European Badminton Championship 2008

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The 2008 European Badminton Championships took place from April 12th to 20th in Herning, Denmark ( Central Jutland ). The venue was the city's exhibition halls, where the 1996 European Championship took place. With the renewed award of the title fights to Germany's northern neighbors by Badminton Europe , the outstanding position of Danish badminton within Europe was once again recognized.

For some European top stars it was the last European championships. The Danish player Kenneth Jonassen , who was finally able to shed his reputation as "eternal runner-up" at the European Championships, will end his career after the 2008 Summer Olympics . The two Danish top doubles Jens Eriksen / Martin Lundgaard Hansen and Lars Paaske / Jonas Rasmussen will also play their last international tournaments in the Olympic year.

The defending champions

discipline Winner 2006 country
Men's singles Peter Gade DenmarkDenmark Denmark
Ladies singles Xu Huaiwen GermanyGermany Germany
Men's doubles Jens Eriksen
Martin Lundgaard Hansen
DenmarkDenmark Denmark Denmark
DenmarkDenmark 
Ladies doubles Gail Emms
Donna Kellogg
EnglandEngland England England
EnglandEngland 
Mixed Thomas Laybourn
Kamilla Rytter Juhl
DenmarkDenmark Denmark Denmark
DenmarkDenmark 
team Denmark DenmarkDenmark Denmark

Medal winner 2008

discipline gold silver bronze
Men's singles DenmarkDenmark Kenneth Jonassen DenmarkDenmark Joachim Persson PolandPoland Przemysław Wacha
DenmarkDenmark Jan Ø. Jørgensen
Ladies singles GermanyGermany Xu Huaiwen DenmarkDenmark Tine Rasmussen FranceFrance Pi Hongyan
GermanyGermany Juliane Schenk
Men's doubles DenmarkDenmark Lars Paaske Jonas Rasmussen
DenmarkDenmark
DenmarkDenmark Jens Eriksen Martin Lundgaard Hansen
DenmarkDenmark
FranceFrance Erwin Kehlhoffner Svetoslav Stoyanov
FranceFrance
GermanyGermany Kristof Hopp Ingo child father
GermanyGermany
Ladies doubles DenmarkDenmark Kamilla Rytter Juhl Lena Frier Kristiansen
DenmarkDenmark
EnglandEngland Donna Kellogg Gail Emms
EnglandEngland
SwedenSweden Elin Bergblom Johanna Persson
SwedenSweden
RussiaRussia Valeria Sorokina Nina Wislova
RussiaRussia
Mixed EnglandEngland Anthony Clark Donna Kellogg
EnglandEngland
PolandPoland Robert Mateusiak Nadieżda Kostiuczyk
PolandPoland
EnglandEngland Nathan Robertson Gail Emms
EnglandEngland
DenmarkDenmark Carsten Mogensen Helle Nielsen
DenmarkDenmark

Results

Men's singles

  Quarter finals Semifinals final
                                       
  1  DenmarkDenmark Kenneth Jonassen 21st 21st            
9/16  IrelandIreland Scott Evans 9 14th  
 DenmarkDenmark Kenneth Jonassen 21st 21st
   DenmarkDenmark Jan Ø. Jørgensen 12 9  
   GermanyGermany Dieter Domke 17th 18th
 
     DenmarkDenmark Jan Ø. Jørgensen 21st 21st  
   DenmarkDenmark Kenneth Jonassen 21st 21st
   DenmarkDenmark Joachim Persson 13 16
  5/8  NetherlandsNetherlands Eric Pang 21st 18th 11    
3/4  DenmarkDenmark Joachim Persson 11 21st 21st  
 DenmarkDenmark Joachim Persson 17th 21st 21st
   PolandPoland Przemysław Wacha 21st 9 10  
9/16  SpainSpain Pablo Abián 11 17th
 
  2  PolandPoland Przemysław Wacha 21st 21st  

Ladies singles

  Quarter finals Semifinals final
                                       
  1  FranceFrance Pi Hongyan 21st 21st            
5/8  NetherlandsNetherlands Judith Meulendijks 9 17th  
 FranceFrance Pi Hongyan 11 21st 18th
   GermanyGermany Xu Huaiwen 21st 4th 21st  
3/4  GermanyGermany Xu Huaiwen 22nd 21st
 
  5/8  BulgariaBulgaria Petya Nedeltschewa 20th 19th  
   GermanyGermany Xu Huaiwen 12 21st 21st
   DenmarkDenmark Tine Rasmussen 21st 12 17th
  5/8  EnglandEngland Tracey Hallam 0 0    
3/4  GermanyGermany Juliane Schenk 21st 21st  
 GermanyGermany Juliane Schenk 6th 21st 13
   DenmarkDenmark Tine Rasmussen 21st 16 21st  
5/8  NetherlandsNetherlands Yao Jie 18th 16
 
  2  DenmarkDenmark Tine Rasmussen 21st 21st  

Men's doubles

  Quarter finals Semifinals final
                                       
  1  DenmarkDenmark Lars Paaske Jonas Rasmussen
 DenmarkDenmark
21st 21st            
   EnglandEngland Chris Adcock Dean George
 EnglandEngland
17th 10  
 DenmarkDenmark Lars Paaske Jonas Rasmussen
 DenmarkDenmark
22nd 21st
   FranceFrance Erwin Kehlhoffner Svetoslav Stoyanov
 FranceFrance
20th 13  
   FranceFrance Erwin Kehlhoffner Svetoslav Stoyanov
 FranceFrance
21st 16 21st
 
  5/8  GermanyGermany Michael Fuchs Roman Spitko
 GermanyGermany
15th 21st 15th  
   DenmarkDenmark Lars Paaske Jonas Rasmussen
 DenmarkDenmark
21st 21st
   DenmarkDenmark Jens Eriksen Martin Lundgaard Hansen
 DenmarkDenmark
19th 16
  5/8  EnglandEngland Robert Adcock Robin Middleton
 EnglandEngland
21st 21st    
3/4  GermanyGermany Kristof Hopp Ingo child father
 GermanyGermany
17th 11  
 GermanyGermany Kristof Hopp Ingo child father
 GermanyGermany
23 16 8th
   DenmarkDenmark Jens Eriksen Martin Lundgaard Hansen
 DenmarkDenmark
21st 21st 21st  
5/8  BelgiumBelgium Wouter Claes Frédéric Mawet
 BelgiumBelgium
11 10
 
  2  DenmarkDenmark Jens Eriksen Martin Lundgaard Hansen
 DenmarkDenmark
21st 21st  

Ladies doubles

  Quarter finals Semifinals final
                                       
  1  EnglandEngland Gail Emms Donna Kellogg
 EnglandEngland
21st 21st            
   ScotlandScotland Imogen banker Yuan Gao
 ScotlandScotland
9 13  
 EnglandEngland Gail Emms Donna Kellogg
 EnglandEngland
21st 21st
   SwedenSweden Elin Bergblom Johanna Persson
 SwedenSweden
18th 7th  
3/4  RussiaRussia Ekaterina Ananina Anastasia Russkikh
 RussiaRussia
21st 17th 18th
 
  5/8  SwedenSweden Elin Bergblom Johanna Persson
 SwedenSweden
18th 21st 21st  
   EnglandEngland Gail Emms Donna Kellogg
 EnglandEngland
18th 18th
   DenmarkDenmark Kamilla Rytter Juhl Lena Frier Kristiansen
 DenmarkDenmark
21st 21st
  5/8  RussiaRussia Valeria Sorokina Nina Wislova
 RussiaRussia
21st 21st    
3/4  EnglandEngland Natalie Munt Joanne Nicholas
 EnglandEngland
15th 12  
 RussiaRussia Valeria Sorokina Nina Wislova
 RussiaRussia
19th 20th
   DenmarkDenmark Kamilla Rytter Juhl Lena Frier Kristiansen
 DenmarkDenmark
21st 22nd  
5/8  PolandPoland Kamila Augustyn Nadieżda Kostiuczyk
 PolandPoland
21st 13
 
  2  DenmarkDenmark Kamilla Rytter Juhl Lena Frier Kristiansen
 DenmarkDenmark
23 21st  

Mixed

  Quarter finals Semifinals final
                                       
  1  EnglandEngland Nathan Robertson Gail Emms
 EnglandEngland
21st 21st            
   ScotlandScotland Watson Briggs Jillie Cooper
 ScotlandScotland
5 9  
 EnglandEngland Nathan Robertson Gail Emms
 EnglandEngland
21st 10 6th
   PolandPoland Robert Mateusiak Nadieżda Kostiuczyk
 PolandPoland
14th 21st 21st  
3/4  PolandPoland Robert Mateusiak Nadieżda Kostiuczyk
 PolandPoland
21st 21st
 
  5/8  GermanyGermany Ingo child father Kathrin Piotrowski
 GermanyGermany
19th 15th  
   PolandPoland Robert Mateusiak Nadieżda Kostiuczyk
 PolandPoland
21st 20th 15th
   EnglandEngland Anthony Clark Donna Kellogg
 EnglandEngland
16 22nd 21st
     DenmarkDenmark Carsten Mogensen Helle Nielsen
 DenmarkDenmark
19th 21st    
3/4  DenmarkDenmark Thomas Laybourn Kamilla Rytter Juhl
 DenmarkDenmark
21st 13 r.  
 DenmarkDenmark Carsten Mogensen Helle Nielsen
 DenmarkDenmark
18th 19th
   EnglandEngland Anthony Clark Donna Kellogg
 EnglandEngland
21st 21st  
5/8  EnglandEngland Robert Blair Imogen Banker
 ScotlandScotland
21st 14th 14th
 
  2  EnglandEngland Anthony Clark Donna Kellogg
 EnglandEngland
13 21st 21st  

Medal table

Item country gold silver bronze Total
1 DenmarkDenmark Denmark 3 3 2 8th
2 EnglandEngland England 1 1 1 3
3 GermanyGermany Germany 1 0 2 3
4th PolandPoland Poland 0 1 1 2
5 FranceFrance France 0 0 2 2
6th SwedenSweden Sweden 0 0 1 1
RussiaRussia Russia 0 0 1 1

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