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