Badminton at the 2023 European Games – Men's doubles

The men's doubles badminton tournament at the 2023 European Games was played from 26 June to 1 July 2023 in Arena Jaskółka, Tarnów.[1] A total of 32 players in 16 pairs competed at the tournament, four of which pairs was seeded.[2]

Badminton's Men's doubles
at the 2023 European Games
VenueArena Jaskółka, Tarnów[1]
Dates26 June - 1 July
Competitors32 from 16 nations
Medalists
gold medal    Denmark
silver medal    Great Britain
bronze medal    Great Britain
bronze medal    France
← 2019

Competition format edit

The tournament starts with a group phase round-robin which will eliminate 8 pairs, followed by a single-elimination knockout stage. For the group stage, the players are divided into four groups of four. Each group plays a round-robin. The top two pairs in each group advanced to the knockout rounds. The knockout stage is a three-round single elimination tournament without a bronze medal match.

Matches are played best-of-three games. Each game is played to 21, except that a player must win by 2 unless the score reaches 30–29.

Seeding edit

The following pairs were seeded[3]

  1.   Kim Astrup / Anders Skaarup Rasmussen (Gold medalists)
  2.   Ben Lane / Sean Vendy (Silver medalists)
  3.   Mark Lamsfuß / Marvin Seidel (Quarter-finals)
  4.   Alexander Dunn / Adam Hall (Bronze medalists)

Competition schedule edit

GS Group stage R16 Round of 16 ¼ Quarterfinals ½ Semifinals F Final
Events Mon 26 Tue 27 Wed 28 Thu 29 Fri 30 Sat 1 Sun 2
Men's doubles GS GS GS ¼ ½ F

Pool Stage edit

Group A edit

Pos Team Pld W L GF GA GD PF PA PD Qualification
1   Kim Astrup (DEN) [1]
  Anders Skaarup Rasmussen (DEN)
3 3 0 6 0 +6 126 55 +71 Qualification to knock-out stage
2   Ruben Jille (NED)
  Ties van der Lecq (NED)
3 2 1 4 2 +2 103 90 +13
3   Torjus Flåtten (NOR)
  Vegard Rikheim (NOR)
3 1 2 2 5 −3 105 132 −27
4   Davíð Bjarni Björnsson (ISL)
  Kristófer Darri Finnsson (ISL)
3 0 3 1 6 −5 87 144 −57
Source: [4]
Date Score Game 1 Game 2 Game 3
26 June Ruben Jille  
Ties van der Lecq  
2–0   Davíð Bjarni Björnsson
  Kristófer Darri Finnsson
21–7 21–14
26 June Kim Astrup  
Anders Skaarup Rasmussen  
2–0   Torjus Flåtten
  Vegard Rikheim
21–10 21–8
27 June Kim Astrup  
Anders Skaarup Rasmussen  
2–0   Davíð Bjarni Björnsson
  Kristófer Darri Finnsson
21–9 21–9
27 June Ruben Jille  
Ties van der Lecq  
2–0   Torjus Flåtten
  Vegard Rikheim
21–17 21–10
28 June Kim Astrup  
Anders Skaarup Rasmussen  
2–0   Ruben Jille
  Ties van der Lecq
21–9 21–10
28 June Davíð Bjarni Björnsson  
Kristófer Darri Finnsson  
1–2   Torjus Flåtten
  Vegard Rikheim
21–18 14–21 13–21

Group B edit

Pos Team Pld W L GF GA GD PF PA PD Qualification
1   Ben Lane (GBR) [2]
  Sean Vendy (GBR)
3 3 0 6 0 +6 126 74 +52 Qualification to knock-out stage
2   Joshua Magee (IRL)
  Paul Reynolds (IRL)
3 1 2 3 4 −1 123 132 −9
3   Ade Resky Dwicahyo (AZE)
  Azmy Qowimuramadhoni (AZE)
3 1 2 3 5 −2 134 152 −18
4   Giovanni Greco (ITA)
  David Salutt (ITA)
3 1 2 2 5 −3 114 139 −25
Source: [4]
Date Score Game 1 Game 2 Game 3
26 June Ben Lane  
Sean Vendy  
2–0   Ade Resky Dwicahyo
  Azmy Qowimuramadhoni
21–8 21–10
26 June Giovanni Greco  
David Salutt  
0–2   Joshua Magee
  Paul Reynolds
17–21 12–21
27 June Giovanni Greco  
David Salutt  
2–1   Ade Resky Dwicahyo
  Azmy Qowimuramadhoni
21–17 17–21 21–17
27 June Ben Lane  
Sean Vendy  
2–0   Joshua Magee
  Paul Reynolds
21–15 21–15
28 June Joshua Magee  
Paul Reynolds  
1–2   Ade Resky Dwicahyo
  Azmy Qowimuramadhoni
21–19 14–21 16–21
28 June Ben Lane  
Sean Vendy  
2–0   Giovanni Greco
  David Salutt
21–10 21–16

Group C edit

Pos Team Pld W L GF GA GD PF PA PD Qualification
1   Mark Lamsfuß (GER) [3]
  Marvin Seidel (GER)
3 3 0 6 1 +5 144 96 +48 Qualification to knock-out stage
2   Joel Hansson (SWE)
  Melker Z-Bexell (SWE)
3 2 1 4 2 +2 118 92 +26
3   Ivan Rusev (BUL)
  Iliyan Stoynov (BUL)
3 1 2 3 4 −1 117 123 −6
4   Glib Beketov (UKR)
  Mykhaylo Makhnovskiy (UKR)
3 0 3 0 6 −6 58 126 −68
Source: [4]
Date Score Game 1 Game 2 Game 3
26 June Mark Lamsfuß  
Marvin Seidel  
2–0   Joel Hansson
  Melker Z-Bexell
21–16 21–18
26 June Glib Beketov  
Mykhaylo Makhnovskiy  
0–2   Ivan Rusev
  Iliyan Stoynov
9–21 12–21
27 June Mark Lamsfuß  
Marvin Seidel  
2–1   Ivan Rusev
  Iliyan Stoynov
21–17 18–21 21–8
27 June Glib Beketov  
Mykhaylo Makhnovskiy  
0–2   Joel Hansson
  Melker Z-Bexell
10–21 11–21
28 June Mark Lamsfuß  
Marvin Seidel  
2–0   Glib Beketov
  Mykhaylo Makhnovskiy
21–7 21–9
28 June Ivan Rusev  
Iliyan Stoynov  
0–2   Joel Hansson
  Melker Z-Bexell
12–21 17–21

Group D edit

Pos Team Pld W L GF GA GD PF PA PD Qualification
1   Alexander Dunn (GBR) [4]
  Adam Hall (GBR)
3 2 1 5 2 +3 146 106 +40 Qualification to knock-out stage
2   Christo Popov (FRA)
  Toma Junior Popov (FRA)
3 2 1 4 3 +1 129 117 +12
3   Ondřej Král (CZE)
  Adam Mendrek (CZE)
3 1 2 2 4 −2 90 118 −28
4   Miłosz Bochat (POL)
  Robert Cybulski (POL)
3 1 2 3 5 −2 138 162 −24
Source: [4]
Date Score Game 1 Game 2 Game 3
26 June Miłosz Bochat  
Robert Cybulski  
1–2   Christo Popov
  Toma Junior Popov
13–21 21–16 14–21
26 June Alexander Dunn  
Adam Hall  
2–0   Ondřej Král
  Adam Mendrek
21–7 21–14
27 June Alexander Dunn  
Adam Hall  
2–0   Christo Popov
  Toma Junior Popov
21–13 21–16
27 June Miłosz Bochat  
Robert Cybulski  
0–2   Ondřej Král
  Adam Mendrek
16–21 18–21
28 June Christo Popov  
Toma Junior Popov  
2–0   Ondřej Král
  Adam Mendrek
21–12 21–15
28 June Alexander Dunn  
Adam Hall 
1–2   Miłosz Bochat
  Robert Cybulski
21–11 22–24 19–21

Knockout stage edit

The 8 surviving pairs will be drawn in a single elimination tournament, with group winners paired in the quarter final with runners up from other groups. There will be no bronze medal match, and both losing semi-finalists will win a bronze medal.

Quarter finals Semi finals Gold medal match
               
1   Kim Astrup (DEN)
  Anders Skaarup Rasmussen (DEN)
21 21
  Joshua Magee (IRL)
  Paul Reynolds (IRL)
16 15
1   Kim Astrup (DEN)
  Anders Skaarup Rasmussen (DEN)
21 16 21
4   Alexander Dunn (GBR)
  Adam Hall (GBR)
13 21 10
4   Alexander Dunn (GBR)
  Adam Hall (GBR)
21 21
  Joel Hansson (SWE)
  Melker Z-Bexell (SWE)
11 12
1   Kim Astrup (DEN)
  Anders Skaarup Rasmussen (DEN)
21 19 21
2   Ben Lane (GBR)
  Sean Vendy (GBR)
15 21 19
  Christo Popov (FRA)
  Toma Junior Popov (FRA)
18 21 17
3   Mark Lamsfuß (GER)
  Marvin Seidel (GER)
21 11 10r
  Christo Popov (FRA)
  Toma Junior Popov (FRA)
15 14
2   Ben Lane (GBR)
  Sean Vendy (GBR)
21 21
  Ruben Jille (NED)
  Ties van der Lecq (NED)
15 15
2   Ben Lane (GBR)
  Sean Vendy (GBR)
21 21

References edit

  1. ^ a b Kawa, Krzysztof (22 June 2023). "Igrzyska Europejskie 2023. Program zawodów dzień pod dniu, areny, miasta, dyscypliny" (in Polish). Gazeta Krakowska. Retrieved 22 June 2023.
  2. ^ "Badminton". European Games 2023. 2022-10-18. Retrieved 2023-06-18.
  3. ^ "BWF - 2023 European Games - Seeded entries". bwf.tournamentsoftware.com. Retrieved 2023-06-18.
  4. ^ a b c d "Badminton - Men's doubles group". European Games 2023. Retrieved 28 June 2023.

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