International badminton competition
The Helvetia Cup or European B Team Championships was a European mixed team championship in badminton. The first Helvetia Cup tournament took place in Zurich, Switzerland in 1962, when it was still known as the Nations Cup (German: Nationen Cup im Badminton).[1] The tournament took place every two years from 1971 until 2007, after which it was dissolved.
Year | Host | | Final | | Third Place |
Winner | Score | Runner-up | Third Place | Score | Fourth Place |
1962 | Zürich, Switzerland | West Germany | | Netherlands | Austria | | Belgium |
1963 | Munich, Germany | West Germany | | Austria | Belgium | | Netherlands |
1964 | Haarlem, Netherlands | West Germany | | Belgium | Netherlands | | Austria |
1965 | Graz, Austria | West Germany | | Netherlands | Austria | | Belgium |
1966 | Brussels, Belgium | West Germany | | Netherlands | Austria | | Belgium |
1967 | Lausanne, Switzerland | West Germany | | Netherlands | Austria | | Belgium |
1968 | Oslo, Norway | West Germany | | Norway | Netherlands | | Austria |
1969 | Prague, Czechoslovakia | West Germany | | Netherlands | Austria | | Czechoslovakia |
1970 | Neuss, Germany | West Germany | | Netherlands | Wales | | Norway |
1971 | Heerlen, Netherlands | West Germany | | Netherlands | Belgium | | Austria |
1973 | Graz, Austria | Czechoslovakia | | Norway | Austria | | Yugoslavia |
1975 | Antwerp, Belgium | Norway | | Yugoslavia | Austria | | Ireland |
1977 | Leningrad, Russia | USSR | | Ireland | East Germany | | Czechoslovakia |
1979 | Klagenfurt, Austria | USSR | | Ireland | Norway | | Wales |
1981 | Sandefjord, Norway | Ireland | | Norway | Wales | | Poland |
1983 | Basel, Switzerland | West Germany | | Wales | Ireland | | Austria |
1985 | Warsaw, Poland | Netherlands | | Wales | Poland | | Belgium |
1987 | Belfast, Northern Ireland | West Germany | | Wales | Ireland | | Austria |
1989 | Budapest, Hungary | Poland | | Finland | Ireland | | Wales |
1991 | Varna, Bulgaria | Poland | | Ireland | Austria | | Wales |
1993 | Pressbaum, Austria | Austria | | Poland | Ireland | | Ukraine |
1995 | Nicosia, Cyprus | Ukraine | | Bulgaria | Ireland | | Switzerland |
1997 | Strasbourg, France | France | | Portugal | Switzerland | | Spain |
1999 | Lisburn, Northern Ireland | Iceland | | Poland | Portugal | | Spain |
2001 | Most, Czech Republic | Spain | | Portugal | Czech Republic | | Slovenia |
2003 | Caldas da Rainha, Portugal | France | | Slovenia | Czech Republic | | Portugal |
2005[2] Details | Agros, Cyprus | Czech Republic | 3–2 | Spain | Portugal | 3–2 | Belgium |
2007 Details | Reykjavík, Iceland | Iceland | 3–2 | Ireland | Estonia | 3–2 | Switzerland |