Badminton at the European Games

Badminton is a core sport of the European Games. It has been a European Games sport since the inaugural edition.

Editions

Games	Year	Host City	Events	Best Nation
I	2015	Baku, Azerbaijan	5	Denmark
II	2019	Minsk, Belarus	5	Great Britain
III	2023	Kraków-Małopolska, Poland	5	Denmark
IV	2027	Istanbul, Turkey	5

The 2023 event was held in Tarnów.

Venues

Games	Venue	Other sports hosted at venue	Capacity	Ref.
2015 Baku	Baku Sports Hall	Table tennis	1,700	^[1]
2019 Minsk	Falcon Club	–	2,100	^[2]
2023 Kraków-Małopolska	Arena Jaskółka	–	4,317	^[3]
2027 Istanbul

Events

Event	15	19	23	Years

Men's singles	X	X	X	3
Women's singles	X	X	X	3
Men's doubles	X	X	X	3
Women's doubles	X	X	X	3
Mixed doubles	X	X	X	3

Medal table


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Denmark (DEN)	7	3	3	13
2	Great Britain (GBR)	2	4	3	9
3	Netherlands (NED)	2	1	1	4
4	Bulgaria (BUL)	2	0	1	3
4	Spain (ESP)	2	0	1	3
6	France (FRA)	0	4	5	9
7	Russia (RUS)	0	2	3	5
8	Belgium (BEL)	0	1	0	1
9	Germany (GER)	0	0	4	4
10	Ireland (IRL)	0	0	3	3
11	Israel (ISR)	0	0	2	2
12	Estonia (EST)	0	0	1	1
	Lithuania (LTU)	0	0	1	1
	Switzerland (SUI)	0	0	1	1
	Turkey (TUR)	0	0	1	1
Totals (15 entries)		15	15	30	60

Medalists

Men's singles

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2015 Baku	Pablo Abián Spain	Emil Holst Denmark	Dieter Domke Germany
2015 Baku	Pablo Abián Spain	Emil Holst Denmark	Kęstutis Navickas Lithuania
2019 Minsk	Anders Antonsen Denmark	Brice Leverdez France	Raul Must Estonia
2019 Minsk	Anders Antonsen Denmark	Brice Leverdez France	Misha Zilberman Israel
2023 Kraków-Małopolska	Viktor Axelsen Denmark	Christo Popov France	Toma Junior Popov France
2023 Kraków-Małopolska	Viktor Axelsen Denmark	Christo Popov France	Misha Zilberman Israel

Men's doubles

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2015 Baku	Denmark Mathias Boe Carsten Mogensen	Russia Vladimir Ivanov Ivan Sozonov	Germany Raphael Beck Andreas Heinz
2015 Baku	Denmark Mathias Boe Carsten Mogensen	Russia Vladimir Ivanov Ivan Sozonov	Ireland Joshua Magee Sam Magee
2019 Minsk	Great Britain Marcus Ellis Chris Langridge	Denmark Kim Astrup Anders Skaarup Rasmussen	Russia Vladimir Ivanov Ivan Sozonov
2019 Minsk	Great Britain Marcus Ellis Chris Langridge	Denmark Kim Astrup Anders Skaarup Rasmussen	Netherlands Jelle Maas Robin Tabeling
2023 Kraków-Małopolska	Denmark Kim Astrup Anders Skaarup Rasmussen	Great Britain Ben Lane Sean Vendy	Great Britain Alexander Dunn Adam Hall
2023 Kraków-Małopolska	Denmark Kim Astrup Anders Skaarup Rasmussen	Great Britain Ben Lane Sean Vendy	France Christo Popov Toma Junior Popov

Women's singles

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2015 Baku	Line Kjærsfeldt Denmark	Lianne Tan Belgium	Petya Nedelcheva Bulgaria
2015 Baku	Line Kjærsfeldt Denmark	Lianne Tan Belgium	Clara Azurmendi Spain
2019 Minsk	Mia Blichfeldt Denmark	Kirsty Gilmour Great Britain	Line Kjærsfeldt Denmark
2019 Minsk	Mia Blichfeldt Denmark	Kirsty Gilmour Great Britain	Evgeniya Kosetskaya Russia
2023 Kraków-Małopolska	Carolina Marín Spain	Mia Blichfeldt Denmark	Kirsty Gilmour Great Britain
2023 Kraków-Małopolska	Carolina Marín Spain	Mia Blichfeldt Denmark	Jenjira Stadelmann Switzerland

Women's doubles

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2015 Baku	Bulgaria Gabriela Stoeva Stefani Stoeva	Russia Ekaterina Bolotova Evgeniya Kosetskaya	Denmark Lena Grebak Maria Helsbøl
2015 Baku	Bulgaria Gabriela Stoeva Stefani Stoeva	Russia Ekaterina Bolotova Evgeniya Kosetskaya	Turkey Özge Bayrak Neslihan Yiğit
2019 Minsk	Netherlands Selena Piek Cheryl Seinen	Great Britain Chloe Birch Lauren Smith	France Émilie Lefel Anne Tran
2019 Minsk	Netherlands Selena Piek Cheryl Seinen	Great Britain Chloe Birch Lauren Smith	Russia Ekaterina Bolotova Alina Davletova
2023 Kraków-Małopolska	Bulgaria Gabriela Stoeva Stefani Stoeva	Netherlands Debora Jille Cheryl Seinen	France Margot Lambert Anne Tran
2023 Kraków-Małopolska	Bulgaria Gabriela Stoeva Stefani Stoeva	Netherlands Debora Jille Cheryl Seinen	Germany Linda Efler Isabel Lohau

Mixed doubles

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2015 Baku	Denmark Niclas Nøhr Sara Thygesen	France Gaetan Mittelheisser Audrey Fontaine	Germany Raphael Beck Kira Kattenbeck
2015 Baku	Denmark Niclas Nøhr Sara Thygesen	France Gaetan Mittelheisser Audrey Fontaine	Ireland Sam Magee Chloe Magee
2019 Minsk	Great Britain Marcus Ellis Lauren Smith	Great Britain Chris Adcock Gabby Adcock	Ireland Sam Magee Chloe Magee
2019 Minsk	Great Britain Marcus Ellis Lauren Smith	Great Britain Chris Adcock Gabby Adcock	France Thom Gicquel Delphine Delrue
2023 Kraków-Małopolska	Netherlands Robin Tabeling Selena Piek	France Thom Gicquel Delphine Delrue	Great Britain Marcus Ellis Lauren Smith
2023 Kraków-Małopolska	Netherlands Robin Tabeling Selena Piek	France Thom Gicquel Delphine Delrue	Denmark Mathias Christiansen Alexandra Bøje

Statistics

Medal leaders

Medalist	Nation	Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Marcus Ellis	Great Britain	2019–2023	2	0	1	3
Gabriela Stoeva	Bulgaria	2015, 2023	2	0	0	2
Stefani Stoeva	Bulgaria	2015, 2023	2	0	0	2
Selena Piek	Netherlands	2019–2023	2	0	0	2
Lauren Smith	Great Britain	2019–2023	1	1	1	3
Kim Astrup	Denmark	2019–2023	1	1	0	2
Anders Skaarup Rasmussen	Denmark	2019–2023	1	1	0	2
Mia Blichfeldt	Denmark	2019–2023	1	1	0	2
Cheryl Seinen	Netherlands	2019–2023	1	1	0	2
Line Kjærsfeldt	Denmark	2015–2023	1	0	1	2
Robin Tabeling	Netherlands	2019–2023	1	0	1	2
Mathias Boe	Denmark	2015	1	0	0	1
Carsten Mogensen	Denmark	2015	1	0	0	1
Niclas Nøhr	Denmark	2015–2019	1	0	0	1
Sara Thygesen	Denmark	2015–2019	1	0	0	1
Anders Antonsen	Denmark	2019–2023	1	0	0	1
Viktor Axelsen	Denmark	2023	1	0	0	1
Chris Langridge	Great Britain	2019	1	0	0	1
Pablo Abián	Spain	2015–2019	1	0	0	1
Carolina Marín	Spain	2023	1	0	0	1
Thom Gicquel	France	2019–2023	0	1	1	2
Delphine Delrue	France	2019–2023	0	1	1	2
Christo Popov	France	2023	0	1	1	2
Kirsty Gilmour	Great Britain	2019–2023	0	1	1	2
Vladimir Ivanov	Russia	2015–2019	0	1	1	2
Ivan Sozonov	Russia	2015–2019	0	1	1	2
Ekaterina Bolotova	Russia	2015–2019	0	1	1	2
Evgeniya Kosetskaya	Russia	2015–2019	0	1	1	2
Lianne Tan	Belgium	2015–2023	0	1	0	1
Emil Holst	Denmark	2015	0	1	0	1
Gaetan Mittelheisser	France	2015	0	1	0	1
Audrey Fontaine	France	2015	0	1	0	1
Brice Leverdez	France	2019	0	1	0	1
Chloe Birch	Great Britain	2019	0	1	0	1
Chris Adcock	Great Britain	2019	0	1	0	1
Gabby Adcock	Great Britain	2019	0	1	0	1
Ben Lane	Great Britain	2023	0	1	0	1
Sean Vendy	Great Britain	2023	0	1	0	1
Debora Jille	Netherlands	2023	0	1	0	1
Sam Magee	Ireland	2015–2019	0	0	3	3
Toma Junior Popov	France	2023	0	0	2	2
Anne Tran	France	2019–2023	0	0	2	2
Raphael Beck	Germany	2015	0	0	2	2
Chloe Magee	Ireland	2015–2019	0	0	2	2
Misha Zilberman	Israel	2015–2023	0	0	2	2
Petya Nedelcheva	Bulgaria	2015	0	0	1	1
Lena Grebak	Denmark	2015	0	0	1	1
Maria Helsbøl	Denmark	2015	0	0	1	1
Mathias Christiansen	Denmark	2023	0	0	1	1
Alexandra Bøje	Denmark	2023	0	0	1	1
Raul Must	Estonia	2015–2019	0	0	1	1
Émilie Lefel	France	2019	0	0	1	1
Margot Lambert	France	2023	0	0	1	1
Dieter Domke	Germany	2015	0	0	1	1
Andreas Heinz	Germany	2015	0	0	1	1
Kira Kattenbeck	Germany	2015	0	0	1	1
Linda Efler	Germany	2023	0	0	1	1
Isabel Lohau	Germany	2023	0	0	1	1
Alexander Dunn	Great Britain	2023	0	0	1	1
Adam Hall	Great Britain	2023	0	0	1	1
Joshua Magee	Ireland	2015–2023	0	0	1	1
Kęstutis Navickas	Lithuania	2015	0	0	1	1
Jelle Maas	Netherlands	2019	0	0	1	1
Alina Davletova	Russia	2019	0	0	1	1
Clara Azurmendi	Spain	2015	0	0	1	1
Jenjira Stadelmann	Switzerland	2023	0	0	1	1
Özge Bayrak	Turkey	2015	0	0	1	1
Neslihan Yiğit	Turkey	2015–2023	0	0	1	1

Participating nations

Nation	15	19	23	Years

Armenia (ARM)		1		1
Austria (AUT)	4	3	6	3
Azerbaijan (AZE)	2	1	6	3
Belarus (BLR)	1	4		2
Belgium (BEL)	8	4	2	3
Bulgaria (BUL)	4	5	8	3
Croatia (CRO)	4	2	1	3
Cyprus (CYP)		1	1	2
Czech Republic (CZE)	8	7	4	3
Denmark (DEN)	14	8	10	3
Estonia (EST)	4	6	4	3
Finland (FIN)	6	4	2	3
France (FRA)	8	7	9	3
Germany (GER)	8	7	8	3
Great Britain (GBR)	8	8	10	3
Greece (GRE)	1		1	2
Hungary (HUN)	2	4	2	3
Iceland (ISL)	1	1	2	3
Ireland (IRL)	8	6	8	3
Israel (ISR)	1	3	4	3
Italy (ITA)	4	5	8	3
Latvia (LAT)	1	1	1	3
Lithuania (LTU)	2	2	1	3
Luxembourg (LUX)		1	2	2
Malta (MLT)			1	1
Moldova (MDA)		2	1	2
Netherlands (NED)	8	6	8	3
Norway (NOR)	1	3	7	3
Poland (POL)	8	5	8	3
Portugal (POR)	2	2	1	3
Romania (ROM)		1	1	2
Russia (RUS)	8	8		2
Serbia (SRB)	2	1	3	3
Slovakia (SVK)	2	1	2	3
Slovenia (SLO)	1	2	4	3
Spain (ESP)	5	4	6	3
Sweden (SWE)	4	3	6	3
Switzerland (SUI)	4	4	4	3
Turkey (TUR)	8	4	2	3
Ukraine (UKR)	8	7	6	3

Total	160	144	160
Year	15	19	23

References

^ "Baku Sports Hall". Inside the Games. 26 January 2015. Retrieved 22 April 2024.
^ "FALCON Club". Minsk 2019. 28 April 2018. Archived from the original on 26 March 2019. Retrieved 18 July 2019.
^ "Badminton – Schedule" (PDF). EOC. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 May 2023. Retrieved 13 May 2023.

External links

[1] "Baku Sports Hall". Inside the Games. 26 January 2015. Retrieved 22 April 2024.

[2] "FALCON Club". Minsk 2019. 28 April 2018. Archived from the original on 26 March 2019. Retrieved 18 July 2019.

[3] "Badminton – Schedule" (PDF). EOC. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 May 2023. Retrieved 13 May 2023.

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