The 2011 European Club Championships kicks off in Zwolle,
The Netherlands this afternoon with 15 or Europe’s top clubs competing for the
coveted title of Europe’s premier club.
Even without the top clubs from Denmark, Germany and Russia competing this year the European Club Championships always proves to be a fiercely competitive experience and a trophy that every European club wants to have in their trophy cabinet.
The 15 clubs head to Zwolle in the Netherlands for the
second year running after BC Bischmisheim of Germany won the 2010 edition of
the competition after winning the German Bundesliga in 2010.
This year’s favourites are Spanish club CB Soderinsa Rinconada with Richard Vaughan Badminton Academy player Vikki Jones who has been a key member in Rinconada efforts to retain the Spanish Badminton Club title again this year. Rinconada were the former team of Richard Vaughan, where they won a European Badminton Club Championship Silver and Bronze medal in 2008 and 2009.
The 2011 European Club Championships kicks off in Zwolle, The Netherlands this afternoon with 15 or Europe’s top clubs competing for the coveted title of Europe’s premier club. Even without the top clubs from Denmark, Germany and Russia competing this year the European Club Championships always proves to be a fiercely competitive experience and a trophy that every European club wants to have in their trophy cabinet.
The 15 clubs head to Zwolle in the Netherlands for the second year running after BC Bischmisheim of Germany won the 2010 edition of the competition after winning the German Bundesliga in 2010. This year’s favourites are Spanish club CB Soderinsa Rinconada with Richard Vaughan Badminton Academy player Vikki Jones who has been a key member in Rinconadas efforts to retain the Spanish Badminton Club title again this year. Rinconada were the former team of Richard Vaughan, where they won a European Badminton Club Championship Silver and Bronze medal in 2008 and 2009.
The European Club Championships is a big opportunity for some of the smaller nations such as Iceland, Luxembourg and Ireland to compete on the European club stage within a team environment and the “family like” atmosphere in such team events is always special.
The entire event will be broadcast on www.badmintoneurope.tv with daily interviews and live commentary for semi finals and finals. Don’t forget to login to facebook and ‘like’ the BE.TV and Badminton Europe fan pages for additional coverage and comment from Zwolle and of course live pictures in the Gallery and follow the live score on tournamentsoftware.com.
Group 1:
CB Soderinsa Rinconada (Spain)
ASD Mediterranea Badminton (Italy)
BC Saive (Belgium)
Group 2:
Bordeaux Union St. Bruno (France)
TBR (Iceland)
Mount Pleasant (Ireland)
CHEL (Portugal)
Group 3:
Van Zundert Velo (Netherlands)
BK 1973 Deltacar Benatky NJ (Czech Republic)
Fiederball Scheffleng (Luxemburg)
Egospor (Turkey)
Group 4:
BC Duinwijck (Netherlands)
Top Flight (England)
Multi Alarm SE Pecs (Hungary)
BV Adliswil-Zürich (Switzerland)