Badminton at the 2023 European Games – Mixed doubles

Badminton's mixed doubles
at the 2023 European Games
VenueArena Jaskółka, Tarnów[1]
Dates26 June - 2 July
Competitors32 from 16 nations
Medalists
gold medal Robin Tabeling
Selena Piek		   Netherlands
silver medal Thom Gicquel
Delphine Delrue		   France
bronze medal Marcus Ellis
Lauren Smith		   Great Britain
bronze medal Mathias Christiansen
Alexandra Bøje		   Denmark
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The mixed doubles badminton tournament at the 2023 European Games was played from 26 June to 2 July 2023 in Arena Jaskółka, Tarnów.[1] A total of 32 players in 16 pairs competed at the tournament, four of which pairs was seeded.[2]

Reigning champions, Marcus Ellis and Lauren Smith of Great Britain return to defend their titles.

Competition format

The tournament starts with a group phase round-robin which will eliminate 8 pairs, followed by a single-elimination knockout stage. For the group stage, the pairs are divided into four groups of four. Each group plays a round-robin. The top two pairs in each group advanced to the knockout rounds. The knockout stage is a three-round single elimination tournament without a bronze medal match.[2]

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.[2]

Seeding

The following pairs were seeded:[3]

  1. France Thom Gicquel / Delphine Delrue (Silver medalists)
  2. Netherlands Robin Tabeling / Selena Piek (Gold medalists)
  3. Denmark Mathias Christiansen / Alexandra Bøje (Bronze medalists)
  4. Germany Mark Lamsfuß / Isabel Lohau (Quarter-finals)

Competition schedule

Play will take place between 26 June and 2 July.[4]

GS Group stage R16 Round of 16 ¼ Quarterfinals ½ Semifinals F Final
Events Mon 26 Tue 27 Wed 28 Thu 29 Fri 30 Sat 1 Sun 2
Mixed doubles GS GS GS ¼ ½ F

Pool Stage

Group A

Pos Team Pld W L GF GA GD PF PA PD Qualification
1  Thom Gicquel (FRA) [1]
 Delphine Delrue (FRA) 		2 2 0 4 0 +4 84 48 +36 Qualification to knock-out stage
2  Joshua Magee (IRL)
 Moya Ryan (IRL) 		2 1 1 2 2 0 71 69 +2
3  Gianmarco Bailetti (ITA)
 Martina Corsini (ITA) 		2 0 2 0 4 −4 46 84 −38
4  Milan Dratva (SVK)
 Katarína Vargová (SVK) 		0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Source: [5]
Date Score Game 1 Game 2 Game 3
26 June Joshua Magee Republic of Ireland
Moya Ryan Republic of Ireland 		2–0 Italy Gianmarco Bailetti
Italy Martina Corsini 		21–14 21–13
26 June Thom Gicquel France
Delphine Delrue France 		2–0 Slovakia Milan Dratva
Slovakia Katarína Vargová 		21–14 21–11
27 June Thom Gicquel France
Delphine Delrue France 		2–0 Italy Gianmarco Bailetti
Italy Martina Corsini 		21–9 21–10
27 June Joshua Magee Republic of Ireland
Moya Ryan Republic of Ireland 		2–0 Slovakia Milan Dratva
Slovakia Katarína Vargová 		21–5 21–15
29 June Thom Gicquel France
Delphine Delrue France 		2–0 Republic of Ireland Joshua Magee
Republic of Ireland Moya Ryan 		21–12 21–17
29 June Gianmarco Bailetti Italy
Martina Corsini Italy 		w/o Slovakia Milan Dratva
Slovakia Katarína Vargová

Group B

Pos Team Pld W L GF GA GD PF PA PD Qualification
1  Robin Tabeling (NED) [2]
 Selena Piek (NED) 		2 2 0 4 0 +4 84 49 +35 Qualification to knock-out stage
2  Paweł Śmiłowski (POL)
 Magdalena Świerczyńska (POL) (H) 		2 1 1 2 3 −1 98 95 +3
3  Iliyan Stoynov (BUL)
 Hristomira Popovska (BUL) 		2 0 2 1 4 −3 71 109 −38
4  Misha Zilberman (ISR)
 Svetlana Zilberman (ISR) 		0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Source: [5]
(H) Host
Date Score Game 1 Game 2 Game 3
26 June Robin Tabeling Netherlands
Selena Piek Netherlands 		2–0 Israel Misha Zilberman
Israel Svetlana Zilberman 		21–10 21–9
26 June Paweł Śmiłowski Poland
Magdalena Świerczyńska Poland 		2–1 Bulgaria Iliyan Stoynov
Bulgaria Hristomira Popovska 		25–27 21–12 21–14
27 June Robin Tabeling Netherlands
Selena Piek Netherlands 		2–0 Bulgaria Iliyan Stoynov
Bulgaria Hristomira Popovska 		21–8 21–10
27 June Paweł Śmiłowski Poland
Magdalena Świerczyńska Poland 		2–0 Israel Misha Zilberman
Israel Svetlana Zilberman 		21–11 21–11
29 June Robin Tabeling Netherlands
Selena Piek Netherlands 		2–0 Poland Paweł Śmiłowski
Poland Magdalena Świerczyńska 		21–13 21–18
29 June Iliyan Stoynov Bulgaria
Hristomira Popovska Bulgaria 		w/o Israel Misha Zilberman
Israel Svetlana Zilberman

Group C

Pos Team Pld W L GF GA GD PF PA PD Qualification
1  Mathias Christiansen (DEN) [3]
 Alexandra Bøje (DEN) 		3 3 0 6 0 +6 126 70 +56 Qualification to knock-out stage
2  Mihajlo Tomić (SRB)
 Andjela Vitman (SRB) 		3 2 1 4 2 +2 112 105 +7
3  Minh Quang Pham (SUI)
 Caroline Racloz (SUI) 		3 1 2 2 4 −2 97 112 −15
4  Frederik Kristensen (NOR)
 Aimee Hong (NOR) 		3 0 3 0 6 −6 78 126 −48
Source: [5]
Date Score Game 1 Game 2 Game 3
26 June Frederik Kristensen Norway
Aimee Hong Norway 		0–2 Serbia Mihajlo Tomić
Serbia Andjela Vitman 		17–21 16–21
26 June Mathias Christiansen Denmark
Alexandra Bøje Denmark 		2–0 Switzerland Minh Quang Pham
Switzerland Caroline Racloz 		21–15 21–10
27 June Mathias Christiansen Denmark
Alexandra Bøje Denmark 		2–0 Serbia Mihajlo Tomić
Serbia Andjela Vitman 		21–17 21–11
27 June Frederik Kristensen Norway
Aimee Hong Norway 		0–2 Switzerland Minh Quang Pham
Switzerland Caroline Racloz 		18–21 10–21
29 June Mihajlo Tomić Serbia
Andjela VitmanSerbia 		2–0 Switzerland Minh Quang Pham
Switzerland Caroline Racloz 		21–15 21–15
29 June Mathias Christiansen Denmark
Alexandra Bøje Denmark 		2–0 Norway Frederik Kristensen
Norway Aimee Hong 		21–6 21–11

Group D

Pos Team Pld W L GF GA GD PF PA PD Qualification
1  Marcus Ellis (GBR)
 Lauren Smith (GBR) 		3 3 0 6 1 +5 142 88 +54 Qualification to knock-out stage
2  Mark Lamsfuß (GER) [4]
 Isabel Lohau (GER) 		3 2 1 5 2 +3 132 110 +22
3  Philip Birker (AUT)
 Katharina Hochmeir (AUT) 		3 1 2 2 4 −2 85 109 −24
4  Miha Ivančič (SLO)
 Petra Polanc (SLO) 		3 0 3 0 6 −6 74 126 −52
Source: [5]
Date Score Game 1 Game 2 Game 3
26 June Mark Lamsfuß Germany
Isabel Lohau Germany 		2–0 Austria Philip Birker
Austria Katharina Hochmeir 		21–12 21–12
26 June Miha Ivančič Slovenia
Petra Polanc Slovenia 		0–2 United Kingdom Marcus Ellis
United Kingdom Lauren Smith 		8–21 13–21
27 June Mark Lamsfuß Germany
Isabel Lohau Germany 		1–2 United Kingdom Marcus Ellis
United Kingdom Lauren Smith 		21–16 17–21 10–21
27 June Miha Ivančič Slovenia
Petra Polanc Slovenia 		0–2 Austria Philip Birker
Austria Katharina Hochmeir 		8–21 17–21
29 June Marcus Ellis United Kingdom
Lauren Smith United Kingdom 		2–0 Austria Philip Birker
Austria Katharina Hochmeir 		21–10 21–9
29 June Mark Lamsfuß Germany
Isabel Lohau Germany 		2–0 Slovenia Miha Ivančič
Slovenia Petra Polanc 		21–13 21–15

Knockout stage

The 8 surviving pairs will be drawn in a single elimination tournament, with group winners paired in the quarter final with runners up from other groups.[2] There will be no bronze medal match, and both losing semi-finalists will win a bronze medal.

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Gold medal match
               
1  Thom Gicquel (FRA)
 Delphine Delrue (FRA) 		21 21
 Mihajlo Tomić (SRB)
 Andjela Vitman (SRB) 		14 14
1  Thom Gicquel (FRA)
 Delphine Delrue (FRA) 		21 14 21
 Marcus Ellis (GBR)
 Lauren Smith (GBR) 		18 21 18
 Marcus Ellis (GBR)
 Lauren Smith (GBR) 		21 21
 Paweł Śmiłowski (POL)
 Magdalena Świerczyńska (POL) 		8 16
1  Thom Gicquel (FRA)
 Delphine Delrue (FRA) 		10 21 13
2  Robin Tabeling (NED)
 Selena Piek (NED) 		21 13 21
4  Mark Lamsfuß (GER)
 Isabel Lohau (GER) 		14 13
3  Mathias Christiansen (DEN)
 Alexandra Bøje (DEN) 		21 21
3  Mathias Christiansen (DEN)
 Alexandra Bøje (DEN) 		14 13
2  Robin Tabeling (NED)
 Selena Piek (NED) 		21 21
 Joshua Magee (IRL)
 Moya Ryan (IRL) 		8 6
2  Robin Tabeling (NED)
 Selena Piek (NED) 		21 21

References

  1. ^ a b Kawa, Krzysztof (22 June 2023). "Igrzyska Europejskie 2023. Program zawodów dzień pod dniu, areny, miasta, dyscypliny" (in Polish). Gazeta Krakowska. Retrieved 22 June 2023.
  2. ^ a b c d "Technical manual badminton". European Games 2023 Organising Committee. Retrieved 23 June 2023.
  3. ^ "BWF - 2023 European Games - Seeded entries". BWF-Tournament Software. Retrieved 18 June 2023.
  4. ^ "Event competition schedule". Badminton Europe. Retrieved 23 June 2023.
  5. ^ a b c d "Badminton - Mixed doubles group". European Games 2023. Retrieved 28 June 2023.