1969 European Junior Badminton Championships

The 1969 European Junior Badminton Championships was the first ever edition of the European Junior Badminton Championships. It was held in Leidschendam-Voorburg, Netherlands, in the month of April.^[1] Danish players won both the singles disciplines, England won Boys' doubles, host Netherlands won Girls' doubles while Sweden bagged mixed doubles title.^[2]

Medalists[]

Discipline	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Boys' singles	Flemming Delfs
			Ray Stevens
Girls' singles		Margaret Beck
			Joke van Beusekom
Boys' doubles	Ray Stevens		Flemming Delfs
Girls' doubles	Joke van Beusekom Marjan Luesken	Margaret Beck
Mixed doubles			Ray Stevens Margaret Beck
			Bengt Fröman

Results[]

Semi-finals[]

Category	Winner	Runner-up	Score
Boys' singles	Flemming Delfs	Ray Stevens	15–5, 15–7
			8–15, 15–8, 15–6
Girls' singles		Joke van Beusekom	11–9, 9–11, –, –
	Margaret Beck		11–6, 11–3
Boys' doubles			15–6, 15–8
	Ray Stevens	Flemming Delfs	9–15, 15–10, 15–10
Girls' doubles	Marlene Thomsen		15–13, 17–15
	Margaret Beck		–, –
Mixed doubles		Ray Stevens Margaret Beck	–, –
		Bengt Fröman	15–10, 8–15, 15–6

Finals[]

Category	Winners	Runners-up	Score
Boys' singles	Flemming Delfs		15–0, 15–1
Girls' singles		Margaret Beck	6–11, 11–6, 12–11
Boys' doubles	Ray Stevens		15–9, 15–4
Girls' doubles	Joke van Beusekom Marjan Luesken	Margaret Beck	15–5, 15–9
Mixed doubles			15–10, 14–15, 15–6

Medal table[]

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Denmark (DEN)	2	3	3	8
2	England (ENG)	1	2	2	5
3	Netherlands (NED)	1	0	4	5
4	Sweden (SWE)	1	0	1	2
Totals (4 nations)		5	5	10	20

References[]