Badminton at the 2023 European Games – Men's singles

The men's singles badminton tournament at the 2023 European Games was played from 26 June to 2 July 2023 in Arena Jaskółka, Tarnów. A total of 32 players competed at the tournament, eight of whom was seeded.

Competition format
The tournament started with group phase round-robin which eliminated 16 players, followed by a single-elimination knockout stage. For the group stage, the players were divided into eight groups of four. Each group played a round-robin. The top two players in each group advanced to the knockout rounds. The knockout stage was a four-round single elimination tournament.

Matches are played best-of-three games. Each game is played to 21, except that a player must win by 2 unless the score reaches 30–29.

Seeding
The following players were seeded:


 * 1)  Viktor Axelsen (Gold medalist)
 * 2) Anders Antonsen (Group stage)
 * 3) 🇫🇷 Toma Junior Popov (Bronze medalist)
 * 4) 🇮🇪 Nhat Nguyen (Round of 16)
 * 5) 🇫🇷 Christo Popov (Silver medalist)
 * 6) 🇮🇱 Misha Zilberman (Bronze medalist)
 * 7) 🇪🇸 Luís Enrique Peñalver (Group stage)
 * 8) 🇨🇿 Jan Louda (Round of 16)

Competition schedule
Play will take place between 26 June an 2 July.

Knockout stage
The 16 surviving players will be drawn in a single elimination tournament, with group winners paired in the round-of-16 with runners up from other groups. There will be no bronze medal match, and both losing semi-finalists will win a bronze medal.