The 2021 European Badminton Championships was the 28th tournament of the
European Badminton Championships. It was held in
Kyiv,
Ukraine, from 27 April to 2 May 2021.
Tournament
The 2021 European Badminton Championships was the 28th edition of the
championships
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Championship systems
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Title match system
In this system ...
. This tournament was organized by
Badminton Europe along with the local organizer Ukrainian Badminton Federation and sanctioned by the
Badminton World Federation
The Badminton World Federation (BWF) is the international governing body for the sport of badminton recognised by the International Olympic Committee (IOC). It was founded in 1934 as the International Badminton Federation (IBF) with nine member ...
.
This tournament being played for the first time in Ukraine.
The tournament consisted of men's (singles and doubles), women's (singles and doubles), and also mixed doubles.
Venue
The tournament was held at the
Palace of Sports in
Kyiv,
Ukraine.
Point distribution
Below are tables with the point distribution for each phase of the tournament based on the
BWF points system for the
European Badminton Championships, which is equivalent to a
Super 500 event.
Medal summary
Medalists
Medal table
Participants
213 players from 36 nations will participate this championship.
Men's singles
Seeds
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Viktor Axelsen ''(final)''
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Anders Antonsen (champion)
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Rasmus Gemke ''(quarter-finals)''
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Hans-Kristian Vittinghus ''(semi-finals)''
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Mark Caljouw ''(quarter-finals)''
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Brice Leverdez
Brice Leverdez (born 9 April 1986) is a French badminton player. He was a champion at the 2013 Mediterranean Games, won a silver medal at the 2015 European Games, and a bronze medal at the 2018 European Championships.
Career
Leverdez started p ...
''(quarter-finals)''
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Toma Junior Popov ''(third round)''
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Thomas Rouxel ''(quarter-finals)''
Wild card
Badminton Europe (BEC) awarded a wild card entry to
Danylo Bosniuk of Ukraine.
Finals
Top half
Section 1
Section 2
Bottom half
Section 3
Section 4
Women's singles
Seeds
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Carolina Marín (champion)
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Mia Blichfeldt
Mia Blichfeldt (born 19 August 1997) is a Danish badminton player. She won the gold medals at the 2015 European Junior Championships in the girls' singles event, and later at the 2019 Minsk European Games in the women's singles event.
Caree ...
''(withdrew)''
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Yvonne Li ''(quarter-finals)''
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Kirsty Gilmour ''(semi-finals)''
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Neslihan Yiğit ''(semi-finals)''
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Line Kjærsfeldt
Line Højmark Kjærsfeldt (born 20 April 1994) is a Danish badminton player specializing in singles. She won a bronze medal at the 2010 BWF World Junior Championships in the women's doubles with Sandra-Maria Jensen. Kjærsfeldt also won a gold ...
''(quarter-finals)''
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Line Christophersen ''(finalist)''
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Lianne Tan ''(quarter-finals)''
Wild card
Badminton Europe (BEC) awarded a wild card entry to
Anna Mikhalkova
Anna Nikitichna Mikhalkova (Russian: А́нна Ники́тична Михалко́ва; born 14 May 1974, in Moscow) is a Russian actress and model.
Her film credits include '' Our Own'', '' Kokoko'' and ''Rasputin''. Her television credits ...
of Ukraine.
Finals
Top half
Section 1
Section 2
Bottom half
Section 3
Section 4
Men's doubles
Seeds
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Kim Astrup /
Anders Skaarup Rasmussen ''(semi-finals)''
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Marcus Ellis /
Chris Langridge ''(semi-finals)''
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Vladimir Ivanov /
Ivan Sozonov (champions)
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Ben Lane
Ben Lane (born 13 July 1997) is an English badminton player. He won the men's doubles silver medal at the 2022 Commonwealth Games and a bronze medal in the European Championships.
Personal life
Ben's mother Suzanne Louis-Lane, represented E ...
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Sean Vendy ''(quarter-finals)''
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Mark Lamsfuß /
Marvin Emil Seidel ''(final)''
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Jones Ralfy Jansen /
Peter Käsbauer ''(quarter-finals)''
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Christo Popov /
Toma Junior Popov ''(quarter-finals)''
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Daniel Lundgaard /
Mathias Thyrri
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''(first round)''
Finals
Top half
Section 1
Section 2
Bottom half
Section 3
Section 4
Women's doubles
Seeds
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Gabriela Stoeva /
Stefani Stoeva
Stefani Stoeva ( bg, Стефани Стоева; born 23 September 1995) is a Bulgarian badminton player specializing in doubles. Her current partner is her older sister, Gabriela Stoeva. They competed at the 2016 and 2020 Summer Olympics. The d ...
(champion)
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Chloe Birch /
Lauren Smith ''(final)''
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Maiken Fruergaard
Maiken Fruergaard Sørensen (born 11 May 1995) is a Danish badminton player, specializing in doubles play. As a junior player, she was the gold medalists at the 2013 European Junior Championships in the team and mixed doubles events, and in 2014 ...
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Sara Thygesen
Sara Thygesen (born 20 January 1991) is a Danish badminton player, specializing in doubles. She started playing badminton at Gårslev in 2002. She got an award for the best female athlete of the year 2007 in her hometown Fredericia. In 2014, she ...
''(semi-finals)''
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Selena Piek /
Cheryl Seinen ''(semi-finals)''
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Émilie Lefel /
Anne Tran ''(second round)''
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Alexandra Bøje /
Mette Poulsen ''(quarter-finals)''
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Amalie Magelund
Amalie Magelund Krogh (born 13 May 2000) is a Danish badminton
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Freja Ravn ''(quarter-finals)''
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Linda Efler /
Isabel Herttrich ''(quarter-finals)''
Wild card
Badminton Europe (BEC) awarded a wild card entry to
Polina Buhrova
Polina Buhrova ( ua, Поліна Бугрова; born 30 January 2004) is a badminton player from Ukraine and the 2021 and 2023 National Champion of Ukraine (both singles and women's doubles).
Career
First major senior tournament for Buhrova ...
and
Mariia Stoliarenko of Ukraine.
Finals
Top half
Section 1
Section 2
Bottom half
Section 3
Section 4
Mixed doubles
Seeds
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Marcus Ellis /
Lauren Smith ''(finalist)''
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Thom Gicquel /
Delphine Delrue
Delphine Aurore Delrue (born 6 November 1998) is a French badminton player. Delrue started playing badminton at aged seven, and she affiliate with the USEE Badminton club in 2006. Delrue was selected to join the national team in INSEP in 2016. In ...
''(quarter-finals)''
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Mark Lamsfuß /
Isabel Herttrich ''(semifinals)''
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Mathias Christiansen /
Alexandra Bøje ''(semifinals)''
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Robin Tabeling /
Selena Piek ''(quarter-finals)''
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Rodion Alimov /
Alina Davletova (champion)
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Sam Magee
Samuel Magee (born 9 January 1990) is a retired Irish badminton player. He won the 2009 European Junior Badminton Championships, 2009 European Junior Championships in the boys' doubles event at Milan, Italy with his partner Sylvain Grosjean of F ...
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Chloe Magee
Chloe Noelle Magee (born 29 November 1988) is an Irish people, Irish professional badminton player. She represented her country at the Badminton at the Summer Olympics, Olympic Games for three consecutive times in Badminton at the 2008 Summer Oly ...
''(quarter-finals)''
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Ronan Labar
Ronan Labar (born 3 May 1989) is a French badminton player. He won the French National Badminton Championships in the mixed doubles event in 2013, 2015 and 2017; also in the men's doubles event in 2014, 2015 and 2020.
Achievements
European C ...
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Anne Tran ''(quarter-finals)''
Wild card
Badminton Europe (BEC) awarded a wild card entry to
Valeriy Atrashchenkov and
Yelyzaveta Zharka
Yelyzaveta Yurievna Zharka ( ua, Єлизавета Юріївна Жарка; born 14 June 1992) is a Ukrainian badminton player. She competed at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics, 2015 and 2019 European Games.
Achievements
BWF International C ...
of Ukraine.
Finals
Top half
Section 1
Section 2
Bottom half
Section 3
Section 4
References
External links
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