{"id":1359458,"date":"2026-02-18T16:29:42","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T14:29:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/ukraine-won-a-medal-at-the-european-badminton-championship-for-the-first-time-in-history\/"},"modified":"2026-02-18T16:29:42","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T14:29:42","slug":"ukraine-won-a-medal-at-the-european-badminton-championship-for-the-first-time-in-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/ukraine-won-a-medal-at-the-european-badminton-championship-for-the-first-time-in-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Ukraine won a medal at the European Badminton Championship for the first time in history"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Ukrainian women’s badminton team won a medal at the European Championships for the first time in history. The Ukrainians won bronze in the team tournament, which was held in Istanbul from February 11 to 15.<\/strong><\/p>\n

This is the first medal in the history of Ukraine at the adult European Badminton Championship.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Ukrainian team qualified for the championship during the qualifying round in<\/span> December 2025 in England. The team includes Polina Bugrova, Yevheniya<\/span> Kantemir, Maria Stolyarenko, Sofia Lavrova, Raiya Almalalkha and Anastasia<\/span> Alimova. All athletes are graduates of the Kharkiv badminton school.<\/span><\/p>\n

This year, Ukraine was represented by the youngest team of all the teams<\/span> in the tournament. The average age of the team is 20 years old: the youngest player, Raia Almalalysi,<\/span> is only 17 years old, and the oldest, Polina Bugrovia, is 22.<\/span><\/p>\n

In the group stage, the Ukrainian national team took second place in its group. The Ukrainian women<\/span> beat Estonia and Germany with a score of 4:1, but lost to Denmark \u2013 0:5. It was<\/span> the Danish team that became the Ukrainian women’s opponent in the semi-finals.<\/span><\/p>\n

In the match for the final, the Ukrainian team lost 0:3 and<\/span> won the historic bronze medal of the championship. The closest to victory was<\/span> 22-year-old Polina Bugrova, who played a tense match against Line Kjersfeldt<\/span> Heimark, but lost in two games – 19:21, 17:21.<\/span><\/p>\n

Thanks to this result, the Ukrainian women’s national team qualified for the first time for<\/span> the most prestigious world women’s team tournament – the Uber Cup, which will be held<\/span> from April 23 to May 3, 2026 in Horsens (Denmark).<\/span><\/p>\n\n\t

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