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]

1977 European Junior Badminton Championships

Tournament details
Dates	9–14 April 1977
Edition	5th
Location	Ta' Qali, Malta
← 1975 Copenhagen 1979 Mülheim an der Ruhr →

Medalists

Discipline	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Boys' singles	Andy Goode	Kevin Jolly	Göran Carlsson
			Ulf Johansson
Dameneinzel	Karen Bridge	Kirsten Meier	Agnethe Juul
			Carina Andersson
Boys' doubles	Jesper Toftlund Niels Christensen	Kevin Jolly Nigel Tier	Niels Hansen Jan Hammergaard-Hansen
			Ulf Johansson Göran Carlsson
Girls' doubles	Karen Bridge Karen Puttick	Pamela Hamilton Joy Reid	Linda Gardner Jill Crombie
			Bente Terkelsen Charlotte Pilgaard
Mixed doubles	Nigel Tier Karen Puttick	Kevin Jolly Karen Bridge	Jan Hammergaard-Hansen Kirsten Meier
			Jesper Toftlund Karen Kiil
Mixed team	England Kevin Jolly Karen Bridge Nigel Tier Karen Puttick	Denmark Jens Hinrichsen Agnethe Juul Niels Christensen Jesper Toftlund Bettina Kristensen Kirsten Meier Karen Kiil Niels Hansen Jan Hammergaard	Sweden Göran Carlsson Carina Andersson Ulf Johansson Ann-Sofi Bergmann Allan Pettersson

Results

Semi-finals

Category	Winner	Runner-up	Score
Boys' singles	Kevin Jolly	Göran Carlsson	15–5, 15–10
	Andy Goode	Ulf Johansson	11–15, 15–12, 17–14
Girls' singles	Kirsten Meier	Agnethe Juul	11–8, 2–11, 11–8
	Karen Bridge	Carina Andersson	11–7, 11–4
Boys' doubles	Kevin Jolly Nigel Tier	Jan Hammergaard-Hansen Niels Hansen	15–8, 15–12
	Jesper Toftlund Niels Christensen	Göran Carlsson Ulf Johansson	17–14, 15–3
Girls' doubles	Karen Bridge Karen Puttick	Jill Crombie Linda Gardner	17–15, 15–8
	Joy Reid Pamela Hamilton	Bente Terkelsen Charlotte Pilgaard	15–12, 15–8
Mixed doubles	Kevin Jolly Karen Bridge	Jan Hammergaard-Hansen Kirsten Meier	15–6, 15–11
	Nigel Tier Karen Puttick	Jesper Toftlund Karen Kiil	15–5, 15–9

Final

Category	Winner	Runners-up	Score
Boys' singles	Andy Goode	Kevin Jolly	Walkover
Girls' singles	Karen Bridge	Kirsten Meier	11–8, 11–3
Boys' doubles	Jesper Toftlund Niels Christensen	Kevin Jolly Nigel Tier	Walkover
Girls' doubles	Karen Bridge Karen Puttick	Joy Reid Pamela Hamilton	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 entries)		6	6	11	23

References

1. "EUROPEAN JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS, INDIVIDUALS". badmintoneurope.com. Badminton Europe. Retrieved 24 November 2020.
2. "Badminton Museet magazine 1977–05" (PDF) (in Danish).