1983 European Junior Badminton Championships

The 1983 European Junior Badminton Championships was the eighth edition of the European Junior Badminton Championships. It was held in Helsinki, Finland, in the month of March and April.^[1] Denmark won two disciplines, the Boys' singles and Mixed doubles, England won three titles in Girls' singles, Girls' doubles and mixed team championships, while, Wales won the Boys' doubles.^[2]

Medalists[]

Discipline	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Boys' singles
			Stellan Österberg
Girls' singles	Helen Troke	Christine Magnusson
Boys' doubles	Chris Rees Lyndon Williams		Darren Hall
Girls' doubles		Christine Magnusson	Astrid van der Knaap
Mixed doubles	Anders Nielsen	Stellan Österberg Christine Magnusson
Mixed team	England	Denmark	Sweden

Results[]

Semi-finals[]

Category	Winner	Runner-up	Score
Boys' singles			15–11, 15–12
		Stellan Österberg	15–18, 15–10, 15–11
Girls' singles	Christine Magnusson		11–7, 11–9
	Helen Troke		11–2, 11–3
Boys' doubles	Chris Rees Lyndon Williams		15–10, 18–15
		Darren Hall	17–14, 15–8
Girls' doubles	Christine Magnusson	Astrid van der Knaap	13–15, 15–6, 15–11
			15–7, 15–2
Mixed doubles	Anders Nielsen	Lisa Chapman	15–4, 7–15, 15–11
	Stellan Österberg Christine Magnusson		15–12, 15–12

Final[]

Category	Winner	Runners-up	Score
Boys' singles			15–11, 15–4
Girls' singles	Helen Troke	Christine Magnusson	11–5, 12–10
Boys' doubles	Chris Rees Lyndon Williams		15–12, 18–16
Girls' doubles		Christine Magnusson	15–6, 15–9
Mixed doubles	Anders Nielsen	Stellan Österberg Christine Magnusson	15–7, 15–12

Medal table[]

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	England (ENG)	3	0	3	6
2	Denmark (DEN)	2	3	2	7
3	Wales (WAL)	1	0	0	1
4	Sweden (SWE)	0	3	2	5
5	Netherlands (NED)	0	0	2	2
6	Scotland (SCO)	0	0	1	1
	West Germany (FRG)	0	0	1	1
Totals (7 nations)		6	6	11	23

References[]