1969 European Junior Badminton Championships

1969 European Junior Badminton Championships
Tournament details
Dates	19–20 April 1969
Edition	1st
Venue	Sporthal de Vliegermolen
Location	Voorburg, Netherlands
	1971 Gottwaldov →

Dates19–20 April 1969

Edition1st

VenueSporthal de Vliegermolen^[1]

LocationVoorburg, Netherlands

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.^[2] Danish players won both the singles disciplines, England won Boys' doubles, host Netherlands won Girls' doubles while Sweden bagged mixed doubles title.^[3]

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

Category	Winner	Runner-up	Score
Boys' singles	Flemming Delfs	Ray Stevens	15–5, 15–7
Boys' singles	Preben Boesen	Piet Ridder	8–15, 15–8, 15–6
Girls' singles	Anne Berglund	Joke van Beusekom	11–9, 9–11, –, –
Girls' singles	Margaret Beck	Annie Bøg Jørgensen	11–6, 11–3
Boys' doubles	Mogens Neergaard Preben Boesen	Piet Ridder Rudy Hartog	15–6, 15–8
Boys' doubles	Keith Arthur Ray Stevens	Flemming Delfs Hans Røpke	9–15, 15–10, 15–10
Girls' doubles	Joke van Beusekom Marjan Luesken	Bente Pedersen Susan Jensen	15–13, 17–15
Girls' doubles	Carol Whightman Margaret Beck	Erika Fikenscher Ingrid Fikenscher	–, –
Mixed doubles	Gert Perneklo Karin Lindquist	Ray Stevens Margaret Beck	–, –
Mixed doubles	Mogens Neergaard Bente Pedersen	Bengt Fröman Margareta Söderberg	15–10, 8–15, 15–6

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

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Denmark (DEN)	2	3	3	8
2	England (ENG)	1	2	2	5
3	Netherlands (NED)	1	0	4	5
4	Sweden (SWE)	1	0	1	2
Totals (4 entries)		5	5	10	20

1969 European Junior Badminton Championships

Results

Semi-finals

Finals

Medal table

References

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