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1983 European Junior Badminton Championships

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1983 European Junior Badminton Championships
Tournament details
Dates28 March – 2 April
Edition8th
VenueHelsinkian Sports Hall[1]
LocationHelsinki, Finland
1981 Edinburgh 1985 Pressbaum

The 1983 European Junior Badminton Championships was the eighth edition of the European Junior Badminton Championships. It was held in Helsinki, Finland, in the month of March and April.[2] Denmark won two disciplines, the boys' singles and mixed doubles, England won three titles in the girls' singles, girls' doubles and mixed team championships, while, Wales won the boys' doubles.[3]

Medalists

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Discipline Gold Silver Bronze
Boys' singles Denmark Claus Thomsen Denmark Karsten Schultz Netherlands Pierre Pelupessy
Sweden Stellan Österberg
Girls' singles England Helen Troke Sweden Christine Magnusson Denmark Birgitte Hindse
Denmark Dorthe Lynge
Boys' doubles Wales Chris Rees
Wales Lyndon Williams
Denmark Claus Thomsen
Denmark Karsten Schultz
England Darren Hall
England Stuart Spurling
England Timothy Moseley
England Peter Walden
Girls' doubles England Lisa Chapman
England Jane Shipman
Sweden Christine Magnusson
Sweden Jeanette Kuhl
Netherlands Astrid van der Knaap
Netherlands Nicole van Zijderveld
Scotland Gillian Martin
Scotland Jennifer Allen
Mixed doubles Denmark Anders Nielsen
Denmark Gitte Paulsen
Sweden Stellan Österberg
Sweden Christine Magnusson
Germany Ralf Rausch
Germany Susanne Altmann
England Timothy Moseley
England Lisa Chapman
Mixed team  England  Denmark  Sweden

Results

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Semi-finals

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Category Winner Runner-up Score
Boys' singles Denmark Claus Thomsen Netherlands Pierre Pelupessy 15–11, 15–12
Denmark Karsten Schultz Sweden Stellan Österberg 15–18, 15–10, 15–11
Girls' singles Sweden Christine Magnusson Denmark Birgitte Hindse 11–7, 11–9
England Helen Troke Denmark Dorthe Lynge 11–2, 11–3
Boys' doubles Wales Chris Rees
Wales Lyndon Williams
England Peter Walden
England Timothy Moseley
15–10, 18–15
Denmark Claus Thomsen

Denmark Karsten Schultz

England Darren Hall
England Stuart Spurlig
17–14, 15–8
Girls' doubles Sweden Christine Magnusson
Sweden Jeanette Kuhl
Netherlands Astrid van der Knaap
Netherlands Nicole van Zijderveld
13–15, 15–6, 15–11
England Jane Shipman
England Lisa Chapman
Scotland Gillian Martin
Scotland Jennifer Allen
15–7, 15–2
Mixed doubles Denmark Anders Nielsen
Denmark Gitte Paulsen
England Timothy Moseley
England Lisa Chapman
15–4, 7–15, 15–11
Sweden Stellan Österberg
Sweden Christine Magnusson
West Germany Ralf Rausch
West Germany Susanne Altmann
15–12, 15–12

Final

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Category Winner Runners-up Score
Boys' singles Denmark Claus Thomsen Denmark Karsten Schultz 15–11, 15–4
Girls' singles England Helen Troke Sweden Christine Magnusson 11–5, 12–10
Boys' doubles Wales Chris Rees
Wales Lyndon Williams
Denmark Claus Thomsen
Denmark Karsten Schultz
15–12, 18–16
Girls' doubles England Jane Shipman
England Lisa Chapman
Sweden Christine Magnusson
Sweden Jeanette Kuhl
15–6, 15–9
Mixed doubles Denmark Anders Nielsen
Denmark Gitte Paulsen
Sweden Stellan Österberg
Sweden Christine Magnusson
15–7, 15–12

Medal table

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 England (ENG)3036
2 Denmark (DEN)2327
3 Wales (WAL)1001
4 Sweden (SWE)0325
5 Netherlands (NED)0022
6 Scotland (SCO)0011
 West Germany (FRG)0011
Totals (7 entries)661123

References

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  1. ^ Renes, Josef (March 1983). "Helsinki tournament was an outstanding success" (PDF). World Badminton. p. 21. Retrieved 24 May 2024.
  2. ^ "EUROPEAN JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS, INDIVIDUALS". badmintoneurope.com. Badminton Europe. Retrieved 24 November 2020.
  3. ^ "Badminton Museet magazine 1983–04" (PDF) (in Danish).