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2018 European Badminton Championships

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2018 European Badminton Championships
Tournament details
Dates24–29 April 2018
VenuePalacio de los Deportes Carolina Marín
LocationHuelva, Spain
Champions
Men's singlesDenmark Viktor Axelsen
Women's singlesSpain Carolina Marín
Men's doublesDenmark Kim Astrup
Denmark Anders Skaarup Rasmussen
Women's doublesBulgaria Gabriela Stoeva
Bulgaria Stefani Stoeva
Mixed doublesEngland Chris Adcock
England Gabrielle Adcock
2017 2021

The 2018 European Badminton Championships were the 27th tournament of the European Badminton Championships. They were held in Huelva, Spain, from 24 to 29 April 2018.

Tournament

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The 2018 European Badminton Championships is the 27th edition of the championships. This tournament was awarded to Carolina Marín's hometown Huelva following a decision adopted by the executive committee of Badminton Europe and made public at the General Assembly of the aforementioned organization that took place in Prague, Czech Republic. The candidature led by the Spanish Badminton Federation in collaboration with the city of Huelva, the Regional Government of Andalusia, the Deputation of Huelva and the Andalusian Badminton Federation will organize the European Championships to be played between 24 and 29 April 2018.[1]

The tournament consist of men's (singles and doubles), women's (singles and doubles), and also mixed doubles. 300 athletes from 25 countries will compete in this tournament.[2]

Venue

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The tournament will be held at the Palacio de Deportes de Huelva, Spain, also known as Carolina Marín Sports Hall – a facility dedicated to the Spanish badminton player who has managed to find her place on a podium usually taken by Asians.[3] The Principe de Asturias Sports Hall in University of Huelva will be used as training section.[4]

Point distribution

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Below is the tables with the point distribution for each phase of the tournament based on the BWF points system for the European Badminton Championships.[5]

Champion Runner-up 3/4 5/8 9/16 17/32 33/64
7,000 5,950 4,900 3,850 2,750 1,670 660

Medal summary

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Medalists

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's singles Denmark Viktor Axelsen England Rajiv Ouseph France Brice Leverdez
Denmark Jan Ø. Jørgensen
Women's singles Spain Carolina Marín Russia Evgeniya Kosetskaya Denmark Mia Blichfeldt
Denmark Line Kjærsfeldt
Men's doubles Denmark Kim Astrup
Denmark Anders Skaarup Rasmussen
Denmark Mads Conrad-Petersen
Denmark Mads Pieler Kolding
Netherlands Jelle Maas
Netherlands Robin Tabeling
Russia Vladimir Ivanov
Russia Ivan Sozonov
Women's doubles Bulgaria Gabriela Stoeva
Bulgaria Stefani Stoeva
France Émilie Lefel
France Anne Tran
Netherlands Selena Piek
Netherlands Cheryl Seinen
Denmark Maiken Fruergaard
Denmark Sara Thygesen
Mixed doubles England Chris Adcock
England Gabrielle Adcock
Denmark Mathias Christiansen
Denmark Christinna Pedersen
Germany Mark Lamsfuß
Germany Isabel Herttrich
England Marcus Ellis
England Lauren Smith

Medal table

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Denmark2248
2 England1113
3 Bulgaria1001
 Spain*1001
5 France0112
 Russia0112
7 Netherlands0022
8 Germany0011
Totals (8 entries)551020

Men's singles

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Seeds

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  1. Denmark Viktor Axelsen (champion)
  2. Denmark Anders Antonsen (quarterfinals)
  3. England Rajiv Ouseph (final)
  4. France Brice Leverdez (semifinals)
  5. Denmark Rasmus Gemke (quarterfinals)
  6. Netherlands Mark Caljouw (third round)
  7. Spain Pablo Abián (second round)
  8. France Lucas Corvée (quarterfinals)

Wild card

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Badminton Europe (BEC) awarded a wild card entry to Jan Ø. Jørgensen of Denmark.[6]

Finals

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Semifinals Final
          
1 Denmark Viktor Axelsen 21 21
4 France Brice Leverdez 7 9
1 Denmark Viktor Axelsen 21 21
3 England Rajiv Ouseph 8 7
3 England Rajiv Ouseph 21 18 21
WC Denmark Jan Ø. Jørgensen 17 21 15

Top half

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Section 1

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First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
1 Denmark V Axelsen 21 21
Portugal D N Anjo 14 14 Czech Republic A Mendrek 11 8
Czech Republic A Mendrek 21 21 1 Denmark V Axelsen 21 21
England S Parsons 13 9
Belgium M Moreels
England S Parsons 21 23 England S Parsons w / o
Austria L Wraber 19 21 1 Denmark V Axelsen 21 21
5 Denmark R Gemke 11 16
5 Denmark R Gemke 21 21
Finland K Koljonen 18 21 16 Germany A Roovers 9 15
Germany A Roovers 21 14 21 5 Denmark R Gemke 21 21
Russia V Malkov 13 18
Russia V Malkov 21 21
Hungary G Krausz 21 21 Hungary G Krausz 11 9
Italy R Maddaloni 18 18

Section 2

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First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
4 France B Leverdez 17 21 21
Romania C V Filimon 21 16 21 Romania C V Filimon 21 16 15
Cyprus E Nicolaou 8 21 11 4 France B Leverdez 21 21
Estonia R Must 16 16
Estonia R Must 21 21
Luxembourg R Mann 14 15 Turkey E Lale 19 16
Turkey E Lale 21 21 4 France B Leverdez 22 21 21
Netherlands N Fransman 24 15 15
7 Spain P Abián 9 18
Iceland K Gunnarsson 16 17 Republic of Ireland N Nguyễn 21 21
Republic of Ireland N Nguyễn 21 21 Republic of Ireland N Nguyễn 21 17 19
Netherlands N Fransman 14 21 21
Norway M Myhre 13 9
Malta M Abela 1 5 Netherlands N Fransman 21 21
Netherlands N Fransman 21 21

Bottom half

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Section 3

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First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
Sweden J Nilsson 21 22
Germany K Schäfer 14 20 Sweden J Nilsson 21 21
Slovakia M Dratva 16 10
Sweden J Nilsson 21 9 14
Switzerland C Kirchmayr 21 22 8 France L Corvée 19 21 21
Moldova C Savin 17 20 Switzerland C Kirchmayr 16 11
8 France L Corvée 21 21
8 France L Corvée 21 18 11
Bulgaria I Rusev 12 18 3 England R Ouseph 16 21 21
Ukraine A Pochtarov 21 21 Ukraine A Pochtarov 21 12 21
Finland E Heino 17 21 12
Ukraine A Pochtarov
Croatia Z Đurkinjak 19 21 13 3 England R Ouseph w / o
Spain L E Peñalver 21 13 21 Spain L E Peñalver 19 8
3 England R Ouseph 21 21

Section 4

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First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
Azerbaijan O Galandarov 3 7
WC Denmark J Ø. Jørgensen 21 21 WC Denmark J Ø. Jørgensen 21 21
Poland M Rogalski 9 15
WC Denmark J Ø. Jørgensen 21 21
Russia S Sirant 21 21 6 Netherlands M Caljouw 19 18
Czech Republic M Ludík 11 11 Russia S Sirant 19 19
6 Netherlands M Caljouw 21 21
WC Denmark J Ø. Jørgensen w / o
Greece I Xanthou 11 10 2 Denmark A Antonsen
Slovenia M Ivanič 21 21 Slovenia M Ivanič 10 8
Israel M Zilberman 21 21
Israel M Zilberman 15 21 10
England T Penty 21 21 2 Denmark A Antonsen 21 19 21
France L Claerbout 10 7 England T Penty 12 21 20
2 Denmark A Antonsen 21 15 22

Women's singles

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Seeds

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  1. Spain Carolina Marín (champion)
  2. Scotland Kirsty Gilmour (quarterfinals)
  3. Denmark Mia Blichfeldt (semifinals)
  4. Russia Evgeniya Kosetskaya (final)
  5. Spain Beatriz Corrales (second round)
  6. Denmark Line Kjærsfeldt (semifinals)
  7. Denmark Natalia Koch Rohde (quarterfinals)
  8. Turkey Neslihan Yiğit (third round)

Wild card

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Badminton Europe (BEC) awarded a wild card entry to Sara Peñalver Pereira of Spain.[6]

Finals

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Semifinals Final
          
1 Spain Carolina Marín 21 21
3 Denmark Mia Blichfeldt 17 16
1 Spain Carolina Marín 21 21
4 Russia Evgeniya Kosetskaya 15 7
4 Russia Evgeniya Kosetskaya 21 21
6 Denmark Line Kjærsfeldt 10 14

Top half

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Section 1

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First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
1 Spain C Marín 21 21
France M Batomene 15 12
1 Spain C Marín 21 21
Switzerland S Jaquet 14 7
Netherlands S de V Eijbergen 21 19 16
Russia N Perminova 17 21 17 Switzerland S Jaquet 12 21 21
Switzerland S Jaquet 21 13 21 1 Spain C Marín 21 21
7 Denmark N K Rohde 17 10
7 Denmark N K Rohde 21 21
Bulgaria M Mitsova 21 16 21 Bulgaria M Mitsova 15 17
Czech Republic Z Pavelková 12 21 9 7 Denmark N K Rohde 21 21
WC Spain S Peñalver 11 19
WC Spain S Peñalver 21 21
Belgium L Tan 21 21 Belgium L Tan 18 16
Hungary Á Kőrösi 19 19

Section 2

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First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
3 Denmark M Blichfeldt 21 21
Ukraine N Voytsekh 21 21 Ukraine N Voytsekh 14 9
Lithuania V Fomkinaite 15 18 3 Denmark M Blichfeldt 21 21
Finland A Mikkelä 15 13
Slovenia L Salehar 14 11
Slovakia M Repiská 12 10 Finland A Mikkelä 21 21
Finland A Mikkelä 21 21 3 Denmark M Blichfeldt 28 21
Germany Y Li 26 12
8 Turkey N Yiğit 21 21
Germany F Deprez 21 21 Germany F Deprez 14 15
Israel D Danilenko 15 11 8 Turkey N Yiğit 6 7
Germany Y Li 21 21
Estonia G Saar 9 9
Cyprus E Christodoulou 6 3 Germany Y Li 21 21
Germany Y Li 21 21

Bottom half

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Section 3

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First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
Bulgaria L Zetchiri 19 17
Germany L Heim 21 21 Germany L Heim 21 21
Republic of Ireland R Darragh 9 10
Germany L Heim 21 15 0r
England C Birch 21 21 England C Birch 19 21 0
Croatia M Pavlinić 18 11 England C Birch 21 21
5 Spain B Corrales 16 19
England C Birch 14 12
Portugal S Goncalves 21 11 8r 4 Russia E Kosetskaya 21 21
Estonia K Kuuba 18 21 15 Estonia K Kuuba 21 21
Latvia I Pope 7 14
Estonia K Kuuba 13 20
Wales J Hart 20 21 14 4 Russia E Kosetskaya 21 22
Ukraine M Ulitina 22 19 21 Ukraine M Ulitina 20 14
4 Russia E Kosetskaya 22 21

Section 4

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First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
Spain C Azurmendi
Turkey A Demirbağ w / o Turkey A Demirbağ 21 21
Greece G Sotiriou 19 7
Turkey A Demirbağ 14 16
Switzerland A Huser 21 19 19 6 Denmark L Kjærsfeldt 21 21
Belarus A Zaitsava 19 21 21 Belarus A Zaitsava 12 21 12
6 Denmark L Kjærsfeldt 21 14 21
6 Denmark L Kjærsfeldt 21 21
Czech Republic K Tomalová 16 15 2 Scotland K Gilmour 14 16
Netherlands G Mahulette 21 21 Netherlands G Mahulette 21 21
Sweden J Magnusson 10 17
Netherlands G Mahulette 11 13
Denmark M Poulsen 21 21 2 Scotland K Gilmour 21 21
Norway E Wiborg 7 10 Denmark M Poulsen 18 17
2 Scotland K Gilmour 21 21

Men's doubles

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Seeds

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Finals

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Semifinals Final
          
15 18
3 21 21
3 21 0
2 15 0r
4 11 21 19
2 21 19 21

Top half

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Section 1

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First round Second round Quarterfinals
               
1
w / o
22 12
24 21
21 19 29
16 21 27
21 21
7 19 13
7 21 21
10 11
7 17 24 22
21 22 20
21 21 22
23 15 20

Section 2

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First round Second round Quarterfinals
               
3 21 21
14 12
3 21 21
11 11
21 21
12 17
3 21 20 21
5 8 22 16
5 21 21
12 17
5 21 21
12 17
13 18
21 21

Bottom half

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Section 3

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First round Second round Quarterfinals
               
22 20 12
20 22 21
12 7
6 21 21
21 15 22
6 15 21 24
6 15 19
4 21 21
12 12
21 21
19 10
4 21 21
14 14
4 21 21

Section 4

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First round Second round Quarterfinals
               
21 21
19 18
16 8
8 21 21
WC 9 11
8 21 21
8 21 15 18
2 13 21 21
21 21
13 10
20 13
2 22 21
13 12
2 21 21

Women's doubles

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Seeds

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Wild card

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Badminton Europe (BEC) awarded a wild card entry to Olga Konon and Linda Efler of Germany.[6]

Finals

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Semifinals Final
          
6 17 21 21
5 21 18 19
6 12 10
2 21 21
3 10 18
2 21 21

Top half

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Section 1

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First round Second round Quarterfinals
               
1
w / o
16 9
21 21
21 21
18 11
18 11
6 21 21
6 21 21
18 7
6 21 21
15 12
21 21
7 9

Section 2

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First round Second round Quarterfinals
               
4 21 21
13 16
4 19 21 21
21 14 12
8 10
21 21
4 10 10
5 21 21
5 21 21
13 10
5 21 22
16 20
11 14
21 21

Bottom half

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Section 3

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First round Second round Quarterfinals
               
25 21
23 11
6 10
8 21 21
9 9
8 21 21
8 11 9
3 21 21
14 11
21 21
19 10
3 21 21
17 19
3 21 21

Section 4

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First round Second round Quarterfinals
               
21 15 21
15 21 16
10 12
21 21
21 21
7 13 15
8 6
2 21 21
13 9
21 21
13 12
2 21 21
WC 16 15
2 21 21

Mixed doubles

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Seeds

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Wild card

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Badminton Europe (BEC) awarded a wild card entry to Joachim Fischer Nielsen and Alexandra Bøje of Denmark.[6]

Finals

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Semifinals Final
          
1 21 15 25
5 17 21 23
1 21 17 21
2 18 21 18
3 16 21 12
2 21 19 21

Top half

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Section 1

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First round Second round Quarterfinals
               
1 21 21
16 10
1 21 21
WC 17 15
16 21
WC 21 23
1 21 21
6 14 18
6 21 21
16 7
6 21 21
18 15
21 12
23 21

Section 2

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First round Second round Quarterfinals
               
4 21 21
14 11
4 21 21
3 9
21 17 21
17 21 15
4 21 10 16
5 19 21 21
5 21 21
7 14
5 21 23
9 21
9 11
21 21

Bottom half

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Section 3

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First round Second round Quarterfinals
               
17 16
21 21
12 21 19
7 21 18 21
15 11
7 21 21
7 22 13
3 24 21
9 13
21 21
11 16
3 21 21
21 11 15
3 17 21 21

Section 4

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First round Second round Quarterfinals
               
6 13
21 21
16 9
8 21 21
15 17
8 21 21
8 16 18
2 21 21
19 25
21 27
20 21 9
2 22 18 21
18 16
2 21 21

References

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  1. ^ "Huelva será la sede del Europeo 2018 de Bádminton". deporteespana.es (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 13 April 2018. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
  2. ^ "Huelva capital acogerá del 24 al 29 de abril el Europeo de Bádminton". huelvaya.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 April 2018.
  3. ^ "Spain, a European badminton leader". Marca España. Archived from the original on 14 April 2018. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
  4. ^ "Event Info Venue". Huelva 2018. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
  5. ^ "World Ranking System" (PDF). Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 February 2018. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
  6. ^ a b c d "The former champion returns with wild card". www.badmintoneurope.com. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
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