2011 Balkan Badminton Championships
| Tournament details | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Dates | 21–23 October | ||
| Venue | Polygyros Indoor Gymnasium | ||
| Location | Polygyros, Greece | ||
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The 2011 Balkan Badminton Championships (Greek: Βαλκανικού Πρωταθλήματος Αντιπτέρισης 2011) was a badminton tournament sanctioned by the Balkan Badminton Association and Badminton Europe. The individual and mixed team events were held from 21 to 23 October 2011.[1]
The tournament was held at the Polygyros Indoor Gymnasium in Polygyros, Greece.[2] Seven countries took part in the championships. Bulgaria won the team event by defeating Turkey 3–1 in the final.[3][4][5]
Greece won their first ever gold medal in the Balkan Championships when Anne Hald Jensen defeated Dimitria Popstoikova of Bulgaria in the final of the women's singles event.[6]
Medal summary
Medalists
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's singles | Ramazan Öztürk | Peyo Boichinov | Ivan Rusev |
| Emre Vural | |||
| Women's singles | Anna Hald-Charalambidou | Dimitria Popstoikova | Ebru Tunalı |
| Sandra Halilović | |||
| Men's doubles | Peyo Boichinov Ivan Rusev |
Emre Aslan Hüseyin Oruç |
Ramazan Öztürk Emre Vural |
| Georgios Galvas Panagiotis Skarlatos | |||
| Women's doubles | Dimitria Popstoikova Gabriela Stoeva |
Florentina Constantinescu Alexandra Milon |
Öznur Çalışkan Ebru Tunalı |
| Antonia Karagiaouridou Petroula Toga | |||
| Mixed doubles | Julian Hristov Gabriela Stoeva |
Georgios Charalambidis Anna Hald-Charalambidou |
Hüseyin Oruç Ebru Yazgan |
| Robert Ciobotaru Florentina Constantinescu | |||
| Mixed team | Bulgaria Peyo Boichinov Julian Hristov Ivan Rusev Dimitria Popstoikova Gabriela Stoeva |
Turkey Emre Aslan Hüseyin Oruç Ramazan Öztürk Emre Vural Öznur Çalışkan Ebru Tunalı Ebru Yazgan |
Greece Georgios Charalambidis Georgios Galvas Panagiotis Skarlatos Theodoros Velkos Ioanna Karkantzia Antonia Karagiaouridou Theodora Ligomenou Petroula Toga |
| Serbia Nikola Arsić Igor Bjelan Ilija Pavlović Vladimir Savić Sandra Halilović Ivana Maksimović Milica Simić |
Medal table
* Host nation (Greece)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bulgaria | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 |
| 2 | Turkey | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 |
| 3 | Greece* | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 4 | Romania | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | Serbia | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Totals (5 entries) | 3 | 8 | 16 | 27 | |
Team event
Group stage
Group A
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | MF | MA | MD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bulgaria | 2 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 0 | +10 | 2 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Greece (H) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | |
| 3 | Greece B (H) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10 | −10 | 0 |
Group B
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | MF | MA | MD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Turkey | 2 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 0 | +10 | 2 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Serbia | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | −4 | 1 | |
| 3 | Romania | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | −6 | 0 |
Source: Türkiye Badminton Federasyonu
Knockout stage
Bracket
| Semi-finals | Final | ||||||
| Bulgaria | 3 | ||||||
| Serbia | 0 | ||||||
| Bulgaria | 3 | ||||||
| Turkey | 1 | ||||||
| Greece | 2 | ||||||
| Turkey | 3 | ||||||
References
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- ^ "Badmintoncularımız Büyüklerde Takımda Balkan 2.si". badminton.gov.tr. Archived from the original on 2011-10-31. Retrieved 2025-02-02.
- ^ "България спечели седем медала на Балканиадата по бадминтон в Гърция". Novsport: Новият спортен сайт. 2011-10-24. Retrieved 2025-02-02.
- ^ "Pet medalja za orlove". Badminton Savez Srbije (in Serbian). Retrieved 2025-02-02.
- ^ Team, Onsports (2011-10-25). "Μετάλλια στους Βαλκανικούς μπάντμιντον". Onsports.gr (in Greek). Retrieved 2025-02-02.