1998 European Badminton Championships

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1998 European Badminton Championships
Tournament details
Dates18–25 April
Edition16
VenueWinter Sports Palace
LocationSofia, Bulgaria
← 1996 2000 →

The 16th European Badminton Championships were held in Sofia, Bulgaria, between 18 and 25 April 1998, and hosted by the European Badminton Union and the Bulgarian Badminton Federation.

Venue[edit]

The competition was held at the Winter Sports Palace in Sofia.[1][2]

Medalists[edit]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's singles Denmark Peter Gade Denmark Kenneth Jonassen Denmark Peter Rasmussen
Denmark Poul-Erik Høyer Larsen
Women's singles Denmark Camilla Martin Wales Kelly Morgan Denmark Mette Sørensen
Denmark Mette Pedersen
Men's doubles England Simon Archer
and Chris Hunt 		Sweden Peter Axelsson
and Pär-Gunnar Jönsson 		Denmark Jon Holst Christensen
and Michael Søgaard
England Julian Robertson
and Nathan Robertson
Women's doubles Denmark Rikke Olsen
and Marlene Thomsen 		Denmark Ann Jørgensen
and Majken Vange 		England Joanne Goode
and Donna Kellogg
Netherlands Monique Hoogland
and Erica van den Heuvel
Mixed doubles Denmark Michael Søgaard
and Rikke Olsen 		Germany Michael Keck and
Netherlands Erica van den Heuvel 		England Simon Archer
and Joanne Goode
Denmark Jon Holst Christensen
and Ann Jørgensen
Teams Denmark Denmark England England Sweden Sweden

Results[edit]

Semi-finals[edit]

Category Winner Runner-up Score
Men's singles Denmark Peter Gade Denmark Peter Rasmussen Walkover
Denmark Kenneth Jonassen Denmark Poul-Erik Høyer Larsen 15–6, 15–6
Women's singles Denmark Camilla Martin Denmark Mette Sørensen 11–7, 12–11
Wales Kelly Morgan Denmark Mette Pedersen 12–9, 11–8
Men's doubles England Simon Archer
England Chris Hunt 		Denmark Jon-Holst Christensen
Denmark Michael Søgaard 		15–8, 15–8
Sweden Peter Axelsson
Sweden Pär-Gunnar Jönsson 		England Julian Robertson
England Nathan Robertson 		10–15, 15–10, 15–10
Women's doubles Denmark Rikke Olsen
Denmark Marlene Thomsen 		England Joanne Goode
England Donna Kellogg 		15–5, 15–10
Denmark Ann Jørgensen
Denmark Majken Vange 		Netherlands Monique Hoogland
Netherlands Erica van den Heuvel 		12–15, 18–16, 15–7[note. 1]
Mixed doubles Denmark Michael Søgaard
Denmark Rikke Olsen 		Denmark Jon-Holst Christensen
Denmark Ann Jørgensen 		15–6, 15–12
Germany Michael Keck
Netherlands Erica van den Heuvel 		England Simon Archer
England Joanne Goode 		8–15, 15–11, 15–8

Finals[edit]

Category Winners Runners-up Score
Men's singles Denmark Peter Gade Denmark Kenneth Jonassen 15–8, 15–4
Women's singles Denmark Camilla Martin Wales Kelly Morgan 11–2, 11–4
Men's doubles England Simon Archer
England Chris Hunt 		Sweden Peter Axelsson
Sweden Pär-Gunnar Jönsson 		15–3, 15–3
Women's doubles Denmark Rikke Olsen
Denmark Marlene Thomsen 		Denmark Ann Jørgensen
Denmark Majken Vange 		15–2, 15–10
Mixed doubles Denmark Michael Søgaard
Denmark Rikke Olsen 		Germany Michael Keck
Netherlands Erica van den Heuvel 		15–7, 6–15, 15–11

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ Score given in tournament software is wrong.

Medal account[edit]

Pos Country Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  Denmark 5 2 6 13
2  England 1 1 3 5
3  Netherlands 0 1 1 2
 Sweden 0 1 1 2
5  Germany 0 1 0 1
 Wales 0 1 0 1

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Европейско първенство по Бадминтон". www.cim.bg (in Bulgarian). Archived from the original on 10 April 2019. Retrieved 10 April 2019.
  2. ^ "Направихме много за бадминтона и България" (in Bulgarian). ДУМА. 12 January 2016. Retrieved 10 April 2019.

External links[edit]

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