Helvetia Cup

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.

Past winners

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Year Host Final Third Place
Winner Score Runner-up Third Place Score Fourth Place
1962 Zürich, Switzerland Germany
West Germany
Netherlands
Netherlands
Austria
Austria
Belgium
Belgium
1963 Munich, Germany Germany
West Germany
Austria
Austria
Belgium
Belgium
Netherlands
Netherlands
1964 Haarlem, Netherlands Germany
West Germany
Belgium
Belgium
Netherlands
Netherlands
Austria
Austria
1965 Graz, Austria Germany
West Germany
Netherlands
Netherlands
Austria
Austria
Belgium
Belgium
1966 Brussels, Belgium Germany
West Germany
Netherlands
Netherlands
Austria
Austria
Belgium
Belgium
1967 Lausanne, Switzerland Germany
West Germany
Netherlands
Netherlands
Austria
Austria
Belgium
Belgium
1968 Oslo, Norway Germany
West Germany
Norway
Norway
Netherlands
Netherlands
Austria
Austria
1969 Prague, Czechoslovakia Germany
West Germany
Netherlands
Netherlands
Austria
Austria
Czechoslovakia
Czechoslovakia
1970 Neuss, Germany Germany
West Germany
Netherlands
Netherlands
Wales
Wales
Norway
Norway
1971 Heerlen, Netherlands Germany
West Germany
Netherlands
Netherlands
Belgium
Belgium
Austria
Austria
1973 Graz, Austria Czechoslovakia
Czechoslovakia
Norway
Norway
Austria
Austria
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
Yugoslavia
1975 Antwerp, Belgium Norway
Norway
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
Yugoslavia
Austria
Austria
Republic of Ireland
Ireland
1977 Leningrad, Russia Soviet Union
USSR
Republic of Ireland
Ireland
East Germany
East Germany
Czechoslovakia
Czechoslovakia
1979 Klagenfurt, Austria Soviet Union
USSR
Republic of Ireland
Ireland
Norway
Norway
Wales
Wales
1981 Sandefjord, Norway Republic of Ireland
Ireland
Norway
Norway
Wales
Wales
Poland
Poland
1983 Basel, Switzerland Germany
West Germany
Wales
Wales
Republic of Ireland
Ireland
Austria
Austria
1985 Warsaw, Poland Netherlands
Netherlands
Wales
Wales
Poland
Poland
Belgium
Belgium
1987 Belfast, Northern Ireland Germany
West Germany
Wales
Wales
Republic of Ireland
Ireland
Austria
Austria
1989 Budapest, Hungary Poland
Poland
Finland
Finland
Republic of Ireland
Ireland
Wales
Wales
1991 Varna, Bulgaria Poland
Poland
Republic of Ireland
Ireland
Austria
Austria
Wales
Wales
1993 Pressbaum, Austria Austria
Austria
Poland
Poland
Republic of Ireland
Ireland
Ukraine
Ukraine
1995 Nicosia, Cyprus Ukraine
Ukraine
Bulgaria
Bulgaria
Republic of Ireland
Ireland
Switzerland
Switzerland
1997 Strasbourg, France France
France
Portugal
Portugal
Switzerland
Switzerland
Spain
Spain
1999 Lisburn, Northern Ireland Iceland
Iceland
Poland
Poland
Portugal
Portugal
Spain
Spain
2001 Most, Czech Republic Spain
Spain
Portugal
Portugal
Czech Republic
Czech Republic
Slovenia
Slovenia
2003 Caldas da Rainha, Portugal France
France
Slovenia
Slovenia
Czech Republic
Czech Republic
Portugal
Portugal
2005[2]
Details
Agros, Cyprus Czech Republic
Czech Republic
3–2 Spain
Spain
Portugal
Portugal
3–2 Belgium
Belgium
2007
Details
Reykjavík, Iceland Iceland
Iceland
3–2 Republic of Ireland
Ireland
Estonia
Estonia
3–2 Switzerland
Switzerland

References

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