | Aliye Demirbağ Neslihan Yiğit | Bengisu Erçetin Nazlıcan İnci | Theodora Lamprianidou Grammatoula Sotiriou |
| Women's doubles | Aliye Demirbağ Neslihan Yiğit | Bengisu Erçetin Nazlıcan İnci | Sara Lončar Nataša Pavlović |
| Mixed doubles | Alex Vlaar Dimitria Popstoikova | Emre Sönmez Zehra Erdem | Stamatis Tsigirdakis Eleni Moutevelidou |
| Mixed doubles | Alex Vlaar Dimitria Popstoikova | Emre Sönmez Zehra Erdem | Andrija Doder Marija Sudimac |
| Mixed team | Bulgaria Peyo Boichinov Daniel Nikolov Ivan Panev Alex Vlaar Maria Delcheva Hristomira Popovska Dimitria Popstoikova | Turkey Haktan Doğan Serdar Koca Muhammed Ali Kurt Emre Lale Serhat Salım Emre Sönmez Özge Bayrak Aliye Demirbağ Bengisu Erçetin Zehra Erdem Nazlıcan İnci Neslihan Yiğit | Greece Georgios Galvas Panagiotis Skarlatos Stamatis Tsigirdakis Ilias Xanthou Eleni Moutevelidou Elisavet Nioti Grammatoula Sotiriou Irini Tenta |
| Mixed team | Bulgaria Peyo Boichinov Daniel Nikolov Ivan Panev Alex Vlaar Maria Delcheva Hristomira Popovska Dimitria Popstoikova | Turkey Haktan Doğan Serdar Koca Muhammed Ali Kurt Emre Lale Serhat Salım Emre Sönmez Özge Bayrak Aliye Demirbağ Bengisu Erçetin Zehra Erdem Nazlıcan İnci Neslihan Yiğit | Serbia Igor Bjelan Andrija Doder Luka Milić Nenad Milošević Sara Lončar Nataša Pavlović Marija Sudimac |

### Medal table

* Host nation (Greece)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Bulgaria | 4 | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 2 | Turkey | 2 | 6 | 0 | 8 |
| 3 | Serbia | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 4 | Greece* | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Totals (4 entries) | Totals (4 entries) | 6 | 6 | 12 | 24 |

## Team event
### Group stage
#### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | MF | MA | MD | GF | GA | GD | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Bulgaria | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 1 | +8 | 18 | 3 | +15 | 408 | 293 | +115 | 2 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | Greece (H) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | −4 | 8 | 14 | −6 | 354 | 397 | −43 | 1 | Knockout stage |
| 3 | Moldova | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | −4 | 6 | 15 | −9 | 330 | 402 | −72 | 0 | |

#### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | MF | MA | MD | GF | GA | GD | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Turkey | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 1 | +8 | 18 | 4 | +14 | 441 | 265 | +176 | 2 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | Serbia | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 14 | 10 | +4 | 416 | 397 | +19 | 1 | Knockout stage |
| 3 | Greece B | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10 | −10 | 2 | 20 | −18 | 266 | 461 | −195 | 0 | |

### Knockout stage
#### Bracket

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| Bulgaria | 3 | | |
| Serbia | 0 | | |
| Serbia | 0 | Bulgaria | 3 |
| | | Turkey | 2 |
| Greece | 0 | Turkey | 2 |
| Turkey | 3 | | |