1973 European Junior Badminton Championships

1973 European Junior Badminton Championships
Tournament details
Dates	19–21 April 1973
Edition	3rd
Location	Edinburgh, Scotland
← 1971 Gottwaldov	1975 Copenhagen →

The 1973 European Junior Badminton Championships was the third edition of the European Junior Badminton Championships. It was held in Edinburgh, Scotland, in the month of April.^[1] Danish players won both the singles disciplines and mixed doubles while England won Girls' doubles, and Sweden won Boys' doubles title.^[2]

Medalists[edit]

Discipline	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Boys' singles	Jesper Helledie	Petter Thoresen	Willy Nilsson
Boys' singles	Jesper Helledie	Petter Thoresen	Christian Lundberg
Girls' singles	Mette Myhre	Anette Börjesson	Els van Eeuwijk
Girls' singles	Mette Myhre	Anette Börjesson	Kathleen Whiting
Boys' doubles	Stefan Karlsson Willy Nilsson	Jesper Helledie Jacob Dynnes Hansen	Gordon Hamilton Alan Gilliland
Boys' doubles	Stefan Karlsson Willy Nilsson	Jesper Helledie Jacob Dynnes Hansen	Christian Lundberg Claes Nordin
Girls' doubles	Anne Forrest Kathleen Whiting	Mette Myhre Susanne Berg	Marianne Christensen Susanne Johansen
Girls' doubles	Anne Forrest Kathleen Whiting	Mette Myhre Susanne Berg	Kathleen Redhead D. Kirby
Mixed doubles	Jesper Helledie Susanne Johansen	Hans Olaf Birkholm Mette Myhre	Hans Hjulmand Susanne Berg
Mixed doubles	Jesper Helledie Susanne Johansen	Hans Olaf Birkholm Mette Myhre	Alan Gilliland Christine Heatly

Results[edit]

Semi-finals[edit]

Category	Winner	Runner-up	Score
Boys' singles	Jesper Helledie	Willy Nilsson	15–10, 15–9
Boys' singles	Petter Thoresen	Christian Lundberg	15–11, 15–12
Girls' singles	Mette Myhre	Kathleen Whiting	11–2, 11–7
Girls' singles	Anette Börjesson	Els van Eeuwijk	11–7, 11–6
Boys' doubles	Stefan Karlsson Willy Nilsson	Alan Gilliland Gordon Hamilton	15–9, 18–13
Boys' doubles	Jacob Dynnes Hansen Jesper Helledie	Christian Lundberg Claes Nordin	10–15, 15–5, 18–14
Girls' doubles	Mette Myhre Susanne Berg	D. Kirby Kathleen Redhead	15–3, 15–9
Girls' doubles	Anne Forrest Kathleen Whiting	Marianne Christensen Susanne Johansen	18–15, 1–15, 15–6
Mixed doubles	Jesper Helledie Susanne Johansen	Hans Hjulmand Susanne Berg	15–4, 15–18, 15–10
Mixed doubles	Hans Olaf Birkholm Mette Myhre	Alan Gilliland Christine Heatly	10–15, 15–4, 15–5

Finals[edit]

Category	Winners	Runners-up	Score
Boys' singles	Jesper Helledie	Petter Thoresen	15–1, 15–7
Girls' singles	Mette Myhre	Anette Börjesson	1–11, 12–9, 11–6
Boys' doubles	Stefan Karlsson Willy Nilsson	Jacob Dynnes Hansen Jesper Helledie	15–9, 15–12
Girls' doubles	Anne Forrest Kathleen Whiting	Mette Myhre Susanne Berg	15–10, 7–15, 18–14
Mixed doubles	Jesper Helledie Susanne Johansen	Hans Olaf Birkholm Mette Myhre	15–8, 15–10

Medal table[edit]


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Denmark (DEN)	3	3	2	8
2	Sweden (SWE)	1	1	3	5
3	England (ENG)	1	0	2	3
4	Norway (NOR)	0	1	0	1
5	Scotland (SCO)	0	0	2	2
6	Netherlands (NED)	0	0	1	1
Totals (6 entries)		5	5	10	20

References[edit]

^ "EUROPEAN JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS, INDIVIDUALS". badmintoneurope.com. Badminton Europe. Retrieved 24 November 2020.
^ "Badminton Museet magazine 1973–06" (PDF) (in Danish).

[1] "EUROPEAN JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS, INDIVIDUALS". badmintoneurope.com. Badminton Europe. Retrieved 24 November 2020.

[2] "Badminton Museet magazine 1973–06" (PDF) (in Danish).

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