European badminton u15 championships conclude in Kazan

The European Badminton U15 Championships came to an end in Kazan on February 21.

161 badminton players competed for medals at the tournament. Athletes competed in five events: men’s and women’s singles, men’s and women’s doubles and mixed.

England dominated the men’s tournament. Harry Huang took gold in the singles, and also grabbed gold in the doubles together with Rory Easton. As for the women’s matches, the singles gold went to Denmark’s Mathilde Cramer Ahrens. In the women’s doubles, together with Christine Busch Andreasen she suffered a defeat from Begnisu Ercetin and Zehra Erdem of Turkey. Gold in the mixed event went claimed by Denmark’s Sebastian Grønbjerg and Clara Graversen.

EU15C 2016

Men. Singles

1.     Harry Huang (England)

2.     Christo Popov (France)

3-4. Georgy Karpov (Russia)

3-4. Rory Easton (England)

Men. Doubles

1.     Rory Easton/Harry Huang (England)

2.     Kenji Lovang/Christo Popov (France)

3-4. Rasmus Espersen/Sebastian Grønbjerg (Denmark)

3-4. Joshua Apiliga/Adam Pringle (Scotland)

Women. Singles

1.     Mathilde Cramer Ahrens (Denmark)

2.     Vivien Sandorhazi (Hungary)

3.     Anastasia Kurdyukova (Russia)

4.     Bengisu Ercetin (Turkey)

Women. Doubles

1.      Bengisu Ercetin/Zehra Erdem (Turkey)

2.     Christine Busch Andreasen/Mathilde Cramer Ahrens (Denmark)

3-4. Rachel Cameron/Rachel Sugden (Scotland)

3-4. Romane Cloteaux-Foucault/Clara Graversen (Denmark)

Mixed

1.     Sebastian Grønbjerg/Clara Graversen (Denmark)

2.     Rasmus Espersen/Christine Busch Andreasen (Denmark)

3-4. Georgy Karpov-Anastasia Kurdyukova (Russia)

3-4. David Hong/Hope Warner (England)