2008 European Badminton Championships

2008 European Badminton Championships
Tournament details
Dates	16-20 April 2008
Venue	Messecenter
Location	Herning, Denmark
Champions
Men's singles	Kenneth Jonassen
Women's singles	Xu Huaiwen
Men's doubles	Lars Paaske ; Jonas Rasmussen
Women's doubles	Kamilla Rytter Juhl ; Lena Frier Kristiansen
Mixed doubles	Anthony Clark ; Donna Kellogg
← 2006	2010 →

Last updated September 15, 2025

The 2008 European Badminton Championships were the 21st tournament of the European Badminton Championships. They were held in Messecenter, Herning, Denmark, from April 16 to April 20, 2008, and they were organised by the Badminton Europe and the Danmarks Badminton Forbund.

Medalists

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's singles	Kenneth Jonassen	Joachim Persson	Przemysław Wacha
Men's singles	Kenneth Jonassen	Joachim Persson	Jan Ø. Jørgensen
Women's singles	Xu Huaiwen	Tine Rasmussen	Pi Hongyan
Women's singles	Xu Huaiwen	Tine Rasmussen	Juliane Schenk
Men's doubles	Lars Paaske and Jonas Rasmussen	Jens Eriksen and Martin Lundgaard Hansen	Erwin Kehlhoffner and Svetoslav Stoyanov
Men's doubles	Lars Paaske and Jonas Rasmussen	Jens Eriksen and Martin Lundgaard Hansen	Kristof Hopp and Ingo Kindervater
Women's doubles	Kamilla Rytter Juhl and Lena Frier Kristiansen	Donna Kellogg and Gail Emms	Elin Bergblom and Johanna Persson
Women's doubles	Kamilla Rytter Juhl and Lena Frier Kristiansen	Donna Kellogg and Gail Emms	Valeria Sorokina and Nina Vislova
Mixed doubles	Anthony Clark and Donna Kellogg	Robert Mateusiak and Nadieżda Kostiuczyk	Nathan Robertson and Gail Emms
Mixed doubles	Anthony Clark and Donna Kellogg	Robert Mateusiak and Nadieżda Kostiuczyk	Carsten Mogensen and Helle Nielsen

Results

Men's singles

Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Finals

1	Kenneth Jonassen	21	21

9/16	Scott Evans	9	14
						Kenneth Jonassen	21	21

						Jan Ø. Jørgensen	12	9
	Dieter Domke	17	18

	Jan Ø. Jørgensen	21	21
											Kenneth Jonassen	21	21

											Joachim Persson	13	16
5/8	Eric Pang	21	18	11

3/4	Joachim Persson	11	21	21
						Joachim Persson	17	21	21

						Przemysław Wacha	21	9	10
9/16	Pablo Abián	11	17

2	Przemysław Wacha	21	21

Women's singles

Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Finals

1	Pi Hongyan	21	21

5/8	Judith Meulendijks	9	17
						Pi Hongyan	11	21	18

						Xu Huaiwen	21	4	21
3/4	Xu Huaiwen	22	21

5/8	Petya Nedelcheva	20	19
											Xu Huaiwen	12	21	21

											Tine Rasmussen	21	12	17
5/8	Tracey Hallam	D	N	S

3/4	Juliane Schenk
						Juliane Schenk	6	21	13

						Tine Rasmussen	21	16	21
5/8	Yao Jie	18	16

2	Tine Rasmussen	21	21

Men's doubles

Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Finals

1	Paaske/Rasmussen	21	21

	Adcock/George	17	10
						Paaske/Rasmussen	22	21

						Kehlhoffner/Stoyanov	20	13
	Kehlhoffner/Stoyanov	21	16	21

5/8	Fuchs/Spitko	15	21	15
											Paaske/Rasmussen	21	21

											Eriksen/Lundgaard	19	16
5/8	Adcock/Middleton	21	21

3/4	Hopp/Kindervater	17	11
						Hopp/Kindervater	23	16	8

						Eriksen/Lundgaard	21	21	21
5/8	Claes/Mawet	11	10

2	Eriksen/Lundgaard	21	21

Women's doubles

Quarterfinals					Semifinals				Finals

1	Emms/Kellogg	21	21

	Bankier/Yuan Gao	9	13
						Emms/Kellogg	21	21

						Bergblom/Persson	18	7
3/4	Ananina/Russkikh	21	17	18

5/8	Bergblom/Persson	18	21	21
										Emms/Kellogg	18	18

										Juhl/Kristiansen	21	21
5/8	Sorokina/Vislova	21	21

3/4	Munt/Nicholas	15	12
						Sorokina/Vislova	19	20

						Juhl/Kristiansen	21	22
5/8	Augustyn/Kostiuczyk	21	13

2	Juhl/Kristiansen	23	21

Mixed doubles

Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Finals

1	Robertson/Emms	21	21

	Briggs/Cooper	5	9
						Robertson/Emms	21	10	6

						Mateusiak/Kostiuczyk	14	21	21
3/4	Mateusiak/Kostiuczyk	21	21

5/8	Kindervater/Piotrowski	19	15
											Mateusiak/Kostiuczyk	21	20	15

											Clark/Kellogg	16	22	21
	Mogensen/Nielsen	19	21

3/4	Laybourn/Juhl	21	13	r.
						Mogensen*/Nielsen	18	19

						Clark/Kellogg	21	21
5/8	Blair/ Bankier	21	14	14

2	Clark/Kellogg	13	21	21

* Carsten Mogensen was given a red card after the game for kicking his racquet into the crowd.

Medal count

Pos	Country				Total
1	Denmark	3	3	2	8
2	England	1	1	1	3
3	Germany	1	0	2	3
4	Poland	0	1	1	2
5	France	0	0	2	2
6	Sweden	0	0	1	1
6	Russia	0	0	1	1

External links

Badminton Europe: 2008 European Championships
European Championships 2008 at tournamentsoftware.com

This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.

v t e International badminton
BWF Thomas Cup Uber Cup Sudirman Cup World Championships Para World Championships World Junior Championships World Senior Championships Olympics Youth Olympic Paralympics World University Badminton Championships World Cup (defunct) World Grand Prix Finals (defunct) World Ranking World Junior Ranking Hall of Fame Teams
Africa	BCA – African Championships Team Championships Junior Championships African Para Championships
Asia	BA – Asia Championships (Individual, Team, Mixed Team) Junior Championships Asian Para Championships
Europe	BE – European Championships Team Championships Mixed Team Championships Small States Championships Junior Championships Senior Championships European Para Championships
Oceania	BO – Oceania Championships Junior Championships Oceania Para Championships
Americas	BPA – Pan Am Championships Junior Championships Pan Am Para Championships
Games	African Games Arab Games Asian Games Commonwealth Games Deaflympics East Asian Games European Games Island Games Pan American Games SEA Games South Asian Games World University Games World Games (defunct)