1977 European Junior Badminton Championships

The 1977 European Junior Badminton Championships was the fifth edition of the European Junior Badminton Championships. It was held in Ta' Qali, Malta, in the month of April.^[1] English players dominated by winning five out of six matches which includes the mixed team championships as well. Danish team won the Boys' doubles title. Kevin Jolly, the English player who was scheduled to play in three final showdowns suffered foot injury, preventing him from contesting all the matches. Thus, matches for only Girls' singles and Girls' doubles were played on final day. The large-scale final day had to be saved with some show matches. In these show matches, Sweden's Ulf Johansson beat Andy Goode, England, who was named champion in singles, while Jesper and Niels in doubles beat Nigel Tier & Gary Reeves, England, 18-13, 15-11.^[2]

Medalists[]

Discipline	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Boys' singles	Andy Goode	Kevin Jolly
Dameneinzel	Karen Bridge
Boys' doubles		Kevin Jolly Nigel Tier
Girls' doubles	Karen Bridge Karen Puttick
Mixed doubles	Nigel Tier Karen Puttick	Kevin Jolly Karen Bridge
Mixed team	England Kevin Jolly Karen Bridge Nigel Tier Karen Puttick	Denmark	Sweden

Results[]

Semi-finals[]

Category	Winner	Runner-up	Score
Boys' singles	Kevin Jolly		15–5, 15–10
	Andy Goode		11–15, 15–12, 17–14
Girls' singles			11–8, 2–11, 11–8
	Karen Bridge		11–7, 11–4
Boys' doubles	Kevin Jolly Nigel Tier		15–8, 15–12
			17–14, 15–3
Girls' doubles	Karen Bridge Karen Puttick		17–15, 15–8
			15–12, 15–8
Mixed doubles	Kevin Jolly Karen Bridge		15–6, 15–11
	Nigel Tier Karen Puttick		15–5, 15–9

Final[]

Category	Winner	Runners-up	Score
Boys' singles	Andy Goode	Kevin Jolly	Walkover
Girls' singles	Karen Bridge		11–8, 11–3
Boys' doubles		Kevin Jolly Nigel Tier	Walkover
Girls' doubles	Karen Bridge Karen Puttick		15–4, 15–5
Mixed doubles	Nigel Tier Karen Puttick	Kevin Jolly Karen Bridge	Walkover

Medal table[]

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	England (ENG)	5	3	0	8
2	Denmark (DEN)	1	2	5	8
3	Scotland (SCO)	0	1	1	2
4	Sweden (SWE)	0	0	5	5
Totals (4 nations)		6	6	11	23

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