1977 European Junior Badminton Championships

The 1977 European Junior Badminton Championships was the fifth edition of the European Junior Badminton Championships. It was held in Ta' Qali, Malta, in the month of April.[1] English players dominated by winning five out of six matches which includes the mixed team championships as well. Danish team won the Boys' doubles title. Kevin Jolly, the English player who was scheduled to play in three final showdowns suffered foot injury, preventing him from contesting all the matches. Thus, matches for only Girls' singles and Girls' doubles were played on final day. The large-scale final day had to be saved with some show matches. In these show matches, Sweden's Ulf Johansson beat Andy Goode, England, who was named champion in singles, while Jesper and Niels in doubles beat Nigel Tier & Gary Reeves, England, 18-13, 15-11.[2]

1977 European Junior Badminton Championships
Tournament details
Dates9–14 April 1977
Edition5th
LocationTa' Qali, Malta
1975 Copenhagen 1979 Mülheim an der Ruhr

Medalists

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Discipline Gold Silver Bronze
Boys' singles   Andy Goode   Kevin Jolly   Göran Carlsson
  Ulf Johansson
Dameneinzel   Karen Bridge   Kirsten Meier   Agnethe Juul
  Carina Andersson
Boys' doubles   Jesper Toftlund
  Niels Christensen
  Kevin Jolly
  Nigel Tier
  Niels Hansen
  Jan Hammergaard-Hansen
  Ulf Johansson
  Göran Carlsson
Girls' doubles   Karen Bridge
  Karen Puttick
  Pamela Hamilton
  Joy Reid
  Linda Gardner
  Jill Crombie
  Bente Terkelsen
  Charlotte Pilgaard
Mixed doubles   Nigel Tier
  Karen Puttick
  Kevin Jolly
  Karen Bridge
  Jan Hammergaard-Hansen
  Kirsten Meier
  Jesper Toftlund
  Karen Kiil
Mixed team   England
Kevin Jolly
Karen Bridge
Nigel Tier
Karen Puttick
  Denmark
Jens Hinrichsen
Agnethe Juul
Niels Christensen
Jesper Toftlund
Bettina Kristensen
Kirsten Meier
Karen Kiil
Niels Hansen
Jan Hammergaard
  Sweden
Göran Carlsson
Carina Andersson
Ulf Johansson
Ann-Sofi Bergmann
Allan Pettersson

Results

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Semi-finals

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Category Winner Runner-up Score
Boys' singles   Kevin Jolly   Göran Carlsson 15–5, 15–10
  Andy Goode   Ulf Johansson 11–15, 15–12, 17–14
Girls' singles   Kirsten Meier   Agnethe Juul 11–8, 2–11, 11–8
  Karen Bridge   Carina Andersson 11–7, 11–4
Boys' doubles   Kevin Jolly
  Nigel Tier
  Jan Hammergaard-Hansen
  Niels Hansen
15–8, 15–12
  Jesper Toftlund

  Niels Christensen

  Göran Carlsson
  Ulf Johansson
17–14, 15–3
Girls' doubles   Karen Bridge
  Karen Puttick
  Jill Crombie
  Linda Gardner
17–15, 15–8
  Joy Reid
  Pamela Hamilton
  Bente Terkelsen
  Charlotte Pilgaard
15–12, 15–8
Mixed doubles   Kevin Jolly
  Karen Bridge
  Jan Hammergaard-Hansen
  Kirsten Meier
15–6, 15–11
  Nigel Tier
  Karen Puttick
  Jesper Toftlund
  Karen Kiil
15–5, 15–9

Final

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Category Winner Runners-up Score
Boys' singles   Andy Goode   Kevin Jolly Walkover
Girls' singles   Karen Bridge   Kirsten Meier 11–8, 11–3
Boys' doubles   Jesper Toftlund
  Niels Christensen
  Kevin Jolly
  Nigel Tier
Walkover
Girls' doubles   Karen Bridge
  Karen Puttick
  Joy Reid
  Pamela Hamilton
15–4, 15–5
Mixed doubles   Nigel Tier
  Karen Puttick
  Kevin Jolly
  Karen Bridge
Walkover

Medal table

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  England (ENG)5308
2  Denmark (DEN)1258
3  Scotland (SCO)0112
4  Sweden (SWE)0055
Totals (4 entries)661123

References

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  1. ^ "EUROPEAN JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS, INDIVIDUALS". badmintoneurope.com. Badminton Europe. Retrieved 24 November 2020.
  2. ^ "Badminton Museet magazine 1977–05" (PDF) (in Danish).