1998 European Badminton Championships

Badminton tournament

1998 European Badminton Championships

Tournament details
Dates| 18–25 April
Edition| 16
Venue| Winter Sports Palace
Location| Sofia, Bulgaria
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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

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

## Results[edit]

### Semi-finals[edit]

Category  | Winner  | Runner-up  | Score

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

### Finals[edit]

Category  | Winners  | Runners-up  | Score

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Men's singles  |  Peter Gade |  Kenneth Jonassen | 15–8, 15–4
Women's singles  |  Camilla Martin |  Kelly Morgan | 11–2, 11–4
Men's doubles  |  Simon Archer
Chris Hunt |  Peter Axelsson
Pär-Gunnar Jönsson | 15–3, 15–3
Women's doubles  |  Rikke Olsen
Marlene Thomsen |  Ann Jørgensen
Majken Vange | 15–2, 15–10
Mixed doubles  |  Michael Søgaard
Rikke Olsen |  Michael Keck
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  |  |  |  | Total

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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.

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* Annals of Badminton Europe
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