Europe Cup (badminton)

The Europe Cup in badminton is a European team championship, played by clubs from all around Europe, comparable to the UEFA Champions League in football. It was established in 1978 by the members of Badminton Europe.

Locations of the Europe Cup

Year No. Host City Country 1978 I Bochum  West Germany 1979 II Haarlem  Netherlands 1980 III Mülheim  Germany 1981 IV Copenhagen  Denmark 1982 V Edegem  Belgium 1983 VI Paris  France 1984 VII Malmö  Sweden 1985 VIII Mülheim  West Germany 1986 IX Haarlem  Netherlands 1987 X Villach  Austria 1988 XI Moscow  Soviet Union

Year No. Host City Country 1989 XII San Javier  Spain 1990 XIII Budapest  Hungary 1991 XIV Edegem  Belgium 1992 XV Sofia  Bulgaria 1993 XVI Kristiansand  Norway 1994 XVII Most  Czech Republic 1995 XVIII Kristiansand  Norway 1996 XIX Haarlem  Netherlands 1997 XX Lisburn  Ireland 1998 XXI Most  Czech Republic

Year No. Host City Country 1999 XXII Dornbirn  Austria 2000 XXIII Eindhoven  Netherlands 2001 XXIV Uppsala  Sweden 2002 XXV Berlin  Germany 2003 XXVI Uppsala  Sweden 2004 XXVII Haarlem  Netherlands 2005 XXVIII Issy-les-Moulineaux  France 2006 XXIX La Rinconada, Seville  Spain 2007 XXX Amersfoort  Netherlands 2008 XXXI Moscow  Russia 2009 XXXII Sofia  Bulgaria 2010 XXXII Zwolle  Netherlands

Finalists

Year	Winner	Runner up	Score
1978	Gentofte BK	1. BV Mülheim	5–2
1979	Gentofte BK	BC Duinwijck	6–1
1980	Wimbledon SBC	Hvidovre BK	4–3
1981	Gentofte BK	BMK Aura Malmö	7–0
1982	Gentofte BK	BC Duinwijck	6–1
1983	Gentofte BK	BMK Aura Malmö	7–0
1984	BMK Aura Malmö	Gentofte BK	7–0
1985	Gentofte BK	BMK Aura Malmö	7–0
1986	Gentofte BK	BMK Aura Malmö	6–1
1987	Triton BK Aalborg	BMK Aura Malmö	4–3
1988	SAC Omsk	Triton BK Aalborg	4–3
1989	Headingley BC	Göteborgs BK	4–3
1990	Göteborgs BK	Velo BC van Zundert	5–2
1991	Stockholm Sparvagars GoIF	Headingley BC	5–2
1992	BC Feibra Linz	TBC Reykjavík	6–1
1993	Lillerod BK	Göteborgs BK	4–3
1994	Lillerod BK	Göteborgs BK	5–2
1995	Lillerod BK	Göteborgs BK	5–2
1996	Kastrup Magleby BK	Technokhim Moskau	4–1
1997	Hvidovre BK	Technokhim Moskau	4–3
1998	Kastrup Magleby BK	Technokhim Moskau	4–1
1999	BC Eintracht Südring	Sportschool van Zijderveld	5–1
2000	Kastrup Magleby BK	Fyrisfjädern Uppsala	5–2
2001	Hvidovre BK	Fyrisfjädern Uppsala	4–3
2002	Lokomotiv Rekord Moskau	Fyrisfjädern Uppsala	4–3
2003	Lokomotiv Rekord Moskau	Fyrisfjädern Uppsala	4–1
2004	Greve Strands BK	FC Langenfeld	4–1
2005	Kastrup Magleby BK	1. BC Beuel	4–1
20061	IBMC Issy-les-Moulineaux	SC Meteor Dnjepropetrowsk Uniao Desportiva de Santana
2007[1]	NL Primorye Wladiwostok	BC Amersfoort	4–2
2008	Prymorye	Favorit-Ramenskoe	4–1
2009	Favorit-Ramenskoe	Issy Les Moulineaux	4–2
2010	1. BC Saarbrücken	Favorit-Ramenskoe	4–2

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

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