2004 Balkan Badminton Championships

2004 Balkan Badminton Championships

Tournament details
Dates	27–30 May
Venue	Ahmet Cömert Sport Hall
Location	Istanbul, Turkey
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The 2004 Balkan Badminton Championships (Turkish: Balkan Büyükler Badminton Şampiyonası 2004) was a badminton tournament sanctioned by the Balkan Badminton Association and Badminton Europe. The individual and mixed team events were held from 27 to 30 May 2004.^[1]

The tournament was held in Istanbul, Turkey. Six countries took part in the championships. In the team event, Bulgaria finished in first place with 5 wins while Romania finished in second place with four wins. Hosts Turkey finished in third place with 3 wins.^[2][3]

Medal summary

Medalists

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's singles	Georgi Petrov	Krasimir Jankov	Pavlos Charalambidis
			Mehmet Tural
Women's singles	Petya Nedelcheva	Linda Zetchiri	Florentina Petre
			Hatice Nurgül Sen
Men's doubles	Krasimir Jankov Georgi Petrov	Stiliyan Makarski Julian Hristov	Robert Ciobotaru George Constantinescu
			Giorgios Patis Theodoros Velkos
Women's doubles	Neli Boteva Petya Nedelcheva	Gabriela Banova Linda Zetchiri	Alexandra Olariu Florentina Petre
			Natalia Coseli Nadejda Litvinenco
Mixed doubles	Julian Hristov Petya Nedelcheva	Stiliyan Makarski Linda Zetchiri	Konstantin Dobrev Gabriela Banova
			Maxim Carpenco Nadejda Litvinenco
Mixed team	Bulgaria	Romania	Turkey

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Turkey)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Bulgaria	6	5	1	12
2	Romania	0	1	3	4
3	Turkey*	0	0	3	3
4	Greece	0	0	2	2
	Moldova	0	0	2	2
Totals (5 entries)		6	6	11	23

Team event

Round robin

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	MF	MA	MD	Pts	Qualification
1	Bulgaria	5	5	0	24	1	+23	5	Champions
2	Romania	5	4	1	19	6	+13	4	Runners-up
3	Turkey (H)	5	3	2	12	13	−1	3	Third place
4	Moldova	5	2	3	9	16	−7	2	Fourth place
5	Greece	5	1	4	7	18	−11	1	Fifth place
6	Serbia and Montenegro	5	0	5	1	24	−23	0	Sixth place

Source: Badminton savez Srbije
(H) Host

Fixtures

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Bulgaria	5–0	Romania
Bulgaria	5–0	Turkey
Bulgaria	5–0	Moldova
Bulgaria	5–0	Greece
Bulgaria	4–1	Serbia and Montenegro
Romania	4–1	Turkey
Romania	5–0	Moldova
Romania	5–0	Greece
Romania	5–0	Serbia and Montenegro
Turkey	3–2	Moldova
Turkey	3–2	Greece
Turkey	5–0	Serbia and Montenegro
Moldova	3–2	Greece
Moldova	5–0	Serbia and Montenegro
Greece	5–0	Serbia and Montenegro

References

1. "Βαλκανικούς αγώνες Α/Γ 2004". badminton.gr. Archived from the original on 2005-03-26. Retrieved 2025-08-21.
2. "ARHIVA REZULTATA BADMINTON SAVEZA SRBIJE". Badminton Savez Srbije. Archived from the original on 2 December 2011. Retrieved 29 April 2023.
3. "BÜYÜKLER BALKAN ŞAMPİYONASI SONUÇLARI". badminton.gov.tr. Archived from the original on 2004-10-29. Retrieved 2025-08-21.