The 2008

European Men's and Women's Team Badminton Championships The European Men's and Women's Team Badminton Championships is a tournament organized by the Badminton Europe (BE), held once every two years to crown the best badminton men's and women's national teams in Europe Europe is a large peninsul ...

was held in

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, from February 12 to February 17, 2008, and was organised by the

Badminton Europe Badminton Europe (BE) is the governing body of badminton in Europe. It is one of the five continental bodies under the flag of the Badminton World Federation (BWF). It has 53 member associations and 1 associate member. It was founded on 27 Sept ...

and the Nederlandse Badminton Bond. The tournament was double as

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Thomas Cup The Thomas Cup, sometimes called the World Men's Team Championships, is an international badminton competition among teams representing member nations of the Badminton World Federation (BWF), the sport's global governing body. The championships ha ...

and

Uber Cup The Uber Cup, sometimes called the World Women's Team Championships, is a major international badminton competition contested by women's national badminton teams. First held in 1956–1957 and contested at three year intervals, it has been contes ...

qualification tournament, where the top three teams for each competitions qualified automatically.

Medalists

Men's Team

Final Stage

Final

Women's Team

Final Stage

Final

External links

Official Site

Badminton Europe: 2008 European Men's and Women's Team ChampionshipsTournamentsoftware: European Men's & Women's Team Championships 2008
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Badminton tournaments in the Netherlands 2008 in Dutch sport International sports competitions hosted by the Netherlands Sports competitions in Almere