# 2009 Balkan Badminton Championships

The 2009 Balkan Badminton Championships (Bulgarian: балканско първенство по бадминтон 2009) was a badminton tournament sanctioned by the Balkan Badminton Association and Badminton Europe. The individual and mixed team events were held from 2 to 4 July 2009.
The tournament was held at the Beroe Sports Hall in Stara Zagora, Bulgaria. Six countries took part in the championships. In the team event, Bulgaria defeated Turkey 3–0 in the final while Serbia and Greece were awarded bronze.
In the individual events, Bulgaria finished first on the medal table. followed by Turkey with one gold medal, three silver medals and five bronze medals.

## Medal summary
### Medalists

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Men's singles | Stiliyan Makarski | Krasimir Jankov | Mehmet Tural |
| Men's singles | Stiliyan Makarski | Krasimir Jankov | Hüseyin Durakcan |
| Women's singles | Petya Nedelcheva | Özge Bayrak | Öznur Çalışkan |
| Women's singles | Petya Nedelcheva | Özge Bayrak | Bistra Maneva |
| Men's doubles | Kamil Akcebe Ali Kaya | Krasimir Jankov Vladimir Metodiev | Hüseyin Durakcan Göksel Kundakçı |
| Men's doubles | Kamil Akcebe Ali Kaya | Krasimir Jankov Vladimir Metodiev | Sarkis Agopyan Julian Hristov |
| Women's doubles | Diana Dimova Petya Nedelcheva | Bistra Maneva Dimitria Popstoikova | İsmet Balakçı Erden Kenan |
| Women's doubles | Diana Dimova Petya Nedelcheva | Bistra Maneva Dimitria Popstoikova | Sandra Halilović Milica Simić |
| Mixed doubles | Stiliyan Makarski Diana Dimova | Ali Kaya Ezgi Epice | Julian Hristov Dimitria Popstoikova |
| Mixed doubles | Stiliyan Makarski Diana Dimova | Ali Kaya Ezgi Epice | Vladimir Metodiev Bistra Maneva |
| Mixed team | Bulgaria Sarkis Agopyan Julian Hristov Krasimir Jankov Vladimir Metodiev Diana Dimova Bistra Maneva Petya Nedelcheva Dimitria Popstoikova | Turkey Kamil Akcebe Hüseyin Durakcan Ali Kaya Göksel Kundakçı Mehmet Tural İsmet Balakçı Özge Bayrak Öznur Çalışkan Ezgi Epice Kenan Erden | Serbia Nikola Arsić Igor Bjelan Ilija Pavlović Vladimir Savić Sandra Halilović Sara Samardžić Milica Simić Stefana Stanković |
| Mixed team | Bulgaria Sarkis Agopyan Julian Hristov Krasimir Jankov Vladimir Metodiev Diana Dimova Bistra Maneva Petya Nedelcheva Dimitria Popstoikova | Turkey Kamil Akcebe Hüseyin Durakcan Ali Kaya Göksel Kundakçı Mehmet Tural İsmet Balakçı Özge Bayrak Öznur Çalışkan Ezgi Epice Kenan Erden | Greece Georgios Charalambidis Georgios Galvas Panagiotis Skarlatos Theodoros Velkos Christina Diamantopoulou Theodora Ligomenou Ioanna Karkantzia Eleni Tsamousiadou |

### Medal table

* Host nation (Bulgaria)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Bulgaria* | 5 | 3 | 4 | 12 |
| 2 | Turkey | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 |
| 3 | Serbia | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Totals (3 entries) | Totals (3 entries) | 6 | 6 | 11 | 23 |

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

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | MF | MA | MD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Bulgaria (H) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 0 | +10 | 2 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | Serbia | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | Knockout stage |
| 3 | North Macedonia | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10 | −10 | 0 |
Source: Badminton savez Srbije

#### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | MF | MA | MD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Turkey | 2 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 0 | +10 | 2 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | Greece | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | −4 | 1 | Knockout stage |
| 3 | Moldova | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | −6 | 0 |
Source: Badminton savez Srbije

### Knockout stage
#### Bracket

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