1989 European Junior Badminton Championships

The 1989 European Junior Badminton Championships was the 11th tournament of the European Junior Badminton Championships. It was held in Manchester, England, from 26 March to 1 April.^[1] Danish players won all the individual titles and mixed team championships as well.^[2][3][4]

1989 European Junior Badminton Championships

Tournament details
Dates	26 March – 1 April
Edition	11th
Venue	Armitage Centre
Location	Manchester, England
← 1987 Warsaw 1991 Budapest →

Medalists

Discipline	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Boys' singles	Thomas Stuer-Lauridsen	Morten Hummelmose	Chris Bruil
			Steffan Pandya
Girls' singles	Camilla Martin	Helene Kirkegaard	Elvira van Elven
			Trine Johansson
Boys' doubles	Thomas Stuer-Lauridsen Christian Jakobsen	Anthony Bush Ashley Spencer	John Quinn Neil Cottrill
			Jeroen van Dijk Chris Bruil
Girls' doubles	Marlene Thomsen Trine Johansson	Helene Kirkegaard Camilla Martin	Astrid Crabo Veronica Sandberg
			Kerstin Weinbörner Karen Stechmann
Mixed doubles	Christian Jakobsen Marlene Thomsen	William Mellersh Joanne Wright	Sergey Melnikov Aušrinė Gabrėnaitė
			Michael Helber Kerstin Weinbörner
Mannschaft	Denmark Thomas Stuer-Lauridsen Morten Hummelmose Christian Jakobsen Thomas Moestrup Morten Bundgaard Camilla Martin Helene Kirkegaard Trine Johansson Marlene Thomsen	England Steffan Pandya Anthony Bush Ashley Spencer John Quinn Neil Cottrill William Mellersh Julia Mann Tanya Groves Joanne Wright Kim Egerton	Sweden Rikard Magnusson Rikard Gruvberg Anders Hansson Astrid Crabo Veronica Sandberg Jeanette Ryrman Jessica Reinholdsson

Results

Semi-finals

Category	Winner	Runner-up	Score
Boys' singles	Thomas Stuer-Lauridsen	Chris Bruil	15–3, 15–11
	Morten Hummelmose	Stefan Pandya	15–9, 15–3
Girls' singles	Camilla Martin	Elvira van Elven	11–0, 11–3
	Helene Kirkegård	Trine Johansson	11–2, 11–2
Boys' doubles	Christian Jakobsen Thomas Stuer-Lauridsen	John Quinn Neil Cottrill	15–5, 18–14
	Anthony Bush Ashley Spencer	Chris Bruil Jeroen van Dijk	15–12, 4–15, 15–9
Girls' doubles	Marlene Thomsen Trine Johansson	Astrid Crabo Veronica Sandberg	15–6, 15–9
	Camilla Martin Helene Kirkegård	Karen Stechmann Kerstin Weinbörner	15–8, 15–5
Mixed doubles	William Mellersh Joanne Wright	Sergey Melnikov Aušrinė Gabrėnaitė	15–9, 15–13
	Christian Jakobsen Marlene Thomsen	Michael Helber Kerstin Weinbörner	15–5, 15–7

Finals

Category	Winners	Runners-up	Score
Boys' singles	Thomas Stuer-Lauridsen	Morten Hummelmose	15–5, 15–1
Girls' singles	Camilla Martin	Helene Kirkegård	11–4, 11–4
Boys' doubles	Christian Jakobsen Thomas Stuer-Lauridsen	Anthony Bush Ashley Spencer	15–6, 12–15, 15–9
Girls' doubles	Marlene Thomsen Trine Johansson	Camilla Martin Helene Kirkegård	15–5, 13–15, 15–5
Mixed doubles	Christian Jakobsen Marlene Thomsen	William Mellersh Joanne Wright	18–14, 15–2

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Denmark (DEN)	6	3	1	10
2	England (ENG)	0	3	2	5
3	Netherlands (NED)	0	0	3	3
4	Germany (GER)	0	0	2	2
	Sweden (SWE)	0	0	2	2
6	Soviet Union (SOV)	0	0	1	1
Totals (6 entries)		6	6	11	23

References

1. "EUROPEAN JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS, INDIVIDUALS". badmintoneurope.com. Badminton Europe. Retrieved 24 November 2020.
2. "Badminton Museet magazine 1989–04" (PDF) (in Danish). pp. 11, 12, 13, 14.
3. "Scots miss out". Aberdeen Press and Journal (in Dutch). British Newspaper Archive. 1 April 1989. p. 24.
4. "Scots duo defeat No. 2 seeds". Aberdeen Press and Journal. British Newspaper Archive. 31 March 1989. p. 32.