The 2016 European Badminton Championships were the 25th tournament of the

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. They were held in

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, from 26 April–1 May 2016. The competitions were held in the Vendéspace.

Medalists

Medal table

Men's singles

Seeds

# Jan Ø. Jørgensen ''(Final)'' #

Viktor Axelsen Viktor Axelsen (born 4 January 1994) is a Danish badminton player. He is the 2017 and 2022 World champion and the 2020 Olympic champion. He won the 2010 World Junior Championships, beating South Korea's Kang Ji-wook in the final to become the ...

(Champion) #

Marc Zwiebler Marc Zwiebler () (born 13 March 1984) is a badminton player from Germany. His highest ranking is 10 in the world. He is a seven-time German national champion in men's singles. He won gold at the 2012 European Championships in Karlskrona over ...

''(Semifinals)'' #

Hans-Kristian Vittinghus Hans-Kristian Solberg Vittinghus (born 16 January 1986) is a Danish badminton player. He was a member of the winning Denmark team at the 2016 Thomas Cup in Kunshan, China. Career Junior He won 4 junior national titles, 2 in singles in 2003 ...

''(Quarterfinals)'' #

Rajiv Ouseph Theratil Rajiv Ouseph (born 30 August 1986) is a former badminton player from England who represented both England and Great Britain in the international tournaments. Ouseph was the European Champion, winning in 2017. Ouseph was born and brough ...

''(Semifinals)'' # Brice Leverdez ''(Quarterfinals)'' # Pablo Abian ''(Quarterfinals)'' # Raul Must ''(Second Round)''

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Section 4 Finals

Women's singles

Seeds

Carolina Marín Carolina María Marín Martín (born 15 June 1993) is a Spanish professional badminton player. She is an Olympic Champion, three-time World Champion, six-time European Champion, and the former World's No. 1 in BWF rankings for the women's si ...

(Champion) #

Kirsty Gilmour Kirsty Gilmour (born 21 September 1993) is a Scottish badminton player who has represented both Scotland and Great Britain. Career Gilmour won the silver medal at the 2014 Commonwealth Games, losing out to Michelle Li of Canada in the fina ...

''(Final)'' # Line Kjaersfeldt ''(Semifinals)'' # Karin Schnaase ''(Quarterfinals)'' #

Olga Konon Olga Anatolyevna Konon ( be, Вольга Анатольеўна Конан; rus, Ольга Анатольевна Конон; born 11 November 1989) is a badminton player from Germany, and is of Belarusian origin. Career Konon is known for h ...

''(Second Round)'' #

Beatriz Corrales Beatriz Corrales Ocaña (; born 3 December 1992) is a Spanish badminton player. She was the women's singles bronze medalist at the 2015 European Games, and the silver medalist at the 2018 Mediterranean Games. Achievements European Games ...

''(Quarterfinals)'' #

Kristína Gavnholt Kristína Gavnholt (born 12 September 1988 as Kristína Ludíková) is a Czech badminton player. She competed for Czech Republic at the 2008, 2012 and 2016 Summer Olympics. Achievements European Junior Championships She was the girls' doub ...

''(Third Round)'' # Linda Zetchiri ''(Quarterfinals)''

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Section 3

Section 4 Finals

Men's doubles

Seeds

# Vladimir Ivanov / Ivan Sozonov ''(Semifinals)'' # Mads Conrad-Petersen /

Mads Pieler Kolding Mads Pieler Kolding (born 27 January 1988) is a Danish badminton Badminton is a racquet sport played using racquets to hit a shuttlecock across a net. Although it may be played with larger teams, the most common forms of the game are "s ...

(Champion) #

Marcus Ellis Marcus Ellis (born 14 September 1989) is a British badminton player. He was the men's doubles champion in the English National Championships. Ellis and Chris Langridge won a bronze medal in the men's doubles at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio d ...

Chris Langridge Christopher Phillip Langridge (born 2 May 1985) is a retired British badminton player. He competed for England at the 2014 Commonwealth Games where he won three medals. He represented Great Britain at the 2016 Summer Olympics, and won a bronze m ...

''(Semifinals)'' #

Kim Astrup Kim Astrup Sørensen (born 6 March 1992) is a Danish badminton player. As junior player, he won the bronze medal at the 2010 World Junior Championships in the boys' doubles. He later won a gold in the mixed doubles and bronze medals in the boys' ...

Anders Skaarup Rasmussen Anders Skaarup Rasmussen (born 15 February 1989) is a Danish badminton player. He joined the Denmark winning team at the 2016 Thomas Cup in Kunshan, China, where he and his teammates beating Indonesia 3–2 in the final. Rasmussen won the men's ...

''(Final)'' #

Mathias Boe Mathias Boe (born 11 July 1980) is a badminton player from Denmark. He was the gold medalist at the 2015 European Games, two time European champions winning in 2012 and 2017, and the silver medalist at the 2012 Summer Olympics. He joined the Den ...

Mathias Christiansen Mathias Christiansen (born 20 February 1994) is a Danish badminton player who joined the national team in July 2013. He competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics. Achievements European Games ''Mixed doubles'' European Championships ''Men's ...

''(Withdrew)'' # Adam Cwalina / Przemyslaw Wacha ''(Quarterfinals)'' # Michael Fuchs / Johannes Schoettler ''(Quarterfinals)'' #

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/ Ronan Labar ''(Quarterfinals)''

Top Half

Bottom Half

Finals

Women's doubles

Seeds

Christinna Pedersen Christinna Pedersen (born 12 May 1986) is a Danish badminton player. Career Christinna Pedersen is a right-handed doubles specialist. From 2008 onwards, Pedersen paired with Joachim Fischer Nielsen in mixed doubles. The pair gained two Europ ...

Kamilla Rytter Juhl Kamilla Rytter Juhl (born 23 November 1983) is a retired Danish badminton player. Juhl is an Olympic silver medalist, World Championship gold medalist and seven times European champion as well. Career Rytter Juhl played as a left-handed doubl ...

(Champion) # Eefje Muskens /

Selena Piek Selena Piek (born 30 September 1991) is a Dutch badminton player who specializes in doubles. Her current partner is Cheryl Seinen for women's doubles and Robin Tabeling for mixed doubles. She won the 2014 and 2015 editions of Dutch National Bad ...

''(Final)'' #

Gabriela Stoeva Gabriela Stoeva ( bg, Габриела Стоева; born 15 July 1994) is a Bulgarian badminton player specializing in doubles. Her current partner is her younger sister, Stefani Stoeva. The pair is the three-time European Champion and European ...

/ Stefani Stoeva ''(Quarterfinals)'' # Johanna Goliszewski / Carla Nelte ''(Quarterfinals)''

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Bottom Half

Finals

Mixed doubles

Seeds

# Chris Adcock /

Gabby Adcock Gabrielle Marie Adcock (née White; born 30 September 1990) is an English retired badminton player. Career Gabby started playing badminton aged 10 in the badminton club at her school and became a full-time player straight from school at 16. S ...

''(Quarterfinals)'' #

Joachim Fischer Nielsen Joachim Fischer Nielsen (born 23 November 1978) is a Danish retired badminton player. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he won the bronze medal in the mixed doubles with teammate Christinna Pedersen. He retired from the international tournament in th ...

(Champion) #

Jacco Arends Jacco Arends (born 28 January 1991) is a Dutch retired badminton player who specializes in doubles. Arends began playing badminton at his hometown club BC Duinwijck, and in 2009, he won European Junior Championships in mixed doubles with Selena P ...

''(Semifinals)'' # Robert Mateusiak /

Nadieżda Zięba Nadieżda "Nadia" Zięba (; : Kostiuczyk; born 21 May 1984) is a Polish retired badminton player of Belarusian origin. She won the mixed doubles gold medal at the 2012 European Championships. Zięba was three times mixed doubles quarter finalis ...

''(First Round)'' # Michael Fuchs / Birgit Michels ''(Quarterfinals)'' # Vitalij Durkin / Nina Vislova ''(Second Round)'' # Ronan Labar / Emilie Lefel ''(Second Round)'' # Niclas Nohr / Sara Thygesen ''(Final)''

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Finals

External links

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International sports competitions hosted by France European Badminton Badminton tournaments in France