Europe Cup (badminton)

The Europe Cup (also known as European Badminton Club Championships) is a badminton team championships played by clubs from all around Europe, comparable to the UEFA Champions League in football. It was established in 1978 by the members of Badminton Europe.

Championships[]

Year	Number	Host City	Host Country	Events
1978		Bochum	West Germany	1
1979		Haarlem	Netherlands	1
1980		Mülheim	Germany	1
1981		Copenhagen	Denmark	1
1982		Antwerp	Belgium	1
1983		Paris	France	1
1984		Malmö	Sweden	1
1985		Mülheim	West Germany	1
1986		Haarlem	Netherlands	1
1987		Villach	Austria	1
1988		Moscow	Soviet Union	1
1989		San Javier	Spain	1
1990		Budapest	Hungary	1
1991		Antwerp	Belgium	1
1992		Sofia	Bulgaria	1
1993		Kristiansand	Norway	1
1994		Most	Czech Republic	1
1995		Kristiansand	Norway	1
1996		Haarlem	Netherlands	1
1997		Lisburn	United Kingdom	1
1998		Most	Czech Republic	1
1999		Dornbirn	Austria	1
2000		Eindhoven	Netherlands	1
2001		Uppsala	Sweden	1
2002		Berlin	Germany	1
2003		Uppsala	Sweden	1
2004		Haarlem	Netherlands	1
2005		Issy-les-Moulineaux	France	1
2006		La Rinconada, Seville	Spain	1
2007	30	Amersfoort	Netherlands	1

Year	Number	Host City	Host Country	Events
2008	31	Moscow	Russia	1
2009		Sofia	Bulgaria	1
2010	33	Zwolle	Netherlands	1
2011		Zwolle	Netherlands	1
2012		Pécs	Hungary	1
2013		Beauvais	France	1
2014		Amiens	France	1
2015		Tours	France	1
2016		Tours	France	1
2017		Milan	Italy	1
2018		Lubin	Poland	1
2019		Junglinster	Luxembourg	1
2020		Białystok	Poland	1

Finalists[]

Year	Winner	Runner up	Score
1978	Gentofte BK	1. BV Mülheim	5–2
1979	Gentofte BK	BC Duinwijck	6–1
1980	Wimbledon SBC	Hvidovre BK	4–3
1981	Gentofte BK	BMK Aura Malmö	7–0
1982	Gentofte BK	BC Duinwijck	6–1
1983	Gentofte BK	BMK Aura Malmö	7–0
1984	BMK Aura Malmö	Gentofte BK	7–0
1985	Gentofte BK	BMK Aura Malmö	7–0
1986	Gentofte BK	BMK Aura Malmö	6–1
1987	Triton BK Aalborg	BMK Aura Malmö	4–3
1988	SAC Omsk	Triton BK Aalborg	4–3
1989	Headingley BC	Göteborgs BK	4–3
1990	Göteborgs BK	Velo BC van Zundert	5–2
1991	Stockholm Sparvagars GoIF	Headingley BC	5–2
1992	BC Feibra Linz	TBC Reykjavík	6–1
1993	Lillerød BK	Göteborgs BK	4–3
1994	Lillerød BK	Göteborgs BK	5–2
1995	Lillerød BK	Göteborgs BK	5–2
1996	Kastrup Magleby BK	Technokhim Moscow	4–1
1997	Hvidovre BK	Technokhim Moscow	4–3
1998	Kastrup Magleby BK	Technokhim Moscow	4–1
1999	BC Eintracht Südring	Sportschool van Zijderveld	5–1
2000	Kastrup Magleby BK	Fyrisfjädern Uppsala	5–2
2001	Hvidovre BK	Fyrisfjädern Uppsala	4–3
2002	Lokomotiv Rekord Moscow	Fyrisfjädern Uppsala	4–3
2003	Lokomotiv Rekord Moscow	Fyrisfjädern Uppsala	4–1
2004	Greve Strands BK	FC Langenfeld	4–1
2005	Kastrup Magleby BK	1. BC Beuel	4–1
2006¹	Issy Les Moulineaux BC 92	SC Meteor Dnipropetrovsk Uniao Desportiva de Santana
2007^[1]	Primorye Vladivostok	BC Amersfoort	4–2
2008	Primorye Vladivostok	Favorit-Ramenskoe	4–1
	Favorit Ramenskoe	Issy Les Moulineaux	4–2
2010	1. BC Saarbrücken	Favorit-Ramenskoe	4–2
2011	BC Duinwijck	Van Zundert Velo	4–2
2012	Primorye Vladivostok	Team Skælskør-Slagelse	4–2
2013	Primorye Vladivostok	Team Skælskør-Slagelse	4–1
2014	Primorye Vladivostok	BC Chambly Oise	4–1
2015	Primorye Vladivostok	Aix Universite CB	3–1
2016	Issy Les Moulineaux BC 92	BC Chambly Oise	3–2
2017	Issy Les Moulineaux BC 92	BC Chambly Oise	3–1
2018	Primorye Vladivostok	BC Chambly Oise	3–1
2019	Primorye Vladivostok	BC Chambly Oise	3–0

^1 In 2006 the CB Rinconada team for the final included a player who was not qualified to play for them. The title was subsequently awarded to the runners-up, IMBC 92 (Issy Les Moulineaux BC 92). The losers of the two semifinals were promoted to joint second place. Thus for the first time in history, two teams emerged as silver medalists.

Championships by clubs[]

Club	Winner	Runner up
	8	0
Gentofte	7	1
Kastrup Magleby BK	4	0
Lillerød	3	0
Hvidovre	2	1
	2	1
Lokomotiv Rekord Moscow	2	1
BMK Aura Malmö	1	5
Göteborgs BK	1	4
BC Duinwijck	1	2
Favorit-Ramenskoe	1	2
Triton BK Aalborg	1	1
Headingley BC	1	1
BC Eintracht Südring	1	0
BC Feibra Linz	1	0
1. BC Saarbrücken	1	0
Greve Strands	1	0
Stockholm Sparvagars GoIF	1	0
SAC Omsk	1	0
Wimbledon SBC	1	0

References[]

^ "Europe Cup: Local Favourites Bow To Talented Russians". Badzine.net. 2 July 2007. Retrieved 18 May 2017.^{[permanent dead link]}

[1] "Europe Cup: Local Favourites Bow To Talented Russians". Badzine.net. 2 July 2007. Retrieved 18 May 2017.^{[permanent dead link]}

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