1972 European Mixed Team Badminton Championships

1972 European Mixed Team Badminton Championships

Tournament details

Dates

12–13 April 1972

Edition

1

Venue

Karlskrona Idrottshall^[1]

Location

Karlskrona, Sweden

1974 →

The 1972 European Mixed Team Badminton Championships were held in Karlskrona, Sweden from 12 and 13 April 1972, two days prior to the individual championships. The tournament was hosted by the European Badminton Union and Svenska Badmintonförbundet.^[2] The tournament was held at the Karlskrona Idrottshall.

Medalists

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Mixed team	England David Eddy Ray Stevens Elliot Stuart Derek Talbot Margaret Beck Gillian Gilks Judy Hashman Julie Rickard	Denmark Flemming Delfs Elo Hansen Klaus Kaagaard Erland Kops Annie Bøg Jørgensen Anne Flindt Karin Jørgensen Pernille Kaagaard Lene Køppen	West Germany Wolfgang Bochow Willi Braun Gerhard Kucki Roland Maywald Michael Schnaase Karin Kucki Brigitte Steden Marieluise Wackerow Gudrun Ziebold

Draw

A total of twelve teams competed in the championships.^[3]

Group 1	Group 2
Denmark England West Germany Sweden (Host) Scotland	Austria Czechoslovakia Finland Ireland Netherlands Wales Yugoslavia

Group 1

Pos	Team	W	L	MF	MA	MD	Pts
1	England	4	0	16	4	+12	4
2	Denmark	3	1	13	7	+6	3
3	West Germany	2	2	11	9	+2	2
4	Sweden (H)	1	3	9	11	−2	1
5	Scotland	0	4	1	19	−18	0

England vs Scotland

Karlskrona Idrottshall
12 April 1972

			1	2	3
1		Ray Stevens Robert S. McCoig	17 18	15 1	15 4
2		Margaret Beck Helen Kelly	11 0	11 0
3		Elliot Stuart / Derek Talbot Fraser Gow / Robert S. McCoig	15 6	17 18	15 6
4		Judy Hashman / Julie Rickard Mary Odell / Christine Stewart	15 4	15 7
5		David Eddy / Gillian Gilks Fraser Gow / Christine Stewart	15 6	15 11

Denmark vs West Germany

Karlskrona Idrottshall
12 April 1972

			1	2	3
1		Flemming Delfs Wolfgang Bochow	9 15	15 10	15 5
2		Pernille Kaagaard Brigitte Steden	5 11	11 9	9 11
3		Klaus Kaagaard / Erland Kops Gerhard Kucki / Roland Maywald	17 14	15 12
4		Anne Flindt / Pernille Kaagaard Brigitte Steden / Marieluise Wackerow	15 2	15 4
5		Klaus Kaagaard / Anne Flindt Wolfgang Bochow / Marieluise Wackerow	6 15	2 15

Sweden vs Scotland

Karlskrona Idrottshall
12 April 1972

			1	2	3
1		Sture Johnsson Nicol McCloy	15 1	15 5
2		Eva Twedberg Helen Kelly	11 3	11 1
3		Thomas Kihlström / Gert Perneklo Fraser Gow / Robert S. McCoig	8 15	15 9	15 5
4		Anette Börjesson / Marianne Vallin Mary Odell / Christine Stewart	4 15	17 18
5		Bengt Fröman / Eva Twedberg Fraser Gow / Christine Stewart	17 15	15 4

England vs Denmark

Karlskrona Idrottshall
12 April 1972

			1	2	3
1		Ray Stevens Flemming Delfs	16 17	15 8	15 9
2		Margaret Beck Karin Jørgensen	6 11	11 1	11 7
3		Elliot Stuart / Derek Talbot Klaus Kaagaard / Erland Kops	8 15	15 10	15 11
4		Margaret Beck / Judy Hashman Anne Flindt / Pernille Kaagaard	5 15	6 15
5		Derek Talbot / Gillian Gilks Flemming Delfs / Pernille Kaagaard	15 11	18 14

Sweden vs West Germany

Karlskrona Idrottshall
12 April 1972

			1	2	3
1		Sture Johnsson Michael Schnaase	11 15	15 5	15 3
2		Eva Twedberg Gudrun Ziebold	1 11	11 6	11 5
3		Thomas Kihlström / Gert Perneklo Willi Braun / Roland Maywald	12 15	10 15
4		Anette Börjesson / Marianne Vallin Karin Kucki / Brigitte Steden	3 15	4 15
5		Gert Perneklo / Eva Twedberg Wolfgang Bochow / Marieluise Wackerow	15 13	3 15	14 18

Denmark vs Scotland

Karlskrona Idrottshall
13 April 1972

			1	2	3
1		Flemming Delfs Nicol McCloy	15 0	15 2
2		Anne Flindt Mary Odell	4 11	12 9	11 2
3		Elo Hansen / Erland Kops Fraser Gow / Robert S. McCoig	18 13	15 6
4		Anne Flindt / Pernille Kaagaard Helen Kelly / Christine Stewart	15 10	15 10
5		Elo Hansen / Pernille Kaagaard Fraser Gow / Christine Stewart	15 8	16 18	15 6

England vs Sweden

Karlskrona Idrottshall
13 April 1972

			1	2	3
1		David Eddy Sture Johnsson	5 15	6 15
2		Gillian Gilks Eva Twedberg	8 11	5 11
3		Elliot Stuart / Derek Talbot Thomas Kihlström / Gert Perneklo	15 12	15 13
4		Margaret Beck / Julie Rickard Anette Börjesson / Marianne Vallin	15 1	15 0
5		Derek Talbot / Gillian Gilks Thomas Kihlström / Eva Twedberg	15 7	15 13

West Germany vs Scotland

Karlskrona Idrottshall
13 April 1972

			1	2	3
1		Michael Schnaase Nicol McCloy	15 7	15 9
2		Gudrun Ziebold Mary Odell	11 1	11 7
3		Willi Braun / Roland Maywald Fraser Gow / Robert S. McCoig	15 11	15 6
4		Karin Kucki / Marieluise Wackerow Helen Kelly / Christine Stewart	13 15	15 8	15 3
5		Wolfgang Bochow / Marieluise Wackerow Fraser Gow / Christine Stewart	15 8	15 2

Denmark vs Sweden

Karlskrona Idrottshall
13 April 1972

			1	2	3
1		Flemming Delfs Sture Johnsson	15 0	12 15	15 8
2		Pernille Kaagaard Eva Twedberg	10 12	5 11
3		Elo Hansen / Erland Kops Thomas Kihlström / Gert Perneklo	15 9	15 13
4		Anne Flindt / Karin Jørgensen Anette Börjesson / Karin Lindqvist	15 3	15 11
5		Elo Hansen / Pernille Kaagaard Gert Perneklo / Eva Twedberg	6 15	15 13	15 9

England vs West Germany

Karlskrona Idrottshall
13 April 1972

			1	2	3
1		Ray Stevens Michael Schnaase	15 5	17 14
2		Margaret Beck Brigitte Steden	6 11	11 7	12 9
3		Elliot Stuart / Derek Talbot Willi Braun / Roland Maywald	8 15	7 15
4		Gillian Gilks / Judy Hashman Brigitte Steden / Gudrun Ziebold	15 0	15 2
5		Derek Talbot / Gillian Gilks Wolfgang Bochow / Marieluise Wackerow	15 11	18 4

Group 2

Preliminary stage

The seven teams that competed in the preliminary stage were split into two sections, Section 1 and Section 2. Four teams in Section 1 competed in an elimination format to determine the team ranks in the section for the play-off stage draw. In Section 2, the remaining teams competed in a round-robin format.

Section A

	Section semi-finals				Section final

	Czechoslovakia	5

	Yugoslavia	0
					Czechoslovakia	0

					Ireland	5
	Wales	1

	Ireland	4			Third place in section


					Yugoslavia	1

					Wales	4

Standings
Pos	Team
1	Ireland
2	Czechoslovakia
3	Wales
4	Yugoslavia

Section B

Pos	Team	W	L	MF	MA	MD	Pts	Final result
1	Netherlands	2	0	9	1	+8	2	6th to 9th		—	5–0	4–1
2	Austria	1	1	5	5	0	1	6th to 9th			—	5–0
3	Finland	0	2	1	9	−8	0	10th to 12th				—

Play-offs

6th to 9th place

	6th–9th place					6th place

	A1	Ireland	4

	B2	Austria	1
						A1	Ireland	1

						B1	Netherlands	4
	A2	Czechoslovakia	0

	B1	Netherlands	5			8th place


						B2	Austria	3

						A2	Czechoslovakia	2

10th to 12th place

Pos	Team	W	L	MF	MA	MD	Pts	Final result
1	Wales	2	0	9	1	+8	2	10th place		—	4–1	5–0
2	Yugoslavia	1	1	8	2	+6	1	11th place			—	4–1
3	Finland	0	2	1	9	−8	0	12th place				—

References

^ Gustafsson, Helena (16 April 2012). "EM-generalen gör det igen" (in Swedish). Sveriges Radio. Retrieved 3 January 2025.
^ "Badminton-EM i Karlskrona idrottshall, 14-16 april 1972" (in Swedish). Blekinge museum. 15 April 2020. Retrieved 3 January 2025.
^ Scheele, H. A. E. World Badminton: May 1972. International Badminton Federation. p. 7.

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