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The Helvetia Cup or European B Team Championships in badminton

Badminton

Badminton is a racquet sport played by either two opposing players or two opposing pairs , who take positions on opposite halves of a rectangular court that is divided by a net. Players score points by striking a shuttlecock with their racquet so that it passes over the net and lands in their...

is a European mixed team championship which takes place every two years. The first Helvetia Cup tournament took place in Zurich

Zürich

Zurich is the largest city in Switzerland and the capital of the canton of Zurich. It is located in central Switzerland at the northwestern tip of Lake Zurich...

, Switzerland

Switzerland

Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....

in 1962.

Past winners

Year	Host	Final			Third Place
Year	Host	Winner	Score	Runner-up	Third Place	Score	Fourth Place
1962	Zürich Zürich Zurich is the largest city in Switzerland and the capital of the canton of Zurich. It is located in central Switzerland at the northwestern tip of Lake Zurich... , Switzerland Switzerland Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....	West Germany Germany national badminton team The Germany national badminton team represents Germany in international badminton team competitions.-Participation in BWF competitions:Thomas Cup2004 - 5th/8thUber Cup2006 - Semi-finalist2008 - Semi-finalistSudirman Cup1989 - 17th...		Netherlands Netherlands national badminton team The Netherlands national badminton team represents the Netherlands in international badminton team competitions.-Participation in BWF competitions:Thomas Cup 1998 - 7th/8thUber Cup 2002 - Third Place2006 - Runner-up2008 - Quarter-finalist...	Austria		Belgium
1963	Munich Munich Munich The city's motto is "" . Before 2006, it was "Weltstadt mit Herz" . Its native name, , is derived from the Old High German Munichen, meaning "by the monks' place". The city's name derives from the monks of the Benedictine order who founded the city; hence the monk depicted on the city's coat... , Germany Germany Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...	West Germany Germany national badminton team The Germany national badminton team represents Germany in international badminton team competitions.-Participation in BWF competitions:Thomas Cup2004 - 5th/8thUber Cup2006 - Semi-finalist2008 - Semi-finalistSudirman Cup1989 - 17th...		Austria	Belgium		Netherlands Netherlands national badminton team The Netherlands national badminton team represents the Netherlands in international badminton team competitions.-Participation in BWF competitions:Thomas Cup 1998 - 7th/8thUber Cup 2002 - Third Place2006 - Runner-up2008 - Quarter-finalist...
1964	Haarlem Haarlem Haarlem is a municipality and a city in the Netherlands. It is the capital of the province of North Holland, the northern half of Holland, which at one time was the most powerful of the seven provinces of the Dutch Republic... , Netherlands Netherlands The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...	West Germany Germany national badminton team The Germany national badminton team represents Germany in international badminton team competitions.-Participation in BWF competitions:Thomas Cup2004 - 5th/8thUber Cup2006 - Semi-finalist2008 - Semi-finalistSudirman Cup1989 - 17th...		Belgium	Netherlands Netherlands national badminton team The Netherlands national badminton team represents the Netherlands in international badminton team competitions.-Participation in BWF competitions:Thomas Cup 1998 - 7th/8thUber Cup 2002 - Third Place2006 - Runner-up2008 - Quarter-finalist...		Austria
1965	Graz Graz The more recent population figures do not give the whole picture as only people with principal residence status are counted and people with secondary residence status are not. Most of the people with secondary residence status in Graz are students... , Austria Austria Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...	West Germany Germany national badminton team The Germany national badminton team represents Germany in international badminton team competitions.-Participation in BWF competitions:Thomas Cup2004 - 5th/8thUber Cup2006 - Semi-finalist2008 - Semi-finalistSudirman Cup1989 - 17th...		Netherlands Netherlands national badminton team The Netherlands national badminton team represents the Netherlands in international badminton team competitions.-Participation in BWF competitions:Thomas Cup 1998 - 7th/8thUber Cup 2002 - Third Place2006 - Runner-up2008 - Quarter-finalist...	Austria		Belgium
1966	Brussels Brussels Brussels , officially the Brussels Region or Brussels-Capital Region , is the capital of Belgium and the de facto capital of the European Union... , Belgium Belgium Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...	West Germany Germany national badminton team The Germany national badminton team represents Germany in international badminton team competitions.-Participation in BWF competitions:Thomas Cup2004 - 5th/8thUber Cup2006 - Semi-finalist2008 - Semi-finalistSudirman Cup1989 - 17th...		Netherlands Netherlands national badminton team The Netherlands national badminton team represents the Netherlands in international badminton team competitions.-Participation in BWF competitions:Thomas Cup 1998 - 7th/8thUber Cup 2002 - Third Place2006 - Runner-up2008 - Quarter-finalist...	Austria		Belgium
1967	Lausanne Lausanne Lausanne is a city in Romandy, the French-speaking part of Switzerland, and is the capital of the canton of Vaud. The seat of the district of Lausanne, the city is situated on the shores of Lake Geneva . It faces the French town of Évian-les-Bains, with the Jura mountains to its north-west... , Switzerland Switzerland Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....	West Germany Germany national badminton team The Germany national badminton team represents Germany in international badminton team competitions.-Participation in BWF competitions:Thomas Cup2004 - 5th/8thUber Cup2006 - Semi-finalist2008 - Semi-finalistSudirman Cup1989 - 17th...		Netherlands Netherlands national badminton team The Netherlands national badminton team represents the Netherlands in international badminton team competitions.-Participation in BWF competitions:Thomas Cup 1998 - 7th/8thUber Cup 2002 - Third Place2006 - Runner-up2008 - Quarter-finalist...	Austria		Belgium
1968	Oslo Oslo Oslo is a municipality, as well as the capital and most populous city in Norway. As a municipality , it was established on 1 January 1838. Founded around 1048 by King Harald III of Norway, the city was largely destroyed by fire in 1624. The city was moved under the reign of Denmark–Norway's King... , Norway Norway Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...	West Germany Germany national badminton team The Germany national badminton team represents Germany in international badminton team competitions.-Participation in BWF competitions:Thomas Cup2004 - 5th/8thUber Cup2006 - Semi-finalist2008 - Semi-finalistSudirman Cup1989 - 17th...		Norway	Netherlands Netherlands national badminton team The Netherlands national badminton team represents the Netherlands in international badminton team competitions.-Participation in BWF competitions:Thomas Cup 1998 - 7th/8thUber Cup 2002 - Third Place2006 - Runner-up2008 - Quarter-finalist...		Austria
1969	Prague Prague Prague is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. Situated in the north-west of the country on the Vltava river, the city is home to about 1.3 million people, while its metropolitan area is estimated to have a population of over 2.3 million... , Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia or Czecho-Slovakia was a sovereign state in Central Europe which existed from October 1918, when it declared its independence from the Austro-Hungarian Empire, until 1992...	West Germany Germany national badminton team The Germany national badminton team represents Germany in international badminton team competitions.-Participation in BWF competitions:Thomas Cup2004 - 5th/8thUber Cup2006 - Semi-finalist2008 - Semi-finalistSudirman Cup1989 - 17th...		Netherlands Netherlands national badminton team The Netherlands national badminton team represents the Netherlands in international badminton team competitions.-Participation in BWF competitions:Thomas Cup 1998 - 7th/8thUber Cup 2002 - Third Place2006 - Runner-up2008 - Quarter-finalist...	Austria		Czechoslovakia
1970	Neuss Neuss Neuss is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located on the west bank of the Rhine opposite Düsseldorf. Neuss is the largest city within the Rhein-Kreis Neuss district and owes its prosperity to its location at the crossing of historic and modern trade routes. It is primarily known... , Germany Germany Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...	West Germany Germany national badminton team The Germany national badminton team represents Germany in international badminton team competitions.-Participation in BWF competitions:Thomas Cup2004 - 5th/8thUber Cup2006 - Semi-finalist2008 - Semi-finalistSudirman Cup1989 - 17th...		Netherlands Netherlands national badminton team The Netherlands national badminton team represents the Netherlands in international badminton team competitions.-Participation in BWF competitions:Thomas Cup 1998 - 7th/8thUber Cup 2002 - Third Place2006 - Runner-up2008 - Quarter-finalist...	Wales		Norway
1971	Heerlen Heerlen Heerlen is a city and a municipality in the southeastern Netherlands. The municipality is the second largest in the province of Limburg. It forms part of Parkstad Limburg, , an agglomeration of about 220,000 inhabitants.After its early Roman beginnings and a rather modest medieval period, Heerlen... , Netherlands Netherlands The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...	West Germany Germany national badminton team The Germany national badminton team represents Germany in international badminton team competitions.-Participation in BWF competitions:Thomas Cup2004 - 5th/8thUber Cup2006 - Semi-finalist2008 - Semi-finalistSudirman Cup1989 - 17th...		Netherlands Netherlands national badminton team The Netherlands national badminton team represents the Netherlands in international badminton team competitions.-Participation in BWF competitions:Thomas Cup 1998 - 7th/8thUber Cup 2002 - Third Place2006 - Runner-up2008 - Quarter-finalist...	Belgium		Austria
1973	Graz Graz The more recent population figures do not give the whole picture as only people with principal residence status are counted and people with secondary residence status are not. Most of the people with secondary residence status in Graz are students... , Austria Austria Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...	Czechoslovakia		Norway	Austria		Yugoslavia
1975	Antwerp, Belgium Belgium Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...	Norway		Yugoslavia	Austria		Ireland
1977	Leningrad Saint Petersburg Saint Petersburg is a city and a federal subject of Russia located on the Neva River at the head of the Gulf of Finland on the Baltic Sea... , Russia Russia Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...	USSR		Ireland	East Germany		Czechoslovakia
1979	Klagenfurt Klagenfurt -Name:Carinthia's eminent linguists Primus Lessiak and Eberhard Kranzmayer assumed that the city's name, which literally translates as "ford of lament" or "ford of complaints", had something to do with the superstitious thought that fateful fairies or demons tend to live around treacherous waters... , Austria Austria Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...	USSR		Ireland	Norway		Wales
1981	Sandefjord Sandefjord is a city and municipality in Vestfold county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the city of Sandefjord. The municipality of Sandefjord was established on 1 January 1838... , Norway Norway Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...	Ireland		Norway	Wales		Poland
1983	Basel Basel Basel or Basle In the national languages of Switzerland the city is also known as Bâle , Basilea and Basilea is Switzerland's third most populous city with about 166,000 inhabitants. Located where the Swiss, French and German borders meet, Basel also has suburbs in France and Germany... , Switzerland Switzerland Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....	West Germany Germany national badminton team The Germany national badminton team represents Germany in international badminton team competitions.-Participation in BWF competitions:Thomas Cup2004 - 5th/8thUber Cup2006 - Semi-finalist2008 - Semi-finalistSudirman Cup1989 - 17th...		Wales	Ireland		Austria
1985	Warsaw Warsaw Warsaw is the capital and largest city of Poland. It is located on the Vistula River, roughly from the Baltic Sea and from the Carpathian Mountains. Its population in 2010 was estimated at 1,716,855 residents with a greater metropolitan area of 2,631,902 residents, making Warsaw the 10th most... , Poland Poland Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...	Netherlands Netherlands national badminton team The Netherlands national badminton team represents the Netherlands in international badminton team competitions.-Participation in BWF competitions:Thomas Cup 1998 - 7th/8thUber Cup 2002 - Third Place2006 - Runner-up2008 - Quarter-finalist...		Wales	Poland		Belgium
1987	Belfast Belfast Belfast is the capital of and largest city in Northern Ireland. By population, it is the 14th biggest city in the United Kingdom and second biggest on the island of Ireland . It is the seat of the devolved government and legislative Northern Ireland Assembly... , Northern Ireland Northern Ireland Northern Ireland is one of the four countries of the United Kingdom. Situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland, it shares a border with the Republic of Ireland to the south and west...	West Germany Germany national badminton team The Germany national badminton team represents Germany in international badminton team competitions.-Participation in BWF competitions:Thomas Cup2004 - 5th/8thUber Cup2006 - Semi-finalist2008 - Semi-finalistSudirman Cup1989 - 17th...		Wales	Ireland		Austria
1989	Budapest Budapest Budapest is the capital of Hungary. As the largest city of Hungary, it is the country's principal political, cultural, commercial, industrial, and transportation centre. In 2011, Budapest had 1,733,685 inhabitants, down from its 1989 peak of 2,113,645 due to suburbanization. The Budapest Commuter... , Hungary Hungary Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...	Poland		Finland	Ireland		Wales
1991	Varna Varna Varna is the largest city and seaside resort on the Bulgarian Black Sea Coast and third-largest in Bulgaria after Sofia and Plovdiv, with a population of 334,870 inhabitants according to Census 2011... , Bulgaria Bulgaria Bulgaria , officially the Republic of Bulgaria , is a parliamentary democracy within a unitary constitutional republic in Southeast Europe. The country borders Romania to the north, Serbia and Macedonia to the west, Greece and Turkey to the south, as well as the Black Sea to the east...	Poland		Ireland	Austria		Wales
1993	Pressbaum Pressbaum Pressbaum is a small town in the district of Wien-Umgebung in Lower Austria, Austria.Since 1964 it has enjoyed the status of a market town .... , Austria Austria Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...	Austria		Poland	Ireland		Ukranie
1995	Nicosia Nicosia Nicosia from , known locally as Lefkosia , is the capital and largest city in Cyprus, as well as its main business center. Nicosia is the only divided capital in the world, with the southern and the northern portions divided by a Green Line... , Cyprus Cyprus Cyprus , officially the Republic of Cyprus , is a Eurasian island country, member of the European Union, in the Eastern Mediterranean, east of Greece, south of Turkey, west of Syria and north of Egypt. It is the third largest island in the Mediterranean Sea.The earliest known human activity on the...	Ukranie		Bulgaria	Ireland		Switzerland
1997	Strasbourg Strasbourg Strasbourg is the capital and principal city of the Alsace region in eastern France and is the official seat of the European Parliament. Located close to the border with Germany, it is the capital of the Bas-Rhin département. The city and the region of Alsace are historically German-speaking,... , France France The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...	France		Portugal	Switzerland		Spain
1999	Lisburn Lisburn DemographicsLisburn Urban Area is within Belfast Metropolitan Urban Area and is classified as a Large Town by the . On census day there were 71,465 people living in Lisburn... , Northern Ireland Northern Ireland Northern Ireland is one of the four countries of the United Kingdom. Situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland, it shares a border with the Republic of Ireland to the south and west...	Iceland		Poland	Portugal		Spain
2001	Most Most Most is the capital city of the Most District, situated between the Czech Central Mountains and the Ore Mountains, approximately northwest of Prague along the Bílina River and southwest of Ústí nad Labem.-Etymology:... , Czech Republic Czech Republic The Czech Republic is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Poland to the northeast, Slovakia to the east, Austria to the south, and Germany to the west and northwest....	Spain		Portugal	Czech Republic		Slovenia
2003	Caldas da Rainha Caldas da Rainha Caldas da Rainha is a city in western central Portugal. The city serves as the seat of the larger municipality of the same name and is the seat of the Comunidade Intermunicipal do Oeste... , Portugal Portugal Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...	France		Slovenia	Czech Republic		Portugal
2005 Details 2005 Helvetia Cup The 2005 Helvetia Cup or 2005 European B Team Championships in badminton was held from January 19 to January 23 in Agros, Cyprus.-Final classification table:...	Agros Agros Agros may refer to:Agros, Cyprus, a village on Troödos Mountains in CyprusAgros, Greece, a village in the Island of Corfu, Greece... , Cyprus Cyprus Cyprus , officially the Republic of Cyprus , is a Eurasian island country, member of the European Union, in the Eastern Mediterranean, east of Greece, south of Turkey, west of Syria and north of Egypt. It is the third largest island in the Mediterranean Sea.The earliest known human activity on the...	Czech Republic	3–2	Spain	Portugal	3–2	Belgium
2007 Details 2007 Helvetia Cup The 2007 Helvetia Cup or 2007 European B Team Championships in badminton was held from January 17 to January 21 in Reykjavík, Iceland.The three better teams of the competition won promotion to the top group.-Group 1:-Group 2:-Group 3:-Group 4:...	Reykjavík Reykjavík Reykjavík is the capital and largest city in Iceland.Its latitude at 64°08' N makes it the world's northernmost capital of a sovereign state. It is located in southwestern Iceland, on the southern shore of Faxaflói Bay... , Iceland Iceland Iceland , described as the Republic of Iceland, is a Nordic and European island country in the North Atlantic Ocean, on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Iceland also refers to the main island of the country, which contains almost all the population and almost all the land area. The country has a population...	Iceland	3–2	Ireland	Estonia	3–2	Switzerland

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