| Tournament details | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Dates | 12-16 April 2006 | ||
| Venue | Maaspoort [1] | ||
| Location | Den Bosch, Netherlands | ||
| Champions | |||
| Men's singles |  Peter Gade | ||
| Women's singles |  Xu Huaiwen | ||
| Men's doubles | Jens Eriksen Martin Lundgaard Hansen | ||
| Women's doubles |  Donna Kellogg Gail Emms | ||
| Mixed doubles | Thomas Laybourn Kamilla Rytter Juhl | ||
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The 20th European Badminton Championships were held in Den Bosch, Netherlands, between 12 and 16 April 2006.
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's singles | Peter Gade | Kenneth Jonassen | Joachim Persson |
| Niels Christian Kaldau | |||
| Women's singles | Xu Huaiwen |  Mia Audina Tjiptawan | Juliane Schenk |
| Yao Jie | |||
| Men's doubles | Jens Eriksen and Martin Lundgaard Hansen | Carsten Mogensen and Mathias Boe | Robert Blair and Anthony Clark |
 Michal Logosz and Robert Mateusiak | |||
| Women's doubles | Donna Kellogg and Gail Emms | Juliane Schenk and Nicole Grether |  Elin Bergblom and Johanna Persson |
| Lena Frier Kristiansen and Kamilla Rytter Juhl | |||
| Mixed doubles | Thomas Laybourn and Kamilla Rytter Juhl | Jens Eriksen and Mette Schjoldager | Robert Mateusiak and Nadieżda Kostiuczyk |
| Anthony Clark and Donna Kellogg | |||
| Teams | Denmark | Netherlands | England |
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Peter Gade | 21 | 21 | |||||||||||||||||
| 5/8 | Dicky Palyama | 12 | 18 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Peter Gade | 24 | 21 | |||||||||||||||||
| 5/8 | Joachim Persson | 22 | 10 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3/4 | Björn Joppien | 21 | 12 | 14 | ||||||||||||||||
| 5/8 | Joachim Persson | 15 | 21 | 21 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Peter Gade | 21 | 21 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Kenneth Jonassen | 19 | 18 | |||||||||||||||||
| 5/8 | Eric Pang | 18 | 18 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3/4 | Niels Christian Kaldau | 21 | 21 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3/4 | Niels Christian Kaldau | 19 | 16 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Kenneth Jonassen | 21 | 21 | |||||||||||||||||
| 5/8 | Przemysław Wacha | 15 | 12 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Kenneth Jonassen | 21 | 21 | |||||||||||||||||
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1 |  Pi Hongyan | 19 | 20 | |||||||||||||||||
| 5/8 | Juliane Schenk | 21 | 22 | |||||||||||||||||
| 5/8 | Juliane Schenk | 14 | 16 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3/4 | Mia Audina | 21 | 21 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3/4 | Mia Audina | 21 | 21 | |||||||||||||||||
 Susan Hughes | 18 | 18 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 3/4 | Mia Audina | 21 | 9 | 16 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Xu Huaiwen | 15 | 21 | 21 | ||||||||||||||||
| 5/8 |  Petya Nedeltcheva | 15 | 16 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3/4 | Yao Jie | 21 | 21 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3/4 | Yao Jie | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Xu Huaiwen | wo | wo | |||||||||||||||||
| Tine Rasmussen | 14 | 16 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Xu Huaiwen | 21 | 21 | |||||||||||||||||
| Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||
| Jens Eriksen M. Lundgaard Hansen | 21 | 23 | |||||||||||
| Robert Mateusiak Michal Logosz | 19 | 21 | |||||||||||
| Jens Eriksen M. Lundgaard Hansen | 21 | 21 | |||||||||||
| Carsten Mogensen Mathias Boe | 15 | 17 | |||||||||||
| Robert Blair Anthony Clark | 17 | 21 | 18 | ||||||||||
| Carsten Mogensen Mathias Boe | 21 | 11 | 21 | ||||||||||
| Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||
| Donna Kellogg Gail Emms | 21 | 16 | 21 | ||||||||||
| Elin Bergblom Johanna Persson | 9 | 21 | 15 | ||||||||||
| Donna Kellogg Gail Emms | 21 | 21 | |||||||||||
| Juliane Schenk Nicole Grether | 12 | 10 | |||||||||||
| Lena Frier Kristiansen Kamilla Rytter Juhl | 9 | 21 | 15 | ||||||||||
| Juliane Schenk Nicole Grether | 21 | 14 | 21 | ||||||||||
| Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||
| Robert Mateusiak Nadieżda Kostiuczyk | 16 | 21 | 21 | ||||||||||
| Thomas Laybourn Kamilla Rytter Juhl | 21 | 14 | 23 | ||||||||||
| Thomas Laybourn Kamilla Rytter Juhl | 22 | 21 | |||||||||||
| Jens Eriksen Mette Schjoldager | 20 | 14 | |||||||||||
| Anthony Clark Donna Kellogg | 16 | 14 | |||||||||||
| Jens Eriksen Mette Schjoldager | 21 | 21 | |||||||||||
| Pos | Country |  |  |  | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Denmark | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 |
| 2 | Germany | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | England | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 4 | Netherlands | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Poland | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 6 | Sweden | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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