Die 16. Badminton-Europameisterschaften fanden im Wintersportpalast in Sofia, Bulgarien, zwischen dem 18. und 25. April 1998 statt. Sie wurden von der European Badminton Union und dem bulgarischen Badmintonverband ausgerichtet.
Medaillengewinner Herreneinzel Peter Gade Kenneth Jonassen Peter Rasmussen Poul-Erik Høyer Larsen Dameneinzel Camilla Martin Kelly Morgan Mette Sørensen Mette Pedersen Herrendoppel Chris Hunt Simon Archer Pär-Gunnar Jönsson Peter Axelsson Jon Holst-Christensen Michael Søgaard Nathan Robertson Julian Robertson Damendoppel Rikke Olsen Marlene Thomsen Majken Vange Ann Jørgensen Joanne Goode Donna Kellogg Erica van den Heuvel Monique Hoogland Mixed Michael Søgaard Rikke Olsen Michael Keck Erica van den Heuvel Simon Archer Joanne Goode Jon Holst-Christensen Ann JørgensenTeams Dänemark England Schweden
Herreneinzel Peter Gade – Vladislav Druzchenko: 15-12 / 17-15 Michał Łogosz – Donal O’Halloran: 15-9 / 15-6 Thomas Wapp – Jan Vondra: 8-15 / 15-5 / 15-8 Victor Maljutin – Andrej Pohar: 15-12 / 17-15 Daniel Eriksson – Gerben Bruijstens: 15-13 / 15-2 Pontus Jäntti – Jean-Frédéric Massias: 15-1 / 15-9 Konstantin Dobrev – Florin Posteucă: 15-9 / 15-11 Peter Rasmussen – Maxim Carpenco: 15-1 / 15-1 Craig Robertson – Dmitry Miznikov: 9-15 / 15-13 / 15-11 Dicky Palyama – Georgiy Izotov: 15-5 / 15-6 Fernando Silva – Paweł Kaczyński: 15-3 / 15-2 Henrik Bengtsson – Marek Bujak: 15-2 / 9-15 / 15-5 Mark Constable – Nabil Lasmari: 15-7 / 15-2 Boris Kessov – Mert Aydoğmuş: 15-4 / 15-3 John Leung – Minas Votsis: 15-4 / 15-1 Ilkka Nyqvist – Arsen Khachatryan: 15-4 / 15-12 Colin Haughton – Bertrand Gallet: 18-17 / 15-5 Jürgen Koch – Jim Mailer: 15-2 / 15-11 Kenneth Jonassen – Eduards Loze: 15-3 / 15-8 Vadim Itckov – Michail Mizin: 15-6 / 15-8 Thomas Johansson – Vyatcheslav Roudnitski: 15-17 / 15-8 / 15-2 Mihail Popov – Attila Kovacs: 15-7 / 15-6 Jeroen van Dijk – Morten Bundgaard: 16-17 / 15-7 / 15-8 Geraint Lewis – Heiki Sorge: 15-7 / 15-7 Oliver Pongratz – Hans Sperre: 15-3 / 15-9 Antti Viitikko – Sergej Leonovic: 15-4 / 15-1 Rikard Magnusson – Ricardo Fernandes: 15-10 / 15-7 Ruud Kuijten – Arturo Ruiz: 15-9 / 15-12 Jacek Niedźwiedzki – Konstantin Tatranov: 15-10 / 11-15 / 15-7 Robert Nock – Leslie Dewart: 15-1 / 15-10 Poul-Erik Høyer Larsen – Evgenij Isakov: 15-4 / 15-6 Chris Davies – Darren Hall: w.o. Peter Gade – Michał Łogosz: 15-6 / 15-7 Thomas Wapp – Victor Maljutin: 16-17 / 17-15 / 18-17 Daniel Eriksson – Chris Davies: 15-6 / 15-2 Pontus Jäntti – Konstantin Dobrev: 15-1 / 15-10 Peter Rasmussen – Craig Robertson: 15-6 / 15-3 Dicky Palyama – Fernando Silva: 15-6 / 15-10 Mark Constable – Henrik Bengtsson: 15-2 / 15-11 Boris Kessov – John Leung: 15-13 / 13-15 / 15-3 Colin Haughton – Ilkka Nyqvist: 10-15 / 15-10 / 15-13 Kenneth Jonassen – Jürgen Koch: 15-6 / 15-8 Thomas Johansson – Vadim Itckov: 15-8 / 15-8 Jeroen van Dijk – Mihail Popov: 15-7 / 15-4 Oliver Pongratz – Geraint Lewis: 15-5 / 15-2 Rikard Magnusson – Antti Viitikko: 15-4 / 15-8 Ruud Kuijten – Jacek Niedźwiedzki: 7-15 / 15-12 / 18-13 Poul-Erik Høyer Larsen – Robert Nock: 15-11 / 15-8 Peter Gade – Thomas Wapp: 15-8 / 15-5 Daniel Eriksson – Pontus Jäntti: 15-7 / 15-5 Peter Rasmussen – Dicky Palyama: 15-8 / 15-8 Mark Constable – Boris Kessov: 15-11 / 18-17 Kenneth Jonassen – Colin Haughton: 15-12 / 15-1 Thomas Johansson – Jeroen van Dijk: 15-10 / 12-15 / 15-10 Oliver Pongratz – Rikard Magnusson: 4-15 / 15-5 / 15-6 Poul-Erik Høyer Larsen – Ruud Kuijten: 15-6 / 15-10 Peter Gade – Daniel Eriksson: 15-7 / 15-4 Peter Rasmussen – Mark Constable: 3-15 / 15-9 / 15-1 Kenneth Jonassen – Thomas Johansson: 5-15 / 15-11 / 15-5 Poul-Erik Høyer Larsen – Oliver Pongratz: 15-6 / 15-9 Kenneth Jonassen – Poul-Erik Høyer Larsen: 15-6 / 15-6 Peter Gade – Peter Rasmussen: w.o. Peter Gade – Kenneth Jonassen: 15-8 / 15-4
Dameneinzel Camilla Martin – Filipa Lamy: 11-1 / 11-3 Markéta Koudelková – Fiona Sneddon: 11-8 / 11-9 Elena Sukhareva – Elena Nozdran: 11-1 / 11-3 Lonneke Janssen – Vlada Chernyavskaya: 8-11 / 5-0 ret. Margit Borg – Ruzanna Hakobyan: 11-2 / 11-0 Sonya McGinn – Mateja Slatnar: 11-2 / 11-6 Tracey Hallam – Katja Michalowsky: 10-12 / 11-8 / 11-9 Kairi Saks – Katie Howell: 11-4 / 11-6 Judith Meulendijks – Daniela Timofte: 11-0 / 11-0 Neli Boteva – Elif Aktas: 11-0 / 11-0 Rebecca Pantaney – Natalia Golovkina: 11-8 / 11-1 Anu Nieminen – Gail Osborne: 11-4 / 11-0 Mette Sørensen – Heidi Dössing: 11-8 / 12-10 Sandra Dimbour – Joanna Szleszyńska: 11-7 / 9-12 / 11-7 Anne Gibson – Dolores Marco: 11-2 / 11-3 Sissel Linderoth – Judith Baumeyer: 11-2 / 11-4 Maria Kizil – Anna Khomenko: 11-6 / 11-8 Katarzyna Krasowska – Maja Pohar: 11-2 / 11-4 Johanna Holgersson – Helena Berimbau: 11-6 / 11-1 Anne Søndergaard – Victoria Kosheleva: 11-2 / 11-8 Victoria Wright – Gillian Martin: 11-8 / 11-1 Claire Henderson – Marina Buruian: 11-3 / 11-2 Kelly Morgan – Tracy Hutchinson: 11-6 / 11-6 Tatiana Vattier – Kristīne Šefere: 11-3 / 11-1 Julia Mann – Nicole Grether: 11-0 / 11-8 Diana Knekna – Neringa Karosaitė: 3-11 / 11-2 / 11-3 Brenda Beenhakker – Natalja Esipenko: 11-8 / 11-5 Irina Yakusheva – Kirsteen McEwan: 11-3 / 11-0 Karolina Ericsson – Melinda Keszthelyi: 11-0 / 11-1 Dorota Grzejdak – Dobrinka Smilianova: 11-1 / 11-3 Mette Pedersen – Tina Riedl: 11-3 / 11-1 Ella Diehl – Santi Wibowo: w.o. Camilla Martin – Markéta Koudelková: 11-2 / 11-3 Elena Sukhareva – Lonneke Janssen: 11-2 / 11-1 Margit Borg – Sonya McGinn: 11-3 / 11-3 Tracey Hallam – Kairi Saks: 11-2 / 11-1 Judith Meulendijks – Neli Boteva: 11-1 / 11-0 Anu Nieminen – Rebecca Pantaney: 11-6 / 11-4 Mette Sørensen – Sandra Dimbour: 11-3 / 11-8 Anne Gibson – Sissel Linderoth: 11-3 / 11-3 Katarzyna Krasowska – Maria Kizil: 11-7 / 11-5 Anne Søndergaard – Johanna Holgersson: 11-1 / 11-6 Ella Diehl – Victoria Wright: 11-6 / 11-2 Kelly Morgan – Claire Henderson: 11-1 / 11-0 Julia Mann – Tatiana Vattier: 11-6 / 11-3 Brenda Beenhakker – Diana Knekna: 11-0 / 11-1 Karolina Ericsson – Irina Yakusheva: 7-11 / 11-3 / 11-0 Mette Pedersen – Dorota Grzejdak: 11-0 / 11-3 Camilla Martin – Elena Sukhareva: 11-2 / 11-3 Margit Borg – Tracey Hallam: 11-3 / 11-7 Judith Meulendijks – Anu Nieminen: 11-3 / 11-3 Mette Sørensen – Anne Gibson: 11-1 / 11-2 Katarzyna Krasowska – Anne Søndergaard: 11-4 / 9-12 / 11-6 Kelly Morgan – Ella Diehl: 11-4 / 11-5 Brenda Beenhakker – Julia Mann: 12-10 / 12-10 Mette Pedersen – Karolina Ericsson: 1-11 / 11-9 / 11-8 Camilla Martin – Margit Borg: 11-2 / 11-0 Mette Sørensen – Judith Meulendijks: 11-4 / 11-3 Kelly Morgan – Katarzyna Krasowska: 11-5 / 11-4 Mette Pedersen – Brenda Beenhakker: 11-4 / 11-2 Camilla Martin – Mette Sørensen: 11-7 / 12-11 Kelly Morgan – Mette Pedersen: 12-9 / 11-8 Camilla Martin – Kelly Morgan: 11-2 / 11-4
Herrendoppel Alastair Gatt / Craig Robertson – Valeriy Strelcov / Konstantin Tatranov: 15-13 / 15-8 Ville Kinnunen / Ilkka Nyqvist – Patrick Boonen / David Vandewinkel: 15-8 / 15-6 José Antonio Crespo / Sergio Llopis – Mert Aydoğmuş / Zafer Sahin: 15-2 / 15-0 Marcin Burzynski / Damian Pławecki – Sydney Lengagne / David Toupé: 15-11 / 15-11 Henrik Andersson / Fredrik Bergström – Maxim Carpenco / Egor Ursatii: 15-2 / 15-3 Harald Koch / Jürgen Koch – Norbert van Barneveld / Jurgen van Leeuwen: 17-14 / 10-15 Russell Hogg / Kenny Middlemiss – John Leung / Richard Vaughan: 11-15 / 15-5 / 15-7 Michail Mizin / Dmitry Miznikov – Sergej Leonovic / Heiki Sorge: 15-4 / 15-13 Sergey Melnikov / Nikolai Sujew – Boris Kessov / Ivan Sotirov: 15-7 / 15-2 Morten Bundgaard / Rémy Matthey de l’Etang – Mārtiņš Kažemaks / Eduards Loze: 15-1 / 15-3 Jon Holst-Christensen / Michael Søgaard – Donal O’Halloran / Michael O’Meara: 15-1 / 18-14 Alastair Gatt / Craig Robertson – Jan Fröhlich / Jan Vondra: 15-3 / 15-4 Michael Keck / Christian Mohr – Vyatcheslav Roudnitski / Vitaliy Shmakov: 8-15 / 15-9 / 15-8 Ville Kinnunen / Ilkka Nyqvist – Arsen Khachatryan / Hayk Misakyan: 15-1 / 15-4 Simon Archer / Chris Hunt – Vadim Itckov / Nikolaj Nikolaenko: 15-8 / 15-3 José Antonio Crespo / Sergio Llopis – Chris Davies / Matthew Hughes: 11-15 / 15-13 / 15-8 Dennis Lens / Quinten van Dalm – Mihail Popov / Svetoslav Stoyanov: 16-17 / 15-7 / 18-15 Henrik Andersson / Fredrik Bergström – Marcin Burzynski / Damian Pławecki: 15-7 / 18-14 Harald Koch / Jürgen Koch – Russell Hogg / Kenny Middlemiss: 15-7 / 9-15 / 18-17 Julian Robertson / Nathan Robertson – Paweł Kaczyński / Michał Łogosz: 15-4 / 15-5 Jim Laugesen / Thomas Stavngaard – Pascal Bircher / Arturo Ruiz: 15-10 / 15-12 Sergey Melnikov / Nikolai Sujew – Zsolt Kocsis / Attila Nagy: 15-3 / 15-3 Michael Helber / Björn Siegemund – Simon Hawlina / Andrej Pohar: 15-3 / 15-2 Morten Bundgaard / Rémy Matthey de l’Etang – Daniel Cojocaru / Florin Posteucă: 15-1 / 15-5 Peter Axelsson / Pär-Gunnar Jönsson – Hugo Rodrigues / Fernando Silva: 15-5 / 15-7 Michail Mizin / Dmitry Miznikov – Manuel Dubrulle / Vincent Laigle: w.o. Jon Holst-Christensen / Michael Søgaard – Alastair Gatt / Craig Robertson: 15-0 / 15-4 Michael Keck / Christian Mohr – Ville Kinnunen / Ilkka Nyqvist: 15-4 / 15-11 Simon Archer / Chris Hunt – José Antonio Crespo / Sergio Llopis: 15-1 / 15-5 Dennis Lens / Quinten van Dalm – Henrik Andersson / Fredrik Bergström: 7-15 / 15-12 / 15-1 Julian Robertson / Nathan Robertson – Harald Koch / Jürgen Koch: 15-4 / 15-3 Jim Laugesen / Thomas Stavngaard – Michail Mizin / Dmitry Miznikov: 15-4 / 15-6 Sergey Melnikov / Nikolai Sujew – Michael Helber / Björn Siegemund: 13-15 / 15-9 / 15-12 Peter Axelsson / Pär-Gunnar Jönsson – Morten Bundgaard / Rémy Matthey de l’Etang: 15-4 / 15-11 Jon Holst-Christensen / Michael Søgaard – Michael Keck / Christian Mohr: 15-7 / 15-6 Simon Archer / Chris Hunt – Dennis Lens / Quinten van Dalm: 15-5 / 15-3 Julian Robertson / Nathan Robertson – Jim Laugesen / Thomas Stavngaard: 18-17 / 12-15 / 15-7 Peter Axelsson / Pär-Gunnar Jönsson – Sergey Melnikov / Nikolai Sujew: 15-5 / 15-3 Simon Archer / Chris Hunt – Jon Holst-Christensen / Michael Søgaard: 15-8 / 15-8 Peter Axelsson / Pär-Gunnar Jönsson – Julian Robertson / Nathan Robertson: 10-15 / 15-10 / 15-10 Simon Archer / Chris Hunt – Peter Axelsson / Pär-Gunnar Jönsson: 15-3 / 15-3
Damendoppel Christelle Szynal / Tatiana Vattier – Kamila Augustyn / Dorota Grzejdak: 15-12 / 15-11 Nicol Pitro / Anika Sietz – Filiz Civril / Aysegul Yapici: 15-0 / 15-0 Catrine Bengtsson / Margit Borg – Elinor Middlemiss / Sandra Watt: 15-1 / 15-2 Judith Baumeyer / Santi Wibowo – Darja Kranjc / Mateja Slatnar: 15-7 / 17-18 / 15-10 Ella Tripp / Sara Sankey – Maria Kizil / Nadieżda Zięba: 15-7 / 15-8 Markéta Koudelková / Regina Rašková – Victoria Wright / Diana Tzvetkova: 15-8 / 15-7 Nadezhda Chervyakova / Natalia Peshekhonova – Andrea Dakó / Melinda Keszthelyi: 15-11 / 15-2 Ana Ferreira / Filipa Lamy – Tatiana Gerassimovitch / Vlada Chernyavskaya: w.o. Neringa Karosaitė / Kristīne Šefere – Manon Albinus / Mallory Gosset: w.o. Rikke Olsen / Marlene Thomsen – Elaine Kiely / Sonya McGinn: 15-0 / 15-1 Helena Berimbau / Tina Riedl – Christelle Szynal / Tatiana Vattier: 2-15 / 15-9 / 15-8 Neli Boteva / Diana Koleva – Marina Buruian / Nadejda Litvinenco: 15-1 / 15-0 Nicol Pitro / Anika Sietz – Katie Howell / Gail Osborne: 15-10 / 15-6 Joanne Goode / Donna Kellogg – Natalja Esipenko / Natalia Golovkina: 15-5 / 15-2 Sissel Linderoth / Camilla Wright – Ana Ferreira / Filipa Lamy: 10-15 / 15-12 / 15-10 Ella Diehl / Marina Yakusheva – Lotte Jonathans / Nicole van Hooren: 17-14 / 15-10 Catrine Bengtsson / Margit Borg – Natasha Groves-Burke / Anu Nieminen: 15-10 / 15-1 Judith Baumeyer / Santi Wibowo – Neringa Karosaitė / Kristīne Šefere: 15-12 / 15-4 Viktoria Evtushenko / Elena Nozdran – Claire Henderson / Jayne Plunkett: 15-3 / 15-7 Ella Tripp / Sara Sankey – Sandra Dimbour / Nicole Grether: 15-4 / 15-1