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.

Past winners

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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

References

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