Badminton at the 2015 European Games – Women's doubles

The badminton women's doubles tournament at the 2015 European Games took place from 22 to 27 June.

Badminton's women's doubles at the 2015 European Games
Venue	Baku Sports Hall
Dates	22–27 June
Competitors	32 from 16 nations
Medalists
Gabriela Stoeva Stefani Stoeva    Bulgaria   Evgeniya Kosetskaya Ekaterina Bolotova    Russia   Lena Grebak Maria Helsbøl    Denmark   Özge Bayrak Neslihan Yiğit    Turkey
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Main article: Badminton at the 2015 European Games

Competition format

The doubles tournaments will be played with 16 pairs, initially playing in four groups of four, before the top two from each group qualify for an 8-pair knock-out stage.^[1]

Schedule

All times are in AZST (UTC+05).

Start time	Session
22 June 09:00	Group stage, matchday 1[2]
23 June 09:00	Group stage, matchday 2[3]
24 June 09:00	Group stage, matchday 3[4]
25 June 10:00	Quarter-finals[5]
26 June 18:00	Semi-finals[6]
27 June 18:00	Final[7]

Seeds

Further information: Badminton at the 2015 European Games – Qualification

Seeds for all badminton events at the inaugural European Games were announced on 29 May.^[8]

1.  Gabriela Stoeva and Stefani Stoeva (BUL) (Gold medal)
2.  Evgeniya Kosetskaya and Ekaterina Bolotova (RUS) (Silver medalists)
3.  Neslihan Yiğit and Özge Bayrak (TUR) (Bronze medalists)
4.  Lena Grebak and Maria Helsbøl (DEN) (Bronze medalists)

Results

The group stage draws were held on 2 June.^[9]

Group stage

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Qualification
1	Gabriela Stoeva / Stefani Stoeva (BUL) [1]	3	3	0	6	0	+6	Qualification to knock-out stage
2	Steffi Annys / Flore Vandenhoucke (BEL)	3	2	1	4	2	+2
3	Natalya Voytsekh / Yelyzaveta Zharka (UKR)	3	1	2	2	4	−2
4	Ieva Pope / Kristīne Šefere (LAT)	3	0	3	0	6	−6

Source: Baku 2015^[usurped]

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Qualification
1	Ekaterina Bolotova / Evgeniya Kosetskaya (RUS) [2]	3	3	0	6	0	+6	Qualification to knock-out stage
2	Lorraine Baumann / Audrey Fontaine (FRA)	3	2	1	4	2	+2
3	Mathilda Lindholm / Jenny Nyström (FIN)	3	1	2	2	4	−2
4	Sara Boyle / Rachael Darragh (IRL)	3	0	3	0	6	−6

Source: Baku 2015^[usurped]

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Qualification
1	Özge Bayrak / Neslihan Yiğit (TUR) [3]	3	3	0	6	0	+6	Qualification to knock-out stage
2	Laura Molina / Haideé Ojeda (ESP)	3	2	1	4	2	+2
3	Šárka Křížková / Kateřina Tomalová (CZE)	3	1	2	2	4	−2
4	Katarina Galenić / Staša Poznanović (CRO)	3	0	3	0	6	−6

Source: Baku 2015^[usurped]

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Qualification
1	Lena Grebak / Maria Helsbøl (DEN) [4]	3	3	0	6	0	+6	Qualification to knock-out stage
2	Carola Bott / Jennifer Karnott (GER)	3	2	1	4	3	+1
3	Kristin Kuuba / Helina Rüütel (EST)	3	1	2	3	4	−1
4	Anastasiya Cherniavskaya / Alesia Zaitsava (BLR)	3	0	3	0	6	−6

Source: Baku 2015^[usurped]

Knock-out stage

	Quarter-finals							Semi-finals							Final
	1	G Stoeva S Stoeva (BUL)	21	21
		C Bott J Karnott (GER)	11	10
								1	G Stoeva S Stoeva (BUL)	21	21
								3	Ö Bayrak N Yiğit (TUR)	14	9
	3	Ö Bayrak N Yiğit (TUR)	21	21
		L Baumann A Fontaine (FRA)	11	19
															1	G Stoeva S Stoeva (BUL)	21	23
															2	E Bolotova E Kosetskaya (RUS)	12	21
		S Annys F Vandenhoucke (BEL)	21	12	10
	4	L Grebak M Helsbøl (DEN)	14	21	21
								4	L Grebak M Helsbøl (DEN)	14	21	9
								2	E Bolotova E Kosetskaya (RUS)	21	14	21
		L Molina H Ojeda (ESP)	15	11
	2	E Bolotova E Kosetskaya (RUS)	21	21