1969 European Junior Badminton Championships

1969 European Junior Badminton Championships
Tournament details
DatesApril 1969
Edition1st
LocationLeidschendam-Voorburg, Netherlands
1971 Gottwaldov

The 1969 European Junior Badminton Championships was the first ever edition of the European Junior Badminton Championships. It was held in Leidschendam-Voorburg, Netherlands, in the month of April.[1] Danish players won both the singles disciplines, England won Boys' doubles, host Netherlands won Girls' doubles while Sweden bagged mixed doubles title.[2]

Medalists

Discipline Gold Silver Bronze
Boys' singles Denmark Flemming Delfs Denmark Preben Boesen Netherlands Piet Ridder
England Ray Stevens
Girls' singles Denmark Anne Berglund England Margaret Beck Denmark Annie Bøg Jørgensen
Netherlands Joke van Beusekom
Boys' doubles England Keith Arthur
England Ray Stevens
Denmark Preben Boesen
Denmark Mogens Neergaard
Denmark Flemming Delfs
Denmark Hans Røpke
Netherlands Piet Ridder
Netherlands Rudy Hartog
Girls' doubles Netherlands Joke van Beusekom
Netherlands Marjan Luesken
England Margaret Beck
England Carol Wightman
Netherlands Erika Fikenscher
Netherlands Ingrid Fikenscher
Denmark Bente Pedersen
Denmark Susan Jensen
Mixed doubles Sweden Gert Perneklo
Sweden Karin Lindquist
Denmark Mogens Neergaard
Denmark Bente Pedersen
England Ray Stevens
England Margaret Beck
Sweden Bengt Fröman
Sweden Margareta Söderberg

Results

Semi-finals

Category Winner Runner-up Score
Boys' singles Denmark Flemming Delfs England Ray Stevens 15–5, 15–7
Denmark Preben Boesen Netherlands Piet Ridder 8–15, 15–8, 15–6
Girls' singles Denmark Anne Berglund Netherlands Joke van Beusekom 11–9, 9–11, –, –
England Margaret Beck Denmark Annie Bøg Jørgensen 11–6, 11–3
Boys' doubles Denmark Mogens Neergaard
Denmark Preben Boesen
Netherlands Piet Ridder
Netherlands Rudy Hartog
15–6, 15–8
England Keith Arthur

England Ray Stevens

Denmark Flemming Delfs
Denmark Hans Røpke
9–15, 15–10, 15–10
Girls' doubles Netherlands Joke van Beusekom
Netherlands Marjan Luesken
Denmark Bente Pedersen
Denmark Susan Jensen
15–13, 17–15
England Carol Whightman
England Margaret Beck
Netherlands Erika Fikenscher
Netherlands Ingrid Fikenscher
–, –
Mixed doubles Sweden Gert Perneklo
Sweden Karin Lindquist
England Ray Stevens
England Margaret Beck
–, –
Denmark Mogens Neergaard
Denmark Bente Pedersen
Sweden Bengt Fröman
Sweden Margareta Söderberg
15–10, 8–15, 15–6

Finals

Category Winners Runners-up Score
Boys' singles Denmark Flemming Delfs Denmark Preben Boesen 15–0, 15–1
Girls' singles Denmark Anne Berglund England Margaret Beck 6–11, 11–6, 12–11
Boys' doubles England Keith Arthur
England Ray Stevens
Denmark Mogens Neergaard
Denmark Preben Boesen
15–9, 15–4
Girls' doubles Netherlands Joke van Beusekom
Netherlands Marjan Luesken
England Carol Whightman
England Margaret Beck
15–5, 15–9
Mixed doubles Sweden Gert Perneklo
Sweden Karin Lindquist
Denmark Mogens Neergaard
Denmark Bente Pedersen
15–10, 14–15, 15–6

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Denmark (DEN)2338
2 England (ENG)1225
3 Netherlands (NED)1045
4 Sweden (SWE)1012
Totals (4 entries)551020

References

  1. ^ "EUROPEAN JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS, INDIVIDUALS". badmintoneurope.com. Badminton Europe. Retrieved 24 November 2020.
  2. ^ "Badminton Museet magazine 1969–06" (PDF) (in Danish).