1970 European Badminton Championships

1970 European Badminton Championships

Tournament details
Dates	17–19 April
Edition	2
Venue	Afan Lido [1] [2]
Location	Port Talbot, Wales
← 1968 1972 →

The 2nd European Badminton Championships were held in Port Talbot, Wales, between 17 and 19 April 1970, and hosted by the European Badminton Union and the Welsh Badminton Union.

Medalists

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's singles	Sture Johnsson	Elo Hansen	Paul Whetnall
			Wolfgang Bochow
Women's singles	Eva Twedberg	Imre Nielsen	Lisbeth van Barnekow
			Margaret Boxall
Men's doubles	Elo Hansen and Per Walsøe	Erland Kops and Henning Borch	Siegfried Betz and Roland Maywald
			David Eddy and Roger Powell
Women's doubles	Margaret Boxall and Susan Whetnall	Irmgard Latz and Marieluise Wackerow	Karin Jørgensen and Anne Berglund
			Gillian Perrin and Margaret Beck
Mixed doubles	David Eddy and Susan Whetnall	Derek Talbot and Gillian Perrin	Per Walsøe and Anne Berglund
			Wolfgang Bochow and Irmgard Latz

Semifinals

• An overview of most of the semifinal results. ^{[3] [4] [5]}

Discipline	Winner	Runner-up	Score
Men's singles	Sture Johnsson	Wolfgang Bochow	15–3, 14–15, 15–10
	Elo Hansen	Paul Whetnall	15–9, 15–2
Women's singles	Imre Rietveld	Margaret Boxall	11–9, 7–11, 11–3
	Eva Twedberg	Lisbeth van Bernekow	11–6, 11–4
Men's doubles	Erland Kops Henning Borch	David Eddy Roger Powell	15–8, 15–5
	Elo Hansen Per Walsøe	Siegfried Betz Roland Maywald	6–15, 15–7, 17–14
Women's doubles	Irmgard Latz Marieluise Wackerow	Margaret Beck Gillian Perrin	15–13, 9–15, 15–3
	Margaret Boxall Susan Whetnall	Anne Berglund Karin Jørgensen	15–10, 15–8
Mixed doubles	Derek Talbot Gillian Perrin	Per Walsøe Anne Berglund	14–18, 15–11, 15–7
	David Eddy Susan Whetnall	Wolfgang Bochow Irmgard Latz	15–10, 15–8

Finals

Category	Winners	Runners-up	Score
Men's singles	Sture Johnsson	Elo Hansen	15–5, 15–6
Women's singles	Eva Twedberg	Imre Nielsen	11–8, 10–12, 12–10
Men's doubles	Elo Hansen Per Walsøe	Erland Kops Henning Borch	15–9, 2–15, 15–10
Women's doubles	Margaret Boxall Susan Whetnall	Irmgard Latz Marieluise Wackerow	2–3, retired [6]
Mixed doubles	David Eddy Susan Whetnall	Derek Talbot Gillian Perrin	17–16, 17–16

Medal account

  *   Host nation (Wales)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	England	2	1	4	7
2	Sweden	2	0	0	2
3	Denmark	1	3	3	7
4	West Germany	0	1	3	4
Totals (4 entries)		5	5	10	20

References

1. "Badminton problems". Kent Evening Post. 17 April 1970. p. 32.
2. "Badminton Wales history". Badminton Wales. Retrieved 3 January 2025.
3. "Substitute enters final". The Straits Times . 20 April 1970. p. 22. Retrieved 30 December 2022– via NewspaperSG.
4. "Europamesterskaber" (PDF) (in Danish). Badminton Denmark. May 1970. p. 27. Retrieved 4 January 2023.
5. "Wales Stages European Championships" (PDF). worldbadminton.com. The Badminton Gazette. May 1970. pp. 142–143. Retrieved 8 May 2025.
6. Wackerow suffered Muscle injury

External links

• Results at BE