1978 European Mixed Team Badminton Championships

1978 European Mixed Team Badminton Championships

Tournament details
Dates	9–11 April 1978
Edition	4
Venue	Guild Hall
Location	Preston, England
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The 1978 European Mixed Team Badminton Championships were held in Preston, England, from 9 to 11 April 1978. The tournament was hosted by the European Badminton Union and the Badminton Association of England. The tournament was held at the Guild Hall. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Medalists

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Mixed team	England David Eddy Kevin Jolly Ray Stevens Eddy Sutton Mike Tredgett Karen Bridge Nora Perry Anne Statt Barbara Sutton Jane Webster	Denmark Flemming Delfs Steen Fladberg Jesper Helledie Steen Skovgaard Inge Borgstrøm Lonny Bostofte Lene Køppen Pia Nielsen Imre Nielsen	Sweden Bengt Fröman Sture Johnsson Stefan Karlsson Thomas Kihlström Claes Nordin Anette Börjesson Britt-Marie Larsson

Draw

A total of fifteen teams competed in the championships. Italy and Portugal made their first appearance in the championships.

Group 1	Group 2	Group 3	Group 4
Denmark   England (Host)   Netherlands   Sweden	West Germany   Scotland   Soviet Union	Austria   Ireland   Norway   Wales	Belgium   Italy   Portugal    Switzerland

Group 1

Pos	Team	W	L	MF	MA	MD	Pts	Qualification
1	England	3	0	10	5	+5	3	Champions
2	Denmark	2	1	9	6	+3	2	Runners-up
3	Sweden	1	2	7	8	−1	1	Third place
4	Netherlands	0	3	4	11	−6	0	Advance to play-offs

England vs Sweden

England 4	Guild Hall 9 April 1978		Sweden 1
1 2 3 1 Derek Talbot Sture Johnsson 15 6 17 14     2 Karen Bridge Anette Börjesson 11 5 10 12 6 11   3 Ray Stevens  /  Mike Tredgett Bengt Fröman  /  Thomas Kihlström 13 15 15 11 15 3   4 Nora Perry  /  Anne Statt Britt-Marie Larsson  /  Agneta Lundh 15 5 15 3     5 Mike Tredgett  /  Nora Perry Lars Wengberg  /  Anette Börjesson 15 9 15 6

Denmark vs Netherlands

Denmark 4	Guild Hall 9 April 1978		Netherlands 1
1 2 3 1 Lene Køppen Joke van Beusekom 11 6 11 6     2 Flemming Delfs  /  Elo Hansen Herman Leidelmeijer  /  Rob Ridder 15 6 15 9     3 Inge Borgstrøm  /  Pia Nielsen Marjan Ridder  /  Joke van Beusekom 11 15 14 17     4 Flemming Delfs Guus van der Vlugt 15 6 15 4     5 Steen Skovgaard  /  Lene Køppen Rob Ridder  /  Marjan Ridder 15 8 15 9

England vs Netherlands

England 3	Guild Hall 10 April 1978		Netherlands 2
1 2 3 1 Jane Webster Joke van Beusekom 7 11 3 11     2 Derek Talbot Rob Ridder 11 15 15 7 13 18   3 Nora Perry  /  Barbara Sutton Marjan Ridder  /  Joke van Beusekom 15 4 15 10     4 Ray Stevens  /  Mike Tredgett Herman Leidelmeijer  /  Guus van der Vlugt 15 8 15 9     5 Mike Tredgett  /  Nora Perry Rob Ridder  /  Marjan Ridder 15 3 15 5

Denmark vs Sweden

Denmark 3	Guild Hall 10 April 1978		Sweden 2
1 2 3 1 Flemming Delfs Sture Johnsson 15 6 18 13     2 Lene Køppen Anette Börjesson 11 7 11 2     3 Flemming Delfs  /  Steen Skovgaard Bengt Fröman  /  Thomas Kihlström 15 10 10 15 4 11 retired   4 Inge Borgstrøm  /  Pia Nielsen Britt-Marie Larsson  /  Agneta Lundh 15 7 15 6     5 Steen Fladberg  /  Lene Køppen Lars Wengberg  /  Anette Börjesson 15 8 11 15 8 15

Denmark vs England

Denmark 2	Guild Hall 11 April 1978		England 3
1 2 3 1 Flemming Delfs Derek Talbot 15 5 15 2     2 Lene Køppen Jane Webster 11 1 11 4     3 Flemming Delfs  /  Steen Skovgaard Ray Stevens  /  Mike Tredgett 4 15 15 6 13 15   4 Inge Borgstrøm  /  Pia Nielsen Nora Perry  /  Anne Statt 11 15 4 15     5 Steen Skovgaard  /  Lene Køppen Mike Tredgett  /  Nora Perry 13 15 11 15

Sweden vs Netherlands

Sweden 4	Guild Hall 11 April 1978		Netherlands 1
1 2 3 1 Sture Johnsson Rob Ridder 15 4 15 7     2 Anette Börjesson Marjan Ridder 11 7 11 1     3 Bengt Fröman  /  Thomas Kihlström Herman Leidelmeijer  /  Guus van der Vlugt 15 4 15 11     4 Britt-Marie Larsson  /  Agneta Lundh Marjan Ridder  /  Joke van Beusekom 6 15 8 15     5 Anette Börjesson  /  Thomas Kihlström Rob Ridder  /  Marjan Ridder 15 7 15 10

Group 2

Pos	Team	W	L	MF	MA	MD	Pts	Qualification
1	West Germany	2	0	8	2	+6	2	Advance to play-offs
2	Scotland	1	1	5	5	0	1
3	Soviet Union	0	2	2	8	−6	0	Advance to play-offs

Scotland vs Soviet Union

Scotland 4	Guild Hall 9 April 1978		Soviet Union 1
1 2 3 1 Anthony Dawson Anatoliy Skripko 6 15 1 15     2 Billy Gilliland  /  Fraser Gow Nikolay Peshekhonov  /  Konstantin Vavilov 15 5 15 8     3 Joanne Flockhart  /  Christine Stewart Nadezhda Litvincheva  /  Alla Prodan 15 2 15 5     4 Pamela Hamilton Svetlana Beliasova 12 11 12 11     5 Billy Gilliland  /  Joanne Flockhart Viktor Shvachko  /  Nadezhda Litvincheva 15 12 15 6

West Germany vs Soviet Union

West Germany 4	Guild Hall 10 April 1978		Soviet Union 1
1 2 3 1 Michael Schnaase Anatoliy Skripko 8 15 3 15     2 Eva-Maria Zwiebler Svetlana Beliasova 11 2 11 5     3 Roland Maywald  /  Karl-Heinz Zwiebler Nikolay Peshekhonov  /  Konstantin Vavilov 15 12 15 11     4 Vera Martini  /  Marieluise Zizmann Nadezhda Litvincheva  /  Alla Prodan 15 8 15 7     5 Roland Maywald  /  Marieluise Zizmann Viktor Shvachko  /  Nadezhda Litvincheva 15 10 15 9

West Germany vs Scotland

West Germany 4	Guild Hall 11 April 1978		Scotland 1
1 2 3 1 Eva-Maria Zwiebler Pamela Hamilton 12 9 11 0     2 Roland Maywald  /  Karl-Heinz Zwiebler Billy Gilliland  /  Fraser Gow 5 15 5 15     3 Vera Martini  /  Marieluise Zizmann Joanne Flockhart  /  Christine Stewart 15 10 1 15 15 3   4 Michael Schnaase Anthony Dawson 15 4 15 8     5 Roland Maywald  /  Marieluise Zizmann Billy Gilliland  /  Joanne Flockhart 5 15 15 9 15 11

Group 3

Pos	Team	W	L	MF	MA	MD	Pts	Qualification
1	Ireland	3	0	13	2	+11	3	Advance to play-offs
2	Norway	2	1	9	6	+3	2
3	Wales	1	2	7	8	−1	1
4	Austria	0	3	1	14	−13	0	Advance to play-offs

Fixtures

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Ireland	4–1	Wales
Norway	4–1	Austria
Ireland	5–0	Austria
Wales	1–4	Norway
Ireland	4–1	Norway
Wales	5–0	Austria

Group 4

Pos	Team	W	L	MF	MA	MD	Pts	Qualification
1	Belgium	3	0	13	2	+11	3	Advance to play-offs
2	Switzerland	2	1	12	3	+9	2
3	Portugal	1	2	5	10	−5	1
4	Italy	0	3	0	15	−15	0

Fixtures

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Belgium	5–0	Portugal
Switzerland	5–0	Italy
Belgium	5–0	Italy
Switzerland	5–0	Portugal
Belgium	3–2	Switzerland
Portugal	5–0	Italy

Inter-divisional play-offs

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Netherlands	2–3	West Germany
Soviet Union	1–4	Ireland
Austria	3–2	Belgium

References

1. "Singapore players all are winners". The Straits Times . 17 April 1978. p. 26. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
2. "EM 1978 i Preston" (PDF). Badminton Museet (in Danish) (06 ed.). May 1978. p. 10. Retrieved 7 January 2025.
3. World badminton, volume 33, page 3, Herbert Scheele, April 1978