1977 European Junior Badminton Championships

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1977 European Junior Badminton Championships
Tournament details
Dates9–14 April 1977
Edition5th
Venue RAF Ta Kali hangar [1]
Location Ta' Qali, Malta
1975 Copenhagen 1979 Mülheim an der Ruhr

The 1977 European Junior Badminton Championships was the fifth edition of the European Junior Badminton Championships. It was held in Ta' Qali, Malta, in the month of April. [2] English players dominated by winning five out of six matches which includes the mixed team championships as well. Danish team won the Boys' doubles title. Kevin Jolly, the English player who was scheduled to play in three final showdowns suffered foot injury, preventing him from contesting all the matches. Thus, matches for only Girls' singles and Girls' doubles were played on final day. The large-scale final day had to be saved with some show matches. In these show matches, Sweden's Ulf Johansson beat Andy Goode, England, who was named champion in singles, while Jesper and Niels in doubles beat Nigel Tier & Gary Reeves, England, 18-13, 15-11. [3]

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Medalists

DisciplineGoldSilverBronze
Boys' singles Flag of England.svg Andy Goode Flag of England.svg Kevin Jolly Flag of Sweden.svg Göran Carlsson
Flag of Sweden.svg Ulf Johansson
Girls' singles Flag of England.svg Karen Bridge Flag of Denmark.svg Kirsten Meier Flag of Denmark.svg Agnethe Juul
Flag of Sweden.svg Carina Andersson
Boys' doubles Flag of Denmark.svg Jesper Toftlund
Flag of Denmark.svg Niels Christensen
Flag of England.svg Kevin Jolly
Flag of England.svg Nigel Tier
Flag of Denmark.svg Niels Hansen
Flag of Denmark.svg Jan Hammergaard-Hansen
Flag of Sweden.svg Ulf Johansson
Flag of Sweden.svg Göran Carlsson
Girls' doubles Flag of England.svg Karen Bridge
Flag of England.svg Karen Puttick
Flag of Scotland.svg Pamela Hamilton
Flag of Scotland.svg Joy Reid
Flag of Scotland.svg Linda Gardner
Flag of Scotland.svg Jill Crombie
Flag of Denmark.svg Bente Terkelsen
Flag of Denmark.svg Charlotte Pilgaard
Mixed doubles Flag of England.svg Nigel Tier
Flag of England.svg Karen Puttick
Flag of England.svg Kevin Jolly
Flag of England.svg Karen Bridge
Flag of Denmark.svg Jan Hammergaard-Hansen
Flag of Denmark.svg Kirsten Meier
Flag of Denmark.svg Jesper Toftlund
Flag of Denmark.svg Karen Kiil
Mixed teamFlag of England.svg  England
Kevin Jolly
Karen Bridge
Nigel Tier
Karen Puttick
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark
Jens Hinrichsen
Agnethe Juul
Niels Christensen
Jesper Toftlund
Bettina Kristensen
Kirsten Meier
Karen Kiil
Niels Hansen
Jan Hammergaard
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Göran Carlsson
Carina Andersson
Ulf Johansson
Ann-Sofi Bergmann
Allan Pettersson

Results

Semi-finals

CategoryWinnerRunner-upScore
Boys' singles Flag of England.svg Kevin Jolly Flag of Sweden.svg Göran Carlsson 15–5, 15–10
Flag of England.svg Andy Goode Flag of Sweden.svg Ulf Johansson 11–15, 15–12, 17–14
Girls' singles Flag of Denmark.svg Kirsten Meier Flag of Denmark.svg Agnethe Juul 11–8, 2–11, 11–8
Flag of England.svg Karen Bridge Flag of Sweden.svg Carina Andersson 11–7, 11–4
Boys' doubles Flag of England.svg Kevin Jolly
Flag of England.svg Nigel Tier
Flag of Denmark.svg Jan Hammergaard-Hansen
Flag of Denmark.svg Niels Hansen
15–8, 15–12
Flag of Denmark.svg Jesper Toftlund

Flag of Denmark.svg Niels Christensen

Flag of Sweden.svg Göran Carlsson
Flag of Sweden.svg Ulf Johansson
17–14, 15–3
Girls' doubles Flag of England.svg Karen Bridge
Flag of England.svg Karen Puttick
Flag of Scotland.svg Jill Crombie
Flag of Scotland.svg Linda Gardner
17–15, 15–8
Flag of Scotland.svg Joy Reid
Flag of Scotland.svg Pamela Hamilton
Flag of Denmark.svg Bente Terkelsen
Flag of Denmark.svg Charlotte Pilgaard
15–12, 15–8
Mixed doubles Flag of England.svg Kevin Jolly
Flag of England.svg Karen Bridge
Flag of Denmark.svg Jan Hammergaard-Hansen
Flag of Denmark.svg Kirsten Meier
15–6, 15–11
Flag of England.svg Nigel Tier
Flag of England.svg Karen Puttick
Flag of Denmark.svg Jesper Toftlund
Flag of Denmark.svg Karen Kiil
15–5, 15–9

Final

CategoryWinnerRunners-upScore
Boys' singles Flag of England.svg Andy Goode Flag of England.svg Kevin Jolly Walkover
Girls' singles Flag of England.svg Karen Bridge Flag of Denmark.svg Kirsten Meier 11–8, 11–3
Boys' doubles Flag of Denmark.svg Jesper Toftlund
Flag of Denmark.svg Niels Christensen
Flag of England.svg Kevin Jolly
Flag of England.svg Nigel Tier
Walkover
Girls' doubles Flag of England.svg Karen Bridge
Flag of England.svg Karen Puttick
Flag of Scotland.svg Joy Reid
Flag of Scotland.svg Pamela Hamilton
15–4, 15–5
Mixed doubles Flag of England.svg Nigel Tier
Flag of England.svg Karen Puttick
Flag of England.svg Kevin Jolly
Flag of England.svg Karen Bridge
Walkover

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of England.svg  England  (ENG)5308
2Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark  (DEN)1258
3Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland  (SCO)0112
4Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden  (SWE)0055
Totals (4 entries)661123

References

  1. Scheele, H. A. E., ed. (May 1977). "English win five junior European titles: Many future stars show their mettle in Malta" (PDF). World Badminton (29 ed.). p. 6. Retrieved 5 January 2025.
  2. "EUROPEAN JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS, INDIVIDUALS". badmintoneurope.com. Badminton Europe . Retrieved 24 November 2020.
  3. "Badminton Museet magazine 1977–05" (PDF) (in Danish).