1971 European Junior Badminton Championships

The 1971 European Junior Badminton Championships was the second edition of the European Junior Badminton Championships. It was held in Gottwaldov, Czechoslovakia, in the month of April.^[1] Danish players won both the Girls' singles and doubles while England won Boys' doubles and Mixed doubles. Netherland's Ridder won Boys' singles title.^[2][3]

Medalists[]

Discipline	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Boys' singles
Girls' singles		Marjan Luesken	Monika Thiere
Boys' doubles
Girls' doubles	Lene Køppen	Nora Gardner Barbara Giles
			Marjan Luesken
Mixed doubles	Barbara Giles	Nora Gardner	Lene Køppen
			Marjan Luesken

Medal table[]

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	England (ENG)	2	2	0	4
2	Denmark (DEN)	2	1	6	9
3	Netherlands (NED)	1	1	2	4
4	Sweden (SWE)	0	1	0	1
5	East Germany (DDR)	0	0	1	1
	Yugoslavia (YUG)	0	0	1	1
Totals (6 nations)		5	5	10	20

Results[]

Semi-finals[]

Category	Winner	Runner-up	Score
Boys' singles			15–12, 10–15, 15–10
	Søren Christensen		15–2, 15–9
Girls' singles	Marjan Luesken	Monika Thiere	11–1, 3–11, 11–3
			11–0, 11–4
Boys' doubles			14–17, 15–7, 15–10
			8–15, 15–8, 15–11
Girls' doubles	Barbara Giles Nora Gardner		15–5, 15–6
	Lene Køppen	Marjan Luesken	15–13, 15–9
Mixed doubles	Barbara Giles	Lene Køppen	15–13, 17–14
	Nora Gardner	Marjan Luesken	15–9, 15–11

Finals[]

Category	Winners	Runners-up	Score
Boys' singles		Søren Christensen	15–10, 15–10
Girls' singles		Marjan Luesken	11–2, 12–9
Boys' doubles			18–13, 12–15, 18–15
Girls' doubles	Lene Køppen	Barbara Giles Nora Gardner	15–11, 15–7
Mixed doubles	Barbara Giles	Nora Gardner	17–16, 18–14

References[]