Badminton at the 2023 European Games – Women's singles

The women's singles badminton tournament at the 2023 European Games was played from 26 June to 2 July 2023 in Arena Jaskółka, Tarnów.^[1] A total of 32 players competed at the tournament, eight of whom were seeded.^[2]

Badminton's women's singles at the 2023 European Games
Venue	Arena Jaskółka, Tarnów[1]
Dates	26 June – 2 July
Competitors	32 from 30 nations
Medalists
Carolina Marín    Spain   Mia Blichfeldt    Denmark   Kirsty Gilmour    Great Britain   Jenjira Stadelmann    Switzerland
← 2019

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Competition format

The tournament started with a group phase round-robin which eliminated 16 players, followed by a single-elimination knockout stage. For the group stage, the players were divided into eight groups of four. Each group plays a round-robin. The top two player in each group advanced to the knockout rounds. The knockout stage was a four-round single elimination tournament.^[2]

Competition schedule

Play will take place between 26 June an 2 July.^[3]

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
Women's singles	GS	GS	GS	R16	¼	½	F

Seeding

The following players were seeded:^[4]

1. Carolina Marín (Gold medalist)
2. Mia Blichfeldt (Silver medalist)
3. Line Kjærsfeldt (Quarter-finals)
4. Yvonne Li (Round of 16)
5. Kirsty Gilmour (Bronze medalist)
6. Lianne Tan (Quarter-finals)
7. Qi Xuefei (Round of 16)
8. Kristin Kuuba (Quarter-finals)

Pool Stage

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	PF	PA	PD	Qualification
1	Carolina Marín (ESP) [1]	2	2	0	4	1	+3	103	67	+36	Qualification to knock-out stage
2	Jenjira Stadelmann (SUI)	2	1	1	3	2	+1	86	85	+1
3	Ksenia Polikarpova (ISR)	2	0	2	0	4	−4	47	84	−37
4	Katarína Vargová (SVK)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Source: ^[5]

Date		Score		Game 1	Game 2	Game 3
26 June	Ksenia Polikarpova	2–0	Katarína Vargová	21–17	21–17
26 June	Carolina Marín	2–1	Jenjira Stadelmann	21–10	19–21	21–13
27 June	Carolina Marín	Retired	Katarína Vargová	13–2r
27 June	Ksenia Polikarpova	0–2	Jenjira Stadelmann	10–21	14–21
28 June	Carolina Marín	2–0	Ksenia Polikarpova	21–15	21–8
28 June	Katarína Vargová	w/o	Jenjira Stadelmann	0–0	0–0

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	PF	PA	PD	Qualification
1	Mia Blichfeldt (DEN) [2]	3	3	0	6	0	+6	126	59	+67	Qualification to knock-out stage
2	Kim Schmidt (LUX)	3	2	1	4	4	0	119	132	−13
3	Petra Polanc (SLO)	3	1	2	3	4	−1	111	124	−13
4	Katrin Neudoit (AUT)	3	0	3	1	6	−5	98	139	−41

Source: ^[5]

Date		Score		Game 1	Game 2	Game 3
26 June	Mia Blichfeldt	2–0	Katrin Neudoit	21–13	21–11
26 June	Kim Schmidt	2–1	Petra Polanc	11–21	21–6	21–18
27 June	Mia Blichfeldt	2–0	Petra Polanc	21–13	21–11
27 June	Kim Schmidt	2–1	Katrin Neudoit	21–13	13–21	21–11
28 June	Mia Blichfeldt	2–0	Kim Schmidt	21–5	21–6
28 June	Petra Polanc	2–0	Katrin Neudoit	21–17	21–12

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	PF	PA	PD	Qualification
1	Line Kjærsfeldt (DEN) [3]	2	2	0	4	1	+3	94	52	+42	Qualification to knock-out stage
2	Polina Buhrova (UKR)	2	1	1	3	2	+1	84	88	−4
3	Hristomira Popovska (BUL)	2	0	2	0	4	−4	46	84	−38
4	Edith Urell (SWE)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Source: ^[5]

Date		Score		Game 1	Game 2	Game 3
26 June	Hristomira Popovska	w/d	Edith Urell	0–0	0–0
26 June	Line Kjærsfeldt	2–1	Polina Buhrova	10–21	21–10	21–11
27 June	Hristomira Popovska	0–2	Polina Buhrova	17–21	19–21
27 June	Line Kjærsfeldt	w/d	Edith Urell	0–0	0–0
28 June	Line Kjærsfeldt	2–0	Hristomira Popovska	21–4	21–6
28 June	Edith Urell	w/d	Polina Buhrova	0–0	0–0

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	PF	PA	PD	Qualification
1	Keisha Fatimah Azzahra (AZE)	3	3	0	6	1	+5	143	118	+25	Qualification to knock-out stage
2	Yvonne Li (GER) [4]	3	2	1	5	2	+3	140	99	+41
3	Samanta Golubickaitė (LTU)	3	1	2	2	5	−3	113	139	−26
4	Vlada Ginga (MDA)	3	0	3	1	6	−5	99	139	−40

Source: ^[5]

Date		Score		Game 1	Game 2	Game 3
26 June	Yvonne Li	2–0	Vlada Ginga	21–11	21–6
26 June	Keisha Fatimah Azzahra	2–0	Samanta Golubickaitė	21–16	21–19
27 June	Keisha Fatimah Azzahra	2–0	Vlada Ginga	21–10	21–17
27 June	Yvonne Li	2–0	Samanta Golubickaitė	21–13	21–10
28 June	Yvonne Li	1–2	Keisha Fatimah Azzahra	21–17	18–21	17–21
28 June	Samanta Golubickaitė	2–1	Vlada Ginga	13–21	21–18	21–16

Group E

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	PF	PA	PD	Qualification
1	Kirsty Gilmour (GBR) [5]	3	3	0	6	0	+6	126	63	+63	Qualification to knock-out stage
2	Jaymie Laurens (NED)	3	2	1	4	2	+2	111	111	0
3	Eleni Christodoulou (CYP)	3	1	2	2	4	−2	101	123	−22
4	Wiktoria Dąbczyńska (POL) (H)	3	0	3	0	6	−6	88	129	−41

Source: ^[5]
(H) Host

Date		Score		Game 1	Game 2	Game 3
26 June	Wiktoria Dąbczyńska	0–2	Jaymie Laurens	21–23	10–21
26 June	Kirsty Gilmour	2–0	Eleni Christodoulou	21–11	21–9
27 June	Kirsty Gilmour	2–0	Jaymie Laurens	21–13	21–9
27 June	Wiktoria Dąbczyńska	0–2	Eleni Christodoulou	16–21	20–22
28 June	Kirsty Gilmour	2–0	Wiktoria Dąbczyńska	21-9	21-12
28 June	Jaymie Laurens	2–0	Eleni Christodoulou	24-22	21-16

Group F

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	PF	PA	PD	Qualification
1	Lianne Tan (BEL) [6]	3	3	0	6	0	+6	126	72	+54	Qualification to knock-out stage
2	Vivien Sándorházi (HUN)	3	2	1	4	3	+1	129	119	+10
3	Nella Nyqvist (FIN)	3	1	2	3	4	−1	109	133	−24
4	Yasmine Hamza (ITA)	3	0	3	0	6	−6	86	126	−40

Source: ^[5]

Date		Score		Game 1	Game 2	Game 3
26 June	Lianne Tan	2–0	Yasmine Hamza	21–10	21–10
26 June	Nella Nyqvist	1–2	Vivien Sándorházi	21–16	12–21	11–21
27 June	Lianne Tan	2–0	Vivien Sándorházi	21–13	21–16
27 June	Nella Nyqvist	2–0	Yasmine Hamza	21–14	21–19
28 June	Lianne Tan	2–0	Nella Nyqvist	21–11	21–12
28 June	Vivien Sándorházi	2–0	Yasmine Hamza	21–15	21–18

Group G

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	PF	PA	PD	Qualification
1	Qi Xuefei (FRA) [7]	3	3	0	6	0	+6	129	91	+38	Qualification to knock-out stage
2	Tereza Švábíková (CZE)	3	2	1	4	2	+2	109	106	+3
3	Rachael Darragh (IRL)	3	1	2	2	5	−3	136	150	−14
4	Marija Sudimac (SRB)	3	0	3	1	6	−5	114	141	−27

Source: ^[5]

Date		Score		Game 1	Game 2	Game 3
26 June	Qi Xuefei	2–0	Marija Sudimac	21–17	21–11
26 June	Rachael Darragh	0–2	Tereza Švábíková	21–23	18–21
27 June	Qi Xuefei	2–0	Tereza Švábíková	21–14	21–9
27 June	Rachael Darragh	2–1	Marija Sudimac	13–21	21–19	23–21
28 June	Qi Xuefei	2–0	Rachael Darragh	21–18	24–22
28 June	Tereza Švábíková	2–0	Marija Sudimac	21–10	21–15

Group H

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	PF	PA	PD	Qualification
1	Neslihan Yiğit (TUR)	3	3	0	6	1	+5	144	78	+66	Qualification to knock-out stage
2	Kristin Kuuba (EST) [8]	3	2	1	5	2	+3	132	110	+22
3	Grammatoula Sotiriou (GRE)	3	1	2	2	4	−2	87	108	−21
4	Jekaterina Romanova (LAT)	3	0	3	0	6	−6	59	126	−67

Source: ^[5]

Date		Score		Game 1	Game 2	Game 3
26 June	Grammatoula Sotiriou	0–2	Neslihan Yiğit	6–21	10–21
26 June	Kristin Kuuba	2–0	Jekaterina Romanova	21–9	21–12
27 June	Kristin Kuuba	1–2	Neslihan Yiğit	21–18	17–21	10–21
27 June	Grammatoula Sotiriou	2–0	Jekaterina Romanova	21–13	21–11
28 June	Kristin Kuuba	2–0	Grammatoula Sotiriou	21–13	21–16
28 June	Neslihan Yiğit	2–0	Jekaterina Romanova	21–6	21–8

Knockout stage

The 16 surviving players will be drawn in a single elimination tournament, with group winners paired in the round-of-16 with runners up from other groups.^[2] There will be no bronze medal match, and both losing semi-finalists will win a bronze medal.

	Round of 16							Quarter finals							Semi finals							Gold medal match
	1	Carolina Marín (ESP)	21	21
		Kim Schmidt (LUX)	9	12
								1	Carolina Marín (ESP)	21	21
								8	Kristin Kuuba (EST)	10	10
	7	Qi Xuefei (FRA)
	8	Kristin Kuuba (EST)	w	/	o
															1	Carolina Marín (ESP)	21	21
															5	Kirsty Gilmour (GBR)	13	11
	3	Line Kjærsfeldt (DEN)	21	21
	4	Yvonne Li (GER)	11	14
								3	Line Kjærsfeldt (DEN)	21	11	19
								5	Kirsty Gilmour (GBR)	16	21	21
	5	Kirsty Gilmour (GBR)	17	21	21
		Vivien Sándorházi (HUN)	21	17	17
																						1	Carolina Marín (ESP)	21	21
																						2	Mia Blichfeldt (DEN)	15	14
		Tereza Švábíková (CZE)	14	8
	6	Lianne Tan (BEL)	21	21
								6	Lianne Tan (BEL)	12	21	19
									Jenjira Stadelmann (SUI)	21	7	21
		Jenjira Stadelmann (SUI)	16	21	21
		Keisha Fatimah Azzahra (AZE)	21	12	15
																Jenjira Stadelmann (SUI)	15	16
															2	Mia Blichfeldt (DEN)	21	21
		Polina Buhrova (UKR)	9	16
		Neslihan Yiğit (TUR)	21	21
									Neslihan Yiğit (TUR)	18	8
								2	Mia Blichfeldt (DEN)	21	21
		Jaymie Laurens (NED)	7	7
	2	Mia Blichfeldt (DEN)	21	21

See also

Badminton at the 2023 European Games – Men's singles