2018 European Men's and Women's Team Badminton Championships

The 2018 edition of the European Men's and Women's Team Badminton Championships was held in Kazan, Russia, from 13 to 18 February 2018. This tournament also served as European qualification for the 2018 Thomas & Uber Cup.

Tournament
The 2018 European Men's and Women's Team Badminton Championships officially crowned the best male and female national teams in Europe and at the same time worked as the European qualification event towards the 2018 Thomas & Uber Cup finals. 53 teams consisting of 29 men's team and 24 women's team entered the tournament.

Venue
This tournament was held at Gymnastics Center in Kazan, Russia.

Seeds
The defending Champions, Denmark, were top seeded for both men's and women's team, while the host country Russia were seeded four.


 * Men's team


 * 1) Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark
 * 2) Flag of England.svg England
 * 3) Flag of Germany.svg Germany
 * 4) Flag of Russia.svg Russia
 * 5) Flag of France.svg France
 * 6) Flag of Poland.svg Poland
 * 7) Flag of Finland.svg Finland


 * Women's team


 * 1) Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark
 * 2) Flag of Spain.svg Spain
 * 3) Flag of Germany.svg Germany
 * 4) Flag of Russia.svg Russia
 * 5) Flag of Bulgaria.svg Bulgaria
 * 6) Flag of England.svg England

Draw
The draw was held on 5 December 2017, at the Badminton Europe office in Brøndby, Denmark. The men's team group stage consisted of six groups with four teams in each and one group with five teams. The women's team group stage consisted of six groups with four teams in each.


 * Men's team


 * Women's team

Format
In each group, teams played each other once. The seven group winners and the best runners-up qualified for the knockout stage.

Groups
All times are Kazan Standard Time (UTC+03:00).

Group 1

 * Denmark vs. Israel


 * Croatia vs. Ireland


 * Denmark vs. Croatia


 * Israel vs. Ireland


 * Denmark vs. Ireland


 * Israel vs. Croatia

Group 2

 * England vs. Hungary


 * Slovakia vs. Greenland


 * England vs. Slovakia


 * Hungary vs. Greenland


 * England vs. Greenland


 * Hungary vs. Slovakia

Group 3

 * Germany vs. Iceland


 * Luxembourg vs. Azerbaijan


 * Germany vs. Luxembourg


 * Iceland vs. Azerbaijan


 * Germany vs. Azerbaijan


 * Iceland vs. Luxembourg

Group 4

 * Russia vs. Bulgaria


 * Spain vs. Belgium


 * Russia vs. Spain


 * Bulgaria vs. Belgium


 * Russia vs. Belgium


 * Bulgaria vs. Spain

Group 5

 * France vs. Ukraine


 * Austria vs. Lithuania


 * Ukraine vs. Lithuania


 * France vs. Austria


 * France vs. Lithuania


 * Ukraine vs. Austria

Group 6

 * Portugal vs. Czech Republic


 * Poland vs. Italy


 * Poland vs. Portugal


 * Italy vs. Czech Republic


 * Poland vs. Czech Republic


 * Italy vs. Portugal

Group 7

 * Finland vs. Estonia


 * Norway vs. Turkey


 * Finland vs. Norway


 * Estonia vs. Latvia


 * Finland vs. Turkey


 * Norway vs. Latvia


 * Estonia vs. Norway


 * Turkey vs. Latvia


 * Finland vs. Latvia


 * Estonia vs. Turkey

Knockout stage




Format
In each group, teams played each other once. The six group winners and the two best runners-up qualified for the knockout stage.

Groups
All times are Kazan Standard Time (UTC+03:00).

Group 1

 * Denmark vs. Sweden


 * Israel vs. Iceland


 * Denmark vs. Israel


 * Sweden vs. Iceland


 * Denmark vs. Iceland


 * Sweden vs. Israel

Group 2

 * Spain vs. Hungary


 * Portugal vs. Slovakia


 * Spain vs. Portugal


 * Hungary vs. Slovakia


 * Spain vs. Slovakia


 * Hungary vs. Portugal

Group 3

 * Ukraine vs. Ireland


 * Germany vs. Lithuania


 * Germany vs. Ukraine


 * Lithuania vs. Ireland


 * Germany vs. Ireland


 * Lithuania vs. Ukraine

Group 4

 * Russia vs. Turkey


 * Estonia vs. Latvia


 * Turkey vs. Latvia


 * Russia vs. Estonia


 * Russia vs. Latvia


 * Turkey vs. Estonia

Group 5

 * Greenland vs. Belarus


 * Bulgaria vs. France


 * Bulgaria vs. Greenland


 * France vs. Belarus


 * Bulgaria vs. Belarus


 * France vs. Greenland

Group 6

 * England vs. Norway


 * Czech Republic vs. Poland


 * England vs. Czech Republic


 * Norway vs. Poland


 * England vs. Poland


 * Norway vs. Czech Republic

Knockout stage


