1971 European Junior Badminton Championships

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1971 European Junior Badminton Championships
Tournament details
Dates16 – 18 April
Edition2nd
Location Gottwaldov, Czechoslovakia
(now Czech Republic)
1969 Leidschendam-Voorburg 1973 Edinburgh

The 1971 European Junior Badminton Championships was the second edition of the European Junior Badminton Championships. It was held in Gottwaldov, Czechoslovakia, in the month of April. [1] Danish players won both the Girls' singles and doubles while England won Boys' doubles and Mixed doubles. Netherlands' Ridder won Boys' singles title. [2] [3]

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Medalists

DisciplineGoldSilverBronze
Boys' singles Flag of the Netherlands.svg Rob Ridder Flag of Denmark.svg Søren Christensen Flag of Denmark.svg Viggo Christiansen
Flag of Denmark.svg Ulrik Bo Hansen
Girls' singles Flag of Denmark.svg Anne Berglund Flag of the Netherlands.svg Marjan Luesken Flag of East Germany.svg Monika Thiere
Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Lučka Križman
Boys' doubles Flag of England.svg Peter Gardner
Flag of England.svg John Stretch
Flag of Sweden.svg Sven Ove Kellermalm
Flag of Sweden.svg Häkan Linnarson
Flag of Denmark.svg Anders Andersen
Flag of Denmark.svg Ulrik Bo Hansen
Flag of Denmark.svg Søren Christiansen
Flag of Denmark.svg Viggo Christiansen
Girls' doubles Flag of Denmark.svg Anne Berglund
Flag of Denmark.svg Lene Køppen
Flag of England.svg Nora Gardner
Flag of England.svg Barbara Giles
Flag of Denmark.svg Lone Rasmussen
Flag of Denmark.svg Susanne Mølgaard Hansen
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Marjan Luesken
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Henny Wesdorp
Mixed doubles Flag of England.svg Peter Gardner
Flag of England.svg Barbara Giles
Flag of England.svg John Stretch
Flag of England.svg Nora Gardner
Flag of Denmark.svg Viggo Christiansen
Flag of Denmark.svg Lene Køppen
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Rob Ridder
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Marjan Luesken

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of England.svg  England  (ENG)2204
2Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark  (DEN)2169
3Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands  (NED)1124
4Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden  (SWE)0101
5Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany  (DDR)0011
Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Yugoslavia  (YUG)0011
Totals (6 nations)551020

Results

Semi-finals

CategoryWinnerRunner-upScore
Boys' singles Flag of the Netherlands.svg Rob Ridder Flag of Denmark.svg Viggo Christiansen 15–12, 10–15, 15–10
Flag of Denmark.svg Søren Christensen Flag of Denmark.svg Ulrik Bo Hansen 15–2, 15–9
Girls' singles Flag of the Netherlands.svg Marjan Luesken Flag of East Germany.svg Monika Thiere 11–1, 3–11, 11–3
Flag of Denmark.svg Anne Berglund Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Lučka Križman 11–0, 11–4
Boys' doubles Flag of England.svg John Stretch
Flag of England.svg Peter Gardner
Flag of Denmark.svg Anders Andersen
Flag of Denmark.svg Ulrik Bo Hansen
14–17, 15–7, 15–10
Flag of Sweden.svg Häkan Linnarson

Flag of Sweden.svg Sven Ove Kellermalm

Flag of Denmark.svg Søren Christiansen
Flag of Denmark.svg Viggo Christiansen
8–15, 15–8, 15–11
Girls' doubles Flag of England.svg Barbara Giles
Flag of England.svg Nora Gardner
Flag of Denmark.svg Lone Rasmussen
Flag of Denmark.svg Susanne Mølgaard Hansen
15–5, 15–6
Flag of Denmark.svg Anne Berglund
Flag of Denmark.svg Lene Køppen
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Henny Wesdorp
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Marjan Luesken
15–13, 15–9
Mixed doubles Flag of England.svg Peter Gardner
Flag of England.svg Barbara Giles
Flag of Denmark.svg Viggo Christiansen
Flag of Denmark.svg Lene Køppen
15–13, 17–14
Flag of England.svg John Stretch
Flag of England.svg Nora Gardner
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Rob Ridder
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Marjan Luesken
15–9, 15–11

Finals

CategoryWinnersRunners-upScore
Boys' singles Flag of the Netherlands.svg Rob Ridder Flag of Denmark.svg Søren Christensen 15–10, 15–10
Girls' singles Flag of Denmark.svg Anne Berglund Flag of the Netherlands.svg Marjan Luesken 11–2, 12–9
Boys' doubles Flag of England.svg John Stretch
Flag of England.svg Peter Gardner
Flag of Sweden.svg Häkan Linnarson
Flag of Sweden.svg Sven Ove Kellermalm
18–13, 12–15, 18–15
Girls' doubles Flag of Denmark.svg Anne Berglund
Flag of Denmark.svg Lene Køppen
Flag of England.svg Barbara Giles
Flag of England.svg Nora Gardner
15–11, 15–7
Mixed doubles Flag of England.svg Peter Gardner
Flag of England.svg Barbara Giles
Flag of England.svg John Stretch
Flag of England.svg Nora Gardner
17–16, 18–14

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