1969 European Junior Badminton Championships

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1969 European Junior Badminton Championships
Tournament details
DatesApril 1969
Edition1st
Location Leidschendam-Voorburg, Netherlands
1971 Gottwaldov

The 1969 European Junior Badminton Championships was the first ever edition of the European Junior Badminton Championships. It was held in Leidschendam-Voorburg, Netherlands, in the month of April. [1] Danish players won both the singles disciplines, England won Boys' doubles, host Netherlands won Girls' doubles while Sweden bagged mixed doubles title. [2]

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Medalists

DisciplineGoldSilverBronze
Boys' singles Flag of Denmark.svg Flemming Delfs Flag of Denmark.svg Preben Boesen Flag of the Netherlands.svg Piet Ridder
Flag of England.svg Ray Stevens
Girls' singles Flag of Denmark.svg Anne Berglund Flag of England.svg Margaret Beck Flag of Denmark.svg Annie Bøg Jørgensen
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Joke van Beusekom
Boys' doubles Flag of England.svg Keith Arthur
Flag of England.svg Ray Stevens
Flag of Denmark.svg Preben Boesen
Flag of Denmark.svg Mogens Neergaard
Flag of Denmark.svg Flemming Delfs
Flag of Denmark.svg Hans Røpke
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Piet Ridder
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Rudy Hartog
Girls' doubles Flag of the Netherlands.svg Joke van Beusekom
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Marjan Luesken
Flag of England.svg Margaret Beck
Flag of England.svg Carol Wightman
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Erika Fikenscher
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Ingrid Fikenscher
Flag of Denmark.svg Bente Pedersen
Flag of Denmark.svg Susan Jensen
Mixed doubles Flag of Sweden.svg Gert Perneklo
Flag of Sweden.svg Karin Lindquist
Flag of Denmark.svg Mogens Neergaard
Flag of Denmark.svg Bente Pedersen
Flag of England.svg Ray Stevens
Flag of England.svg Margaret Beck
Flag of Sweden.svg Bengt Fröman
Flag of Sweden.svg Margareta Söderberg

Results

Semi-finals

CategoryWinnerRunner-upScore
Boys' singles Flag of Denmark.svg Flemming Delfs Flag of England.svg Ray Stevens 15–5, 15–7
Flag of Denmark.svg Preben Boesen Flag of the Netherlands.svg Piet Ridder 8–15, 15–8, 15–6
Girls' singles Flag of Denmark.svg Anne Berglund Flag of the Netherlands.svg Joke van Beusekom 11–9, 9–11, –, –
Flag of England.svg Margaret Beck Flag of Denmark.svg Annie Bøg Jørgensen 11–6, 11–3
Boys' doubles Flag of Denmark.svg Mogens Neergaard
Flag of Denmark.svg Preben Boesen
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Piet Ridder
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Rudy Hartog
15–6, 15–8
Flag of England.svg Keith Arthur

Flag of England.svg Ray Stevens

Flag of Denmark.svg Flemming Delfs
Flag of Denmark.svg Hans Røpke
9–15, 15–10, 15–10
Girls' doubles Flag of the Netherlands.svg Joke van Beusekom
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Marjan Luesken
Flag of Denmark.svg Bente Pedersen
Flag of Denmark.svg Susan Jensen
15–13, 17–15
Flag of England.svg Carol Whightman
Flag of England.svg Margaret Beck
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Erika Fikenscher
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Ingrid Fikenscher
–, –
Mixed doubles Flag of Sweden.svg Gert Perneklo
Flag of Sweden.svg Karin Lindquist
Flag of England.svg Ray Stevens
Flag of England.svg Margaret Beck
–, –
Flag of Denmark.svg Mogens Neergaard
Flag of Denmark.svg Bente Pedersen
Flag of Sweden.svg Bengt Fröman
Flag of Sweden.svg Margareta Söderberg
15–10, 8–15, 15–6

Finals

CategoryWinnersRunners-upScore
Boys' singles Flag of Denmark.svg Flemming Delfs Flag of Denmark.svg Preben Boesen 15–0, 15–1
Girls' singles Flag of Denmark.svg Anne Berglund Flag of England.svg Margaret Beck 6–11, 11–6, 12–11
Boys' doubles Flag of England.svg Keith Arthur
Flag of England.svg Ray Stevens
Flag of Denmark.svg Mogens Neergaard
Flag of Denmark.svg Preben Boesen
15–9, 15–4
Girls' doubles Flag of the Netherlands.svg Joke van Beusekom
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Marjan Luesken
Flag of England.svg Carol Whightman
Flag of England.svg Margaret Beck
15–5, 15–9
Mixed doubles Flag of Sweden.svg Gert Perneklo
Flag of Sweden.svg Karin Lindquist
Flag of Denmark.svg Mogens Neergaard
Flag of Denmark.svg Bente Pedersen
15–10, 14–15, 15–6

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark  (DEN)2338
2Flag of England.svg  England  (ENG)1225
3Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands  (NED)1045
4Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden  (SWE)1012
Totals (4 nations)551020

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References

  1. "EUROPEAN JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS, INDIVIDUALS". badmintoneurope.com. Badminton Europe . Retrieved 24 November 2020.
  2. "Badminton Museet magazine 1969–06" (PDF) (in Danish).