1978 European Mixed Team Badminton Championships

1978 European Mixed Team Badminton Championships
Tournament details
Dates	9–11 April 1978
Edition	4
Venue	Guild Hall
Location	Preston, England
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The 1978 European Mixed Team Badminton Championships were held in Preston, England, from 9 to 11 April 1978. The tournament was hosted by the European Badminton Union and the Badminton Association of England. The tournament was held at the Guild Hall.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Medalists

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Mixed team	England David Eddy Kevin Jolly Ray Stevens Eddy Sutton Mike Tredgett Karen Bridge Nora Perry Anne Statt Barbara Sutton Jane Webster	Denmark Flemming Delfs Steen Fladberg Jesper Helledie Steen Skovgaard Inge Borgstrøm Lonny Bostofte Lene Køppen Pia Nielsen Imre Nielsen	Sweden Bengt Fröman Sture Johnsson Stefan Karlsson Thomas Kihlström Claes Nordin Anette Börjesson Britt-Marie Larsson

Draw

A total of fifteen teams competed in the championships. Italy and Portugal made their first appearance in the championships.

Group 1	Group 2	Group 3	Group 4
Denmark England (Host) Netherlands Sweden	West Germany Scotland Soviet Union	Austria Ireland Norway Wales	Belgium Italy Portugal Switzerland

Group 1

Pos	Team	W	L	MF	MA	MD	Pts	Qualification
1	England	3	0	10	5	+5	3	Champions
2	Denmark	2	1	9	6	+3	2	Runners-up
3	Sweden	1	2	7	8	−1	1	Third place
4	Netherlands	0	3	4	11	−6	0	Advance to play-offs

England vs Sweden

England
4

Guild Hall
9 April 1978

Sweden
1

		1	2	3
1	Derek Talbot Sture Johnsson	15 6	17 14
2	Karen Bridge Anette Börjesson	11 5	10 12	6 11
3	Ray Stevens / Mike Tredgett Bengt Fröman / Thomas Kihlström	13 15	15 11	15 3
4	Nora Perry / Anne Statt Britt-Marie Larsson / Agneta Lundh	15 5	15 3
5	Mike Tredgett / Nora Perry Lars Wengberg / Anette Börjesson	15 9	15 6

Denmark vs Netherlands

Denmark
4

Guild Hall
9 April 1978

Netherlands
1

		1	2
1	Lene Køppen Joke van Beusekom	11 6	11 6
2	Flemming Delfs / Elo Hansen Herman Leidelmeijer / Rob Ridder	15 6	15 9
3	Inge Borgstrøm / Pia Nielsen Marjan Ridder / Joke van Beusekom	11 15	14 17
4	Flemming Delfs Guus van der Vlugt	15 6	15 4
5	Steen Skovgaard / Lene Køppen Rob Ridder / Marjan Ridder	15 8	15 9

England vs Netherlands

England
3

Guild Hall
10 April 1978

Netherlands
2

		1	2	3
1	Jane Webster Joke van Beusekom	7 11	3 11
2	Derek Talbot Rob Ridder	11 15	15 7	13 18
3	Nora Perry / Barbara Sutton Marjan Ridder / Joke van Beusekom	15 4	15 10
4	Ray Stevens / Mike Tredgett Herman Leidelmeijer / Guus van der Vlugt	15 8	15 9
5	Mike Tredgett / Nora Perry Rob Ridder / Marjan Ridder	15 3	15 5

Denmark vs Sweden

Denmark
3

Guild Hall
10 April 1978

Sweden
2

		1	2	3
1	Flemming Delfs Sture Johnsson	15 6	18 13
2	Lene Køppen Anette Börjesson	11 7	11 2
3	Flemming Delfs / Steen Skovgaard Bengt Fröman / Thomas Kihlström	15 10	10 15	4 11	retired
4	Inge Borgstrøm / Pia Nielsen Britt-Marie Larsson / Agneta Lundh	15 7	15 6
5	Steen Fladberg / Lene Køppen Lars Wengberg / Anette Börjesson	15 8	11 15	8 15

Denmark vs England

Denmark
2

Guild Hall
11 April 1978

England
3

		1	2	3
1	Flemming Delfs Derek Talbot	15 5	15 2
2	Lene Køppen Jane Webster	11 1	11 4
3	Flemming Delfs / Steen Skovgaard Ray Stevens / Mike Tredgett	4 15	15 6	13 15
4	Inge Borgstrøm / Pia Nielsen Nora Perry / Anne Statt	11 15	4 15
5	Steen Skovgaard / Lene Køppen Mike Tredgett / Nora Perry	13 15	11 15

Sweden vs Netherlands

Sweden
4

Guild Hall
11 April 1978

Netherlands
1

		1	2
1	Sture Johnsson Rob Ridder	15 4	15 7
2	Anette Börjesson Marjan Ridder	11 7	11 1
3	Bengt Fröman / Thomas Kihlström Herman Leidelmeijer / Guus van der Vlugt	15 4	15 11
4	Britt-Marie Larsson / Agneta Lundh Marjan Ridder / Joke van Beusekom	6 15	8 15
5	Anette Börjesson / Thomas Kihlström Rob Ridder / Marjan Ridder	15 7	15 10

Group 2

Pos	Team	W	L	MF	MA	MD	Pts	Qualification
1	West Germany	2	0	8	2	+6	2	Advance to play-offs
2	Scotland	1	1	5	5	0	1
3	Soviet Union	0	2	2	8	−6	0	Advance to play-offs

Scotland vs Soviet Union

Scotland
4

Guild Hall
9 April 1978

Soviet Union
1

		1	2
1	Anthony Dawson Anatoliy Skripko	6 15	1 15
2	Billy Gilliland / Fraser Gow Nikolay Peshekhonov / Konstantin Vavilov	15 5	15 8
3	Joanne Flockhart / Christine Stewart Nadezhda Litvincheva / Alla Prodan	15 2	15 5
4	Pamela Hamilton Svetlana Beliasova	12 11	12 11
5	Billy Gilliland / Joanne Flockhart Viktor Shvachko / Nadezhda Litvincheva	15 12	15 6

West Germany vs Soviet Union

West Germany
4

Guild Hall
10 April 1978

Soviet Union
1

		1	2
1	Michael Schnaase Anatoliy Skripko	8 15	3 15
2	Eva-Maria Zwiebler Svetlana Beliasova	11 2	11 5
3	Roland Maywald / Karl-Heinz Zwiebler Nikolay Peshekhonov / Konstantin Vavilov	15 12	15 11
4	Vera Martini / Marieluise Zizmann Nadezhda Litvincheva / Alla Prodan	15 8	15 7
5	Roland Maywald / Marieluise Zizmann Viktor Shvachko / Nadezhda Litvincheva	15 10	15 9

West Germany vs Scotland

West Germany
4

Guild Hall
11 April 1978

Scotland
1

		1	2	3
1	Eva-Maria Zwiebler Pamela Hamilton	12 9	11 0
2	Roland Maywald / Karl-Heinz Zwiebler Billy Gilliland / Fraser Gow	5 15	5 15
3	Vera Martini / Marieluise Zizmann Joanne Flockhart / Christine Stewart	15 10	1 15	15 3
4	Michael Schnaase Anthony Dawson	15 4	15 8
5	Roland Maywald / Marieluise Zizmann Billy Gilliland / Joanne Flockhart	5 15	15 9	15 11

Group 3

Pos	Team	W	L	MF	MA	MD	Pts	Qualification
1	Ireland	3	0	13	2	+11	3	Advance to play-offs
2	Norway	2	1	9	6	+3	2
3	Wales	1	2	7	8	−1	1
4	Austria	0	3	1	14	−13	0	Advance to play-offs

Fixtures

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Ireland	4–1	Wales
Norway	4–1	Austria
Ireland	5–0	Austria
Wales	1–4	Norway
Ireland	4–1	Norway
Wales	5–0	Austria

Group 4

Pos	Team	W	L	MF	MA	MD	Pts	Qualification
1	Belgium	3	0	13	2	+11	3	Advance to play-offs
2	Switzerland	2	1	12	3	+9	2
3	Portugal	1	2	5	10	−5	1
4	Italy	0	3	0	15	−15	0

Fixtures

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Belgium	5–0	Portugal
Switzerland	5–0	Italy
Belgium	5–0	Italy
Switzerland	5–0	Portugal
Belgium	3–2	Switzerland
Portugal	5–0	Italy

Inter-divisional play-offs

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Netherlands	2–3	West Germany
Soviet Union	1–4	Ireland
Austria	3–2	Belgium

References

^ "Singapore players all are winners". The Straits Times. 17 April 1978. p. 26. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
^ "EM 1978 i Preston" (PDF). Badminton Museet (in Danish) (06 ed.). May 1978. p. 10. Retrieved 7 January 2025.
^ World badminton, volume 33, page 3, Herbert Scheele, April 1978

[1] "Singapore players all are winners". The Straits Times. 17 April 1978. p. 26. Retrieved 14 January 2022.

[2] "EM 1978 i Preston" (PDF). Badminton Museet (in Danish) (06 ed.). May 1978. p. 10. Retrieved 7 January 2025.

[3] World badminton, volume 33, page 3, Herbert Scheele, April 1978

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