1976 European Mixed Team Badminton Championships

1976 European Mixed Team Badminton Championships

Tournament details
Dates	6–7 April 1976
Edition	3
Venue	Fitzwilliam Club
Location	Dublin, Ireland
← 1974 1978 →

The 1976 European Mixed Team Badminton Championships were held in Dublin, Ireland from 6 and 7 April 1976. The tournament was hosted by the European Badminton Union and Badminton Union of Ireland. The tournament was held at the Fitzwilliam Club in Dublin. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Medalists

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Mixed team	Denmark Flemming Delfs Elo Hansen Steen Skovgaard Lonny Bostofte Jette Føge Lene Køppen Susanne Mølgaard Hansen	England Ray Stevens Eddy Sutton Derek Talbot Mike Tredgett Paul Whetnall Nora Gardner Barbara Giles Gillian Gilks Margaret Lockwood Susan Whetnall	Sweden Bengt Fröman Sture Johnsson Thomas Kihlström Claes Nordin Anette Börjesson Karin Lindqvist Eva Stuart

Draw

A total of thirteen teams competed in the championships. Belgium, Switzerland and the Soviet Union made their first appearance in the championships.

Group 1	Group 2	Group 3
Denmark   England   West Germany   Sweden	Netherlands   Scotland   Soviet Union   Wales	Austria   Belgium   Ireland (Host)   Norway    Switzerland

Group 1

Pos	Team	W	L	MF	MA	MD	Pts	Qualification
1	Denmark	2	1	9	6	+3	3	Champions
2	England	2	1	9	6	+3	2	Runners-up
3	Sweden	2	1	7	8	−1	1	Third place
4	West Germany	0	3	5	10	−5	0	Advance to play-offs

England vs Sweden

England 4	Fitzwilliam Club 6 April 1976		Sweden 1
1 2 3 1 Paul Whetnall Sture Johnsson 4 15 7 15     2 Gillian Gilks Anette Börjesson 11 3 11 3     3 Ray Stevens  /  Mike Tredgett Bengt Fröman  /  Thomas Kihlström 10 15 15 6 15 10   4 Nora Gardner  /  Margaret Lockwood Anette Börjesson  /  Eva Stuart 15 8 15 4     5 Derek Talbot  /  Gillian Gilks Sture Johnsson  /  Eva Stuart 15 10 14 17 15 5

Denmark vs West Germany

Denmark 4	Fitzwilliam Club 6 April 1976		West Germany 1
1 2 3 1 Flemming Delfs Michael Schnaase 15 9 15 7     2 Lene Køppen Eva-Maria Kranz 11 5 11 0     3 Flemming Delfs  /  Elo Hansen Willi Braun  /  Roland Maywald 15 12 15 12     4 Lonny Bostofte  /  Jette Føge Brigitte Steden  /  Marieluise Zizmann 9 15 3 15     5 Steen Skovgaard  /  Lene Køppen Wolfgang Bochow  /  Marieluise Zizmann 18 14 11 15 18 15

England vs West Germany

England 3	Fitzwilliam Club 6 April 1976		West Germany 2
1 2 3 1 Paul Whetnall Michael Schnaase 15 5 15 4     2 Gillian Gilks Eva-Maria Kranz 11 0 11 2     3 Ray Stevens  /  Mike Tredgett Willi Braun  /  Roland Maywald 15 7 9 15 7 15   4 Nora Gardner  /  Susan Whetnall Brigitte Steden  /  Marieluise Zizmann 18 14 15 13     5 Derek Talbot  /  Gillian Gilks Wolfgang Bochow  /  Marieluise Zizmann 15 9 11 15 15 18

Denmark vs Sweden

Denmark 2	Fitzwilliam Club 7 April 1976		Sweden 3
1 2 3 1 Flemming Delfs Sture Johnsson 2 15 6 15     2 Lene Køppen Anette Börjesson 11 2 11 3     3 Flemming Delfs  /  Elo Hansen Bengt Fröman  /  Thomas Kihlström 4 15 9 15     4 Susanne Mølgaard Hansen  /  Lene Køppen Anette Börjesson  /  Eva Stuart 15 8 15 8     5 Steen Skovgaard  /  Susanne Mølgaard Hansen Thomas Kihlström  /  Eva Stuart 8 15 15 7 16 18

Sweden vs West Germany

Sweden 3	Fitzwilliam Club 7 April 1976		West Germany 2
1 2 3 1 Sture Johnsson Michael Schnaase 15 2 15 6     2 Anette Börjesson Eva-Maria Kranz 10 12 11 6 11 3   3 Bengt Fröman  /  Thomas Kihlström Willi Braun  /  Roland Maywald 6 15 15 13 18 15   4 Anette Börjesson  /  Eva Stuart Brigitte Steden  /  Marieluise Zizmann 14 17 15 11 7 15   5 Thomas Kihlström  /  Eva Stuart Wolfgang Bochow  /  Marieluise Zizmann 6 15 7 15

England vs Denmark

England 3	Fitzwilliam Club 17 April 1976		Denmark 2
1 2 3 1 Paul Whetnall Flemming Delfs 17 16 13 15 6 15   2 Gillian Gilks Lene Køppen 4 11 10 12     3 Ray Stevens  /  Mike Tredgett Flemming Delfs  /  Elo Hansen 12 15 15 9 15 11   4 Nora Gardner  /  Susan Whetnall Lonny Bostofte  /  Jette Føge 7 15 2 15     5 Derek Talbot  /  Gillian Gilks Steen Skovgaard  /  Lene Køppen 6 15 9 15

Group 2

Pos	Team	W	L	MF	MA	MD	Pts	Qualification
1	Netherlands	3	0	12	3	+9	3	Advance to play-offs
2	Scotland	2	1	8	7	+1	2
3	Soviet Union	1	2	7	8	−1	1
4	Wales	0	3	3	12	−9	0	Advance to play-offs

Netherlands vs Wales

Netherlands 4	Fitzwilliam Club 6 April 1976		Wales 1
1 2 3 1 Rob Ridder Steve Gully 18 14 15 6     2 Joke van Beusekom Angela Dickson 11 1 11 1     3 Guus de Vogel  /  Clemens Wortel David Colmer  /  Brian Jones 11 15 11 15     4 Marjan Luesken  /  Joke van Beusekom Susan Brimble  /  Angela Dickson 15 4 15 4     5 Rob Ridder  /  Marjan Luesken David Colmer  /  Susan Alfieri 15 13 15 4

Scotland vs Soviet Union

Scotland 3	Fitzwilliam Club 6 April 1976		Soviet Union 2
1 2 3 1 Ronnie Conway Anatoliy Skripko 9 15 8 15     2 Joanne Flockhart Alla Zvonareva 12 11 3 11 6 11   3 Jim Ansari  /  John Britton Viktor Shvachko  /  Anatoliy Skripko 15 5 15 8     4 Joanne Flockhart  /  Christine Stewart Natalya Damaskina  /  Alla Zvonareva 15 10 15 11     5 Fraser Gow  /  Christine Stewart Viktor Shvachko  /  Irina Shevchenko 15 10 15 8

Netherlands vs Scotland

Netherlands 4	Fitzwilliam Club 6 April 1976		Scotland 1
1 2 3 1 Rob Ridder Ronnie Conway 15 13 15 4     2 Joke van Beusekom Pamela Hamilton 11 3 11 3     3 Rob Ridder  /  Piet Ridder Jim Ansari  /  John Britton 11 7 11 6     4 Marjan Luesken  /  Joke van Beusekom Joanne Flockhart  /  Christine Stewart 15 13 12 15 15 2   5 Clemens Wortel  /  Marjan Luesken Fraser Gow  /  Christine Stewart 15 12 10 15 1 15

Wales vs Soviet Union

Wales 1	Fitzwilliam Club 7 April 1976		Soviet Union 4
1 2 3 1 Steve Gully Anatoliy Skripko 11 15 9 15     2 Angela Dickson Alla Zvonareva 3 11 2 11     3 David Colmer  /  Brian Jones Viktor Shvachko  /  Anatoliy Skripko 15 7 5 15 3 15   4 Susan Brimble  /  Angela Dickson Natalya Damaskina  /  Alla Zvonareva 3 15 6 15     5 David Colmer  /  Susan Alfieri Viktor Shvachko  /  Irina Shevchenko 15 12 15 8

Netherlands vs Soviet Union

Netherlands 4	Fitzwilliam Club 7 April 1976		Soviet Union 1
1 2 3 1 Clemens Wortel Anatoliy Skripko 8 15 12 15     2 Joke van Beusekom Alla Zvonareva 11 6 7 11 11 6   3 Piet Ridder  /  Rob Ridder Viktor Shvachko  /  Anatoliy Skripko 15 12 18 13     4 Marjan Luesken  /  Joke van Beusekom Nadezhda Litvincheva  /  Irina Shevchenko 15 4 15 4     5 Rob Ridder  /  Marjan Luesken Viktor Shvachko  /  Irina Shevchenko 15 8 15 7

Scotland vs Wales

Scotland 5	Fitzwilliam Club 7 April 1976		Wales 0
1 2 3 1 Ronnie Conway Steve Gully 15 2 15 9     2 Joanne Flockhart Susan Brimble 11 2 11 1     3 Jim Ansari  /  Billy Gilliland David Colmer  /  Brian Jones 15 8 15 8     4 Joanne Flockhart  /  Christine Stewart Susan Alfieri  /  Angela Dickson 15 12 15 8     5 Fraser Gow  /  Christine Stewart Brian Jones  /  Susan Alfieri 12 15 15 10 3 15

Group 3

Pos	Team	W	L	MF	MA	MD	Pts	Qualification
1	Ireland (H)	4	0	18	2	+16	4	Advance to play-offs
2	Norway	3	1	16	4	+12	3
3	Austria	2	2	10	10	0	2
4	Switzerland	1	3	5	15	−10	1
5	Belgium	0	3	1	19	−18	0

Fixtures

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Ireland	5–0	Austria
Norway	5–0	Belgium
Ireland	5–0	Belgium
Austria	4–1	Switzerland
Norway	5–0	Switzerland
Ireland	3–2	Norway
Austria	5–0	Belgium
Norway	4–1	Austria
Ireland	3–2	Switzerland
Switzerland	4–1	Belgium

Inter-divisional play-offs

West Germany vs Netherlands

West Germany 2	Fitzwilliam Club 7 April 1976		Netherlands 3
1 2 3 1 Michael Schnaase Rob Ridder 15 10 15 12     2 Eva-Maria Kranz Joke van Beusekom 11 5 2 11 2 11   3 Willi Braun  /  Roland Maywald Guus de Vogel  /  Clemens Wortel 15 1 15 5     4 Brigitte Steden  /  Marieluise Zizmann Marjan Luesken  /  Joke van Beusekom 15 8 16 17 12 15   5 Wolfgang Bochow  /  Marieluise Zizmann Rob Ridder  /  Marjan Luesken 8 15 7 15

Wales vs Ireland

Wales 1	Fitzwilliam Club 7 April 1976		Ireland 4
1 2 3 1 Steve Gully John Taylor 15 10 15 9     2 Susan Brimble Barbara Beckett 5 11 3 11     3 David Colmer  /  Brian Jones Peter Moore  /  Bill Thompson 15 6 13 15 13 15   4 Susan Alfieri  /  Angela Dickson Barbara Beckett  /  Dorothy Cunningham 2 15 10 15     5 Brian Jones  /  Susan Alfieri John Scott  /  Dorothy Cunningham 12 15 6 15

References

1. "Important date for Terry". Belfast Telegraph. 9 April 1976. p. 26.
2. World badminton, volume 25, page 8, Herbert Scheele, May 1976
3. "Promotie voor badmintongroep". Algemeen Dagblad . 1976-04-08. p. 19. Retrieved 2025-03-17.