# 2011 Balkan Badminton Championships

The 2011 Balkan Badminton Championships (Greek: Βαλκανικού Πρωταθλήματος Αντιπτέρισης 2011) was a badminton tournament sanctioned by the Balkan Badminton Association and Badminton Europe. The individual and mixed team events were held from 21 to 23 October 2011.
The tournament was held at the Polygyros Indoor Gymnasium in Polygyros, Greece. Seven countries took part in the championships. Bulgaria won the team event by defeating Turkey 3–1 in the final.
Greece won their first ever gold medal in the Balkan Championships when Anne Hald Jensen defeated Dimitria Popstoikova of Bulgaria in the final of the women's singles event.

## Medal summary
### Medalists

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Men's singles | Ramazan Öztürk | Peyo Boichinov | Ivan Rusev |
| Men's singles | Ramazan Öztürk | Peyo Boichinov | Emre Vural |
| Women's singles | Anna Hald-Charalambidou | Dimitria Popstoikova | Ebru Tunalı |
| Women's singles | Anna Hald-Charalambidou | Dimitria Popstoikova | Sandra Halilović |
| Men's doubles | Peyo Boichinov Ivan Rusev | Emre Aslan Hüseyin Oruç | Ramazan Öztürk Emre Vural |
| Men's doubles | Peyo Boichinov Ivan Rusev | Emre Aslan Hüseyin Oruç | Georgios Galvas Panagiotis Skarlatos |
| Women's doubles | Dimitria Popstoikova Gabriela Stoeva | Florentina Constantinescu Alexandra Milon | Öznur Çalışkan Ebru Tunalı |
| Women's doubles | Dimitria Popstoikova Gabriela Stoeva | Florentina Constantinescu Alexandra Milon | Antonia Karagiaouridou Petroula Toga |
| Mixed doubles | Julian Hristov Gabriela Stoeva | Georgios Charalambidis Anna Hald-Charalambidou | Hüseyin Oruç Ebru Yazgan |
| Mixed doubles | Julian Hristov Gabriela Stoeva | Georgios Charalambidis Anna Hald-Charalambidou | Robert Ciobotaru Florentina Constantinescu |
| Mixed team | Bulgaria Peyo Boichinov Julian Hristov Ivan Rusev Dimitria Popstoikova Gabriela Stoeva | Turkey Emre Aslan Hüseyin Oruç Ramazan Öztürk Emre Vural Öznur Çalışkan Ebru Tunalı Ebru Yazgan | Greece Georgios Charalambidis Georgios Galvas Panagiotis Skarlatos Theodoros Velkos Ioanna Karkantzia Antonia Karagiaouridou Theodora Ligomenou Petroula Toga |
| Mixed team | Bulgaria Peyo Boichinov Julian Hristov Ivan Rusev Dimitria Popstoikova Gabriela Stoeva | Turkey Emre Aslan Hüseyin Oruç Ramazan Öztürk Emre Vural Öznur Çalışkan Ebru Tunalı Ebru Yazgan | Serbia Nikola Arsić Igor Bjelan Ilija Pavlović Vladimir Savić Sandra Halilović Ivana Maksimović Milica Simić |

### Medal table

* Host nation (Greece)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Bulgaria | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 |
| 2 | Turkey | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 |
| 3 | Greece* | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 4 | Romania | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | Serbia | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Totals (5 entries) | Totals (5 entries) | 3 | 8 | 16 | 27 |

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

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | MF | MA | MD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Bulgaria | 2 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 0 | +10 | 2 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | Greece (H) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | Knockout stage |
| 3 | Greece B (H) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10 | −10 | 0 | |
Source: Türkiye Badminton Federasyonu

#### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | MF | MA | MD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Turkey | 2 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 0 | +10 | 2 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | Serbia | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | −4 | 1 | Knockout stage |
| 3 | Romania | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | −6 | 0 | |
Source: Türkiye Badminton Federasyonu

### Knockout stage
#### Bracket

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| Bulgaria | 3 | | |
| Serbia | 0 | | |
| Serbia | 0 | Bulgaria | 3 |
| | | Turkey | 1 |
| Greece | 2 | Turkey | 1 |
| Turkey | 3 | | |