2021 European Badminton Championships
The 2021 European Badminton Championships was the 28th tournament of the European Badminton Championships. It was held in Kyiv, Ukraine, from 27 April to 2 May 2021.
Tournament
The 2021 European Badminton Championships was the 28th edition of the championships. This tournament was organized by Badminton Europe along with the local organizer Ukrainian Badminton Federation and sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation. This tournament being played for the first time in Ukraine.The tournament consisted of men's, women's, and also mixed doubles.
Venue
The tournament was held at the Palace of Sports in Kyiv, Ukraine.Point distribution
Below are tables with the point distribution for each phase of the tournament based on the BWF points system for the European Badminton Championships, which is equivalent to a Super 500 event.| Winner | Runner-up | 3/4 | 5/8 | 9/16 | 17/32 | 33/64 |
| 9,200 | 7,800 | 6,420 | 5,040 | 3,600 | 2,220 | 880 |
Participants
213 players from 36 nations will participate this championship.| Nation | MS | WS | MD | WD | XD | Total | Players |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | ||
| 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||||
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | |||
| 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | |||
| 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0.5 | 6.5 | 7 | |
| 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 22 | |
| 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 10 | |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | |
| 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 3.5 | 5 | |||
| 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 14 | |
| 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 13 | |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | |
| 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||||
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | |||
| 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||||
| 2 | 2 | 1 | 2.5 | 2 | 9.5 | 13 | |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | |||
| 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | ||||
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | |||
| 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 12 | |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | ||
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | |||
| 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||||
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | |||
| 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | |||
| 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | |||
| 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||
| 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||
| 1 | 2 | 1.5 | 4.5 | 5 | |||
| 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | |
| 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 15 | |
| Total | 39 | 40 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 163 | 213 |
Men's singles
Seeds
- Viktor Axelsen '
- Anders Antonsen
- Rasmus Gemke '
- Hans-Kristian Vittinghus '
- Mark Caljouw '
- Brice Leverdez '
- Toma Junior Popov '
- Thomas Rouxel ''''
Wild card
Badminton Europe awarded a wild card entry to Danylo Bosniuk of Ukraine.Women's singles
Seeds
- Carolina Marín ''
- Mia Blichfeldt '
- Yvonne Li '
- Kirsty Gilmour '
- Neslihan Yiğit '
- Line Kjærsfeldt '
- Line Christophersen '
- Lianne Tan ''''
Wild card
Badminton Europe awarded a wild card entry to Anna Mikhalkova of Ukraine.Men's doubles
Seeds
- Kim Astrup / Anders Skaarup Rasmussen '
- Marcus Ellis / Chris Langridge '
- Vladimir Ivanov / Ivan Sozonov
- Ben Lane / Sean Vendy '
- Mark Lamsfuß / Marvin Emil Seidel '
- Jones Ralfy Jansen / Peter Käsbauer '
- Christo Popov / Toma Junior Popov '
- Daniel Lundgaard / Mathias Thyrri ''''
Women's doubles
Seeds
- Gabriela Stoeva / Stefani Stoeva ''
- Chloe Birch / Lauren Smith '
- Maiken Fruergaard / Sara Thygesen '
- Selena Piek / Cheryl Seinen '
- Émilie Lefel / Anne Tran '
- Alexandra Bøje / Mette Poulsen '
- Amalie Magelund / Freja Ravn '
- Linda Efler / Isabel Herttrich ''''
Wild card
Badminton Europe awarded a wild card entry to Polina Buhrova and Mariia Stoliarenko of Ukraine.Mixed doubles
Seeds
- Marcus Ellis / Lauren Smith '
- Thom Gicquel / Delphine Delrue '
- Mark Lamsfuß / Isabel Herttrich '
- Mathias Christiansen / Alexandra Bøje '
- Robin Tabeling / Selena Piek '
- Rodion Alimov / Alina Davletova '
- Sam Magee / Chloe Magee ''
- Ronan Labar / Anne Tran ''''