1970 European Badminton Championships

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1970 European Badminton Championships
Tournament details
Dates17–19 April
Edition2
VenueAfan 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.

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Medalists

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

Semifinals

DisciplineWinnerRunner-upScore
Men's singles Flag of Sweden.svg Sture Johnsson Flag of Germany.svg Wolfgang Bochow 15–3, 14–15, 15–10
Flag of Denmark.svg Elo Hansen Flag of England.svg Paul Whetnall 15–9, 15–2
Women's singles Flag of Denmark.svg Imre Rietveld Flag of England.svg Margaret Boxall 11–9, 7–11, 11–3
Flag of Sweden.svg Eva Twedberg Flag of Denmark.svg Lisbeth van Bernekow 11–6, 11–4
Men's doubles Flag of Denmark.svg Erland Kops

Flag of Denmark.svg Henning Borch

Flag of England.svg David Eddy
Flag of England.svg Roger Powell
15–8, 15–5
Flag of Denmark.svg Elo Hansen
Flag of Denmark.svg Per Walsøe
Flag of Germany.svg Siegfried Betz
Flag of Germany.svg Roland Maywald
6–15, 15–7, 17–14
Women's doubles Flag of Germany.svg Irmgard Latz
Flag of Germany.svg Marieluise Wackerow
Flag of England.svg Margaret Beck
Flag of England.svg Gillian Perrin
15–13, 9–15, 15–3
Flag of England.svg Margaret Boxall
Flag of England.svg Susan Whetnall
Flag of Denmark.svg Anne Berglund
Flag of Denmark.svg Karin Jørgensen
15–10, 15–8
Mixed doubles Flag of England.svg Derek Talbot
Flag of England.svg Gillian Perrin
Flag of Denmark.svg Per Walsøe
Flag of Denmark.svg Anne Berglund
14–18, 15–11, 15–7
Flag of England.svg David Eddy
Flag of England.svg Susan Whetnall
Flag of Germany.svg Wolfgang Bochow
Flag of Germany.svg Irmgard Latz
15–10, 15–8

Finals

CategoryWinnersRunners-upScore
Men's singles Flag of Sweden.svg Sture Johnsson Flag of Denmark.svg Elo Hansen 15–5, 15–6
Women's singles Flag of Sweden.svg Eva Twedberg Flag of Denmark.svg Imre Nielsen 11–8, 10–12, 12–10
Men's doubles Flag of Denmark.svg Elo Hansen
Flag of Denmark.svg Per Walsøe
Flag of Denmark.svg Erland Kops
Flag of Denmark.svg Henning Borch
15–9, 2–15, 15–10
Women's doubles Flag of England.svg Margaret Boxall
Flag of England.svg Susan Whetnall
Flag of Germany.svg Irmgard Latz
Flag of Germany.svg Marieluise Wackerow
2–3, retired [6]
Mixed doubles Flag of England.svg David Eddy
Flag of England.svg Susan Whetnall
Flag of England.svg Derek Talbot
Flag of England.svg Gillian Perrin
17–16, 17–16

Medal account

  *   Host nation (Wales)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of England.svg  England 2147
2Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 2002
3Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 1337
4Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 0134
Totals (4 entries)551020

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