The mixed doubles
badminton tournament at the
2023 European Games
The 3rd European Games (), also known as the 2023 European Games or Kraków-Małopolska 2023, was an international multi-sport event held from 21 June to 2 July 2023 in Kraków and Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Małopolska, Poland. It was the first ...
was played from 26 June to 2 July 2023 in
Arena Jaskółka,
Tarnów
Tarnów () is a city in southeastern Poland with 105,922 inhabitants and a metropolitan area population of 269,000 inhabitants. The city is situated in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship. It is a major rail junction, located on the strategic east– ...
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A total of 32 players in 16 pairs competed at the tournament, four of which pairs was seeded.
Reigning champions,
Marcus Ellis
Marcus Ellis (born 14 September 1989) is a British badminton player. He was the men's doubles champion in the English National Championships. Ellis and Chris Langridge won a bronze medal in the Badminton at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's dou ...
and
Lauren Smith of Great Britain return to defend their titles.
Competition format
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 pairs 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
The following pairs were seeded:
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Thom Gicquel
Thom Mark Gicquel (born 12 January 1999) is a French badminton player. Competing in the mixed doubles, he was able to reach the top 10 of the BWF world rankings with his partner Delphine Delrue. Together with Delrue, he won the gold medal in the ...
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Delphine Delrue
Delphine Aurore Delrue (born 6 November 1998) is a French badminton player. Delrue started playing badminton at aged seven, and she affiliate with the USEE Badminton club in 2006. Delrue was selected to join the national team in INSEP in 2016. I ...
(Silver medalists)
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Robin Tabeling /
Selena Piek
Selena Piek (born 30 September 1991) is a Dutch badminton player who specializes in doubles. She won the gold medals at the European Games in 2019 in the women's doubles, and in 2023 in the mixed doubles. She was part of the Badminton Europe At ...
(Gold medalists)
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Mathias Christiansen /
Alexandra Bøje (Bronze medalists)
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Mark Lamsfuß
Mark Lamsfuß (born 19 April 1994) is a German badminton player and plays for the BC Wipperfeld. He and his partner, Isabel Lohau won a bronze medal in mixed doubles at the 2022 BWF World Championships.
Career
Lamsfuß started playing badminto ...
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Isabel Lohau ''(Quarter-finals)''
Competition schedule
Play will take place between 26 June and 2 July.
Pool Stage
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Knockout stage
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.
References
External links
Badminton - schedule & results: mixed doublesat european-games.org
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Mixed doubles
Mixed doubles or mixed pairs is a form of mixed-sex sports that consists of teams of one man and one woman. This variation of competition is prominent in curling and racket sports, such as tennis, table tennis, and badminton (where it is known ...