2008 European Men's and Women's Team Badminton Championships

The 2008 European Men's and Women's Team Badminton Championships was held in Almere, the Netherlands, from February 12 to February 17, 2008, and was organised by the Badminton Europe and the Nederlandse Badminton Bond.

2008 European Men's and Women's Team Badminton Championships

Tournament details
Dates	12-17 February 2008
Venue	Topsportcentrum Almere
Location	Almere, Netherlands
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The tournament was double as 2008 Thomas Cup and Uber Cup qualification tournament, where the top three teams for each competitions qualified automatically.

Medalists

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's Team	Denmark	England	Germany
Women's Team	Denmark	Netherlands	Germany

Men's team

Group stage

Main article: 2008 European Men's Team Badminton Championships group stage

Group A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	MF	MA	MD	GF	GA	GD	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Denmark	2	2	0	9	1	+8	18	3	+15	432	283	+149	2	Knockout stage		—	4–1	5–0
2	Scotland	2	1	1	5	5	0	12	10	+2	403	387	+16	1				—
3	Israel	2	0	2	1	9	−8	2	19	−17	268	433	−165	0				1–4	—

Source: BWF

Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	MF	MA	MD	GF	GA	GD	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	England	2	2	0	9	1	+8	18	4	+14	453	291	+162	2	Knockout stage		—	5–0	4–1
2	Finland	2	1	1	4	6	−2	10	12	−2	372	390	−18	1				—
3	Lithuania	2	0	2	2	8	−6	4	16	−12	251	395	−144	0				1–4	—

Source: BWF

Group C

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	MF	MA	MD	GF	GA	GD	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Germany	3	3	0	15	0	+15	30	2	+28	667	398	+269	3	Knockout stage		—	5–0	5–0	5–0
2	Estonia	3	2	1	6	9	−3	16	19	−3	593	663	−70	2				—	3–2	3–2
3	Hungary	3	1	2	5	10	−5	11	22	−11	513	598	−85	1					—	3–2
4	Norway	3	0	3	4	11	−7	10	24	−14	537	651	−114	0						—

Source: BWF

Group D

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	MF	MA	MD	GF	GA	GD	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Poland	3	3	0	12	3	+9	24	8	+16	635	492	+143	3	Knockout stage		—	3–2	4–1	5–0
2	Portugal	3	1	2	7	8	−1	16	17	−1	542	608	−66	1				—	3–2	2–3
3	Bulgaria	3	1	2	6	9	−3	13	18	−5	543	576	−33	1					—	3–2
4	Belgium	3	1	2	5	10	−5	12	22	−10	581	625	−44	1						—

Source: BWF

Group E

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	MF	MA	MD	GF	GA	GD	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Sweden	3	3	0	13	2	+11	26	5	+21	615	418	+197	3	Knockout stage		—	3–2	5–0	5–0
2	France	3	2	1	12	3	+9	24	7	+17	611	440	+171	2				—	5–0	5–0
3	Italy	3	1	2	5	10	−5	11	21	−10	509	589	−80	1					—	5–0
4	Greece	3	0	3	0	15	−15	2	30	−28	377	665	−288	0						—

Source: BWF

Group F

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	MF	MA	MD	GF	GA	GD	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Netherlands (H)	3	3	0	14	1	+13	28	3	+25	652	464	+188	3	Knockout stage		—	5–0	5–0	5–0
2	Ukraine	3	2	1	9	6	+3	20	14	+6	627	594	+33	2				—	3–2	5–0
3	Ireland	3	1	2	5	10	−5	11	21	−10	548	594	−46	1					—	3–2
4	Slovakia	3	0	3	2	13	−11	6	27	−21	498	673	−175	0						—

Source: BWF
(H) Host

Group G

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	MF	MA	MD	GF	GA	GD	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Russia	3	3	0	14	1	+13	29	6	+23	698	530	+168	3	Knockout stage		—	4–1	5–0	5–0
2	Spain	3	2	1	10	5	+5	22	12	+10	669	561	+108	2				—	4–1	5–0
3	Iceland	3	1	2	4	11	−7	11	24	−13	586	683	−97	1					—	3–2
4	Turkey	3	0	3	2	13	−11	6	26	−20	467	646	−179	0						—

Source: BWF

Group H

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	MF	MA	MD	GF	GA	GD	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Wales	3	3	0	10	5	+5	20	12	+8	596	545	+51	3	Knockout stage		—	3–2	3–2	4–1
2	Czech Republic	3	2	1	8	7	+1	18	14	+4	563	582	−19	2				—	3–2	3–2
3	Austria	3	1	2	7	8	−1	17	17	0	617	586	+31	1					—	3–2
4	Switzerland	3	0	3	5	10	−5	11	23	−12	594	657	−63	0						—

Source: BWF

Knockout stage

Main article: 2008 European Men's Team Badminton Championships knockout stage

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	15 February 2008
	Denmark	3
					16 February 2008
	Sweden	0
					Denmark	3
					Germany	1
	Germany	3
									17 February 2008
	Wales	0
									Denmark	3
									England	0
	Netherlands	2
	Poland	3
					Poland	0
					England	3			Third place
	Russia	0
									17 February 2008
	England	3
									Germany	3
									Poland	1

Final ranking

Pos Team Pld W L Pts MD GD PD Final result  Denmark 5 5 0 5 +16 +27 +264 Champions  England 5 4 1 4 +11 +19 +214 Runners-up  Germany 6 5 1 5 +18 +34 +288 Third place 4  Poland 6 4 2 4 +5 +9 +76 Fourth place 5  Netherlands (H) 4 3 1 3 +12 +22 +179 Eliminated in quarter-finals 6  Russia 4 3 1 3 +10 +19 +141 7  Sweden 4 3 1 3 +8 +16 +144 8  Wales 4 3 1 3 +2 +4 +21 9  France 3 2 1 2 +9 +17 +171 Eliminated in group stage 10  Spain 3 2 1 2 +5 +10 +108 11  Ukraine 3 2 1 2 +3 +6 +33 12  Czech Republic 3 2 1 2 +1 +4 −19 13  Estonia 3 2 1 2 −3 −3 −70 14  Scotland 2 1 1 1 0 +2 +16 15  Austria 3 1 2 1 −1 0 +31 16  Finland 2 1 1 1 −2 −2 −18 17  Portugal 3 1 2 1 −1 −1 −66 18  Bulgaria 3 1 2 1 −3 −5 −33 19  Belgium 3 1 2 1 −5 −10 −44 20  Ireland 3 1 2 1 −5 −10 −46 21  Italy 3 1 2 1 −5 −10 −80 22  Hungary 3 1 2 1 −5 −11 −85 23  Iceland 3 1 2 1 −7 −13 −97 24   Switzerland 3 0 3 0 −5 −12 −63 25  Lithuania 2 0 2 0 −6 −12 −144 26  Norway 3 0 3 0 −7 −14 −114 27  Israel 2 0 2 0 −8 −17 −165 28  Slovakia 3 0 3 0 −11 −21 −175 29  Turkey 3 0 3 0 −11 −20 −179 30  Greece 3 0 3 0 −15 −28 −288

Women's team

Group stage

Main article: 2008 European Women's Team Badminton Championships group stage

Group A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	MF	MA	MD	GF	GA	GD	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Germany	3	3	0	15	0	+15	30	1	+29	649	299	+350	3	Knockout stage		—	5–0	5–0	5–0
2	Iceland	3	2	1	8	7	+1	17	15	+2	538	544	−6	2				—	3–2	5–0
3	Italy	3	1	2	5	10	−5	12	20	−8	479	583	−104	1					—	3–2
4	Wales	3	0	3	2	13	−11	4	27	−23	386	626	−240	0						—

Source: BWF

Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	MF	MA	MD	GF	GA	GD	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	England	2	2	0	10	0	+10	20	1	+19	436	286	+150	2	Knockout stage		—	5–0	5–0
2	Sweden	2	1	1	5	5	0	11	11	0	392	377	+15	1				—	5–0
3	Spain	2	0	2	0	10	−10	1	20	−19	272	437	−165	0					—

Source: BWF

Group C

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	MF	MA	MD	GF	GA	GD	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	France	3	2	1	11	4	+7	23	9	+14	632	488	+144	2	Knockout stage		—	4–1	2–3	5–0
2	Ukraine	3	2	1	9	6	+3	21	15	+6	666	612	+54	2				—	3–2	5–0
3	Switzerland	3	2	1	8	7	+1	19	17	+2	636	657	−21	2					—	3–2
4	Austria	3	0	3	2	13	−11	6	28	−22	509	686	−177	0						—

Source: BWF

Group D

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	MF	MA	MD	GF	GA	GD	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Russia	3	3	0	15	0	+15	30	0	+30	631	320	+311	3	Knockout stage		—	5–0	5–0	5–0
2	Finland	3	2	1	8	7	+1	16	17	−1	591	642	−51	2				—	4–1	4–1
3	Belgium	3	1	2	5	10	−5	13	23	−10	584	711	−127	1					—	4–1
4	Ireland	3	0	3	2	13	−11	8	27	−19	559	692	−133	0						—

Source: BWF

Group E

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	MF	MA	MD	GF	GA	GD	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Denmark	3	3	0	15	0	+15	30	3	+27	687	476	+211	3	Knockout stage		—	5–0	5–0	5–0
2	Belarus	3	2	1	9	6	+3	19	14	+5	610	565	+45	2				—	4–1	5–0
3	Czech Republic	3	1	2	4	11	−7	12	25	−13	613	716	−103	1					—	3–2
4	Estonia	3	0	3	2	13	−11	8	27	−19	533	686	−153	0						—

Source: BWF

Group F

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	MF	MA	MD	GF	GA	GD	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Netherlands (H)	3	3	0	15	0	+15	30	0	+30	632	321	+311	3	Knockout stage		—	5–0	5–0	5–0
2	Poland	3	2	1	8	7	+1	17	15	+2	576	559	+17	2				—	4–1	4–1
3	Portugal	3	1	2	5	10	−5	10	20	−10	449	574	−125	1					—	4–1
4	Turkey	3	0	3	2	13	−11	5	27	−22	458	661	−203	0						—

Source: BWF
(H) Host

Group G

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	MF	MA	MD	GF	GA	GD	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Scotland	3	3	0	14	1	+13	29	2	+27	643	402	+241	3	Knockout stage		—	4–1	5–0	5–0
2	Bulgaria	3	2	1	11	4	+7	22	10	+12	623	485	+138	2				—	5–0	5–0
3	Slovakia	3	1	2	3	12	−9	7	24	−17	457	578	−121	1					—	3–2
4	Lithuania	3	0	3	2	13	−11	5	27	−22	382	640	−258	0						—

Source: BWF

Knockout stage

Main article: 2008 European Women's Team Badminton Championships knockout stage

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	15 February 2008
	Germany
					16 February 2008
	BYE
					Germany	1
					Denmark	3
	Russia	0
									17 February 2008
	Denmark	3
									Denmark	3
									Netherlands	0
	Scotland	3
	France	2
					Scotland	0
					Netherlands	3			Third place
	England	1
									17 February 2008
	Netherlands	3
									Germany	3
									Scotland	1

Final ranking

Pos Team Pld W L Pts MD GD PD Final result  Denmark 6 6 0 6 +23 +39 +295 Champions  Netherlands (H) 6 5 1 5 +17 +35 +355 Runners-up  Germany 6 5 1 5 +15 +31 +358 Third place 4  Scotland 6 4 2 4 +9 +20 +167 Fourth place 5  Russia 4 3 1 3 +12 +25 +291 Eliminated in quarter-finals 6  France 4 3 1 3 +6 +11 +136 7  England 3 2 1 2 +8 +15 +116 9  Bulgaria 3 2 1 2 +7 +12 +138 Eliminated in group stage 10  Ukraine 3 2 1 2 +3 +6 +54 11  Belarus 3 2 1 2 +3 +5 +45 12  Poland 3 2 1 2 +1 +2 +17 13  Iceland 3 2 1 2 +1 +2 −6 14   Switzerland 3 2 1 2 +1 +2 −21 15  Finland 3 2 1 2 +1 −1 −51 16  Sweden 2 1 1 1 0 0 +15 17  Italy 3 1 2 1 −5 −8 −104 18  Czech Republic 3 1 2 1 −7 −13 −103 19  Portugal 3 1 2 1 −5 −10 −125 20  Belgium 3 1 2 1 −5 −10 −127 21  Slovakia 3 1 2 1 −9 −17 −121 22  Spain 2 0 2 0 −10 −19 −165 23  Ireland 3 0 3 0 −11 −19 −133 24  Estonia 3 0 3 0 −11 −19 −153 25  Austria 3 0 3 0 −11 −22 −177 26  Turkey 3 0 3 0 −11 −22 −203 27  Lithuania 3 0 3 0 −11 −22 −258 28  Wales 3 0 3 0 −11 −23 −240

External links

• Official Site Archived 2008-05-04 at the Wayback Machine
• Badminton Europe: 2008 European Men's and Women's Team Championships
• Tournamentsoftware: European Men's & Women's Team Championships 2008