2008 European Badminton Championships

The 2008 European Badminton Championships were the 21st tournament of the European Badminton Championships. They were held in Herning, Denmark, from April 16 to April 20, 2008, and they were organised by the Badminton Europe and the Danmarks Badminton Forbund.

The competition was preceded by the 2008 European Mixed Team Badminton Championships, held between April 12 and April 15.

Medalists

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's singles	Kenneth Jonassen	Joachim Persson	Przemysław Wacha
			Jan Ø. Jørgensen
Women's singles	Xu Huaiwen	Tine Rasmussen	Pi Hongyan
			Juliane Schenk
Men's doubles	Lars Paaske and Jonas Rasmussen	Jens Eriksen and Martin Lundgaard Hansen	Erwin Kehlhoffner and Svetoslav Stoyanov
			Kristof Hopp and Ingo Kindervater
Women's doubles	Kamilla Rytter Juhl and Lena Frier Kristiansen	Donna Kellogg and Gail Emms	Elin Bergblom and Johanna Persson
			Valeria Sorokina and Nina Vislova
Mixed doubles	Anthony Clark and Donna Kellogg	Robert Mateusiak and Nadiezda Kostiuczyk	Nathan Robertson and Gail Emms
			Carsten Mogensen and Helle Nielsen

Results

Men's singles

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Finals
	1	Kenneth Jonassen	21	21
	9/16	Scott Evans	9	14
									Kenneth Jonassen	21	21
									Jan Ø. Jørgensen	12	9
		Dieter Domke	17	18
		Jan Ø. Jørgensen	21	21
																Kenneth Jonassen	21	21
																Joachim Persson	13	16
	5/8	Eric Pang	21	18	11
	3/4	Joachim Persson	11	21	21
									Joachim Persson	17	21	21
									Przemysław Wacha	21	9	10
	9/16	Pablo Abián	11	17
	2	Przemysław Wacha	21	21

Women's singles

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Finals
	1	Pi Hongyan	21	21
	5/8	Judith Meulendijks	9	17
									Pi Hongyan	11	21	18
									Xu Huaiwen	21	4	21
	3/4	Xu Huaiwen	22	21
	5/8	Petya Nedelcheva	20	19
																Xu Huaiwen	12	21	21
																Tine Rasmussen	21	12	17
	5/8	Tracey Hallam	D	N	S
	3/4	Juliane Schenk
									Juliane Schenk	6	21	13
									Tine Rasmussen	21	16	21
	5/8	Yao Jie	18	16
	2	Tine Rasmussen	21	21

Men's doubles

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Finals
	1	Paaske/Rasmussen	21	21
		Adcock/George	17	10
									Paaske/Rasmussen	22	21
									Kehlhoffner/Stoyanov	20	13
		Kehlhoffner/Stoyanov	21	16	21
	5/8	Fuchs/Spitko	15	21	15
																Paaske/Rasmussen	21	21
																Eriksen/Lundgaard	19	16
	5/8	Adcock/Middleton	21	21
	3/4	Hopp/Kindervater	17	11
									Hopp/Kindervater	23	16	8
									Eriksen/Lundgaard	21	21	21
	5/8	Claes/Mawet	11	10
	2	Eriksen/Lundgaard	21	21

Women's doubles

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Finals
	1	Emms/Kellogg	21	21
		Bankier/Yuan Gao	9	13
									Emms/Kellogg	21	21
									Bergblom/Persson	18	7
	3/4	Ananina/Russkikh	21	17	18
	5/8	Bergblom/Persson	18	21	21
																Emms/Kellogg	18	18
																Juhl/Kristiansen	21	21
	5/8	Sorokina/Vislova	21	21
	3/4	Munt/Nicholas	15	12
									Sorokina/Vislova	19	20
									Juhl/Kristiansen	21	22
	5/8	Augustyn/Kostiuczyk	21	13
	2	Juhl/Kristiansen	23	21

Mixed doubles

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Finals
	1	Robertson/Emms	21	21
		Briggs/Cooper	5	9
									Robertson/Emms	21	10	6
									Mateusiak/Kostiuczyk	14	21	21
	3/4	Mateusiak/Kostiuczyk	21	21
	5/8	Kindervater/Piotrowski	19	15
																Mateusiak/Kostiuczyk	21	20	15
																Clark/Kellogg	16	22	21
		Mogensen/Nielsen	19	21
	3/4	Laybourn/Juhl	21	13	r.
									Mogensen*/Nielsen	18	19
									Clark/Kellogg	21	21
	5/8	Blair/ Bankier	21	14	14
	2	Clark/Kellogg	13	21	21

* Carsten Mogensen was given a red card after the game for kicking his racquet into the crowd.

Medal count

Pos	Country				Total
1	Denmark	3	3	2	8
2	England	1	1	1	3
3	Germany	1	0	2	3
4	Poland	0	1	1	2
5	France	0	0	2	2
6	Sweden	0	0	1	1
	Russia	0	0	1	1

External links

• Badminton Europe: 2008 European Championships
• European Championships 2008 at tournamentsoftware.com