2022 European Badminton Championships

The 2022 European Badminton Championships was the 29th tournament of the European Badminton Championships. It was held in Madrid, Spain, from 25 to 30 April 2022.[1][2]

2022 European Badminton Championships
Tournament details
DatesApril 25, 2022 (2022-04-25)
April 30, 2022 (2022-04-30)
VenuePolideportivo Municipal Gallur
LocationMadrid, Spain
Champions
Men's singlesDenmark Viktor Axelsen
Women's singlesSpain Carolina Marín
Men's doublesGermany Mark Lamsfuß
Germany Marvin Seidel
Women's doublesBulgaria Gabriela Stoeva
Bulgaria Stefani Stoeva
Mixed doublesGermany Mark Lamsfuß
Germany Isabel Lohau
2021 Kyiv 2024 Saarbrücken

Tournament edit

The 2022 European Badminton Championships was the 29th edition of the championships. The tournament was organized by the Badminton Europe with the local organizer Spanish Badminton Federation and sanctioned by the BWF.[3]

The tournament consisted of men's (singles and doubles), women's (singles and doubles), and mixed doubles.

Finland was originally announced as the host for this championships during the 2021 European Mixed Team Badminton Championships,[4] but withdrew due to COVID-19-related concerns.[5]

Venue edit

The tournament was held at the Polideportivo Municipal Gallur in Madrid, Spain.[3]

Point distribution edit

Below are the tables with the point distribution for each phase of the tournament based on the BWF points system for the European Badminton Championships, which is equivalent to a Super 500 event.[6]

Winner Runner-up 3/4 5/8 9/16 17/32 33/64
9,200 7,800 6,420 5,040 3,600 2,220 880

Medal summary edit

Medalists edit

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's singles   Viktor Axelsen   Anders Antonsen   Misha Zilberman
  Toma Junior Popov
Women's singles   Carolina Marín   Kirsty Gilmour   Neslihan Yiğit
  Mia Blichfeldt
Men's doubles   Mark Lamsfuß
  Marvin Seidel
  Alexander Dunn
  Adam Hall
  Ruben Jille
  Ties van der Lecq
  Ben Lane
  Sean Vendy
Women's doubles   Gabriela Stoeva
  Stefani Stoeva
  Linda Efler
  Isabel Lohau
  Maiken Fruergaard
  Sara Thygesen
  Amalie Magelund
  Freja Ravn
Mixed doubles   Mark Lamsfuß
  Isabel Lohau
  Thom Gicquel
  Delphine Delrue
  Mikkel Mikkelsen
  Rikke Søby Hansen
  Robin Tabeling
  Selena Piek

Medal table edit

  *   Host nation (Spain)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Germany2103
2  Denmark1146
3  Bulgaria1001
  Spain*1001
5  Scotland0202
6  France0112
7  Netherlands0022
8  England0011
  Israel0011
  Turkey0011
Totals (10 entries)551020

Participants edit

216 players from 35 nations will participate this championship.

Participants of 2022 European Badminton Championships
Nation MS[7] WS[8] MD[9] WD[10] XD[11] Total Players
  Austria 1 1 1 1 4 5
  Azerbaijan 1 1 2 2
  Belgium 2 1 3 3
  Bulgaria 1 2 1 1 1 6 7
  Croatia 1 1 2 2
  Cyprus 1 1 1 3 5
  Czech Republic 1 2 2 1 0.5 6.5 9
  Denmark 3 4 2 3 2 14 21
  England 1 2 3 1 2 9 13
  Estonia 1 1 1 1 1 5 8
  Finland 1 1 0.5 2.5 3
  France 4 3 3 2 2 9 12
  Germany 2 1 2 2 2 9 12
  Greece 1 1 2 3
  Hungary 1 2 3 3
  Iceland 1 1 2 3
  Ireland 1 1 1 1 1 5 6
  Israel 1 1 1 3 3
  Italy 1 1 1 2 5 7
  Latvia 1 1 2
  Malta 1 1
  Moldova 1 1 2 2
  Netherlands 2 1 1 1 2 7 9
  Norway 1 1 1 1 4 7
  Poland 1 1 1 3 5
  Portugal 1 1 1 3 3
  Scotland 1 1 2 1 2 7 9
  Serbia 1 1 2 3
  Slovakia 1 1 1 3 3
  Slovenia 1 1 1 1 4 5
  Spain (H) 2 3 2 1 1 9 11
  Sweden 1 1 1 1 1 5 7
   Switzerland 1 1 1 1 4 5
  Turkey 2 2 2
  Ukraine 1 2 1 1 1 6 9
Total (35 NOCs) 40 39 28 28 28 163 216

Men's singles edit

Seeds edit

  1.   Viktor Axelsen (champion)
  2.   Anders Antonsen (final)
  3.   Hans-Kristian Vittinghus (quarter-finals)
  4.   Mark Caljouw (third round)
  5.   Toma Junior Popov (semi-finals)
  6.   Brice Leverdez (quarter-finals)
  7.   Thomas Rouxel (quarter-finals)
  8.   Nhat Nguyen (quarter-finals)

Wild card edit

Badminton Europe (BEC) awarded a wild card entry to Alex Lanier of France.[12]

Finals edit

Semi-finals Final
          
1   Viktor Axelsen 21 21
  Misha Zilberman 10 11
1   Viktor Axelsen 21 21
2   Anders Antonsen 17 15
5   Toma Junior Popov 16 21 15
2   Anders Antonsen 21 19 21

Top half edit

Section 1 edit

First round Second round Third round Quarter-finals
                    
1   V Axelsen 21 21
WC   A Lanier 12 11
1   V Axelsen w / o
  M Weißkirchen
  M Weißkirchen 21 21
  G Pytel 11 17
  G Pytel 21 21
  C Savin 15 8
1   V Axelsen 21 21
7   T Rouxel 16 14
7   T Rouxel 21 21
  J Carraggi 11 12
7   T Rouxel 22 21
  T Penty 20 12
  P Abián 16 21 18
  T Penty 21 11 21
  M Ivanič 17 11
  T Penty 21 21

Section 2 edit

First round Second round Third round Quarter-finals
                    
4   M Caljouw 22 17 21
  K Koljonen 20 21 10
4   M Caljouw 16 21 16
  M Zilberman 21 15 21
  K Gunnarsson 20 16
  M Zilberman 22 21
  L Ban 21 18
  M Zilberman 23 21
  M Zilberman 21 21
6   B Leverdez 18 15
6   B Leverdez 21 21
  L Wraber 15 18
6   B Leverdez 24 16 21
  M Dratva 22 21 16
  M Barth 12 16
  M Dratva 21 21
  K Kert 14 13
  M Dratva 21 21

Bottom half edit

Section 3 edit

First round Second round Third round Quarter-finals
                    
  F Caponio 21 21
  C Smith 15 3
  F Caponio 21 16 21
  F Burestedt 19 21 23
  F Burestedt 16 7
5   T J Popov 21 21
  B Atilano 16 11
5   T J Popov 21 21
5   T J Popov 20 21 21
3   H-K Vittinghus 22 14 13
  S Tsigirdakis 12 11
  T Künzi 21 21
  T Künzi 21 21
  M Abela 12 7
  T Künzi 21 24 12
3   H-K Vittinghus 17 26 21
  D Nikolov 21 10 17
3   H-K Vittinghus 12 21 21

Section 4 edit

First round Second round Third round Quarter-finals
                    
  M Szymanowski 6 15
  J Kweekel 21 21
  J Kweekel 21 21
  D Bosniuk 16 14
  J Kweekel 15 14
8   N Nguyen 21 21
  A R Dwicahyo 10 14
8   N Nguyen 21 21
8   N Nguyen 15 17
2   A Antonsen 21 21
  J Louda 21 21
  M Moreels 12 12
  J Louda 17 21 10
  L E Peñalver 21 18 21
  L E Peñalver 13 15
2   A Antonsen 21 21
  K Schäfer 17 21 13
2   A Antonsen 21 18 21

Women's singles edit

Seeds edit

  1.   Carolina Marín (champion)
  2.   Mia Blichfeldt (semi-finals)
  3.   Kirsty Gilmour (final)
  4.   Line Christophersen (quarter-finals)
  5.   Yvonne Li (third round)
  6.   Neslihan Yiğit (semi-finals)
  7.   Line Kjærsfeldt (quarter-finals)
  8.   Lianne Tan (quarter-finals)

Finals edit

Semi-finals Final
          
1   Carolina Marín 21 21
6   Neslihan Yiğit 14 13
1   Carolina Marín 21 21
3   Kirsty Gilmour 10 12
3   Kirsty Gilmour 21 19 21
2   Mia Blichfeldt 19 21 10

Top half edit

Section 1 edit

First round Second round Third round Quarter-finals
                    
1   C Marín 21 21
  K Tomalová 10 6
1   C Marín 21 21
  M Ulitina 7 8
  S Gonçalves 21 17 16
  M Ulitina 19 21 21
1   C Marín 21 14 21
7   L Kjærsfeldt 11 21 17
7   L Kjærsfeldt 21 21
  M Batomene 10 11
7   L Kjærsfeldt 21 21
  B Corrales 12 12
  M Sudimac 9 8
  B Corrales 21 21
  B Corrales 20 21 21
  K Polikarpova 22 17 17

Section 2 edit

First round Second round Third round Quarter-finals
                    
4   L Christophersen 21 21
  P Polanc 14 11
4   L Christophersen 21 23
  L Huet 16 21
  L Huet 18 21 21
  F Redfearn 21 19 17
  F Redfearn 21 21
  H Popovska 13 12
4   L Christophersen 10 21 15
6   N Yiğit 21 15 21
6   N Yiğit 21 21
  Y Hamza 11 9
6   N Yiğit 21 21
  R Darragh 16 12
  K Neudolt 5 6
  R Darragh 21 21
  R Darragh 21 21
  V Sándorházi 16 18

Bottom half edit

Section 3 edit

First round Second round Third round Quarter-finals
                    
  M Mitsova 21 14 21
  C Azurmendi 13 21 17
  M Mitsova 21 21
  V Ginga 11 9
  M Mitsova 21 9 16
8   L Tan 8 21 21
  J Stadelmann 14 17
8   L Tan 21 21
8   L Tan 13 21 15
3   K Gilmour 21 12 21
  K Kuuba 21 21
  E Christodoulou 8 16
  K Kuuba 21 21
  A Holden 18 17
  K Kuuba 21 9 15
3   K Gilmour 18 21 21
  G Mahulette 16 11
3   K Gilmour 21 21

Section 4 edit

First round Second round Third round Quarter-finals
                    
  M Repiská 16 17
  A Demirbağ 21 21
  A Demirbağ 10 8
  Qi XF 21 21
  Qi XF 21 21
5   Y Li 13 15
  E Urell 9 18
5   Y Li 21 21
  Qi XF 21 10 17
2   M Blichfeldt 16 21 21
  T Švábíková 21 21
  Á Körösi 15 8
  T Švábíková 16 13
  J D Jakobsen 21 21
  J D Jakobsen 21 11 17
2   M Blichfeldt 14 21 21
  P Buhrova 13 7
2   M Blichfeldt 21 21

Men's doubles edit

Seeds edit

Wild card edit

Badminton Europe (BEC) awarded a wild card entry to José Molares and Jaume Pérez of Spain.[12]

Finals edit

Semi-finals Final
          
8 10 20
6 21 22
6 17 16
2 21 21
3 21 17
2 23 21

Top half edit

Section 1 edit

First round Second round Quarter-finals
               
1
w / o
22 17 21
20 21 14
13 13
8 21 21
8 11 21 21
21 13 17
8 21 21
17 17
28 17 17
26 21 21

Section 2 edit

First round Second round Quarter-finals
               
4 21 22
10 20
21 21
10 8
4 16 13
6 21 21
6 21 21
15 19
6 10 21 21
21 12 18
19 21 21
21 9 9

Bottom half edit

Section 3 edit

First round Second round Quarter-finals
               
WC 14 8
21 21
18 14
5 21 21
19 12
5 21 21
5 14 21
3 21 23
13 16
21 21
22 17 10
3 20 21 21

Section 4 edit

First round Second round Quarter-finals
               
21 23
16 21
10 22 14
7 21 20 21
8 9
7 21 21
7 17 18
2 21 21
21 21
8 14
18 18
2 21 21

Women's doubles edit

Seeds edit

Wild card edit

Badminton Europe (BEC) awarded a wild card entry to Chloe Birch and Jessica Pugh of England.[12]

Finals edit

Semi-finals Final
          
1 21 21
3 11 12
1 21 21
4 14 10
4 20 21 22
2 22 15 20

Top half edit

Section 1 edit

First round Second round Quarter-finals
               
1 21 21
12 10
21 18 16
10 21 21
1 21 21
6 16 13
6 21 21
15 17
6 21 18 21
WC 10 21 17
4 8
WC 21 21

Section 2 edit

First round Second round Quarter-finals
               
3 21 21
11 14
21 21
12 10
3 21 9 21
7 14 21 18
7 21 21
17 6
7 21 21
14 17
w / o

Bottom half edit

Section 3 edit

First round Second round Quarter-finals
               
w / o
10 18
8 21 21
15 9
8 21 21
8 9 21 13
4 21 13 21
21 22
16 20
15 17
4 21 21

Section 4 edit

First round Second round Quarter-finals
               
w / o
6 14
21 21
21 21
5 10 15
21 16 17
2 19 21 21
18 21 5
21 15 21
22 11
2 24 21

Mixed doubles edit

Seeds edit

Wild card edit

Badminton Europe (BEC) awarded a wild card entry to Alberto Zapico and Lorena Uslé of Spain.[12]

Finals edit

Semi-finals Final
          
6 21 16 17
4 12 21 21
4 16 22 21
2 21 20 16
5 19 15
2 21 21

Top half edit

Section 1 edit

First round Second round Quarter-finals
               
1 13 21 21
21 16 19
21 21
18 17
1 11 17
6 21 21
6 21 17 21
17 21 19
6 21 21
18 9
21 22 21
17 24 13

Section 2 edit

First round Second round Quarter-finals
               
4 21 21
14 18
16 21 18
21 17 21
4 25 21
7 23 17
7 21 21
6 2
7 21 21
10 14
21 21
15 19

Bottom half edit

Section 3 edit

First round Second round Quarter-finals
               
24 13 21
22 21 19
15 7
5 21 21
9 13
5 21 21
5 18 21 21
3 21 17 14
21 21
14 9
11 11
3 21 21

Section 4 edit

First round Second round Quarter-finals
               
21 21
15 16
16 16
8 21 21
10 3
8 21 21
8 15 21 8
2 21 17 21
WC 10 14
21 21
18 21 11
2 21 16 21

References edit

  1. ^ "2022 European Championships is coming to Madrid". Retrieved 6 April 2022.
  2. ^ "Madrid acogerá el Europeo de bádminton de 2022". Retrieved 6 April 2022.
  3. ^ a b "Prospectus 2022 European Championships". Badminton Europe. Retrieved 6 April 2022.
  4. ^ Raftery, Alan (20 February 2021). "Finland will host major European events in 2022". Badminton Europe. Retrieved 9 April 2022.
  5. ^ "2022 European Men's & Women's Team Championships cancelled". Badminton Europe. 6 January 2022. Retrieved 9 April 2022.
  6. ^ "World Ranking System" (PDF). Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 24 November 2020.
  7. ^ "Men's singles – Eligibility list". Badminton Europe. 6 April 2022.
  8. ^ "Women's singles – Eligibility list". Badminton Europe. 6 April 2022.
  9. ^ "Men's doubles – Eligibility list". Badminton Europe. 6 April 2022.
  10. ^ "Women's doubles – Eligibility list". Badminton Europe. 6 April 2022.
  11. ^ "Mixed doubles – Eligibility list". Badminton Europe. 6 April 2022.
  12. ^ a b c d Raftery, Alan (15 March 2022). "Wild cards announced for #EC22". www.badmintoneurope.com. Retrieved 6 April 2022.

External links edit