1976 European Mixed Team Badminton Championships

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Mixed team	Denmark Flemming Delfs Elo Hansen Steen Skovgaard Lonny Bostofte Jette Føge Lene Køppen Susanne Mølgaard Hansen	England Ray Stevens Eddy Sutton Derek Talbot Mike Tredgett Paul Whetnall Nora Gardner Barbara Giles Gillian Gilks Margaret Lockwood Susan Whetnall	Sweden Bengt Fröman Sture Johnsson Thomas Kihlström Claes Nordin Anette Börjesson Karin Lindqvist Eva Stuart

A total of thirteen teams competed in the championships. Belgium, Switzerland and the Soviet Union made their first appearance in the championships.

Group 1	Group 2	Group 3
Denmark  England  West Germany  Sweden	Netherlands  Scotland  Soviet Union  Wales	Austria  Belgium  Ireland (Host)  Norway   Switzerland

Pos	Team	W	L	MF	MA	MD	Pts	Qualification
1	Denmark	2	1	9	6	+3	3	Champions
2	England	2	1	9	6	+3	2	Runners-up
3	Sweden	2	1	7	8	−1	1	Third place
4	West Germany	0	3	5	10	−5	0	Advance to play-offs

England 4	Fitzwilliam Club 6 April 1976		Sweden 1
1 2 3 1 Paul Whetnall Sture Johnsson 4 15 7 15     2 Gillian Gilks Anette Börjesson 11 3 11 3     3 Ray Stevens / Mike Tredgett Bengt Fröman / Thomas Kihlström 10 15 15 6 15 10   4 Nora Gardner / Margaret Lockwood Anette Börjesson / Eva Stuart 15 8 15 4     5 Derek Talbot / Gillian Gilks Sture Johnsson / Eva Stuart 15 10 14 17 15 5

Denmark 4	Fitzwilliam Club 6 April 1976		West Germany 1
1 2 3 1 Flemming Delfs Michael Schnaase 15 9 15 7     2 Lene Køppen Eva-Maria Kranz 11 5 11 0     3 Flemming Delfs / Elo Hansen Willi Braun / Roland Maywald 15 12 15 12     4 Lonny Bostofte / Jette Føge Brigitte Steden / Marieluise Zizmann 9 15 3 15     5 Steen Skovgaard / Lene Køppen Wolfgang Bochow / Marieluise Zizmann 18 14 11 15 18 15

England 3	Fitzwilliam Club 6 April 1976		West Germany 2
1 2 3 1 Paul Whetnall Michael Schnaase 15 5 15 4     2 Gillian Gilks Eva-Maria Kranz 11 0 11 2     3 Ray Stevens / Mike Tredgett Willi Braun / Roland Maywald 15 7 9 15 7 15   4 Nora Gardner / Susan Whetnall Brigitte Steden / Marieluise Zizmann 18 14 15 13     5 Derek Talbot / Gillian Gilks Wolfgang Bochow / Marieluise Zizmann 15 9 11 15 15 18

Denmark 2	Fitzwilliam Club 7 April 1976		Sweden 3
1 2 3 1 Flemming Delfs Sture Johnsson 2 15 6 15     2 Lene Køppen Anette Börjesson 11 2 11 3     3 Flemming Delfs / Elo Hansen Bengt Fröman / Thomas Kihlström 4 15 9 15     4 Susanne Mølgaard Hansen / Lene Køppen Anette Börjesson / Eva Stuart 15 8 15 8     5 Steen Skovgaard / Susanne Mølgaard Hansen Thomas Kihlström / Eva Stuart 8 15 15 7 16 18

Sweden 3	Fitzwilliam Club 7 April 1976		West Germany 2
1 2 3 1 Sture Johnsson Michael Schnaase 15 2 15 6     2 Anette Börjesson Eva-Maria Kranz 10 12 11 6 11 3   3 Bengt Fröman / Thomas Kihlström Willi Braun / Roland Maywald 6 15 15 13 18 15   4 Anette Börjesson / Eva Stuart Brigitte Steden / Marieluise Zizmann 14 17 15 11 7 15   5 Thomas Kihlström / Eva Stuart Wolfgang Bochow / Marieluise Zizmann 6 15 7 15

England 3	Fitzwilliam Club 17 April 1976		Denmark 2
1 2 3 1 Paul Whetnall Flemming Delfs 17 16 13 15 6 15   2 Gillian Gilks Lene Køppen 4 11 10 12     3 Ray Stevens / Mike Tredgett Flemming Delfs / Elo Hansen 12 15 15 9 15 11   4 Nora Gardner / Susan Whetnall Lonny Bostofte / Jette Føge 7 15 2 15     5 Derek Talbot / Gillian Gilks Steen Skovgaard / Lene Køppen 6 15 9 15

Pos	Team	W	L	MF	MA	MD	Pts	Qualification
1	Netherlands	3	0	12	3	+9	3	Advance to play-offs
2	Scotland	2	1	8	7	+1	2
3	Soviet Union	1	2	7	8	−1	1
4	Wales	0	3	3	12	−9	0	Advance to play-offs

Netherlands 4	Fitzwilliam Club 6 April 1976		Wales 1
1 2 3 1 Rob Ridder Steve Gully 18 14 15 6     2 Joke van Beusekom Angela Dickson 11 1 11 1     3 Guus de Vogel / Clemens Wortel David Colmer / Brian Jones 11 15 11 15     4 Marjan Luesken / Joke van Beusekom Susan Brimble / Angela Dickson 15 4 15 4     5 Rob Ridder / Marjan Luesken David Colmer / Susan Alfieri 15 13 15 4

Scotland 3	Fitzwilliam Club 6 April 1976		Soviet Union 2
1 2 3 1 Ronnie Conway Anatoliy Skripko 9 15 8 15     2 Joanne Flockhart Alla Zvonareva 12 11 3 11 6 11   3 Jim Ansari / John Britton Viktor Shvachko / Anatoliy Skripko 15 5 15 8     4 Joanne Flockhart / Christine Stewart Natalya Damaskina / Alla Zvonareva 15 10 15 11     5 Fraser Gow / Christine Stewart Viktor Shvachko / Irina Shevchenko 15 10 15 8

Netherlands 4	Fitzwilliam Club 6 April 1976		Scotland 1
1 2 3 1 Rob Ridder Ronnie Conway 15 13 15 4     2 Joke van Beusekom Pamela Hamilton 11 3 11 3     3 Rob Ridder / Piet Ridder Jim Ansari / John Britton 11 7 11 6     4 Marjan Luesken / Joke van Beusekom Joanne Flockhart / Christine Stewart 15 13 12 15 15 2   5 Clemens Wortel / Marjan Luesken Fraser Gow / Christine Stewart 15 12 10 15 1 15

Wales 1	Fitzwilliam Club 7 April 1976		Soviet Union 4
1 2 3 1 Steve Gully Anatoliy Skripko 11 15 9 15     2 Angela Dickson Alla Zvonareva 3 11 2 11     3 David Colmer / Brian Jones Viktor Shvachko / Anatoliy Skripko 15 7 5 15 3 15   4 Susan Brimble / Angela Dickson Natalya Damaskina / Alla Zvonareva 3 15 6 15     5 David Colmer / Susan Alfieri Viktor Shvachko / Irina Shevchenko 15 12 15 8

Netherlands 4	Fitzwilliam Club 7 April 1976		Soviet Union 1
1 2 3 1 Clemens Wortel Anatoliy Skripko 8 15 12 15     2 Joke van Beusekom Alla Zvonareva 11 6 7 11 11 6   3 Piet Ridder / Rob Ridder Viktor Shvachko / Anatoliy Skripko 15 12 18 13     4 Marjan Luesken / Joke van Beusekom Nadezhda Litvincheva / Irina Shevchenko 15 4 15 4     5 Rob Ridder / Marjan Luesken Viktor Shvachko / Irina Shevchenko 15 8 15 7

Scotland 5	Fitzwilliam Club 7 April 1976		Wales 0
1 2 3 1 Ronnie Conway Steve Gully 15 2 15 9     2 Joanne Flockhart Susan Brimble 11 2 11 1     3 Jim Ansari / Billy Gilliland David Colmer / Brian Jones 15 8 15 8     4 Joanne Flockhart / Christine Stewart Susan Alfieri / Angela Dickson 15 12 15 8     5 Fraser Gow / Christine Stewart Brian Jones / Susan Alfieri 12 15 15 10 3 15