Milan Ludik: I hope this is just the next step 08/12/2018 19:47 | Lilit Poghosyan  Milan Ludik (Czech Republic) has climbed one spot up to occupy position no. 89 on the men's singles ... | |
Germany and Sweden won straight 07/12/2018 15:04 | Annika Langrock On Friday, the first matches of Group 5 of the EMTC Qualification got underway in Erlangen, Germany.... | |
Group 7: Siblings battle to top six in Sofia 05/12/2018 17:34 | Alan Raftery The seventh and final qualification group for the European Mixed Team Championship 2019 is a special... | |
- We believe that we can do good things 05/12/2018 09:19 | Aidan Jones (BEC) Today (Wednesday), Badminton Europe has released another BEC Podcast episode, which is available on... | |
Q&A with Yvonne Li 04/12/2018 15:09 | Alan Raferty & Aidan Jones Badminton Europe caught up with the German Women’s Singles player, Yvonne Li, before she heads to E... | |
Meet new Junior Manager Luca Crippa 03/12/2018 17:09 | Aidan Jones (BEC) Badminton Europe is delighted to announce another arrival to the Head Office in Copenhagen, Denmark... | |
Complete success for Spain in Wales 03/12/2018 11:59 | Despoina Anastasiadou The Welsh International Championships took place at the end of November and completed in Sports Nati... | |
Toma Junior Popov - thinking about my last win on FIFA! 01/12/2018 18:31 | Alan Raftery Recently turning 20 years of age, Bulgarian-born French badminton player Toma Junior Popov has alrea... | |
Felix Burestedt: Happy to be in top 100 01/12/2018 13:21 | Lilit Poghosyan BEC “Center of Excellence” player Felix Burestedt (Sweden) has climbed seven spots up on the men’s s... | |
The Netherlands expected to make Finals 01/12/2018 07:47 | Tom Hazlewood Caldas de Rainha, Portugal hosts Group 3 of the European Mixed Team Championships Qualification sta... | |
Ben Lane – I don’t think I will be entering the sea 29/11/2018 22:53 | Alan Raftery Three years ago, in 2015, England secured the silver and bronze medals in the Boy’s Doubles and Mixe... | |
- I still want to play longer 29/11/2018 15:55 | Aidan Jones (BEC) Rajiv Ouseph has revealed to Badminton Europe that despite becoming a father and the challenges that... | |
Europe to host World Championships! 29/11/2018 14:30 | Rasmus Bech(BEC) Big news for European badminton – Spain, Russia, France and Denmark will be hosting World Championsh... | |
- My goal is to win the title 29/11/2018 12:14 | Annika Langrock On Thursday, the First Round of the VICTOR Welsh International got underway. The German player, Kai ... | |
- I said no to seven or eight million 28/11/2018 09:00 | Aidan Jones (BEC) This week, Badminton Europe has released another BEC Podcast episode, which is available to view on... | |
Paris 2024: - I will go for that! 27/11/2018 16:01 | Aidan Jones (BEC) Scotland’s Kirsty Gilmour has revealed to Badminton Europe that she cannot wait for the qualificatio... | |
- I am happy to be back in training 26/11/2018 16:02 | Aidan Jones (BEC) Viktor Axelsen has revealed that he is hoping to be back in full training within the next three week... | |
Final a step too far for Europeans in India 26/11/2018 15:46 | Tom Hazlewood There was no joy for Europe at the Syed Modi International with no Europeans making it to the final’... | |
The players are nominated! 26/11/2018 14:30 | Annika Langrock The European Mixed Team Championships Qualification is getting underway from 6-9 December. On Monday... | |
- I like to play against top players 26/11/2018 09:44 | Annika Langrock Starting tomorrow, the Korea Masters gets underway in Gwangju, Korea. One of six Europeans that are ... | |
- Our job is not done yet 24/11/2018 15:35 | Annika Langrock The second edition of the BEC Online Magazine in 2018 was released, featuring Stefani and Gabriela S... | |
Russians rain on India 24/11/2018 15:35 | Aidan Jones (BEC) The two Russian pairs, Ekaterina Bolotova/Alina Davletova and Vladimir Ivanov/Ivan Sozonov are among... | |
- Everyone is looking at us 23/11/2018 15:09 | Aidan Jones This week, Badminton Europe has released another BEC Podcast, which is available to view on Facebook... | |
- We are disappointed 23/11/2018 14:41 | Aidan Jones (BEC) The Scotland Open had a difficult start for the home nation as Mixed Doubles pair Adam Hall/Julie Ma... | |
Scottish Open to be streamed live on BBC 23/11/2018 11:04 | Badminton Scotland Badminton fans will be able to enjoy the best of the action at this year’s Scottish Open Badminton C... | |
Just like old times 23/11/2018 01:08 | Alan Raftery The Syed Modi International Championships in India has thrown up a sort of quarter-final match-up th... | |
Three Europeans left 22/11/2018 11:31 | Aidan Jones (BEC) As the Syed Modi International in India approaches the midway stage of the tournament, there is now ... | |
A good day for Europe in Glasgow 22/11/2018 11:03 | Aidan Jones (BEC) The Scottish Open got off to a flyer for European players today with wins across the board. Marc... | |
Danes epic match indication for good result in India 21/11/2018 11:26 | Alan Raftery Last week in Hong Kong, Danish pair Mathias Boe and Carsten Mogensen showed the world they are nearl... | |
- I enjoy being a star 21/11/2018 11:25 | Annika Langrock Saina Nehwal is one of the top players in Women’s Singles. The Indian talks about the current compet... | |
- We can compete against the best 20/11/2018 14:42 | Annika Langrock The English Women’s Doubles pair, Lauren Smith and Chloe Birch, spoke with Badminton Europe about th... | |
Glasgow welcomes a world class entry to the Scottish Open 20/11/2018 12:53 | Badminton Scotland With the Scottish Open Badminton Championships about to get underway at the Emirates Arena, a world ... | |
- My priority is to feel strong enough 19/11/2018 13:45 | Despoina Anastasiadou-Galva Zvonimir Durkinjak, Men's Singles player from Croatia, spoke with Badminton Europe about his ambitio... | |
Scottish hopefuls desperate for success on home turf 19/11/2018 10:37 | Tom Hazlewood The Scottish Open takes place this week, where some of the World’s top talents look to make their ma... | |
Silver medal for Line Christophersen 18/11/2018 22:27 | Mireille van Daal Markham, Canada, Sunday 18th of November. At this day and place, Line Christophersen (Denmark) set ... | |
Christophersen in historical final 18/11/2018 09:02 | Mireille van Daal Line Christophersen (Denmark) goes on and on in Markham! Also the fourth seeded Yaxin Wei (China) h... | |
Hans-Kristian Vittinghus: Important to stay in top 32 17/11/2018 09:37 | Lilit Poghosyan Hans-Kristian Solberg Vittinghus (Denmark) has moved two spots up on the men’s singles world ranking... | |
Marin bows out with a brilliant show. 17/11/2018 02:31 | Alan Raftery There was a lot of drama in the Hong Kong coliseum on quarter-finals day. Many of the matches going ... | |
Nguyen closing in on the dream 16/11/2018 09:15 | Rasmus Bech(BEC) Three Danes and an Irishman are the European players left as the World Junior Championships goes int... | |
Three Europeans left 15/11/2018 15:57 | Annika Langrock On Thursday, Kim Astrup/Anders Skaarup Rasmussen and Carolina Marin won their matches in the second ... | |
European Champions still standing 15/11/2018 14:16 | Rasmus Bech(BEC) Wednesday was a tough day for the European Mixed Doubles at the World Junior Championships, but two ... | |
Corvee goes down with a fight 14/11/2018 13:49 | Aidan Jones (BEC) Lucas Corvee can exit the YONEX-SUNRISE Hong Kong Open with a lot of positives following a tough sch... | |
More great stuff on show on Day 2 14/11/2018 11:31 | Aidan Jones (BEC) As Day 2 of the Li-Ning World Junior Championships ends, there are more wins for the European young ... | |
- Michelle Li: I am on my own, it is sad 14/11/2018 09:56 | Aidan Jones (BEC) This morning, Badminton Europe has released another BEC Podcast, which is available to view on Faceb... | |
A Battle Royale at the Coliseum 13/11/2018 15:28 | Alan Raftery The Hong Kong Coliseum will be the venue for the 2018 Hong Kong Open. It is the 24th tournament of t... | |
Still chance to get your tickets! 13/11/2018 11:48 | Badminton Scotland The Glasgow 2018 EuropeanChampionships may still be fresh in the memory but Badminton Scotland and t... | |
Road to a medal for Nhat Nguyen 13/11/2018 09:57 | Aidan Jones (BEC) On Day 1 of the Li NING BWF World Junior Championships 2018 in Canada, there has been a positive sta... | |
Adcocks knock out number six seeds 13/11/2018 09:06 | Aidan Jones (BEC) As the YONEX-SUNRISE Hong Kong Open got underway today, there is room for improvement for European ... | |
- My age is a disadvantage sometimes 12/11/2018 14:23 | Despoina Anastasiadou Vivien Sandorhazi is 17 years old. The Hungarian Women’s Singles and Doubles player spoke with Badmi... | |
Marin last European in Fuzhou 09/11/2018 14:20 | Annika Langrock Carolina Marin won against Beiwen Zhang and reached the semi-final at the Fuzhou China Open. Skaarup... | |
No Europeans on the podium 09/11/2018 09:50 | Annika Langrock As the only European country, Denmark has reached the first final stage at the World Junior Mixed Te... | |
- Nobody really wants to help 09/11/2018 09:07 | Aidan Jones This week we have released another exclusive podcast, this time with English Men’s Doubles player Ch... | |
- I want to win gold in Tokyo 08/11/2018 15:57 | Annika Langrock Nozomi Okuhara is 23 years old and ambitious. The Japanese Women’s Singles player is the current num... | |
Messerschmidt looking to build on Hungary with victory in Norway 08/11/2018 15:48 | Tom Hazlewood The highly anticipated Norwegian International begins today with Denmark’s Rasmus Messerschmidt look... | |
- I need to be patient 08/11/2018 13:27 | Annika Langrock On Thursday, Hans-Kristian Solberg Vittinghus had to face Kento Momota, the current number one in th... | |
Denmark in the first final stage 08/11/2018 09:49 | Annika Langrock On Wednesday, Team Denmark reached the first final stage at the BWF World Junior Mixed Team Champion... | |
Vienna Welcomes Administrators and Coaches 07/11/2018 14:32 | Tania Teoh The 2018 BEC Para-Badminton Event in Vienna, organised by Badminton Europe (BEC) with the Austrian B... | |
- There have been some ups and downs 07/11/2018 13:46 | Annika Langrock The Finnish Women’s Singles player, Airi Mikkelä, spoke with Badminton Europe about her year and her... | |
- I will always love playing badminton 07/11/2018 10:06 | Aidan Jones This morning, Badminton Europe has released another BEC Podcast which is available to view on Facebo... | |
English youngsters got the perfect start 06/11/2018 11:34 | Rasmus Bech(BEC) The LI NING BWF World Junior Mixed Team Championships 2018 kicked off on Monday, and the English tea... | |
Axelsen still absent. But many are raring to go to China 06/11/2018 10:03 | Alan Raftery The hotly anticipated HSBC BWF World Tour Super 750 event, the Fuzhou China Open, was earmarked as t... | |
Mroz champion at last, as Valeska becomes world number 3 05/11/2018 13:17 | Bobby Griffin (BEC) Possibly the most exciting Finals Day in Para-Badminton history and so many great talking points. Le... | |
Fifth 2018 title for Stoevas 04/11/2018 19:29 | Rasmus Bech(BEC) The European Champions once again showed that they are the best women’s doubles in Europe. 2018 ... | |
Indian on top in Saarbrücken 04/11/2018 17:39 | Rasmus Bech(BEC) Indian Subhankar Dey had a fantastic week at the SaarLorLux Open first beating Lin Dan and then clai... | |
German title for Langridge and Ellis 04/11/2018 16:01 | Rasmus Bech(BEC)
Chris Langridge and Marcus Ellis won the final at the SaarLorLux Open against Aaron Chia and Wook Y... | |
Mazur magnifique on semi-finals day 03/11/2018 19:20 | Bobby Griffin (BEC) Home crowd favourite Lucas Mazur reaches all 3 finals of the European Para-Badminton Championships ... | |
New final for the European Champions 03/11/2018 17:39 | Rasmus Bech(BEC) The European women’s doubles Champions, Stefani and Gabriela Stoeva will find their name on the sche... | |
Langridge and Ellis winning European men’s doubles clash 03/11/2018 16:01 | Rasmus Bech(BEC)
Chris Langridge and Marcus Ellis are ready for the finals at the SaarLorLux Open 2018 after winnin... | |
Former EC beat French talent 03/11/2018 14:57 | Rasmus Bech(BEC) The European men’s singles Champion from 2017, English Rajiv Ouseph beat the French talent, Toma Jun... | |
BEC Podcast – Right where you need it 03/11/2018 10:55 | Aidan Jones (BEC) You have a lot of options of where you would like to see or listen to the podcast from Badminton ... | |
Knoblauch into 3 semi finals 03/11/2018 08:24 | Bobby Griffin (BEC) Quarter finals day in Rodez, and as always the shock upsets are as exciting as the top seeds moving ... | |
Stoeva Sisters world no. 9 02/11/2018 15:56 | Lilit Poghosyan French Open runner-ups Stefani Stoeva/Gabriela Stoeva are the top European pair on the women’s doubl... | |
- They are in a better shape 02/11/2018 14:42 | Annika Langrock Lara Kaepplein/Johanna Goliszewski, who are currently world ranked number 37, lost against Chloe Bir... | |
A change of history 02/11/2018 13:49 | Annika Langrock Last year, Rajiv Ouseph lost against Mark Caljouw in the round of 16 in Saarbrucken, today, he was a... | |
- I had a strong mentality today 02/11/2018 13:48 | Annika Langrock The French player, Toma Junior Popov, reached the semi-finals at the SaarLorLux Open after winning a... | |
- It is tough to be away from your family 02/11/2018 09:53 | Aidan Jones This morning, Badminton Europe has released another BEC Podcast, which is available to view on Faceb... | |
Chyrkov on ‘Cruz’ control 01/11/2018 23:38 | Bobby Griffin (BEC) Spain’s Simon Cruz was in two 3 game thrillers today in Rodez, in both singles and men’s doubles mat... | |
Stoeva Sisters win again 01/11/2018 14:08 | Aidan Jones (BEC) The Women’s Doubles today in Germany has gotten off to a flyer, with the Stoeva Sisters claiming vic... | |
- We are annoying to play against 01/11/2018 14:04 | Annika Langrock Marcus Ellis and Chris Langridge reached the quarter-final at the SaarLorLux Open. Now, the Men’s Do... | |
Meet new Senior Manager Michael Nørbæk 01/11/2018 13:57 | Aidan Jones (BEC) Badminton Europe is delighted to announce the arrival of Michael Nørbæk as a new Senior Manager for ... | |
Two German victories to start the day! 01/11/2018 12:54 | Aidan Jones (BEC) Day 3 of the SaarLorLux Open has got off to a winning start for Europe with a number of victories in... | |
- I want to play in Tokyo 01/11/2018 11:29 | Annika Langrock The Chinese legend, Lin Dan, is not thinking about retiring soon. Instead, the Men’s Singles player ... | |
A good day for Europe so far in Germany! 31/10/2018 16:01 | Aidan Jones (BEC) The German Men’s Doubles pair, Mark Lamsfuss/Marvin Emil Seidel, are through to the next round of t... | |
- I am just very happy right now 31/10/2018 15:54 | Aidan Jones (BEC) As we approach the end of the Women’s Singles in the first round at the SaarLorLux Open in Germany,... | |
Luise Heim: - It is no excuse 31/10/2018 15:48 | Aidan Jones (BEC) The morning session at the German SaarLorLux Open is well underway with the Women’s Singles kicking ... | |
The lights in Budapest! 31/10/2018 10:41 | Despoina Anastasiadou The heart of Badminton is beating in Hungary with the 43rd edition of the Hungarian International, ... | |
Gilmour drawn in the same half as Chinese top seed at Scottish Open Badminton Championships 31/10/2018 09:22 | Press Release: Badminton Scotland Kirsty Gilmour has been drawn in the same half of the women’s singles as China’s Cai Yanyan at the S... | |
- I’m looking forward to the future 30/10/2018 16:34 | Aidan Jones (BEC) Since the most recent circuit event, the world ranking number one for the European circuit tournamen... | |
Badminton heats up, as temperatures freeze in Rodez 30/10/2018 11:10 | Bobby Griffin (BEC) The 2018 European Para-Badminton Championships begin tomorrow and the Continent’s strongest players ... | |
He's a man on a mission 30/10/2018 01:27 | Alan Raftery Formerly known as the Bitburger Open, the SaarLorLux Open will take place in Saarbrucken, Germany th... | |
- I couldn’t be more excited! 29/10/2018 16:26 | Aidan Jones (BEC) We are now just seven days away from the Li-Ning BWF World Junior Badminton Championships in Canada.... | |
- I think that we can see our performance in the right way 29/10/2018 11:12 | Aidan Jones (BEC) Stefani and Gabriella Stoeva was the European representation in the final of the Women’s Doubles eve... | |
- It will be tough because the competition is tough 29/10/2018 10:04 | Aidan Jones (BEC) Mads Conrad-Petersen, speaking to Badminton Europe insists that he is focused on his own performance... | |
- It keeps me away from the game I love the most 29/10/2018 09:39 | Annika Langrock The Danish Doubles player, Ditte Søby, spoke with Badminton Europe about her future plans, taking t... | |
"We work hard every day" 28/10/2018 14:54 | Annika Langrock After winning the DANISA Denmark Open, Zheng Siwei and Huang Yaqiong also won the YONEX French Open ... | |
"We were not tired" 27/10/2018 19:22 | Annika Langrock Stefani and Gabriela Stoeva reached the final at the YONEX French Open 2018 after an one-and-a-half-... | |
"I am happy about my improvement" 27/10/2018 15:00 | Annika Langrock For Rasmus Gemke, it has been a successful week in Paris, even though he lost against Chinese player... | |
"I was a bit nervous" 26/10/2018 23:00 | Annika Langrock Rasmus Gemke reached the semi-final at the YONEX French Open after an intense match against his oppo... | |
"We can still not believe it" 26/10/2018 22:57 | Annika Langrock Gabriela and Stefani Stoeva won against the current number two in the world, Misaki Matsutomo/ Ayaka... | |
„We had two good wins before“ 26/10/2018 18:43 | Annika Langrock Marcus Ellis and Lauren Smith lost a close quarterfinal match to the current world-ranked number one... | |
Kirsty Gilmour seeded third in Scottish Open 26/10/2018 14:35 | Press Release: Badminton Scotland Kirsty Gilmour will have to overcome some strong opposition if she is to retain her women’s singles ... | |
"I’m out of words now" 25/10/2018 23:06 | Annika Langrock Rasmus Gemke reached the quarterfinals at the YONEX French Open, after winning against his compatrio... | |
Thygesen/Fruergaard last Danish pair in France 25/10/2018 20:04 | Annika Langrock On Thursday, Sara Thygesen and Maiken Fruergaard reached the quarterfinals in Paris, whereas Joachim... | |
A second chance for England 25/10/2018 19:26 | Annika Langrock Chris and Gabrielle Adcock lost against the best Mixed Doubles pair in the world at the YONEX French... | |
Mia Blichfeldt: "I want to win the European Games" 25/10/2018 13:29 | Aidan Jones (BEC) Mia Blichfeldt and Line Kjærsfeldt revealed on the BEC Podcast the troubles they have had and now t... | |
Viktor Axelsen out for 6-8 weeks! 25/10/2018 10:58 | Aidan Jones (BEC) Viktor Axelsen has been ruled out for at least six weeks due to bruising in the cartilage in his rig... | |
-We were able to gain the initiative 24/10/2018 14:30 | Aidan Jones (BEC) The Mixed Doubles pair Robin Tabeling/Cheryl Seinen are through to the next round of the YONEX Frenc... | |
"Unfortunately, they stepped up" 24/10/2018 14:00 | Aidan Jones (BEC) Indonesian Men’s Doubles pair, Marcus Gideon and Kevin Sukamuljo, are through to the next round of ... | |
The BEC Podcast is back! 24/10/2018 10:11 | Aidan Jones This morning (Wednesday), Badminton Europe is proud to announce the return of the BEC Podcast which ... | |
Tickets are still available, purchase yours now! 23/10/2018 14:46 | Aidan Jones We are now just one week away from the start of the Saar Lor Lux Open in Germany where some of the ... | |
BEC Podcast is back: “It was crazy” 23/10/2018 11:09 | Aidan Jones This week we will treat you to an exclusive podcast chat with two Danish Women that you will kno... | |
Female Revenges 23/10/2018 10:28 | Annika Langrock On Day one of the YONEX French Open, Mia Blichfeldt and Pusarla V. Sindhu got the chance to reveng... | |
“I knew that I would fight for one hour or more” 23/10/2018 09:55 | Annika Langrock Hans-Kristian Solberg Vittinghus has knocked out Mark Caljouw in the first round of the YONEX French... | |
“We enjoy playing at our second home” 23/10/2018 09:03 | Annika Langrock Gabriela and Stefani Stoeva won their first match at the YONEX French Open in Paris. Marvin Emil Sei... | |
“My biggest wish is to play badminton again” 22/10/2018 14:01 | Annika Langrock Fabian Roth had to deal with a lot of injuries in his badminton career. The German player spoke wit... | |
Mads Conrad-Petersen: "I would not switch it for anything" 22/10/2018 11:52 | Aidan Jones Mads Conrad-Petersen revealed to Badminton Europe (BEC), that having a family at home is one of the ... | |
BWF Word Junior Championships: Two weeks to go 22/10/2018 11:07 | Mireille Van Daal Markham, Canada has the honour to host a very special event: The World Junior Championships. Elite ... | |
Viktor Axelsen withdraws from France! 22/10/2018 10:51 | Aidan Jones Viktor Axelsen has confirmed that he will withdraw from the upcoming French Open due to a foot injur... | |
Tai Tzu Ying wins her first Denmark Open 21/10/2018 19:56 | Aidan Jones The crowd inside Odense Idrætspark were treated to a three-game thriller in the Women’s Singles fina... | |
"We played better than them" 21/10/2018 16:58 | Aidan Jones ‘Moments of class’ is how the Men’s Doubles contest could be described as, with Marcus Gideon/Kevin ... | |
"He was the better man today" 20/10/2018 19:19 | Aidan Jones p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica} p.p2 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0p... | |
"We are not that far away" 20/10/2018 18:48 | Aidan Jones It just was not to be for the Marcus Ellis and Chris Langridge in the Men’s Doubles semi-final after... | |
"I feel great to be playing finals" 20/10/2018 17:05 | Aidan Jones India’s Saina Nehwal will be the representative for her country in the finals of the Denmark Open... | |
Marin withdraws from French Open 20/10/2018 15:52 | Rasmus Bech(BEC) The World Champion will not be in Paris to play the second BWF World Tour Super 750 tournament. O... | |
"We are very happy to have won the match" 20/10/2018 13:16 | Aidan Jones It was a victory in the Men’s Doubles for Indonesian pair, Marcus Fernaldi Gideon/Kevin Sanjaya Suka... | |
"He was the better man today" 20/10/2018 11:35 | Aidan Jones Anders Antonsen’s Denmark Open 2018 journey ended today with a defeat to his opponent Chou Tien Chen... | |
‘The Next One’ ready for the semi-finals 19/10/2018 21:21 | Rasmus Bech(BEC) In a thrilling quarter-final Anders Antonsen beat Chinese Huang Yuxiang and claimed a spot in the se... | |
Olympic Champions beat the home crowd favourite 19/10/2018 18:53 | Rasmus Bech(BEC) Indonesian Super Stars were too strong for Mathias Christiansen and Christinna Pedersen. The Dani... | |
Langridge and Ellis winning the ‘crazy match’ 19/10/2018 18:48 | Rasmus Bech(BEC) Marcus Ellis and Chris Langridge continues beating the favourites at the DANISA Denmark Open. In ... | |
Top seeds too much for the Adcocks 19/10/2018 16:01 | Rasmus Bech(BEC) Gabby and Chris Adcock can continue the European tour and catch the plane to Paris after losing at t... | |
Danish dynamite 18/10/2018 20:31 | Annika Langrock Anders Antonsen surprisingly knocked out Viktor Axelsen after three tough games at the Denmark Open.... | |
“Actually, we are not sure what we did better” 18/10/2018 14:37 | Annika Langrock Marcus Ellis and Chris Langridge surprisingly won against the World Champions Li Junhui and Liu Yuch... | |
The Women’s Singles underdogs surprise 18/10/2018 14:36 | Annika Langrock On Day 3 of the DANISA Denmark Open, Saina Nehwahl knocked out Akane Yamaguchi, who is currently wor... | |
Axelsen: “I enjoy playing at home” 17/10/2018 21:27 | Annika Langrock Viktor Axelsen won the first round of the DANISA Denmark Open against Kazumasa Sakai from Japan. Tom... | |
Marin: I hope I can play in France 17/10/2018 16:14 | Rasmus Bech Last week, Carolina Marin suffered an injury, preparing for the DANISA Denmark Open. After losing... | |
Last chance for tickets! 17/10/2018 16:14 | Aidan Jones We are now less than a week away from one of the biggest tournaments in European badminton! The B... | |
“I played better the last time” 17/10/2018 16:13 | Annika Langrock Scottish Women’s Singles player, Kirsty Gilmour, lost against Ratchanok Intanon from Thailand, curre... | |
A good morning for Europe 17/10/2018 16:06 | Annika Langrock On Wednesday morning, European double players were able to reach the next round of the DANISA Denmar... | |
European fights and surprises 16/10/2018 21:28 | Annika Langrock European duels have been fought at the DANISA Denmark Open on Tuesday. Thereby, Mia Blichfeldt surpr... | |
“I take the positive things with me” 16/10/2018 15:03 | Annika Langrock On Tuesday, Beatriz Corrales was playing the first round of the DANISA Denmark Open. After three clo... | |
"We did not play how we wanted to“ 16/10/2018 11:02 | Annika Langrock On Day One in Odense, European top players had to accept defeats. Brice Leverdez, as well as Marcus ... | |
A new Denmark Open family member 16/10/2018 10:08 | Annika Langrock For the first time, Denmark is hosting the Para-Badminton International this year. Players from all ... | |
Representative Visit in Moldova 15/10/2018 17:16 | Tania Teoh The BEC BASIS Programme has the purpose of helping and assisting Member Associations (MA) to develop... | |
Let's play! 15/10/2018 15:52 | Aidan Jones With the DANISA Denmark Open getting underway tomorrow, there is so much excitement building around ... | |
Kirsty Gilmour: "I want to take another one!" 15/10/2018 14:36 | Aidan Jones Scottish Women’s Singles player, Kirsty Gilmour, is full of confidence ahead of the next two 750 ser... | |
“I kiss my cross” 15/10/2018 14:25 | Annika Langrock Toma Junior Popov is 20 years old and currently ranked 69th in the world. The French Men’s Singles a... | |
Awesome week for Maas and Tabeling 14/10/2018 22:17 | Mireille van Daal Jelle Maas and Robin Tabeling (The Netherlands) played the men’s doubles final at the Dutch Open 20... | |
Another Dutch Open Victory for Ellis & Smith 14/10/2018 17:37 | Mireille van Daal A one year collaboration that started at the Dutch Open 2017. After a year Marcus Ellis & Lauren Sm... | |
Important win to Super Tour final 14/10/2018 17:30 | Mireille van Daal In their third final of the Dutch Open, Gabriela and Stefani Stoeva (Bulgaria) claimed their second... | |
Blichfeldt did what she came for 14/10/2018 14:20 | Mireille van Daal At the Yonex Dutch Open 2018 Mia Blichfeldt (Denmark) succeeded to fulfill her seeding and won the ... | |
Danish Men's Doubles are the ones to watch! 14/10/2018 12:06 | Aidan Jones The wait is almost over, for one of the most anticipated tournaments in the world: the DANISA Denmar... | |
A 1000 voices 13/10/2018 23:06 | Mireille van Daal Robin Tabeling & Jelle Maas (The Netherlands) did something they dreamt off: They reached the final... | |
Proud to be in the semi-finals 13/10/2018 21:45 | Mireille van Daal Aliye Demirbag (Turkey) made some history today: Never before has a Turkish Badminton Player reache... | |
Europe dominate the semi-finals in Almere! 13/10/2018 20:08 | Aidan Jones With the Dutch Open approaching its finish tomorrow in the finals, there are five European pairs pla... | |
Arnaud Merkle doesn't leave without a fight! 12/10/2018 22:10 | Aidan Jones The Youth Olympic Games was always going to be tough for European players to get far and that prove... | |
Want to be a volunteer writer at Badminton Europe? 12/10/2018 10:13 | Annika Langrock Apply now! Badminton Europe is looking for writers to join Europe’s number one badminton community. ... | |
Danish pair into the Semi Finals! 12/10/2018 08:35 | Aidan Jones As the YONEX Dutch Open approaches the most important part of the tournament, there have been many ... | |
One 58-minute drama and one surprising defeat of a top seed 11/10/2018 15:30 | Annika Langrock On Thursday, the round of 16 in Men's Singles got underway. Whereas Toma Junior Popov won after a d... | |
Doubles start as they mean to go on as the dutch open reaches its peak! 11/10/2018 15:11 | Aidan Jones The Dutch Open is well underway now, as Ben Lane and Jessica Pugh beat Danish pair Joachim Fischer N... | |
Home favourites into second round women’s singles 10/10/2018 23:15 | Mireille van Daal In the first round of the Yonex Dutch Open 2018, Soraya de Visch Eijbergen and Gayle Mahulette did ... | |
More European wins in the Men's Singles! 10/10/2018 18:19 | Aidan Jones Day two of the YONEX Dutch Open has brought five wins for European players so far with the schedule ... | |
“It was the first close match for us” 10/10/2018 15:39 | Annika Langrock On Day Two in Almere, Rikke Søby and Mathias Bay-Smidt had to face their first close match together... | |
Scottish delight! 09/10/2018 16:11 | Aidan Jones The qualification stage of the YONEX Dutch Open draws to a close this afternoon, there have been ple... | |
Uh la la: A French defeat on Day One 09/10/2018 15:39 | Annika Langrock On Tuesday, the qualification round of the Dutch Open got underway. Thereby, the 16-year-old talent ... | |
Less than a month to get your tickets! 09/10/2018 14:50 | Aidan Jones We are now less than a month away from one of the biggest tournaments in European badminton! The... | |
Day two at the Youth Olympic Games, brings eight wins for Europe! 09/10/2018 13:58 | Aidan Jones After day two of the Youth Olympic Games in Buenos Aires, there were plenty of wins for European cou... | |
Get your tickets now for the Denmark Open! 09/10/2018 09:42 | Aidan Jones We are now less than one week away from one of the biggest badminton tournaments across Europe, as ... | |
The groups are under way in Buenos Aires 09/10/2018 01:59 | Alan Raftery The third Summer Youth Olympic Games has commenced in Buenos Aires, Argentina. It is the first games... | |
"My goal is to win medals" 08/10/2018 14:51 | Annika Langrock Linda Efler is currently ranked 25th in mixed doubles and 160th in women’s double. The German player... | |
Antonia Meinke passes away 07/10/2018 21:18 | Badminton Europe Austrian badminton player Antonia Meinke has passed away, on the night of Saturday 6 October. The... | |
Kjaersfeldt outplayed by home favourite 07/10/2018 11:12 | David Grice(BEC) It was not the result Denmark’s Line Kjaersfeldt wanted as she fell from a set lead against Chinese ... | |
Kjaersfeldt reaches final as Jorgensen loses thriller 06/10/2018 12:46 | David Grice(BEC) Denmark’s Line Kjaersfeldt reaches her first singles final in almost three years. Despite an impress... | |
Danes strike again in Chinese Taipei 05/10/2018 23:59 | Mireille van Daal Just like yesterday, Danes Line Kjӕrsfeldt and Jan Ø Jorgensen played a very solid match and are now... | |
Tickets are still available, purchase yours now! 05/10/2018 10:05 | Aidan Jones Tickets for one of the highest ranked BWF tournaments in Europe is still available before the 2018 Y... | |
Two Europeans make it to the last eight 04/10/2018 16:48 | Aidan Jones Day three of the YONEX Chinese Taipei Open has brought two European victories as Danish Women’s sing... | |
Para-Badminton builds towards greatest Euros yet 04/10/2018 10:36 | Bobby Griffin (BEC) The 2018 European Para-Badminton Championships begins in 4 week’s time and this year promises to be ... | |
“We can achieve a title in Asia soon” 04/10/2018 09:21 | Annika Langrock Stefani and Gabriela Stoeva are sisters in life and partners on court. The women’s double spoke with... | |
Danish delight in Taipei City 03/10/2018 19:53 | David Grice(BEC) It was a five-star performance by Denmark’s best and brightest, as all five remaining Dane’s made it... | |
Centre of 'Excellence' players in Sofia. 03/10/2018 12:30 | Aidan Jones The BABOLAT Bulgarian International gets underway this Wednesday, in Sofia, and will continue for t... | |
Perfect preparation for the Youth Olympics 03/10/2018 11:13 | Aidan Jones Sometimes, training as a badminton player can be difficult due to location but Badminton Europe has... | |
Meet new Commercial Manager Alexander Regel 03/10/2018 08:58 | Aidan Jones Badminton Europe is excited to welcome Alexander Regel as the new Commercial Manager as another addi... | |
Meet new Finance and Administration Manager Charlotte Jörlöv 02/10/2018 14:31 | Aidan Jones Badminton Europe is delighted to introduce Charlotte Jörlöv, as a new member of the BEC office in Co... | |
Mads Conrad-Petersen: "I can see myself being a good role model" 02/10/2018 12:21 | Aidan Jones Mads Conrad-Petersen has revealed to Badminton Europe, that when he puts down the racket he wants to... | |
Astrup and Rasmussen number one in Europe 02/10/2018 01:54 | Alan Raftery After a flurry of exciting tournaments in Asia, several changes to the rankings can be seen. Followi... | |
Adam Hall: "We are just not getting the luck" 01/10/2018 12:06 | Aidan Jones Scottish Doubles player Adam Hall is confident that the results in his Men’s Doubles pairing will im... | |
Tragic accident involving two Austrian and one Malaysian badminton player 30/09/2018 17:37 | Austrian Badminton Association On Friday, 28th of September 2018, a car in which the Austrian badminton players Antonia Meinke and ... | |
Christiansen and Pedersen fall short of Korea Open title 30/09/2018 16:51 | David Grice(BEC) It was not to be for Denmark’s Mathias Christiansen and Christinna Pedersen, as they were defeated i... | |
Doubles double for Labar 30/09/2018 15:51 | Mark Phelan Ronan Labar walked away from Brno this week with some sizeable silverware after victories in both th... | |
3 Golds for Team GB and Team France take 2 in Japan 30/09/2018 12:57 | Bobby Griffin (BEC) Europe take 5 out of a possible 12 gold medals home today at the Japan Para-Badminton International.... | |
Kim Astrup: We need to work even harder 29/09/2018 15:03 | Lilit Poghosyan Last week’s China Open men’s doubles champions Kim Astrup/ Anders Skaarup Rasmussen (Denmark) have e... | |
Mazur misses out on potential Triple 29/09/2018 13:50 | Bobby Griffin (BEC) Lucas Mazur (FRA) had a genuine chance at 3 international gold medals this week in Tokyo and will ha... | |
Christiansen and Pedersen recover to reach Korea Open final 29/09/2018 12:56 | David Grice(BEC) It took guts and determination for Denmark’s Mathias Christiansen and Christinna Pedersen to complet... | |
Misha Zilberman: “Working harder than I have worked before” 28/09/2018 16:39 | Alan Raftery It would be a tough ask to find a Badminton fan who hasn’t heard of Misha Zilberman. A player who ca... | |
Loquette locks down 2 semi-finals 28/09/2018 15:58 | Bobby Griffin (BEC) Unseeded in both events, France’s SU5 Meril Loquette secured a place today in both the SU5 men’s dou... | |
Gilmour secures upset as Axelsen is toppled 28/09/2018 10:40 | David Grice(BEC) It was an impressive outing for Scotland’s Kirsty Gilmour, as she managed to oust second seeded Thai... | |
Tremendous Toupe in tough draw 27/09/2018 15:31 | Bobby Griffin (BEC) Day Two at the Machida City Gymnasium saw Frenchman David Toupe battle hard to win WH1 Group D and s... | |
Who plays who at the LI-NING BWF 2018 World Junior Mixed Team Championships 26/09/2018 18:58 | Aidan Jones The draw for the Suhandinata Cup has taken place at the BWF Head Quarter in Malaysia, ahead of the ... | |
Antonsen looking back to his best in great win 26/09/2018 18:07 | Alan Raftery On day two, the rest of the first-round matches were played out. It seemed like it will be a day to ... | |
Mixed bag of results in the Mixed Doubles on Day One 26/09/2018 15:04 | Bobby Griffin (BEC) Day One at the Japan Para-Badminton International saw some thrilling results in the WH1-2 mixed doub... | |
Grimley aiming for a fantastic fourth title at the Nationals 26/09/2018 11:23 | Press Release Matthew Grimley will be aiming to win the under 19 boys’ doubles crown for an unprecedented fourth t... | |
Soraya de Visch Eijbergen: “Sometimes, I have to be more happy on court” 26/09/2018 10:44 | Annika Langrock Soraya de Visch Eijbergen is currently ranked 65 in the world and second in Europe. Badminton Europe... | |
Christiansen and Pedersen lay down an early marker 26/09/2018 01:42 | Alan Raftery Following the China Open, across the Yellow Sea, Seoul Korea is the location for the next spectacle ... | |
There is still time to get your tickets for the DANISIA Denmark Open! 25/09/2018 12:28 | Aidan Jones We are now less than a month away from the biggest badminton tournament in Denmark and one that will... | |
Nhat Nguyen: "The goal is to compete at the Olympics in Tokyo." 24/09/2018 15:21 | Aidan Jones Nhat Nguyen, 18, is about to have the biggest year in his badminton career yet and is ready for th... | |
Victor Svendsen: “I want to enjoy the sport that I love” 24/09/2018 14:13 | Annika Langrock Victor Svendsen just turned 23 in August, and the Danish youngster already has a successful career t... | |
The new BEC APP is here! 24/09/2018 11:01 | Rasmus Bech(BEC) The new BEC APP is here! Do you want the latest news, video highlights, live score and results? D... | |
Alina Davletova: Experience is everything 24/09/2018 08:45 | Alan Raftery Following the happy news the Badminton world received for Europe’s most successful Women’s Doubles p... | |
Schaefer recovers to take men’s singles title as home players fall short 24/09/2018 08:25 | David Grice(BEC) It was a memorable week for Germany’s Kai Schaefer, as the 25-year old collected his first title sin... | |
Astrup/Skaarup surprised even themselves with epic victory 23/09/2018 11:14 | Manuel Røsler Sometimes Denmark’s Kim Astrup and Anders Skaarup Rasmussen surprise even themselves. The triumph at... | |
High hopes for Europe with low Asian entries in Japan 23/09/2018 08:49 | Bobby Griffin (BEC) The Japan International gets underway in Tokyo tomorrow and with a field only two-thirds as strong, ... | |
Astrup/Skaarup Rasmussen in ‚absurd‘ final 22/09/2018 09:32 | Manuel Røsler Danish men’s doubles pair Kim Astrup and Anders Skaarup Rasmussen are through to the final of the VI... | |
A good day for Europe in China! 21/09/2018 17:56 | Aidan Jones It was overall, a great day for Europe on day four of the VICTOR China Open with three victories ou... | |
Massive victory for the European Champions! 21/09/2018 16:17 | Aidan Jones An amazing day for European badminton at the VICTOR China Open today with the Stoeva Sisters advanci... | |
Toby Penty reaches a new career-best 21/09/2018 14:25 | Lilit Poghosyan Last week’s Belgian International winner Toby Penty(England) has climbed eight spots up on the BWF m... | |
Seeding for the DANISIA Denmark Open is completed! 21/09/2018 13:25 | Press Release Viktor Axelsen, Mathias Boe/Carsten Mogensen, Mads Conrad/Mads Kolding and Mathias Christiansen/Chr... | |
David Daugaard: "It would be great to play against the big ones!" 21/09/2018 09:28 | Aidan Jones After reaching the final of the Belgian International, new Danish Men’s Doubles pair David Daugaard... | |
Stefani Stoeva: "Our tournament starts now" 20/09/2018 16:00 | Annika Langrock The Stoeva sisters are qualified for the quarter finals of the China Open 2018 after a retired match... | |
Bochat and Cwalina Aiming for Home Victory 20/09/2018 13:02 | Mark Males Polish pair Milosz Bochat and Adam Cwalina are hoping for victory this week as top seeds in the men... | |
Toby Penty: “The last two years have been the toughest in my career” 20/09/2018 11:59 | Annika Langrock Toby Penty had to deal with plenty of injuries during his badminton career. This year the English pl... | |
Marin extends winning streak as Adcock’s and Stoeva’s also progress 19/09/2018 19:10 | David Grice(BEC) Spain’s Carolina Marin makes it ten consecutive wins after coming through her first round match agai... | |
Iikka Heino: "My goal is to reach the top 20 in the world!" 19/09/2018 15:22 | Aidan Jones With 230 career wins so far, for Iikka Heino, the bar is set very high for the career that is ahead... | |
Mark Caljouw: I want to compare myself with the best players in the world." 19/09/2018 09:28 | Aidan Jones After a year to remember for 23-year old Mark Caljouw, the Dutchman is looking to progress further u... | |
Overcoming the odds in the Doubles 18/09/2018 18:39 | Alan Raftery Today marks the beginning of the China Open, taking place in Changzhou. And the first day did not di... | |
Luise Heim: “It will be a fight” 18/09/2018 15:36 | Annika Langrock Luise Heim is currently world ranked 73 in the women’s singles and has one big goal: reaching the Ol... | |
Tickets for the Denmark Open are now on sale! 18/09/2018 13:24 | Aidan Jones We are now just less than a month away from the biggest badminton tournament in Denmark and one that... | |
Hans-Kristian Vittinghus: "Becoming a parent is the biggest thing in my life." 18/09/2018 10:08 | Aidan Jones Hans-Kristian Vittinghus has revealed to Badminton Europe, how his personal life at the moment is a... | |
Road to Tokyo 18/09/2018 08:39 | Tania Teoh The Badminton World Federation (BWF) recently released its BWF Para-Badminton 2019 – 2020 calendar. ... | |
I want to be one of the Top 50 players in the world 17/09/2018 13:45 | Annika Langrock Jan Louda was five years old, when his father showed him his current profession: badminton. The 19-y... | |
When your sibling is the best that you have. 17/09/2018 11:06 | Aidan Jones Sam Magee, one of Ireland’s most successful players has been competing with his sister Chloe (Magee)... | |
Strong Danish Interest 17/09/2018 09:11 | Mark Males No fewer than eighteen players from Denmark have made their way to the China Open in Changzhou this... | |
Carolina Marin completes title defense 16/09/2018 15:10 | Manuel Røsler Olympic champion Carolina Marin completed the title defense by winning the DAIHATSU YONEX Japan Open... | |
Carolina Marin on top form as she reaches Japan final 15/09/2018 13:36 | Manuel Røsler Three-time world champion Carolina Marin has stormed into the final of the DAIHATSU YONEX Japan Open... | |
Axelsen and Marin last man and woman standing in Tokyo 14/09/2018 21:45 | Annika Langrock Carolina Marin and Viktor Axelsen reached the semi-finals of the DAIHATSU YONEX Japan Open 2018. Oth... | |
Let’s go to Almere! 13/09/2018 21:18 | Annika Langrock In less than one month the 70th edition of the YONEX Dutch Open is taking place in Almere. Who does ... | |
Rasmus Gemke reaches a career-best result 10/09/2018 14:37 | Lilit Poghosyan Rasmus Gemke (Denmark) has climbed six spots up on the BWF men’s singles world ranking list, reachin... | |
Badminton Scotland searching for volunteers for the Scottish Open Championships 10/09/2018 13:54 | Press Release The search for volunteers for the Scottish Open Badminton Championships is now underway following th... | |
What does Sam Parsons want to achieve in the next year? 07/09/2018 16:35 | Aidan Jones Despite still recovering from an injury, Sam Parsons of England still has big ambitions for his bad... | |
What is making the Belarus International so special this year? 06/09/2018 14:02 | Aidan Jones The Belarus International main event starts tomorrow, in Minsk, with the qualification event taking... | |
Christopher Grimley to represent Team GB at Youth Olympic Games 06/09/2018 13:53 | Aidan Jones Scotland’s Christopher Grimley has today been named in the Team GB squad to compete in the Youth Oly... | |
Misha Zilberman is out of the Hyderabad Open 05/09/2018 14:40 | Aidan Jones Misha Zilberman has been knocked out of the Hyderabad Open today, after being beaten by two games t... | |
Meet new BEC Junior Communication Manager Annika Langrock 05/09/2018 09:48 | Rasmus Bech Badminton Europe presents Annika Langrock as a new member of the BEC office in Copenhagen, Denmark. ... | |
Gilmour looks forward to defending her title as Scottish Open Badminton tickets go on sale 04/09/2018 15:53 | Press Release Badminton Scottland The Glasgow 2018 European Championships may still be fresh in the memory but Badminton Scotland and ... | |
Meet new Video Communications Junior Manager Laura Marti Diez 04/09/2018 10:16 | Aidan Jones Laura Marti Diez is a junior manager, specialising in video communication and graphic design in the... | |
Two European players participate in India 04/09/2018 08:33 | Annika Langrock Hyderabad is a place to keep in mind, at least for the upcoming week. From the 4-9 of September 2018... | |
Meet new BEC Communication Intern Aidan Jones 03/09/2018 19:44 | Annika Langrock Badminton Europe is happy to introduce Aidan Jones as a new member of the BEC office in Copenhagen, ... | |
Jacquet on her injury and goals for the season 03/09/2018 15:52 | Mark Males Injury and rehabilitation While on the Asian Tour, Sabrina Jaquet was forced to retire with a pro... | |
Gemke on the rise 02/09/2018 18:26 | Rasmus Gemke celebrates winning in Spain. (Photo: Mark Phelan) There is no doubt that the stock of Rasmus Gemke is on the rise after the 21 year old lifted his sec... | |
Blichfeldt through to final after 3 set thriller 01/09/2018 21:08 | Mark Phelan Mia Blichfeldt came through an epic three set thriller against team mate Line Kjaersfeldt this after... | |
Thygesen doubles up for semi finals 31/08/2018 22:08 | Mark Phelan Denmark’s Sara Thygesen proved the big winner on quarter finals day in Spain winning her way through... | |
Nhat Nguyen: I will have to play and travel more next year 31/08/2018 18:14 | Lilit Poghosyan This week’s BWF World Ranking list has Europe’s four men’s singles players side by side as all of th... | |
Corrales flying Spanish flag in Barcelona 30/08/2018 21:11 | Mark Phelan After an early round flurry from the home grown players day 3 in Barcelona saw the majority fall wit... | |
Jorgensen survives 3 game scare 30/08/2018 15:33 | Mark Phelan Jan O Jorgensen had to call on all his experience this morning in Barcelona to eventually see of the... | |
German profiles call it a day 30/08/2018 14:24 | Rasmus Bech(BEC) Two of the big names, Carla Nelte and Olga Konon, retire. There will be no more international ba... | |
Svendsen takes out third seed 29/08/2018 21:02 | Mark Phelan Victor Svendsen created the biggest shock of the day beating third seed and one of Europe’s best per... | |
Penalver siblings double up on day two 29/08/2018 14:47 | Mark Phelan The mornings play on day two at the Barcelona Spanish Masters proved fruitful from a Spanish perspec... | |
Nohr & Thygesen get it over the line against Dutch 28/08/2018 21:30 | Mark Phelan Niclas Nohr & Sara Thygesen arrived in Barcelona as a pair with the potential to threaten the podium... | |
Eight medals for hosts Indonesia 28/08/2018 13:47 | Alan Raftery The Asian Games came to an end today in Jakarta, Indonesia, with the individual event. There was muc... | |
Lauren Smith: I will continue to play two events 27/08/2018 15:59 | Emma Lollike The 2018 World Championships brought both disappointment and positivity for the future. The English ... | |
Preview: Bigger tournament, bigger names 26/08/2018 23:29 | Alan Raftery Barcelona will be hosting the now HSBC BWF World Tour Super 300 tournament, which has attracted big ... | |
Getter Saar: I try to enjoy every moment on court 24/08/2018 22:04 | Lilit Poghosyan Getter Saar (Estonia) has climbed three spots up on the women’s singles world ranking list, currentl... | |
Badminton Europe is seeking a HP & Development Senior Manager 23/08/2018 16:10 | Emma Lollike Badminton Europe is seeking a Senior Manager for a full-time position to join its head office in Cop... | |
Thomas and Uber Cup champions won the gold 23/08/2018 12:07 | Emma Lollike The team event for the 2018 Asian Games concluded on Wednesday August 22, and the champions of the r... | |
Spain Masters is a new step forward 22/08/2018 15:35 | Emma Lollike The HSBC BWF World Tour Super 300 tournament will be hosted in Barcelona, Spain, and the Spanish Bad... | |
Toma Junior Popov reaches career-high BEC Elite Circuit ranking 21/08/2018 16:47 | Emma Lollike France’s Toma Junior Popov is fresh off the court from Eurasia Bulgarian Open 2018 as men’s singles ... | |
365 days to go until the Badminton World Championship in Basel 20/08/2018 15:51 | Swiss Badminton The countdown to the Badminton World Championship in Basel has started. Swiss Badminton and the orga... | |
Nøhr and Thygesen: Ready to fight for world top 10 19/08/2018 14:13 | Alan Raftery The world took note when Niclas Nøhr and Sara Thygesen claimed the gold Mixed Doubles medal in the 2... | |
Ksenia Polikarpova: It is just the first step 18/08/2018 10:36 | Lilit Poghosyan Semifinalist in this year’s Eurasia Bulgarian Open Championship - Ksenia Polikarpova (Israel) has cl... | |
Ticket sale for Spain Masters in Barcelona is now available 17/08/2018 16:03 | Emma Lollike The local and newly crowned world champion Carolina Marin is top seeded in women’s singles and stars... | |
A first for Cyprus 14/08/2018 12:39 | Tania Teoh Cyprusʼ first para-badminton player - Constantinos Constantinou contended at two BWF Para-Badminton ... | |
Meet new BEC Event Manager Tamara Geeraerts 14/08/2018 09:39 | Emma Lollike Badminton Europe is proud to present Tamara Geeraerts as the newest member of the BEC office in Cope... | |
Fabienne Deprez on the right way 10/08/2018 20:06 | Lilit Poghosyan Germany’s Fabienne Deprez has moved seven spots up on the women’s singles world ranking list. She is... | |
Malkov falls as last European standing in Vietnam 09/08/2018 16:08 | Emma Lollike YONEX-SUNRISE Vietnam Open 2018 is of now without European entries on day 3 as Vladimir Malkov from ... | |
Airi Mikkela’s road to Tokyo: Everything feels in balance. 07/08/2018 17:23 | Mireille van Daal The European Championships of 2016 must have been the most nerve wrecking tournament for Airi Mikke... | |
Wang falls short of Vietnam main draw 07/08/2018 14:47 | David Grice(BEC) German youngster Simon Wang failed to qualify for the main draw of YONEX-SUNRISE Vietnam Open in Ho ... | |
David Shaw passed away 07/08/2018 13:32 | Emma Lollike On August 4, David Shaw passed away. The Englishman and former TV executive will be remembered as ba... | |
Simon Wang's first high level tournament in Asia 06/08/2018 14:10 | Mireille van Daal After a fantastic world championships tournament, it is already time to go the usual business. Viet... | |
Marin World Champion 06/08/2018 11:16 | Alan Raftery Spain’s Carolina Marin has now won a 3rd World Championship, adding to her wins in 2014 and 2015. Th... | |
Men’s Doubles: Redemption for Li and Liu 05/08/2018 14:43 | Alan Raftery At the World Championships last year, Li Jinhui and Liu Yuchen were number one seeds, but suffered a... | |
Carolina Marin Interview: I have so much emotion inside 05/08/2018 14:30 | Alan Raftery Today Carolina Marin won the World Championships for the third time, beating P.V. Sindhu in convinci... | |
Men’s Singles: A new era begins? 05/08/2018 12:58 | Alan Raftery Kento Momota becomes the first Japanese man in history to win a gold medal at the World Championship... | |
Mixed Doubles Final: Zheng Siwei and Huang Yaqiong go one better this year 05/08/2018 10:44 | Alan Raftery Silver medallists from Glasgow 2017, have gone one better this year and won the gold medal they dese... | |
Women's Doubles Final: Matsumoto and Nagahara make history 05/08/2018 10:03 | Alan Raftery They become the first non-Chinese pair winning the World Championships since 1995. And furthermore, ... | |
China and Japan share the doubles domination 04/08/2018 17:14 | Alan Raftery The China-Japan or ‘Sino-Nippon’ dominance in this year’s World Championship doubles events is plain... | |
European review of the Worlds: Historic medal for Marin 04/08/2018 13:30 | Emma Lollike The 2018 TOTAL BWF World Championships is now over and it is time to look back and reflect on the to... | |
Marin in the final 04/08/2018 12:42 | Aidan Jones Exciting Semi-Finals day! Carolina Marin is through to the final of the BWF Total World Champi... | |
Conrad-Petersen and Kolding suffer tough loss as Europeans bow out in doubles 03/08/2018 23:37 | David Grice(BEC) It was a tough day for Europe’s remaining doubles participants at the BWF World Championships in Nan... | |
Misha Zilberman. I was expecting to play better 03/08/2018 19:19 | Lilit Poghosyan With the World Championships going on this week in Nanjing, China, the BWF world ranking list was pu... | |
Carolina Marin progresses to the Semi Final as Viktor Axelsen crashes out! 03/08/2018 16:41 | Aidan Jones Mixed day for Europe. As we approach the end of the BWF Total World Championships in China, world... | |
Adcocks off to World’s quarter final 03/08/2018 09:04 | Mireille van Daal In the third round of the mixed doubles event, Chris & Gabrielle Adcock have succeeded to earn a qu... | |
Danish Doubles Delight 02/08/2018 00:55 | Alan Raftery Day by day in Nanjing, the cream is rising to the top. And it was the Danes in the doubles who where... | |
Good day for Axelsen and Marin 02/08/2018 00:31 | Mireille van Daal Today it was time for the second round matches at the Total BWF World Championships. Our European c... | |
Mixed reactions from England: Opening rounds summary 01/08/2018 13:22 | Tom Leonard The TOTAL BWF World Championships are well underway and the emotions are already running high. With ... | |
Mia Blichfeldt: I never lose. I either win or I learn. 31/07/2018 20:43 | Alan Raftery dThe competition is really hotting up now with a few big names bowing out. And one of the biggest na... | |
Dunn and Hall into the second round 31/07/2018 13:26 | Press release from Badminton Scotland Alex Dunn and Adam Hall scored one of the best wins in their burgeoning partnership today to reach t... | |
The French mixing it up in the mixed 31/07/2018 00:25 | Alan Raftery The eagerly anticipated World Championships have finally started in Nanjing, China. And the early ro... | |
Work harder to get closer 30/07/2018 12:36 | Mireille van Daal With around ten matches still to go, the action in Nanjing is wild and shining! This also means tha... | |
Golden hat-trick for Europe in Thailand 29/07/2018 19:37 | Bobby Griffin (BEC) Jack Shephard takes Gold and Silver at the Thailand Para-Badminton International today, whilst Coomb... | |
Great preparation for Natalia Perminova 29/07/2018 16:03 | Mark Males With only one day to go until the start of the World Championships, Badminton Europe caught up with ... | |
Ivanov and Kim are victorious in first tournament together 29/07/2018 14:14 | Alan Raftery Vladimir Ivanov was the only Russian on court on finals day, as Kim Min Kyung of South Korea partner... | |
Allez Lucas! 28/07/2018 17:42 | Bobby Griffin (BEC) Lucas Mazur, the French number 1 SL4 player spent 214 minutes on court today and managed to secure a... | |
A last minute push prevents all-Russian final 28/07/2018 11:18 | Alan Raftery The Russian campaign in the Men’s Doubles for their home tournament was looking very strong indeed. ... | |
Another 3-game match, another win for Jorgensen 28/07/2018 11:11 | Alan Raftery As the last European man standing in Akita, Japan, Jan O Jorgenson is slowly re-finding his game and... | |
World Championships countdown: preview with Adrian Dziolko. 28/07/2018 09:30 | Mireille van Daal Only two days until the World Championships!! Many of the players are currently on their way to Nanj... | |
Mroz: “I’ll use this defeat to build a stronger future” 27/07/2018 19:11 | Bobby Griffin (BEC) Heartbreak for Bartlomiej Mroz today in the all European SU5 men’s singles last 16, as Ilker Tuzcu c... | |
Jorgensen progresses to quarters 26/07/2018 22:03 | David Grice(BEC) Denmark’s Jan O.Jorgensen turned it around to reach the men’s singles quarter-finals after defeating... | |
COE player Milan Ludik moving up the ranking list before the Worlds 26/07/2018 21:53 | Lilit Poghosyan BEC “Center of Excellence” player Milan Ludik (Czech Republic) has climbed seven spots up on the men... | |
Lauren Smith: excited to put in a performance to be proud of! 26/07/2018 19:25 | Tom Leonard It is one of the main events of the calendar year in the life of a badminton athlete. The TOTAL BW... | |
Business as usual in Bangkok 26/07/2018 18:25 | Bobby Griffin (BEC) Just one seeded European lost today in the Huamark Indoor Stadium, elsewhere it was a regular day at... | |
Ivanov going strong with new Mixed partner 26/07/2018 15:54 | Alan Raftery In amongst the build-up to the World Championships, just days away, Badminton does not stop. And in ... | |
World Championships preview – Which European’s have a favourable draw? 26/07/2018 11:20 | David Grice(BEC) It is less than a week before the World Championships in Nanjing, China. With the seeds are confirme... | |
Toupe’s three thrillers 25/07/2018 18:06 | Bobby Griffin (BEC) David Toupe had a rollercoaster of a day at the Huamark Indoor Stadium in Bangkok, playing 4 matches... | |
Strong European Showing on Day Two 25/07/2018 14:43 | Mark Males It was a great day in the Akita Masters in Japan today for the European competitors. First on cou... | |
IPC announcement whilst Para-Badminton prepares for Thailand 24/07/2018 17:14 | Bobby Griffin (BEC) The 2018 Thailand Para-Badminton International begins tomorrow and is likely to be the hottest tourn... | |
BREAKING: Lee Chong Wei withdraws from World Championships 24/07/2018 15:53 | Rasmus Bech(BEC) Lee Chong has withdrawn from both the next week's World Championships in Nanjing, China, and Asian G... | |
Yvonne Li: A long way to travel, but all for good experience! 24/07/2018 14:52 | Tom Leonard There were mixed fortunes for European players on day one at the Russian Open 2018, with the women's... | |
World Championships- Countdown!! 24/07/2018 14:25 | Mireille van Daal Less than one week waiting until the World Championships in Nanjing! Most of the European playe... | |
Bruun ready for second round 24/07/2018 10:19 | Rasmus Bech(BEC) Danish Kim Bruun was the only European on court today in Japan, and the Dane is ready to face a Chin... | |
Player's warm up for the TOTAL BWF World Championships 2018 in Russia! 23/07/2018 19:15 | Tom Leonard The Russian Open 2018 kicks off inside Sport Hall Olympic in Vladivostock, Russia this week. From... | |
Chong Wei to skip the World Championships? 23/07/2018 15:53 | Rasmus Bech(BEC) Rumours has it, that the three times runner-up at the Olympics and the Worlds, Lee Chong Wei might s... | |
Help us to do better 23/07/2018 11:19 | Rasmus Bech(BEC) What kind of content would you like to see on the Badminton Europe platforms? Please help us to do b... | |
Badminton Europe is seeking a Commercial Manager 23/07/2018 11:19 | Rasmus Bech(BEC) Badminton Europe Confederation (BEC) Commercial Manager Deadline: 1 August 2018 at 12 PM (CEST) ... | |
Qualification Regulations are ready 23/07/2018 09:25 | Rasmus Bech(BEC) The qualification regulations for the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games are ready. The Tokyo 2020 Para... | |
Chou Tien Chen wins maiden title 22/07/2018 23:21 | Manuel Røsler Men’s singles shuttler Chou Tien Chen makes history for Taiwan with his maiden title in Singapore. T... | |
Herttrich/Nelte beaten by Japanese in semis 21/07/2018 22:58 | Manuel Røsler Germany’s Isabel Herttrich and Carla Nelte lost their semi-final clash at the Singapore Open tournam... | |
Herttrich and Nelte to semi-finals Singapore Open 20/07/2018 22:17 | Mireille van Daal On the quarter final day of the Singapore Open Isabel Herttrich and Carla Nelte (Germany) kept the E... | |
Herttrich and Nelte only shining light for Europe 19/07/2018 20:32 | David Grice(BEC) Germany’s Isabel Herttrich and Carla Nelte came out as the only European winners on day three of the... | |
Vladimir Ivanov: We want to improve our game and ranking further 19/07/2018 19:17 | Lilit Poghosyan Vladimir Ivanov/ Ivan Sozonov (Russia) were in top 10 last week on the BWF men’s doubles world ranki... | |
Pugh and Smith upset second seeds in opening round 18/07/2018 16:22 | David Grice(BEC) It was a memorable day for England’s Jessica Pugh and Lauren Smith, who managed to topple women’s do... | |
Leverdez before LCW clash: I’ll bring my A game 18/07/2018 09:05 | Rasmus Bech(BEC) For the second consecutive year Brice Leverdez will face Lee Chong Wei, Malaysia, at the World Champ... | |
Strong European Interest 17/07/2018 09:07 | Mark Males Moving on from the Thailand Open, the 2018 Singapore Open gets underway on the 17th July, with a lar... | |
Leverdez vs Chong Wei – The World Championship rematch 17/07/2018 09:02 | Rasmus Bech(BEC) For the second consecutive year Brice Leverdez will face Lee Chong Wei at the World Championships. ... | |
European clashes in the doubles 17/07/2018 09:02 | Rasmus Bech(BEC) In the doubles categories it is hard to make any predictions ahead of the TOTAL BWF World Championsh... | |
Brice Leverdez: It’s not my final destination 16/07/2018 17:54 | Alan Raftery Entertainer, fighter and an early round giant killer.These are the perhaps the first things you thin... | |
2 weeks to go 16/07/2018 09:02 | Alan Raftery The biggest Badminton spectacle of the year is almost within touching distance, only 14 days to go. ... | |
Chris and Gabby Adcock beaten in Bangkok final 15/07/2018 23:05 | Manuel Røsler Britain's Chris and Gabby Adcock were beaten 21-12, 21-12 by Hafiz Faizal and Gloria Emanuelle Widja... | |
Ieva Pope’s Road to Minsk: Not like any other tournament 15/07/2018 17:22 | Mireille van Daal Three years ago Ieva Pope represented Latvia during the European Games in Baku. Now she hopes to ge... | |
Chris and Gabby Adcock reach final 14/07/2018 23:07 | Manuel Røsler England's Chris and Gabby Adcock have reached the Thailand Open - a BWF World Tour Super 500 tournam... | |
Adcocks battle survive a late surge to get into the semi-final 13/07/2018 17:53 | Alan Raftery The number one seeds from England, Chris and Gabby Adcock, book their place in the Mixed Doubles sem... | |
The Adcock's smash their way through to the quarter finals! 12/07/2018 17:21 | Tom Leonard England's number one partnership remain Europe's sole contenders as first seeds in the mixed doubles... | |
Adcock’s shine in busy day two in Bangkok 12/07/2018 10:08 | David Grice(BEC) Mixed doubles top seeds Chris and Gabrielle Adcock made it a comfortable outing in their straight se... | |
Kamilla Rytter Juhl retires 11/07/2018 15:54 | Alan Raftery Badminton today has lost Europe’s most successful player to retirement. However, it is a joyous occa... | |
Tough but sufficient 10/07/2018 22:40 | Mireille van Daal The Super 500 tournament Thailand Open has started. Four European mixed doubles had to come in acti... | |
Julie Jakobsen: It was an extra nice feeling 10/07/2018 17:12 | Alan Raftery Jumping three spots in the ranking, the new Danish player on the block, Julie Jakobsen, is now in th... | |
Toby Penty: -better understanding of my game style 09/07/2018 18:30 | Alan Raftery Toby Penty is an English shuttler with a bright future. The 25-year-old has already shown his talent... | |
Preview: Players to watch 09/07/2018 17:06 | Alan Raftery Following the festival of Badminton which occurred in Jakarta, for many of the players there is not ... | |
Campbell and MacHugh announce retirement 09/07/2018 12:38 | Press release from Badminton Scotland Two of Scotland’s most popular players have today confirmed their retirement from full time badminto... | |
Axelsen finished runner-up in Indonesia 08/07/2018 21:07 | Manuel Røsler Japan’s Kento Momota clinched his second Indonesia Open title on Sunday after defeating world number... | |
Axelsen to battle Momota in Jakarta final 07/07/2018 21:08 | Manuel Røsler Danish world champion Viktor Axelsen (24) will face Japanese shuttler Kento Momota in the final of t... | |
We had a thriller in Jakarta 06/07/2018 19:39 | Alan Raftery Quarter-finals day came to an end in perhaps the loudest Badminton tournament in the world, the Indo... | |
Brice Leverdez: Top 20 is a step forward for me 06/07/2018 18:26 | Lilit Poghosyan Brice Leverdez has reached his career-best result of no. 19 on the men’s singles world ranking list.... | |
Monteiro and Daniel - Portugal´s Dynamic Duo 06/07/2018 14:41 | Tania Teoh Beatriz Monteiro and Diogo Daniel are the very first Portugese para-badminton players classified by ... | |
Petersen and Kolding lead successful day two in Jakarta 05/07/2018 12:14 | David Grice(BEC) Day two of the Indonesia Open saw as many as nine wins for Europe’s best and brightest. The highligh... | |
BASIS News: First BEC National Umpire Tutor Workshop 04/07/2018 08:40 | Rasmus Bech(BEC) During the 2018 European Junior Championships the first BEC National Umpire Tutor Workshop will take... | |
Badminton Europe is seeking two Communication Junior Managers 03/07/2018 12:55 | Emma Lollike Badminton Europe is seeking two Junior Managers in the field of Communication for full-time position... | |
Brice Leverdez takes out Chen Long! 03/07/2018 09:38 | Mireille van Daal What an exciting first day of the prestigious Super 1000 tournament: The Indonesian Open. The hall ... | |
Preview: Players to watch 02/07/2018 15:33 | Alan Raftery After the eventful Malaysia Open in Kuala Lumpur, we now travel south across the Java Sea to Jakarta... | |
Jonathan Persson: I’m happy that my ranking is getting higher 02/07/2018 13:32 | Lilit Poghosyan Badminton Europe's "Center of Excellence" player Jonathan Persson (Germany) has climbed four spots u... | |
12th Malaysia Open title for Lee Chong Wei 01/07/2018 08:51 | Manuel Røsler Malaysian superstar Lee Chong Wei beat Japanese shuttler Kento Momota 21-17, 23-21 on Sunday to clin... | |
Adcocks' title campaign came to an end 30/06/2018 21:16 | Manuel Røsler English pair Chris Adcock and Gabrielle Adcock suffered a defeat in the semi-finals of the Malaysia ... | |
BWF National Classifier Workshop - Dublin 29/06/2018 11:51 | Tania Teoh In conjunction with the recently concluded FZ FORZA Irish Para-Badminton International, the Badminto... | |
Axelsen grinds his way into the quarters 28/06/2018 15:26 | Alan Raftery Day 3 at the Malaysia Open in Kuala Lumpur saw players fighting for their spot in the last 8 of the ... | |
Marin leads European success on day two in Malaysia 27/06/2018 16:25 | David Grice(BEC) Olympic women’s singles champion Caroline Marin survives a scare after coming through Indonesia’s Gr... | |
24-hour badminton marathon by cosmonaut Misurkin 27/06/2018 15:04 | National Badminton Federation of Russia The cosmonaut Aleksandr Misurkin from Russia completed a badminton marathon, where he played badmint... | |
Doubles gold for France 27/06/2018 13:40 | Emma Lollike Two French duos take the gold home to France after the finals of the doubles at the Mediterranean Ga... | |
Three European umpires accredited by BWF 27/06/2018 08:49 | Emma Lollike Badminton Europe was delighted to experience that three umpires from Europe have been upgraded to BW... | |
Board of Directors Meeting, June 2018 26/06/2018 11:52 | Emma Lollike The recent Board & Commission meetings in Caldas da Rainha, Portugal, stole headlines as Badminton E... | |
Historical milestone on the Faroe Islands 26/06/2018 11:17 | Maria Bubucea Leading up to the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games, more and more new para-badminton players are now join... | |
Difficult first round for Fontaine and Labar 26/06/2018 00:12 | Mireille van Daal The first day of the Super 750 tournament Malaysian Open 2018 was a tough one. Many of our European... | |
The re-match is on 25/06/2018 19:41 | Alan Raftery With the World Championships a little more than a month away, a lot of focus will be on results in K... | |
Knoblauch hunting European crown 25/06/2018 11:11 | Bobby Griffin (BEC) Germany’s Valeska Knoblauch had the best week of her badminton career here in Dublin, winning 2 gold... | |
Double delight for Ellis in Calgary 25/06/2018 09:51 | David Grice(BEC) England’s Marcus Ellis matched his top seed billing, as he along with partners Chris Langridge and L... | |
Europeans still going strong in Canada 23/06/2018 17:26 | Mireille van Daal It was a great quarter final day in Calgary Canada. Except for the women’s singles, Europe is prese... | |
Full steam ahead into the quarter finals 23/06/2018 00:55 | Alan Raftery We are now approaching the business end of the competition in Canada, as players battled for places ... | |
Rooke and Wandschneider in all European thriller 23/06/2018 00:30 | Bobby Griffin (BEC) Every now and then the fans are treated to a classic, and Badminton Europe were there to witness the... | |
Levi through to all 3 semi-finals in Dublin 22/06/2018 22:49 | Bobby Griffin (BEC) Israel’s Amir Levi is the only European player through to the semi-final stages of the Irish Para-Ba... | |
Malkov aiming for top 20 22/06/2018 20:31 | Lilit Poghosyan Russia’s Vladimir Malkov has climbed two spots up on the BWF men’s singles world ranking list, occup... | |
Dalglish does it again! 21/06/2018 23:42 | Bobby Griffin (BEC) England’s Isaak Dalglish found a way past the world number 6 to win his SS6 men’s singles group and ... | |
Bruun and Li take out seeds in Canada 21/06/2018 17:45 | Alan Raftery The European players battling in Calgary, Canada this week had a great day of results. Many taking o... | |
Knight Grand Cross awarded to Sir Craig Reedie 21/06/2018 16:08 | Emma Lollike For his services of sport, Craig Reedie was awarded the Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Briti... | |
Day One action in Dublin 20/06/2018 23:16 | Bobby Griffin (BEC) This year’s Irish Para-Badminton international is the second to start on a Wednesday, para-badminton... | |
The Opportunity is Here 20/06/2018 12:07 | Tania Teoh Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games - a historical one it will be. Para-badminton will make its maiden appea... | |
Buy your tickets for French Open now 20/06/2018 09:32 | Emma Lollike The ticket sale for one of the highest ranked BWF tournaments in Europe is open, and this means that... | |
Preview: Players to watch 19/06/2018 20:00 | Alan Raftery Following the entertaining US Open last week, Calgary will be host for the Canada Open, which has at... | |
McVeigh back on home soil after Turkish win, whilst Suter-Erath looks to defend title 19/06/2018 14:16 | Bobby Griffin (BEC) The Irish Para-Badminton International gets underway tomorrow, and while European medal hopes are sl... | |
Gregory Verpoorten to retire from political badminton career 19/06/2018 09:12 | Rasmus Bech Badminton Europe (BEC) President Gregory Verpoorten will not seek re-election when his term ends in ... | |
A First for the Czechs - Inaugural Czech Para-Badminton Open 18/06/2018 14:22 | Tania Teoh The Czech Para-Badminton Open was the first-ever international tournament for wheelchair badminton p... | |
Deadline extended: Badminton Europe is seeking a Finance & Administration Manager 18/06/2018 11:35 | Emma Lollike Badminton Europe is seeking a Manager for a full-time position to join its head office in Copenhagen... | |
Popov makes it a hat-trick of titles in 2018 17/06/2018 13:43 | David Grice(BEC) Toma Junior Popov make quite a breakthrough on finals day at the Spanish International in Madrid, af... | |
Caljouw reaches second final of 2018 17/06/2018 09:38 | David Grice(BEC) It was a memorable afternoon for Dutchman Mark Caljouw, as his 21-13, 23-21 win over India’s Ajay Ja... | |
Satisfying US Open end for Mairs and Moore. 16/06/2018 22:43 | Mireille van Daal During night time in Europe, the quarter finals of the Super 100 US Open were played. For Jenny Moo... | |
Road to Minsk: One year to go 16/06/2018 14:32 | Alan Raftery The 2019 European Games will carry world ranking points and thereby points for the 2020 Tokyo Olympi... | |
European mixed pairs pour into quarters 15/06/2018 13:08 | Emma Lollike Many European mixed double pairs are ready for the quarterfinals on Friday June 16th at YONEX US Ope... | |
BEC Commissions and board gather in Caldas da Rainha 14/06/2018 12:07 | Emma Lollike The commission members of Badminton Europe’s 10 commissions and the Board of Directors will meet in ... | |
Lucas Corvee: It’s only a step 14/06/2018 11:38 | Lilit Poghosyan Lucas Corvee (France) entered into the top 40 on the BWF world ranking list for the first time. The ... | |
Brice Leverdez off to a great start in California 14/06/2018 09:18 | Alan Raftery The man who has built up a reputation which causes any player to fear being drawn against him in the... | |
Dreaming of winning a world class medal 13/06/2018 23:26 | Mireille van Daal Mark Lamsfuss (Germany) is on a roll. Together with Isabel Herttrich, he is currently 19th on the m... | |
Good first win for Seinen and Tabeling 13/06/2018 21:50 | Mireille van Daal The HSBC BWF World Super tour 300 tournament US Open has started yesterday in Fullerton, California... | |
Kristin Kuuba: You have to dream big 12/06/2018 11:46 | Emma Lollike 21-year-old Kristin Kuuba won the two recent Badminton Europe (BEC) Circuit tournaments, which got h... | |
US Open Preview 11/06/2018 09:23 | Aidan Jones The YONEX US Open gets underway tomorrow in Fullerton with many countries from Europe taking part. ... | |
Danish coach finishes PhD in badminton 07/06/2018 11:22 | Emma Lollike The sport of badminton has a new doctor. Kenneth Kruse Larsen from Denmark finished his doctorate fr... | |
Want to Host a BEC Para-Badminton Event? 06/06/2018 14:21 | Tania Teoh Badminton Europe is inviting Member Associations to host the 2018 BEC Para-Badminton Event. If you a... | |
British sport’s longest standing CEO Anne Smillie announces her retirement 06/06/2018 09:54 | Badminton Scotland Media Anne Smillie, the longest serving chief executive in British sport, is stepping down from BADMINTONs... | |
Hans-Kristian Vittinghus: I want to still feel progress in my game 04/06/2018 07:53 | Lilit Poghosyan Hans-Kristian Solberg Vittinghus (Denmark) has climbed three spots up on the BWF men’s singles world... | |
Adam Cwalina: It is a different challenge for me 02/06/2018 14:32 | Alan Raftery It is fair to say that Poland, since the turn of the century up until recent years, have overachieve... | |
Krysten Coombs Keeping Up 01/06/2018 13:58 | Maria Bubucea This edition of ´European Para-Badminton Towards Tokyo 2020´ features Krysten Coombs from England. H... | |
Vladimir Malkov: I still feel I can reach the top level 31/05/2018 21:18 | Alan Raftery Badminton is not the first sport that springs to mind when you think of Russia. Despite this, Vladim... | |
Long-term strategy will bring the world’s biggest badminton events to Denmark 30/05/2018 16:17 | Badminton Denmark press release Badminton Denmark has, as the first badminton association in the world, made a long-term event strat... | |
Pathway Club Programme launched 30/05/2018 13:56 | Badminton Scotland Media A new era of badminton in Scotland is about to take shape after Badminton Scotland announced the lau... | |
Peter Ganes passed away 30/05/2018 12:25 | Emma Lollike Peter Ganes passed away Tuesday 29th May at the age of 57 after nine months of severe illness. Badmi... | |
BEC Podcast reach episode 20 with Kirsty Gilmour 29/05/2018 15:18 | Emma Lollike A total of 20 podcasts have been published by Badminton Europe since November last year. This week, ... | |
Want to be volunteer writer at Badminton Europe? 29/05/2018 14:09 | Rasmus Bech Now is your chance! We are looking for writers to join Europe’s no. 1 badminton community. Do you... | |
China back on top in the Thomas Cup 27/05/2018 13:56 | Alan Raftery Favourites China overcame a nail biting end to the final and lifted the Thomas Cup once again. Japan... | |
Japan surge to Uber Cup number six 26/05/2018 12:41 | Alan Raftery The Japanese women dominated the final and won the 2018 BWF Uber Cup after a 37-year wait. They beat... | |
Milan Ludik: I feel great to be back in COE 26/05/2018 10:19 | Lilit Poghosyan Badminton Europe’s “Centre of Excellence” player Milan Ludik (Czech Republic) is currenty world no. ... | |
Denmark’s men edge Malaysia to top group 23/05/2018 21:10 | David Grice(BEC) Wins in both doubles matches and the last of the singles encounters saw Denmark edge Malaysia 3-2,to... | |
Denmark & France’s men confirm quarter-finals spot 23/05/2018 21:08 | David Grice(BEC) Denmark and France have both progressed to the quarter-finals of the Thomas Cup after strong wins on... | |
1st European Small States Badminton Games coming in 2020 21/05/2018 09:55 | Emma Lollike Minor badminton countries of Europe joins forces to make badminton games to fit their size and capac... | |
France off to a flying start on day one 20/05/2018 00:12 | Alan Raftery The French Thomas Cup team settled in very quickly in Thailand’s capital, Bangkok, and caused the f... | |
BWF keeps 3x21 scoring system 19/05/2018 19:22 | BWF press release Badminton will continue to be played under the 3x21 (three games to 21 points) scoring system. The... | |
Blichfeldt - “I feel ready” 19/05/2018 19:04 | David Grice(BEC) As Europe’s best head off to Bangkok for the ‘Thomas & Uber Cup’, the challenge of facing each ot... | |
Yvonne Li: We have the underdog role 19/05/2018 10:04 | Emma Lollike The young women’s singles from Germany has traveled to Bangkok, Thailand, with the German women’s te... | |
Jonas Ralfy Jansen: excited to play in his first Thomas Cup 19/05/2018 09:46 | Tom Leonard With one day to go until the Thomas and Uber Cup 2018 begins, some of the best players in the world ... | |
Sara Thygesen: We have to be ready and go all in 18/05/2018 11:14 | Tom Leonard The Total BWF Thomas and Uber Finals kick off in Thailand on Sunday 20 May 2018 with the group stage... | |
Kim Astrup: We are chasing the no.8 spot 18/05/2018 10:58 | Lilit Poghosyan Kim Astrup/ Anders Skaarup Rasmussen (Denmark) moved one spot up on the BWF men’s doubles world rank... | |
Anne Tran: Fighting spirit is the most important 17/05/2018 10:24 | Niels Nedergaard Anne Tran and France’s women’s team are ready for the TOTAL BWF Thomas & Uber Cup Finals 2018. Anne ... | |
Denmark leads European charge heading to Bangkok 17/05/2018 09:58 | David Grice(BEC) The Thomas & Uber Cup has traditionally been dominated by Asian nations. But after Denmark’s histori... | |
Marin: I want to be the best player in the history of badminton 16/05/2018 15:32 | Emma Lollike The newest episode of BEC Podcasts features no other than the newly crowned European champion; Carol... | |
Hope for some big surprises 16/05/2018 09:59 | Mireille van Daal Only 4 days to go till the Thomas and Uber Cup Finals in Bangkok, Thailand! A men’s and women’s team... | |
Michal Rogalski: The Road to Tokyo 14/05/2018 20:12 | Alan Raftery In just a little over 800 days, we will be watching the world’s best athlete’s make their dreams com... | |
McVeigh wins first International title in 3 years 13/05/2018 23:15 | Bobby Griffin (BEC) The Turkish Para-Badminton International came to a close this evening, with 3 gold medals coming bac... | |
7 days to go 13/05/2018 15:46 | Alan Raftery The 2018 BWF Thomas & Uber Cup will be the 30th edition of the Thomas Cup and the 27th edition of th... | |
Sabrina Jaquet: Patience is the key! 11/05/2018 13:02 | Lilit Poghosyan Sabrina Jaquet (Switzerland) is world no. 67 on this week’s BWF women’s singles world ranking list. ... | |
Mazur and McVeigh head Europe’s hopes in Turkey 09/05/2018 14:26 | Bobby Griffin (BEC) The 4th Turkish Para-Badminton International gets underway today in Konya, and whilst Europe excelle... | |
Zilberman looking to bounce back in Sydney 07/05/2018 12:25 | David Grice(BEC) After a poor showing at the New Zealand Open, the next destination for our travelling Europeans is S... | |
Stoeva sisters: first gold for Bulgaria and more 06/05/2018 00:18 | Mireille van Daal It has been one week after the European Championships. History has been made for Bulgaria and Gabri... | |
Five Scholarship Recipients at 2018 BEC Congress 04/05/2018 09:47 | Maria Bubucea Badminton Europe offered Women in Badminton (WiB) scholarships for the participation at the 2018 BEC... | |
Stoeva sisters: We will aim for top 5 03/05/2018 19:34 | Lilit Poghosyan The biggest event of the year for European badminton – the European Championships 2018 came to an en... | |
Badminton Europe is seeking a Finance & Administration Junior Manager 03/05/2018 14:44 | Emma Lollike Badminton Europe is seeking a Junior Manager for a full-time position to join its head office in Cop... | |
Sabrina Jaquet rushed out of New Zealand Open 03/05/2018 09:50 | Niels Nedergaard Sabrina Jaquet is out of BARFOOT & THOMPSON New Zealand Open 2018 after a defeat against the sixth s... | |
Sabrina Jaquet progresses to the second round 02/05/2018 14:49 | Tom Leonard The BARFOOT & THOMPSON New Zealand Open entered it's first day of main draw action today. A numbe... | |
BEC applauses BWF for lengthy bans 02/05/2018 14:38 | BWF press release & Rasmus Bech On Wednesday BWF announced that badminton players, Tan Chun Seang and Zulfadli Zulkiffli, World Juni... | |
Mixed European results during the qualifiers 01/05/2018 19:02 | Tom Leonard The BARFOOT & THOMPSON New Zealand Open 2018 kicked off today in the North Shore Events Centre, Auck... | |
Europe’s journeyman head off to Auckland 30/04/2018 14:12 | David Grice(BEC) While a lot of Europe’s best are recovering from a competitive week at the European Championships, i... | |
The new BEC Magazine is here! 29/04/2018 08:58 | Rasmus Bech The new edition of the BEC Magazine is finally here, and in this issue, you have the chance to read... | |
Sam Parsons: I have put in a lot of hard work 26/04/2018 15:02 | Lilit Poghosyan With the European Championships going on this week in Huelva, Spain, the BWF World Ranking list pres... | |
Ritchie Campbell received BWF Distinguished Service Award 23/04/2018 11:42 | Emma Lollike Badminton Europe’s Director of Finance since 2012 took part in his last BEC Congress as a member of ... | |
Axelsen back to world no. 1 22/04/2018 17:08 | Lilit Poghosyan Viktor Axelsen is back to world no. 1 on the men’s singles world ranking list. After confidentl... | |
Longing to Minsk 20/04/2018 19:54 | Mireille van Daal In the summer of 2019, the second edition of the European Games will be held. Minsk, the capital of... | |
Vittinghus: I really wanted to be in Huelva 17/04/2018 15:42 | Emma Lollike The new BEC podcast is here and Danish men’s singles Hans-Kristian Solberg Vittinghus is the guest. ... | |
History was made on finals day 15/04/2018 17:44 | Alan Raftery England achieved their best Commonwealth Games medal tally in 16 years after four pairings booked th... | |
Seckin, Toupe and Shephard lead Europe’s medal haul in Dubai 15/04/2018 15:13 | Bobby Griffin (BEC) 3 of Europe’s finest para-badminton players take 2 gold medals each from the first ever Dubai Intern... | |
Medals all round 15/04/2018 01:14 | Alan Raftery After a fantastic day for England and Scotland, going into finals day tomorrow, medals across all 5 ... | |
World champion honored as BEC Male Player of the Year 14/04/2018 21:04 | Emma Lollike The year of 2017 has indeed been a tremendous year for the Danish men’s singles Viktor Axelsen. ... | |
Europe’s Super Six aiming for double-gold in the UAE 14/04/2018 20:08 | Bobby Griffin (BEC) 6 of Europe’s best para-badminton players have made into TWO finals each this Sunday at the Dubai In... | |
BEC welcome four Directors to the board 14/04/2018 15:11 | Emma Lollike The three newly elected directors will join the Badminton Europe’s Board of Directors including a Di... | |
Antropov and Matos re-elected as BEC vice-presidents 14/04/2018 14:34 | Emma Lollike The elections for vice-presidents of the board of directors during Badminton Europe’s 51st Annual De... | |
Engaging approach at the 2018 Members' Forum 13/04/2018 23:37 | Emma Lollike Badminton Europe’s Congress kicked off this morning with the Members’ Forum. From 9 AM to 4 PM, the ... | |
Follett and Toupe through to 3 semi-finals, whilst Tuzcu falls in group of death 13/04/2018 20:40 | Bobby Griffin (BEC) David Follett (ENG) and David Toupe (FRA) made it through the WH1 events today to reach all 3 semi-f... | |
The European top meets in Dubrovnik 12/04/2018 22:27 | Emma Lollike Badminton Europe’s annual congress is about to commence. From Friday 13th of April to Saturday 14th ... | |
Lucas Claerbout back to top 60 12/04/2018 21:10 | Lilit Poghosyan Lucas Claerbout (France) climbed one spot up to reach top 60 on the men’s singles world ranking list... | |
Day One in the United Arab Emirates 12/04/2018 20:44 | Bobby Griffin (BEC) The inaugural Dubai Para-Badminton International 2018 got underway today at the Shabab Al-Ahli Sport... | |
Zilberman and Wang bow out in Lingshui 11/04/2018 14:56 | David Grice(BEC) It was a short-lived day for the Europeans on day two at the Lingshui China Masters, as both England... | |
Misha Zilberman to next round in China Masters 10/04/2018 23:25 | Mireille van Daal After the Orleans Masters, the BWF Super tour continues. The next stop is the Super 100 tournament ... | |
Team England take bronze at the Gold Coast 10/04/2018 14:00 | Tom Leonard Badminton is a highlight in the Commonwealth Games! With eleven long days of competition, the event ... | |
Preview: Last preparations before the European Championships 09/04/2018 20:17 | Alan Raftery On the picturesque island of Hainan, at the southernmost tip of China, Lingshui will host the now en... | |
Destination Dubai, a world first for Para-Badminton 09/04/2018 05:23 | Bobby Griffin (BEC) The Para-Badminton world makes Dubai the focus this week, hosting its first ever International compe... | |
Jacco Arends: Hitting the top 10 is our goal 08/04/2018 15:47 | Lilit Poghosyan Orleans Masters 2018 finished last week bringing new ranking positions for European players. Orle... | |
Countdown to BEC Congress 2018 03/04/2018 14:31 | Emma Lollike Ten days from today, Badminton Europe’s annual Congress will take place. All the European members ha... | |
Lamsfuss & Seidel find form ahead of Euros 01/04/2018 20:38 | Mark Phelan It had been a pretty poor 2018 for Mark Lamsfuss and Marvin Seidel ahead of this weeks Orleans Maste... | |
Caljouw goes back to back in Orleans 01/04/2018 20:08 | Mark Phelan After winning last year in Orleans Mark Caljouw of the Netherlands performed one of those rare feats... | |
Gemke triumphs in 83 minute epic 01/04/2018 01:33 | Mark Phelan Just like the famed women’s singles world championships final last year in Glasgow today’s men’s sin... | |
Konon & Kaesbauer land surprise final from qualification 31/03/2018 23:10 | Mark Phelan Of the four German mixed doubles pairs entered into the Orleans Masters Olga Konon and Peter Kaesbau... | |
Caljouw confirms Euro credentials 31/03/2018 00:35 | Mark Phelan In what was a David and Goliath story today, Mark Caljouw slayed the giant at the Orleans Masters Su... | |
Claerbout & Gemke set up mouth-watering semi final 30/03/2018 20:12 | Mark Phelan Coming into this new era of badminton at the Palais De Sports in Orleans many would not have expecte... | |
Nerves of steel seal the deal for Tran and Lefel 29/03/2018 23:13 | Mark Phelan Anne Tran and Emilie Lefel had the home crowd on the edge of their seats as play drew to a close lat... | |
COE player: It is nice to be back in top 100 29/03/2018 19:24 | Lilit Poghosyan Milan Ludik (Czech Republic) who is a member of BEC “Centre of Excellence”, was a semifinalist in Ka... | |
Young guns going for it 29/03/2018 18:00 | Mark Phelan Danish women’s doubles pair Freja Ravn and Amalie Magelund are not names that roll off the tongue at... | |
Labar & Fontaine feed off the home support 29/03/2018 14:36 | Mark Phelan In what has been the match of the tournament so far Ronan Labar and Audrey Fontaine battled through ... | |
Jorgensen survives tetchy 3 setter against Abain 29/03/2018 00:31 | Mark Phelan Jan O Jorgensen came through a mentally taxing three set match this evening against twice Orleans ch... | |
Rouxel leads French men’s singles revolution 28/03/2018 19:47 | Mark Phelan Day two and the men’s singles draw has been very kind to the home players. Lucas Corvee, Lucas Claer... | |
3 from 4 for Germany but defending champions go down 28/03/2018 15:36 | Mark Phelan It was a pretty decent mornings work for Germany’s mixed doubles pairings with three pairs advancing... | |
A passionate para-badminton coach 28/03/2018 11:47 | Maria Bubucea This edition of ´European Para-Badminton Towards Tokyo 2020´ features Dina Abouzeid Sariñena, Nation... | |
Høyer: All for our players 28/03/2018 09:24 | BWF press release BWF President Poul-Erik Høyer says the proposed innovations to the sport ultimately have the players... | |
Games and points is why I am here 27/03/2018 08:45 | Mark Phelan Jan O Jorgensen took to the courts in Orleans for the first time and was instantly full of praise fo... | |
Corrales looking for revenge and history 26/03/2018 15:13 | David Grice After recording an impressive quarter-final showing at the recent All England Open, Denmark’s Mia Bl... | |
BWF announced ELO Water Partnership 26/03/2018 12:59 | BWF press release The Badminton World Federation (BWF) has unveiled ELO Water as the Official Water for its championsh... | |
Promote badminton and win a trip to YONEX All England 2019 25/03/2018 16:32 | Emma Lollike Be part of the new Badminton Europe community – BEC Voicestorm – and help badminton to grow on socia... | |
Mixed Doubles Pairs to Watch: The home support can take them to the final 25/03/2018 10:39 | Alan Raftery The greatly anticipated BWF Tour Super 100 event, the Orléans Masters 2018, will commence on Tuesday... | |
Women's Doubles: The Stoeva Sisters 23/03/2018 19:35 | Tom Leonard Europe’s second highest ranked Women’s Doubles pair, Gabriela and Stefani Stoeva are sitting at a nu... | |
Selena Piek: The last steps up are always the toughest 23/03/2018 12:50 | Lilit Poghosyan Last week’s All England Open had some good results for European players and this week’s BWF world ra... | |
Men's Doubles: Josche and Jones going for gold 22/03/2018 20:42 | Tom Leonard This year, the Orléans Masters tournament will celebrate being part of the BWF Tour Super 100 for th... | |
Women’s Singles Players to Watch: My goal is to win it 22/03/2018 17:54 | Alan Raftery No.1 seed Beatriz Corrales is setting her sights on the Orléans Masters 2018 title. But knows that m... | |
Men’s Singles Players to Watch: Coming from Rio slums, I'm showing that it is worth to believe in your dreams 22/03/2018 01:15 | Alan Raftery On the banks of the Loire River in north-central France, Orléans will be hosting the Orleans Masters... | |
Buy tickets for BWF’s Super 100-tournament in France 21/03/2018 11:57 | Emma Lollike The city of Orléans will be hosting the first Super 100 tournament in Europe after the Badminton Wor... | |
France qualify for TUC 2018 20/03/2018 14:26 | Badminton World Federation Hong Kong’s men and France’s women qualified for the TOTAL BWF Thomas & Uber Cup Finals 2018 due to ... | |
Men’s Singles Players to Watch: I love playing in Orleans 20/03/2018 10:42 | Alan Raftery Last year’s finalist will be hoping to one step further in his home event. The Orleans Masters is no... | |
Shi Yuqi beats the LEGEND!! 18/03/2018 17:10 | Mireille van Daal Everyone was waiting for this match. A full Chinese final between all time hero Lin Dan against new... | |
Tai Tzu Ying retains All England title 18/03/2018 15:59 | Mireille van Daal Tai Tzu Ying (Chinese Taipei) has been dominating in women’s singles since the 2016 Olympics. Durin... | |
First Japanese mixed doubles pair to be crowned at All England!! 18/03/2018 14:42 | Mireille van Daal What an amazing match this would be! Zheng Siwei and Huang Yaqiong (China) who only lost one match s... | |
Fourth All England final for Boe and Mogensen 18/03/2018 01:43 | Mireille van Daal Mathias Boe and Carsten Mogensen have reached the final of the 2018 Yonex All England Open Champion... | |
So close to the finals! 18/03/2018 01:39 | Mireille van Daal Mathias Christiansen and Christinna Pedersen have not succeeded to reach the mixed doubles final of... | |
We are so pleased to be ready for the finals tomorrow 17/03/2018 15:27 | Mireille van Daal Kamilla Rytter Juhl and Christinna Pedersen have made it into the 2018 Yonex All England final in w... | |
Yamaguchi reaches her first All England final 17/03/2018 15:01 | Mireille van Daal After a 1 hour and 19 minutes, the match between Pusarla V. SIndhu (India) and Akane Yamaguchi (Japa... | |
Legend reaches his 10th All England final. 17/03/2018 14:37 | Mireille van Daal He has done it! And for the tenth time already! Lin Dan is in the 2018 Yonex All England Open Champ... | |
They were just a little smarter 17/03/2018 14:16 | Mireille van Daal Mads Conrad-Petersen and Mads Pieler Kolding did not make the cut against world number one’s Marcus... | |
Lin Dan wins legendary clash 16/03/2018 15:32 | Mireille van Daal Everyone was looking forward to this match: Lin Dan (China) against Lee Chong Wei (Malaysia). After... | |
Adcock & Adcock leave All England with mixed feelings. 16/03/2018 14:54 | Mireille van Daal Chris and Gabrielle Adcock have not succeeded to reach the semi-finals in their home country. In th... | |
Marin not proceeded to semi-finals 16/03/2018 14:53 | Mireille van Daal Carolina Marin (Spain) did not make it through the quarter finals at the 2018 All England Open Cham... | |
Morning session ends with two danish pairs in semi-finals! 16/03/2018 14:51 | Mireille van Daal Mathias Christiansen and Christinna Pedersen have succeeded to reach the semi-finals of the 2018 Yo... | |
Cannot use too many mistakes at this level 16/03/2018 14:50 | Mireille van Daal It was Mia Blichfeldt’s (Denmark) first quarter final at All England. Her challenge here was no one... | |
BEC to engage influencers 16/03/2018 11:30 | Emma Lollike Badminton Europe (BEC) is looking to engage influencers for the 2018 European Championships this Apr... | |
Slip-away game for Langridge and Ellis 16/03/2018 01:22 | Mireille van Daal Last match of the day, but not least. The Birmingham audience were ensured of an exciting match, but... | |
Marin is on a roll 15/03/2018 19:41 | Mireille van Daal Carolina Marin (Spain) also succeeded to win the second round of the 2018 Yonex All England Open Ch... | |
Felix Burestedt focusing on game improvement 15/03/2018 18:28 | Lilit Poghosyan With the All England Open 2018 going on this week, the BWF world ranking list has been published tod... | |
Slow start caused an end 15/03/2018 16:11 | Mireille van Daal Jacco Arends and Selena Piek (The Netherlands) missed the spot for the quarter finals at the 2018 Yo... | |
I lost to a friend 14/03/2018 18:57 | Mireille van Daal Kirsty Gilmour (Scotland) did not survive the first round of the 2018 Yonex All England Open Champio... | |
Lauren Smith and Marcus Smith talk funding in episode 10 14/03/2018 14:03 | Emma Lollike The 10th episode of Badminton Europe’s podcast premieres up to the glorious YONEX All England. T... | |
Deception for Chervyakova and Morozova 14/03/2018 09:33 | Mireille van Daal Anastasia Chervyakova and Olga Morozova (Russia) seemed to had their luck on their side today. Unfor... | |
Great first round for Stoeva sisters 14/03/2018 09:21 | Mireille van Daal Gabriela and Stefani Stoeva (Bulgaria) had a great start at the 2018 Yonex All England Open Champio... | |
A close loss now, eyes up for next months 14/03/2018 09:21 | Mireille van Daal Brice Leverdez (France) was very close in causing stunt against the number three of the world: Srika... | |
The player’s favourite 12/03/2018 16:02 | Tom Leonard Next week, the 2018 BWF World Tour lands in Birmingham for the prestigious Yonex All England Open. F... | |
DBV President: Six days of fantastic badminton 12/03/2018 14:24 | Emma Lollike The YONEX German Open 2018 concluded with an entertaining line-up on the final’s day on Sunday. Thom... | |
Marin looking to replicate her 2015 win 12/03/2018 08:24 | David Grice For any European success in the women’s singles, your best bet is with Olympic champion Carolina Mar... | |
Second consecutive German Open-title for Chou Tien Chen 11/03/2018 22:12 | Emma Lollike The men’s singles player from Chinese Taipei is starting a streak at the BWF-tournament in Mülheim. ... | |
Nøhr/Thygesen finish as runner-ups 11/03/2018 18:55 | Emma Lollike The Danish streak in Mülheim ended in the mixed doubles final against the third seeded Goh Soon Huat... | |
Double Gold for Shephard in Spain! 11/03/2018 16:53 | Bobby Griffin (BEC) Europe takes 8 gold medals at the Spanish Para-Badminton International England’s SS6 World Cham... | |
Bartlomiej Mroz: Losing today was an amazing experience 11/03/2018 00:24 | Bobby Griffin (BEC) Penultimate day in Alcudia, Spain at the first Para-Badminton competition of the year and the standa... | |
Inuoe and Kaneko are favourites to German Open-title 10/03/2018 23:50 | Emma Lollike After a slow start on 2018 for Inoue and Kaneko from Japan, they have now reached the men’s doubles ... | |
Stoevas stumbled in semifinal 10/03/2018 22:57 | Emma Lollike Gabriela and Stefani Stoeva from Bulgaria were not able to succeed to the women’s doubles final at Y... | |
Nøhr: We will use all the power we have left 10/03/2018 20:18 | Emma Lollike It was another three game-thriller for the Danish pair Niclas Nøhr and Sara Thygesen when they today... | |
Two European semifinals in Mülheim 10/03/2018 13:20 | Emma Lollike Two European nations got off to a great start on the quarterfinals’ day at YONEX German Open. Denmar... | |
Europeans are steering wheels towards medals 10/03/2018 08:45 | Bobby Griffin (BEC) A turbulent day in the Pabellon Municipal Alcudia yesterday, as we make our way through to knock-out... | |
English mixed and Danish doubles missed out on semifinals 10/03/2018 01:18 | Emma Lollike Three out of the five quarterfinals with European participation resulted in defeat on Friday, at 201... | |
Conrad/Kolding withdrew from quarterfinal 10/03/2018 00:32 | Emma Lollike Mads Conrad-Petersen and Mads Pieler Kolding were forced to pull the plug on the men’s doubles quart... | |
Thygesen/Fruergaard to take on 3th seeds in quarterfinal 09/03/2018 16:03 | Emma Lollike Sara Thygesen and Maiken Fruergaard of Denmark beat Della Destiara Haris and Rizki Amelia Pradipta f... | |
Misha Zilberman aiming for top 40 09/03/2018 13:58 | Lilit Poghosyan With the German Open 2018 going on this week, the new BWF world ranking list was published today, pr... | |
Nelte and Herttrich lost in three-game thriller 08/03/2018 22:36 | Emma Lollike After a thrilling fight, Carla Nelte and Isabel Herttrich faced the press with smiles after all. The... | |
Arends: We are little bit disappointed right now 08/03/2018 20:48 | Emma Lollike Jacco Arends and mixed doubles partner Selena Piek did not book a spot in the quarterfinals when the... | |
European Number 1 pulls out of International 08/03/2018 08:46 | Bobby Griffin (BEC) Lucaz Mazur, Europe’s only para-badminton standing-category World Champion withdraws from the Spanis... | |
Corrales: I believed that I could win 07/03/2018 22:58 | Emma Lollike The Spanish women’s singles tried to change her game plan between the games against China’s Gao Fang... | |
Kolding: We knew that this was going to happen 07/03/2018 22:04 | Emma Lollike The Danish duo of Mads Kolding and Mads Conrad-Petersen have entered this tournament with a second s... | |
Hosting a Para-Badminton International 07/03/2018 21:38 | Bobby Griffin (BEC) Supporters of badminton may only see the final product, but we wanted to go behind the scenes to fin... | |
Stoeva sisters caught up after losing focus 07/03/2018 17:19 | Emma Lollike Stefani and Gabriela Stoeva played their first match at the 2018 YONEX German Open earlier on Wednes... | |
Nøhr/Thygesen: Our biggest challenge is ourselves 06/03/2018 21:12 | Emma Lollike The first rounds of the mixed doubles event at the 2018 YONEX German Open took off shortly after the... | |
Koljonen: I am not the underdog 06/03/2018 17:07 | Emma Lollike The qualifying rounds of the 2018 YONEX German Open proved to be an easy task for Finland’s first me... | |
MSA to BEC Umpire Assessor Peter Ganes 06/03/2018 14:44 | Torsten Berg BWF has honoured Peter Ganes with the Meritorious Service Award. Following a recommendation from Bad... | |
Buy your YONEX All England-tickets now! 06/03/2018 08:54 | Mireille van Daal One week to go till the most prestigious tournament in Europe: The 2018 All England Open Championsh... | |
International para-badminton stars launch their 2018 campaign in Spain 05/03/2018 08:46 | Bobby Griffin (BEC) Normal 0 false false false EN-GB X-NONE X-NONE ... | |
Brice Leverdez: I am happy to be close to top 20 03/03/2018 09:31 | Lilit Poghosyan France’s Brice Leverdez is occupying position no. 23 on the men’s singles world ranking list for the... | |
Episode 9 premieres on iTunes 02/03/2018 13:23 | Emma Lollike For the 9th episode of Badminton Europe’s podcast, two world champions are guesting the studio, and ... | |
Buy your tickets for YONEX German Open! 02/03/2018 09:00 | Emma Lollike Tickets are still available for YONEX German Open Badminton Championships 2018. Don’t miss this chan... | |
Buy your YONEX All England-tickets now! 01/03/2018 15:52 | Emma Lollike The 2018 All England Open Badminton Championships kicks off in less than a week and limited tickets ... | |
Germans and Danes on top in Switzerland 26/02/2018 14:56 | Emma Lollike The Super 300-tournament was the first BWF tournament hosted on European ground since the launch of ... | |
Morozova: It feels great to be in top 25 in the world 23/02/2018 22:42 | Lilit Poghosyan European Men’s and Women’s Team Championships ended last week in Kazan, adding important points to t... | |
New partnership turns into semi-final. 23/02/2018 00:27 | Mireille van Daal Quarter final day is over and players are heading up for the semi-finals. Today was a day with vari... | |
First round kick off for Mitsova and Lamsfuss 21/02/2018 22:07 | Mireille van Daal The main draw of the Super 300 tournament Swiss Open has started today. After some already beautifu... | |
Triple world champion after Paralympics announcement: Yes, I was disappointed 19/02/2018 14:50 | Emma Lollike Back in the fall of 2017, the announcement of the categories for para-badminton at Paralympics 2020 ... | |
Jorgensen: It has been a tough ride 14/02/2018 14:25 | Lilit Poghosyan This week is important for all the countries and teams in Europe as European Men’s and Women’s Team ... | |
Astrup: Being back in top 10 feels great! 08/02/2018 19:15 | Lilit Poghosyan “Finally we are back in top 10 and it feels great”, this is how India Open 2018 runner-ups Kim Astr... | |
Buy tickets to Europe’s first HSBC BWF World Tour tournament 07/02/2018 11:56 | Emma Lollike Badminton World Federation’s (BWF) world tour started the year off in Asia, and the first European t... | |
The Adcocks feel that justice has been done 06/02/2018 12:02 | Aidan Jones What does the funding mean to the Adcocks? Great Britain badminton duo Chris and Gabby Adcock wil... | |
The new national champions have been crowned 05/02/2018 12:12 | Emma Lollike Several European Member Associations have crowned their national champions last week. Badminton Euro... | |
Episode 8: Comeback kids Jacco Arends and Niclas Nøhr 05/02/2018 09:50 | Emma Lollike Jacco Arends from Netherlands and Niclas Nøhr from Denmark are making a comeback after a period with... | |
Maiden victory for Christiansen/Pedersen 04/02/2018 09:18 | Manuel Røsler Denmark’s Mathias Christiansen and Christinna Pedersen secured their first World Tour title as they ... | |
Ilias Xanthou: They can help me achieve my goals 03/02/2018 14:24 | Lilit Poghosyan Ilias Xanthou (Greece) recently joined the BEC Centre of Excellence and is currently living and trai... | |
Two Danish pairs storm into India Open final 03/02/2018 09:17 | Manuel Røsler Two Danish doubles stormed into the final of the India Open (350.000 Dollars) tournament on Saturday... | |
Astrup: We have a chance if we find the same level as today 02/02/2018 16:05 | Emma Lollike Most of the European entries delivered on the day of the quarterfinals at YONEX-SUNRISE DR. AKHILESH... | |
Two 'comeback kids' take the mic in episode 8 02/02/2018 11:24 | Emma Lollike After a period with injuries for Jacco Arends and Niclas Nøhr, they have finally made their way back... | |
National Championships are coming up across Europe 29/01/2018 16:01 | Emma Lollike The upcoming weekend will for many of Badminton Europe’s Member Associations mean that it is time to... | |
Vote for BEC Awards 2017 now 29/01/2018 14:50 | Emma Lollike The awards for the best European players in 2017 kicks off today. Badminton Europe calls on all badm... | |
Want to be volunteer writer at Badminton Europe? 29/01/2018 09:44 | Rasmus Bech(BEC) Now is your chance! We are looking for writers to join Europe’s no. 1 badminton community. Do you lo... | |
Last Asian stop before the tour moves to Europe 29/01/2018 08:50 | Emma Lollike After a weekend without European finalists, the HSBC BWF tour moves on to New Delhi for YONEX-SUNRIS... | |
Rytter Juhl/Pedersen stopped by Olympic Champions 27/01/2018 13:53 | Manuel Røsler Denmark’s Kamilla Rytter Juhl and Christinna Pedersen suffered a defeat to Japanese pair Misaki Mats... | |
Exciting quarter final day in Jakarta 26/01/2018 18:34 | Mireille van Daal Today it was quarter finals time at the Daihatsu Indonesia Master in Jakarta. As quarter finals sho... | |
Gemke: I would like to win more matches at this level 25/01/2018 16:12 | Emma Lollike The Danish men’s singles Rasmus Gemke continues his international breakthrough as he secured a spot ... | |
Polikarpova: It's a good start after a break 25/01/2018 14:37 | Lilit Poghosyan Ksenia Polikarpova (Israel) - the winner of women’s singles in Estonian International 2018, is curr... | |
Kjærsfeldt: Ready for the challenge 24/01/2018 16:25 | Emma Lollike Line Kjærsfeldt is the only Dane in the women’s singles event to succeed for Thursday, where her tea... | |
Fontaine and Labar are featured in episode 7 23/01/2018 10:11 | Emma Lollike The European bronze medalists from 2017 of France is the guests in Badminton Europe’s 7th podcast. ... | |
BWF selects ‘genius’ integrity strategy 23/01/2018 09:20 | BWF press release Badminton World Federation has formed a long-term integrity partnership with Genius Sports to protec... | |
Labar: The medal is pushing us every day at practice 22/01/2018 09:42 | Emma Lollike Episode 7 of BEC Podcast is coming your way in audio and motion pictures on Tuesday 23 January. The ... | |
Danish victories in KL 22/01/2018 00:28 | Manuel Røsler Danish shuttler Viktor Axelsen claimed his first title in 2018 at the Malaysia Masters on Sunday, be... | |
John Hansen has passed away 18/01/2018 15:50 | Lars Jørgen Andersen for Badminton Denmark The legendary John Hansen took his last breath on 17 January 2018, the day before his 76th birthday.... | |
Vittinghus: Very pleased with my performance 17/01/2018 11:57 | Emma Lollike Danish men’s singles Hans-Kristian Solberg Vittinghus is happy to be back on the BWF tour after a lo... | |
Delphine Lansac rises out of qualification 17/01/2018 02:14 | Mireille van Daal The first day of the Malaysian Masters had been a rough one for European players. Many of them did ... | |
Tokyo is in Wolfenden's sights 16/01/2018 09:01 | David Grice The start of a new year always brings hope and a lot of goals to achieve. For English men’s doubles ... | |
Familiar faces embark on the 'new' tour 15/01/2018 10:48 | Emma Lollike Qualifying rounds for the PERODUA Malaysia Masters 2018 starts on Tuesday along with the first round... | |
Last resort for Europeans in Thailand 13/01/2018 03:47 | Mireille van Daal There are no European players left in the Thailand Masters 2018. The two final remaining mixed doub... | |
No pressure for Koljonen 11/01/2018 18:28 | Lilit Poghosyan As the first international BWF tournament (Thailand Masters) and the first BEC circuit tournament (E... | |
BWF unveils 'World Tour' portal 11/01/2018 15:49 | BWF press release Fans have a brand new website on which to follow all the happenings on the HSBC BWF World Tour – fro... | |
Kersaudy and Palermo beat 6th seeded Russians 09/01/2018 14:22 | Emma Lollike The French mixed doubles Bastian Kersaudy and Lea Palermo won their first round at Thailand Masters ... | |
2018’s first episode has landed 09/01/2018 09:45 | Emma Lollike Badminton Europe’s BEC podcast excited to present the first episode in the year of 2018. The fir... | |
Stoeva sisters: Our sport can become really popular in Europe now 08/01/2018 08:49 | Emma Lollike 2018 brings with it a new event structure for BWF tournaments. In the latest BEC Podcast, Stefani an... | |
Six busy months ahead 05/01/2018 09:01 | Emma Lollike It is not only the turn of year that makes the beginning of a new year special. 2018 is also the beg... | |
Action-packed to the finish 05/01/2018 08:47 | Emma Lollike The last six months of 2018 will hold the BWF World Championships in the beginning and the first sta... | |
COE players have bigger goals for 2018 04/01/2018 21:41 | Lilit Poghosyan The world ranking list was published today, for the first time in 2018. After the holiday COE player... | |
BEC Voicestorm competition has its first winner 03/01/2018 15:29 | Emma Lollike Badminton Europe started a competition via Voicestorm to promote badminton news and content. Badmint... | |
Huge European sucess around the world 31/12/2017 10:55 | Emma Lollike Review of the year for European world class badminton in 2017. Listed below you will find the medals... | |
Important 2017 for Christo Popov 30/12/2017 21:00 | Mireille van Daal As the year ends, it is also clear who ends the year as the number one on the rankings. For the Euro... | |
2017 - the year of surprises 30/12/2017 13:08 | Emma Lollike 2017 held surprises at Badminton Europe’s events. The past year has revealed that European badminton... | |
Big anniversary year is coming to an end 29/12/2017 14:22 | Emma Lollike 2017 has been the year where Badminton Europe celebrated the 50-year anniversary of the confederatio... | |
Axelsen closes 2017 as no. 1 28/12/2017 15:24 | Lilit Poghosyan As the year 2017 comes to its end, the last world ranking list was published today. Denmark’s Vik... | |
New ranking positions for Europeans 21/12/2017 14:21 | Lilit Poghosyan Yonex Italian International came to its end last week in Milan giving new ranking points to the Euro... | |
Robertson: We never looked back 21/12/2017 11:52 | Emma Lollike Nathan Robertson retired from the badminton court in 2012 but is back behind the court for Badminton... | |
Extract from article: Adcocks - building a brand 20/12/2017 13:20 | Emma Lollike The English mixed doubles pair and reigning European champions, Gabrielle and Chris Adcock, launched... | |
Scholarships Sailing Through 20/12/2017 11:28 | Tania Teoh This year, Badminton Europe´s (BEC) Women in Badminton Commission granted 21 ladies with its Women i... | |
Registration for European Universities Games 2018 is open 19/12/2017 15:58 | EUSA The registration for the European Universities Games 2018 (EUG18) opened on December 15. Between... | |
Extract from article: Lighting the way for Europe 19/12/2017 11:22 | Emma Lollike Viktor Axelsen lifted the trophy in Glasgow and ended a twenty-year drought for European men’s singl... | |
New BEC intern: I must admit I couldn’t believe it 19/12/2017 11:13 | Emma Lollike Maria Bubucea works for the Moldavian Badminton Federation and will from 1 March begin a two-month ... | |
NEW magazine online now 18/12/2017 11:52 | Rasmus Bech The lastest edition Badminton Europe Magazine of 2017 is ready and it is available online right now.... | |
Axelsen eyes prestigious title 16/12/2017 10:48 | Manuel Røsler Will world champion Viktor Axelsen end the year 2017 with another great victory? The Dane is only on... | |
Two participants shadowed a BEC manager 15/12/2017 15:58 | Emma Lollike The first ever BEC Shadow Programme has been organized in connection with the 2017 European U17 Cham... | |
Axelsen still in the run for defending title 15/12/2017 10:47 | Mireille van Daal Today was a very exciting day in Dubai. The final group matches were played, which decided who woul... | |
The Fantastic Five 15/12/2017 10:07 | Tania Teoh Badminton Europe is delighted to present the five nominees of the 2017 BEC Badminton for Women Award... | |
Little steps forward for Toby Penty 14/12/2017 17:43 | Lilit Poghosyan After winning the 2017 Scottish Open Grand Prix, Toby Penty (England) got 5500 points and is current... | |
Shaky start with strong finish from Boe/Mogensen 13/12/2017 16:08 | Emma Lollike The experienced duo of Carsten Mogensen and Mathias Boe from Denmark finished strong after a shaky s... | |
Episode 4 features a Q&A session with Mia Blichfeldt 12/12/2017 16:04 | Emma Lollike A while back badminton Europe asked their fans and followers to comment their questions for Danish w... | |
- WR-points are a great step forward for European Games 12/12/2017 15:36 | Rasmus Bech The 2019 European Games will carry world ranking points and that fact gets a lot of positive respons... | |
Winners announced in Dubai 12/12/2017 11:25 | BWF press release The BWF Players of the Year were announced at last night’s Gala Dinner for the Dubai World Superseri... | |
Viktor Axelsen starts off with a nail biter 11/12/2017 15:29 | Mireille van Daal It is the end of the year, which means it is time for the prestigious Super Series final in Dubai. ... | |
European Games to be part of world ranking 11/12/2017 10:23 | Rasmus Bech The 2019 European Games will carry world ranking points and thereby points for the 2020 Tokyo Olympi... | |
Mazur, Lee looking to repeat 08/12/2017 09:46 | BWF press release Lucas Mazur and Lee Sam Seop – the Male Para-Badminton Player of the Year in 2016 and 2015 respectiv... | |
Lise and Flore having bigger goals for 2018 07/12/2017 19:23 | Lilit Poghosyan Yonex Welsh International winners in women’s doubles Lise Jaques and Flore Vandenhoucke (Belgium) cl... | |
Join the BEC office as an intern 03/12/2017 09:58 | Emma Lollike As part of the Badminton Administrative Support and Information Sharing programme (BASIS), Badminton... | |
Ranking jumps for junior doubles players 02/12/2017 18:04 | Mireille van Daal Last week’s Scottish Open has been a successful tournament for European youngsters. Especially in t... | |
Zaitsava preparing for new challenges 30/11/2017 13:41 | Lilit Poghosyan Alesia Zaitsava (Belarus) occupies position no.100 on women’s singles world ranking list this week. ... | |
BEC Badminton for Women Award 29/11/2017 14:46 | Tania Teoh Nominee 5 is Diana Koleva who was nominated by Badminton Scotland. Koleva was born in Bulgaria, on 2... | |
The Dutch score in Scotland 27/11/2017 12:27 | Frankie Turner The 2017 Scottish Open Grand Prix came to a close yesterday, a tournament, which saw major success ... | |
Runner-up medals for Denmark 26/11/2017 23:04 | Manuel Røsler Former European Champions Mads Conrad and Mads Kolding were edged out by world number one Marcus Fer... | |
One step closer to first Superseries title
25/11/2017 23:04 | Manuel Røsler Mathias Christiansen and Christinna Pedersen (pictured) are inching closer to their first career Sup... | |
Joe Benes has passed away 24/11/2017 15:04 | Torsten Berg Badminton Europe as well as the Czech and Slovak Badminton Associations mourn the passing of Josef R... | |
Antonsen: I want to take the next step 24/11/2017 14:38 | Emma Lollike The Danish men’s singles have named himself “the next one” and has now reached his third Superseries... | |
Mark Caljouw focusing on progression 23/11/2017 13:22 | Lilit Poghosyan Following his four three-set victories accompanying to semifinals in Bitburger Badminton Open, Mark ... | |
New Danish constellation reach the third successive quarter-final 23/11/2017 11:15 | Emma Lollike Christinna Pedersen and Mathias Christiansen beat the Chinese Zhang Nan and Liu Xuanxuan to reach th... | |
Tension builds in Ulsan on Day 2 23/11/2017 09:42 | Bobby Griffin How small the margins, at times are, between triumph and disaster! Welcome to Day 2 of the Para Worl... | |
Day One at the Worlds and the pressure is already on the Europeans 22/11/2017 16:20 | Bobby Griffin As Day One of the BWF Para World Championships gets underway, Europe senses Asian domination in many... | |
Poulsen: I felt like I could have won 22/11/2017 16:13 | Emma Lollike The reigning national champion had quite a challenging opponent in the first round of YONEX-SUNRISE ... | |
Kjærsfeldt: Time will tell if it is enough to win 22/11/2017 13:53 | Emma Lollike Qualifying rounds to YONEX-SUNRISE Hong Kong Open have been played in Hong Kong Coliseum since Tuesd... | |
The second episode is out 22/11/2017 11:04 | Emma Lollike Badminton Europe’s podcast presents its second episode to the badminton world. In this episode, t... | |
Basel to host historic ‘para’llel championships 21/11/2017 13:35 | BWF press release The Badminton World Federation will take its goal of developing para-badminton in tandem with badmin... | |
Đurkinjak: I wanted to do something different 21/11/2017 11:07 | Emma Lollike Badminton Europe’s second episode of the BEC Podcast will be published on Wednesday 22 November. Wat... | |
Gilmour: To be seeded 1 comes with pressure 21/11/2017 10:42 | Emma Lollike Glasgow will for the next days host BWF’s Grand Prix tournament Scottish Open in the very same arena... | |
Europe goes for gold 21/11/2017 09:01 | Bobby Griffin The stage is set in Ulsan, South Korea for the Para-Badminton World Championships this week and ther... | |
See You Again 20/11/2017 12:52 | Tania Teoh Watch the impressions of the 2017 BEC Para-Badminton Event (9-12 Nov) from Belfast, Northern Ireland... | |
Denmark beaten in three finals 19/11/2017 08:55 | Manuel Røsler It was not meant to be for European powerhouse Denmark in today’s China Open finals. The Danes, rep... | |
Axelsen storms into China Open final 18/11/2017 08:52 | Manuel Røsler Viktor Axelsen has stormed into the China Open final with a 21-12, 21-17 win over Ng Ka Long Angus o... | |
Conrad: There must be a mistake 17/11/2017 17:33 | Emma Lollike Mads Conrad-Petersen and Mads Pieler Kolding were up against their Danish colleagues Mathias Boe and... | |
Prague to host ‘World Juniors’ in 2019 17/11/2017 12:30 | BWF & Badminton Europe BWF World Junior Championships 2019 will take place in the capital of the Czech Republic – Prague – ... | |
Katowice to host ‘World Seniors’ in 2019 17/11/2017 09:55 | BWF & Badminton Europe Katowice in Poland will host the first new-look BWF World Senior Championships – featuring a badmint... | |
All Danish quarter-final yet again 16/11/2017 16:25 | Emma Lollike The second round of China Open brought another victory for the Danish men’s doubles of Conrad and Ko... | |
This week’s world ranking list for Europeans 16/11/2017 13:46 | Lilit Poghosyan With the China Open going on this week in Fuzhou, the world ranking list was published today having ... | |
Two wins out of two possible for Herttrich 15/11/2017 13:16 | Emma Lollike The best players in the world started the first round of matches in Fuzhou for TAHOE China Open 2017... | |
The first BEC Podcast is launched 14/11/2017 09:14 | Emma Lollike Badminton Europe’s very first podcast is live. Friday 10 November is the launch date for a new in... | |
Improving Together in Ireland 13/11/2017 15:14 | Tania Teoh It was all about para-badminton. 60 participants from 20 countries spent their weekend focusing only... | |
Nøhr: Europeans can make good results 13/11/2017 13:33 | Emma Lollike BWF’s World Superseries tour moves to the Asian continent for TAHOE China Open 2017. After a cou... | |
Week 45's rankings for Europeans 13/11/2017 11:31 | Lilit Poghosyan England's Rajiv Ouseph is slowly and steadily moving up in the world ranking list. The current Europ... | |
COE-players face challenges in Morocco 11/11/2017 09:31 | Mireille van Daal Milan Ludik (Czech Republic) who trains at the Centre of Excellence, has progressed to quarter fina... | |
Board of Directors Meeting in Sofia 10/11/2017 13:33 | Emma Lollike Badminton Europe publishes the memo from the Board of Directors meeting in Sofia (Bulgaria) from 23 ... | |
Gilmour: European countries have to work together 09/11/2017 11:36 | Emma Lollike Two European medalists sat down for the very first BEC Podcast to a friendly conversation with Mark ... | |
Badminton Denmark´s Debut 08/11/2017 17:00 | Tania Teoh Another BWF Para-Badminton International is heading to Europe next year. After successfully organizi... | |
Peter Gade quits as French national coach 07/11/2017 14:39 | Press release Peter Gade announced today that he would not continue in the role as national coach of France. "I... | |
5 new BEC Certified umpires announced 06/11/2017 15:57 | Emma Lollike Badminton Europe is happy to announce that the Major Events Commission has approved the successful a... | |
Player Pathway course had 44 participants 06/11/2017 11:09 | Jeroen van Dijk Badminton Europe organised a ‘Player Pathway‘ course in close cooperation with the World Academy of ... | |
Stoeva/Stoeva work on towards Asia. 04/11/2017 12:19 | Mireille van Daal Gabriela and Stefani Stoeva (Bulgaria) have not made it through the semi-finals. In two games Akane... | |
Mark Caljouw pushes through to semi finals 03/11/2017 12:20 | Mireille van Daal Dutchman Mark Caljouw has reached the semi-final of men’s singles at Bitburger Open. In the quarter... | |
Europeans climbing up 03/11/2017 11:20 | Lilit Poghosyan Bulgaria’s Stoeva sisters are back to top 10 on the women doubles world ranking list this week. Stef... | |
Political legends met again 02/11/2017 15:13 | Emma Lollike A group of Badminton Europe’s historic personalities gather for a meeting once a year to recollect a... | |
Positive start on home soil 02/11/2017 11:23 | Frankie Turner A winning start for Linda Efler and Marvin Emil Seidel in front of a home crowd. The German pair ki... | |
Birch: On paper, I probably wasn’t expected to win today 01/11/2017 15:14 | Emma Lollike The English player Chloe Birch have had a good start on 2017 Bitburger Badminton Open that conducted... | |
COE player climbs in two categories 31/10/2017 15:42 | Emma Lollike The new BEC Elite Ranking has Centre of Excellence’s (COE) Iikka Heino climbing to the no. 18 spot i... | |
Wilson Triumphed in Colorado Springs 30/10/2017 13:08 | Tania Teoh Mary Margaret Wilson bagged a gold and a bronze in her Sport Class (SL4) in Colorado Springs last we... | |
First super series quarter final for Lane and Pugh 26/10/2017 15:42 | Frankie Turner On the third day of the Yonex French Open, English mixed doubles pair Ben Lane and Jessica Pugh pul... | |
New rankings for Europeans 26/10/2017 14:57 | Lilit Poghosyan With world champion Viktor Axelsen (Denmark) confidently leading the men’s singles ranking list for ... | |
Delphine Lansac solved her puzzle in to main draw 25/10/2017 08:11 | Mireille van Daal In front of a cheering audience, Delphine Lansac has found her way into main draw in her home count... | |
French favourites face home pressure 23/10/2017 09:21 | Emma Lollike Paris will form the framework around the European Superseries tournament in the coming week. Brice L... | |
Boe/Mogensen gone out fighting 21/10/2017 23:17 | Mireille van Daal Local hopes Mathias Boe and Carsten Mogensen have not made it into the men’s doubles final in Odens... | |
Freja Ravn: It went better than expected 20/10/2017 16:07 | Frankie Turner On the fourth day of the BWF World Junior Championships, Denmark’s Freja Ravn talks about her perfo... | |
European juniors still in the race at quarter final stage 20/10/2017 01:27 | Mireille van Daal It was the final battle for most of the young European players in Yogyakarta. After a defeat of all... | |
French fighters in their first Superseries quarter-final 19/10/2017 15:54 | Emma Lollike Ronan Labar and Audrey Fontaine blew the spectators minds by defeating the seconds seeds Lu Kai and ... | |
Few changes on the world rankings 19/10/2017 14:34 | Lilit Poghosyan With the Danisa Denmark Open going on this week in Odense, the BWF World Ranking list has very few p... | |
Robin Tabeling: We dared to challenge them 18/10/2017 10:18 | Emma Lollike The Dutch mixed doubles, Robin Tabeling and Cheryl Seinen, was not pleased when they saw that their ... | |
Christinna Pedersen: We must take small steps 18/10/2017 00:29 | Emma Lollike The next couple of weeks are going to be challenging for partner Mathias Christiansen and herself, a... | |
Successful qualification rounds for Europe 17/10/2017 22:01 | Emma Lollike Danisa Denmark Open 2017 is up and running, and after the qualifying rounds on Tuesday it was clear ... | |
Seeded Euro men’s singles through to R3 17/10/2017 16:34 | Emma Lollike Arnaud Merkle can despite the 11th seeding on his shoulders still perform during Day 2 of BWF’s Worl... | |
- There are not any easy solutions in women’s doubles 16/10/2017 17:01 | Emma Lollike Taking a closer look at the women’s doubles seedings for Danisa Denmark Open 2017 will reveal one Eu... | |
- He is the one they all want to beat 16/10/2017 15:50 | Emma Lollike Danisa Denmark Open 2017 takes off on Tuesday with qualifications and the first rounds of mixed dou... | |
First tournament victory for Ellis and Smith 15/10/2017 09:48 | Mireille Daal Van Marcus Ellis and Lauren Smith (England) succeeded to win the mixed doubles final of the Dutch Open. ... | |
Koch Rohde - Small steps to top of the world 14/10/2017 21:24 | Mark Phelan Danish player Natalia Koch Rohde has not made it through the final in the Dutch Open of the women’s ... | |
Another good day for European sides 14/10/2017 00:34 | Aidan Jones As the World Junior Mixed Championships is coming to an end there have been wins for a number of Eur... | |
Ulitina showing glimpse of Rio form 13/10/2017 23:17 | Mark Phelan Mariya Ulitina (Ukraine) has reached the semi-finals of the Dutch Open in women’s singles. She beat ... | |
England show they are not backing down 13/10/2017 00:39 | Frankie Turner On the fourth day of the BWF World Junior Mixed, English mixed pair Callum Hemming and Hope Warner e... | |
Mixed feelings about Dutch Open for COE players 12/10/2017 23:43 | Mark Phelan The Yonex Dutch Open has ended for COE players Felix Burestedt (Sweden) and Zvonomir Durkinjak (Croa... | |
Turkish teenagers climbed 18 spots 12/10/2017 17:05 | Emma Lollike Bengisu Erçetin and Nazlıcan Inci have made some big jumps on the World ranking this year and the li... | |
Day 3: ‘Happy and satisfied’ 12/10/2017 09:00 | Frankie Turner On the third day of the BWF World Junior Championships, Danish mixed player Alexandra Bøje with her ... | |
Mixed nationality pairs shaking things up in Almere 11/10/2017 08:53 | Mark Phelan In the mixed doubles event of Dutch Open, the two mixed nationality pairs had a convincing victory i... | |
Vittinghus – A different preparation for Denmark Open 10/10/2017 09:06 | Mark Phelan The Yonex Dutch Open is one of the streaming highlights for Badminton Europe as the annual Grand Pri... | |
Hart & Huser bring Polish form to Almere 10/10/2017 09:01 | Mireille Daal Van & Mark Phelan The Dutch Open kicked off today with the qualification rounds. Despite the small qualification draw ... | |
Day 2: Ten European nations win 10/10/2017 08:47 | Aidan Jones After the second day of the World Junior Mixed Championship’s, there have been wins for ten European... | |
Former Badminton Europe President, Tom Bacher passes away 10/10/2017 08:31 | Brian Agerbak On 4 October 2017 Tom Bacher passed away. Tom Bacher served as President for Badminton Europe from 2... | |
CC Workshops set the scene for extended cooperation 02/10/2017 16:39 | Emma Lollike Each year, the Badminton World Federation (BWF) invites its five Continental Confederations (CCs) to... | |
British men's doubles move up 02/10/2017 15:16 | Aidan Jones British parings were subject of a twenty one combined place rise as the new world rankings were anno... | |
European player closing in on top 10 02/10/2017 14:28 | Frankie Turner Badminton Europe are just 88 points off of having a player breaking into the BWF Junior rankings me... | |
New employee starts today 02/10/2017 14:24 | Emma Lollike This Monday morning has been Matthieu Hecker’s very first day at Badminton Europe’s (BEC) office in ... | |
Axelsen takes the number one position 28/09/2017 13:38 | Mireille Daal Van Japan Open has been favourable for some of our European top players. The tournament win for Denm... | |
Marin and Axelsen win Japan titles 24/09/2017 09:27 | Manuel Røsler Carolina Marin ended a two-year Superseries title drought as she overwhelmed He Bingjiao 23-21, 2... | |
Badminton Europe celebrates 50th anniversary 24/09/2017 08:57 | Emma Lollike During the last day of one of the annual Board of Directors’ & Commission meetings this weekend, tim... | |
Axelsen & Marin reach Yonex Japan Open final 23/09/2017 09:19 | Manuel Røsler Third seed Viktor Axelsen swept past Korea’s world number one Son Wan Ho in brilliant style to set u... | |
President Verpoorten visits Minsk ahead of 2019 European Games 22/09/2017 15:48 | Emma Lollike Over the past couple of days, Badminton Europe’s (BEC) President, Gregory Verpoorten, participated i... | |
One of the most successful German players of all time passes away 22/09/2017 15:12 | Emma Lollike Dr. Wolfgang Bochow passed away on 14 September at the age of 73 after a serious illness. Bochow... | |
Boe: It’s difficult to beat us 22/09/2017 14:06 | Emma Lollike A Danish showdown occurred for the second time in a row on the Superseries tour. This Friday at Japa... | |
The Danes remain unshaken 22/09/2017 10:25 | Lilit Poghosyan After becoming champions in Korea Open, Mathias Boe and Carsten Mogensen, ranked no. 1, remain unsha... | |
Conrad: We would rather face them in a final 21/09/2017 16:37 | Emma Lollike Mads Conrad-Petersen and Mads Pieler-Kolding of Denmark have the pleasure of facing their fellow cou... | |
Europeans in close race to junior top 10 21/09/2017 11:40 | Frankie Turner Three of Europe’s top junior men’s singles players are currently on the edge of breaking into the BW... | |
Astrup and Rasmussen finally get revenge 20/09/2017 14:03 | Emma Lollike Anders Skaarup Rasmussen and Kim Astrup from Denmark had an extra special win in Round 1 of Japan Op... | |
Fabienne Deprez: I was really frustrated 19/09/2017 15:21 | Emma Lollike Qualifying rounds for Japan Open have ended and for 25-year-old women’s singles player the tournamen... | |
79 medals for Europe 18/09/2017 17:04 | Emma Lollike The European players return to their home countries with 79 medals. BWF World Senior Championship... | |
Herttrich/Konon: We want to be more patient this week 18/09/2017 16:01 | Emma Lollike Isabel Herttrich and Olga Konon from Germany are playing the qualification to Japan Open this Tuesda... | |
Boe/Mogensen take home Korea title for 3rd time 17/09/2017 08:31 | Manuel Røsler Denmark’s superstars Mathias Boe and Carsten Mogensen became the first men’s duo to win the Korea Op... | |
Last Europeans standing 16/09/2017 08:33 | Manuel Røsler Denmark’s men’s doubles stars Mathias Boe and Carsten Mogensen - the European Champions of 2017 -... | |
German mixed doubles in their first semi-final 15/09/2017 15:41 | Emma Lollike The Korea Open fairy tale continues for Linda Efler and Marvin Emil Seidel as they have succeeded in... | |
Linda Efler: We will give everything 14/09/2017 18:34 | Emma Lollike Linda Efler and mixed doubles partner Marvin Emil Seidel is in their first Superseries quarter-final... | |
Badminton Europe: Huge congrats to Paris 14/09/2017 09:33 | Rasmus Bech General Secretary of Badminton Europe, Brian Agerbak, is excited, that Paris was elected to host the... | |
Jones Ralfy Jansen: We have nothing to lose 13/09/2017 14:54 | Emma Lollike The German men’s doubles, Jones Ralfy Jansen and Josche Zurwonne, are through the first round at Kor... | |
Gilmour: I’m really looking forward to getting back onto court 12/09/2017 16:35 | Emma Lollike Korea Open kicked off today and the 23-year-old Scot cannot wait set foot on the courts in Seoul. ... | |
Sara Thygesen: There is no easy games 12/09/2017 16:29 | Emma Lollike Sara Thygesen and her mixed doubles partner Mathias Christiansen were one out of three European entr... | |
Line Kjærsfeldt: Hopefully, we can challenge the other mix pairs 12/09/2017 14:44 | Emma Lollike A new mixed doubles constellation from Denmark will take the court for the very first time at Korea ... | |
European men’s doubles back as no. 1 07/09/2017 16:12 | Emma Lollike Mathias Boe and Carsten Mogensen (Denmark) have climbed one spot and are back at as the no. 1 men’s ... | |
European high jumper: I know I can do better 07/09/2017 12:26 | Emma Lollike Zvonimir Durkinjak is one of the European players that have taken the biggest jump on BWF’s world ra... | |
Victor International Super Stars Camp 06/09/2017 11:54 | Czech Badminton Federation Most (Czech Republic) - 13th edition of the Victor International Super Stars Campis successfully do... | |
Rasmus Bech: Badminton has exciting potential in Europe 06/09/2017 11:08 | Emma Lollike Rasmus Bech, 30, is the newest addition to the Badminton Europe (BEC) office. September 1st was h... | |
Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games – Events Confirmed 04/09/2017 16:13 | Tania Teoh It is now OFFICIAL!!Fourteen para-badminton medals will be up for grab at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic ... | |
Want to be a writer for Badminton Europe? 04/09/2017 11:27 | Emma Lollike Now is your chance! We are looking to hire writers to join Europe’s no. 1 badminton community. D... | |
Axelsen – King of the World 28/08/2017 10:40 | Mark Phelan Viktor Axelsen wrote his name into Danish and European badminton folklore yesterday as he lifted the... | |
Axelsen blasts past Olympic champion 26/08/2017 23:38 | Mark Phelan Viktor Axelsen became that last man standing from a European perspective at this year’s world champi... | |
Adcock’s head trio of World medals 26/08/2017 02:11 | Mark Phelan Chris and Gabby Adcock took the Emirates Arena by storm this afternoon to add a minimum of a world b... | |
Home court God’s shine on Gilmour 25/08/2017 00:26 | Mark Phelan Scotland’s Kirsty Gilmour has spent more combined hours on the courts and in the environs of the vas... | |
Mia Magic fills the Emirates 24/08/2017 00:39 | Mark Phelan Day 3 at the 2017 World Championships had drama from the outset with top seeded mixed pair Li & Liu ... | |
Lightning Strikes Twice for Leverdez 22/08/2017 22:22 | Mark Phelan Brice Leverdez created one of the biggest upsets in modern World Championship history this afternoon... | |
Antonsen wins battle of young guns 21/08/2017 23:49 | Mark Phelan The 2017 World Championships kicked off this morning in Glasgow with a host of Europeans setting out... | |
Gold required to complete set 19/08/2017 15:47 | Mark Phelan Mathias Boe & Carsten Mogensen recently said via their Facebook page that world championship gold wo... | |
Axelsen perfectly positioned for assault on gold 18/08/2017 15:51 | Mark Phelan It has been exactly 20 years since Europe last tasted men’s singles success in the World Championshi... | |
Board of Directors Meeting, 24-25 June 2017 16/08/2017 15:41 | Emma Lollike Badminton Europe publishes the memo from the Board of Directors meeting in Milan (Italy) from 24-25 ... | |
BEC Badminton for Women Award 14/08/2017 15:40 | Tania Teoh Nominee 2 is the Women, Health & Sport project which was nominated by the Spanish Badminton Federati... | |
Merrilees to relish Lin Dan challenge 10/08/2017 10:21 | Emma Lollike The much anticipated draw for the upcoming world championships took place this morning in BWF headqu... | |
International badminton mourns the death of Aneta Yaneva 25/07/2017 15:35 | Emma Lollike We are saddened to report that Associate Professor Dr. Aneta Yaneva died on July 24, 2017. After a s... | |
Ivanov and Sozonov complete title hat-trick 25/07/2017 11:32 | Manuel Røsler World No. 11 Vladimir Ivanov and Ivan Sozonov (pictured) completed a hat-trick of Russian Open Grand... | |
Invitation to attend courses by World Academy of Sports 25/07/2017 10:56 | Emma Lollike Badminton Europe is happy to invite its Member Associations to attend the first BEC National Adminis... | |
Tickets selling fast with only a month to go to the Worlds 21/07/2017 15:38 | Emma Lollike Badminton Scotland are urging fans to snap up the last remaining tickets for the TOTAL BWF Badminton... | |
BEC Scholarship Recipients - Sweet 21 21/07/2017 14:29 | Tania Teoh Badminton Europe (BEC) supported 21 ladies in the Women in Badminton scholarship programme this year... | |
Ivanov/Sozonov ready to complete hat-trick 18/07/2017 10:26 | Manuel Røsler Russia’s power duo Vladimir Ivanov & Ivan Sozonov (main picture) are determined to show on home s... | |
Briggs & Wolfenden take first Grand Prix title 17/07/2017 15:49 | Emma Lollike In the last final of the Yonex Canada Open, Peter Briggs and Tom Wolfenden from England could celebr... | |
Nine European quarter-finals in Canada Open 14/07/2017 22:21 | Emma Lollike Many high-ranked players, here amongst Kento Momota of Japan, have travelled to Calgary to fine-tune... | |
Badminton Europe: Events - Junior Manager 12/07/2017 08:57 | Emma Lollike Badminton Europe is seeking a Junior Manager for a full-time position to join its head office in Cop... | |
BEC Badminton for Women Award 10/07/2017 11:55 | Tania Teoh Nominee 1 is Marketa Osickova who was nominated by the Czech Badminton Federation for her numerous c... | |
Thomas composes a World Championships winner 06/07/2017 15:29 | Emma Lollike BADMINTONscotland tuned up for the TOTAL BWF World Championships 2017 today by announcing the winner... | |
Huge interest for BEC Commissions 06/07/2017 12:12 | Emma Lollike Badminton Europe’s (BEC) Board of Directors concluded a productive Board meeting last weekend, in M... | |
11th European Universities Badminton Championships 05/07/2017 16:10 | Emma Lollike European University Sports Association (EUSA) organises university sport events all over Europe. And... | |
Spain Did it Again 28/06/2017 10:54 | Tania Teoh Spain has hosted five BWF Para-Badminton International tournaments (2011, 2012, 2013, 2015 and 2017)... | |
Juhl and Pedersen „struggled“ to find top form 25/06/2017 12:58 | Manuel Røsler Denmark’s Kamilla Rytter Juhl and Christinna Pedersen have finished runner-up at the Australian Open... | |
Juhl and Pedersen reach Sydney final 24/06/2017 12:04 | Manuel Røsler Denmark’s Kamilla Rytter Juhl and Christinna Pedersen maintained their impressive form over Yuki ... | |
Title holder Vittinghus stays on course 22/06/2017 14:40 | Manuel Røsler Title holder Hans-Kristian Vittinghus coasted into the quarter-final of the Australian Open Superser... | |
Ridder to head Athletes’ Commission 22/06/2017 11:37 | Emma Lollike Dutch international Koen Ridder is the new Chair of the BWF Athletes’ Commission. Ridder replaces... | |
Marin stunned by Okuhara in Sydney 21/06/2017 23:52 | Manuel Røsler It was not to be for Carolina Marin as she went down in straight games to Japanese shuttler Nozomi O... | |
Mark your calendars! 20/06/2017 11:40 | Tania Teoh 9-12 November, 2017.These are the dates when Badminton Europe (BEC) and Badminton Ireland (BI) will ... | |
BEC becomes a proud member of European Paralympic Committee 19/06/2017 14:42 | Emma Lollike From this Saturday, 17 June 2017, Badminton Europe (BEC) is officially a member of the European Para... | |
Boe/Mogensen finished runner-up in Jakarta 18/06/2017 23:50 | Manuel Røsler China’s third seeds Li Junhui and Liu Yuchen beat second seeds Mathias Boe and Carsten Mogensen of D... | |
Boe and Mogensen back as world no. 1 16/06/2017 23:51 | Manuel Røsler Denmark’s men’s doubles stars Mathias Boe and Carsten Mogensen have risen to the world no.1 spot onc... | |
Badminton Europe appoints new Communication Manager 08/06/2017 09:33 | Jimmy Andersen Rasmus Bech (30) will be the new Communication Manager at Badminton Europe. Bech is leaving his post... | |
2017 Badminton for Women Award - Nominate Now! 02/06/2017 11:14 | Tania Teoh Badminton Europe’s Women in Badminton Commission has replaced the name ´Women in the Spotlight´ to ‘... | |
French young guns primed for success 30/05/2017 11:12 | Mark Phelan Jelgava, about 40km southwest of Riga, plays hosts to this weeks Yonex Latvia International where a ... | |
Korea upset China to win Sudirman Cup 28/05/2017 11:46 | Manuel Røsler |
|