Badminton at the 2023 European Games – Men's doubles

Badminton's Men's doubles at the 2023 European Games
Venue	Arena Jaskółka, Tarnów
Dates	26 June - 1 July
Competitors	32 from 16 nations
Medalists
Kim Astrup Anders Skaarup Rasmussen    Denmark   Ben Lane Sean Vendy    Great Britain   Alexander Dunn Adam Hall    Great Britain   Christo Popov Toma Junior Popov    France

Main article: Badminton at the 2023 European Games

The men's doubles badminton tournament at the 2023 European Games was played from 26 June to 1 July 2023 in Arena Jaskółka, Tarnów. A total of 32 players in 16 pairs competed at the tournament, four of which pairs was seeded.

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 players 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

1. Kim Astrup / Anders Skaarup Rasmussen (Gold medalists)
2. Ben Lane / Sean Vendy (Silver medalists)
3. Mark Lamsfuß / Marvin Seidel (Quarter-finals)
4. Alexander Dunn / Adam Hall (Bronze medalists)

Competition schedule

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
Men's doubles	GS	GS	GS	¼	½	F

Pool Stage

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	PF	PA	PD	Qualification
1	Kim Astrup (DEN) [1]  Anders Skaarup Rasmussen (DEN)	3	3	0	6	0	+6	126	55	+71	Qualification to knock-out stage
2	Ruben Jille (NED)  Ties van der Lecq (NED)	3	2	1	4	2	+2	103	90	+13
3	Torjus Flåtten (NOR)  Vegard Rikheim (NOR)	3	1	2	2	5	−3	105	132	−27
4	Davíð Bjarni Björnsson (ISL)  Kristófer Darri Finnsson (ISL)	3	0	3	1	6	−5	87	144	−57

Source:

Date		Score		Game 1	Game 2	Game 3
26 June	Ruben Jille Ties van der Lecq	2–0	Davíð Bjarni Björnsson Kristófer Darri Finnsson	21–7	21–14
26 June	Kim Astrup Anders Skaarup Rasmussen	2–0	Torjus Flåtten Vegard Rikheim	21–10	21–8
27 June	Kim Astrup Anders Skaarup Rasmussen	2–0	Davíð Bjarni Björnsson Kristófer Darri Finnsson	21–9	21–9
27 June	Ruben Jille Ties van der Lecq	2–0	Torjus Flåtten Vegard Rikheim	21–17	21–10
28 June	Kim Astrup Anders Skaarup Rasmussen	2–0	Ruben Jille Ties van der Lecq	21–9	21–10
28 June	Davíð Bjarni Björnsson Kristófer Darri Finnsson	1–2	Torjus Flåtten Vegard Rikheim	21–18	14–21	13–21

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	PF	PA	PD	Qualification
1	Ben Lane (GBR) [2]  Sean Vendy (GBR)	3	3	0	6	0	+6	126	74	+52	Qualification to knock-out stage
2	Joshua Magee (IRL)  Paul Reynolds (IRL)	3	1	2	3	4	−1	123	132	−9
3	Ade Resky Dwicahyo (AZE)  Azmy Qowimuramadhoni (AZE)	3	1	2	3	5	−2	134	152	−18
4	Giovanni Greco (ITA)  David Salutt (ITA)	3	1	2	2	5	−3	114	139	−25

Source:

Date		Score		Game 1	Game 2	Game 3
26 June	Ben Lane Sean Vendy	2–0	Ade Resky Dwicahyo Azmy Qowimuramadhoni	21–8	21–10
26 June	Giovanni Greco David Salutt	0–2	Joshua Magee Paul Reynolds	17–21	12–21
27 June	Giovanni Greco David Salutt	2–1	Ade Resky Dwicahyo Azmy Qowimuramadhoni	21–17	17–21	21–17
27 June	Ben Lane Sean Vendy	2–0	Joshua Magee Paul Reynolds	21–15	21–15
28 June	Joshua Magee Paul Reynolds	1–2	Ade Resky Dwicahyo Azmy Qowimuramadhoni	21–19	14–21	16–21
28 June	Ben Lane Sean Vendy	2–0	Giovanni Greco David Salutt	21–10	21–16

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	PF	PA	PD	Qualification
1	Mark Lamsfuß (GER) [3]  Marvin Seidel (GER)	3	3	0	6	1	+5	144	96	+48	Qualification to knock-out stage
2	Joel Hansson (SWE)  Melker Z-Bexell (SWE)	3	2	1	4	2	+2	118	92	+26
3	Ivan Rusev (BUL)  Iliyan Stoynov (BUL)	3	1	2	3	4	−1	117	123	−6
4	Glib Beketov (UKR)  Mykhaylo Makhnovskiy (UKR)	3	0	3	0	6	−6	58	126	−68

Source:

Date		Score		Game 1	Game 2	Game 3
26 June	Mark Lamsfuß Marvin Seidel	2–0	Joel Hansson Melker Z-Bexell	21–16	21–18
26 June	Glib Beketov Mykhaylo Makhnovskiy	0–2	Ivan Rusev Iliyan Stoynov	9–21	12–21
27 June	Mark Lamsfuß Marvin Seidel	2–1	Ivan Rusev Iliyan Stoynov	21–17	18–21	21–8
27 June	Glib Beketov Mykhaylo Makhnovskiy	0–2	Joel Hansson Melker Z-Bexell	10–21	11–21
28 June	Mark Lamsfuß Marvin Seidel	2–0	Glib Beketov Mykhaylo Makhnovskiy	21–7	21–9
28 June	Ivan Rusev Iliyan Stoynov	0–2	Joel Hansson Melker Z-Bexell	12–21	17–21

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	PF	PA	PD	Qualification
1	Alexander Dunn (GBR) [4]  Adam Hall (GBR)	3	2	1	5	2	+3	146	106	+40	Qualification to knock-out stage
2	Christo Popov (FRA)  Toma Junior Popov (FRA)	3	2	1	4	3	+1	129	117	+12
3	Ondřej Král (CZE)  Adam Mendrek (CZE)	3	1	2	2	4	−2	90	118	−28
4	Miłosz Bochat (POL)  Robert Cybulski (POL)	3	1	2	3	5	−2	138	162	−24

Source:

Date		Score		Game 1	Game 2	Game 3
26 June	Miłosz Bochat Robert Cybulski	1–2	Christo Popov Toma Junior Popov	13–21	21–16	14–21
26 June	Alexander Dunn Adam Hall	2–0	Ondřej Král Adam Mendrek	21–7	21–14
27 June	Alexander Dunn Adam Hall	2–0	Christo Popov Toma Junior Popov	21–13	21–16
27 June	Miłosz Bochat Robert Cybulski	0–2	Ondřej Král Adam Mendrek	16–21	18–21
28 June	Christo Popov Toma Junior Popov	2–0	Ondřej Král Adam Mendrek	21–12	21–15
28 June	Alexander Dunn Adam Hall	1–2	Miłosz Bochat Robert Cybulski	21–11	22–24	19–21

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.

	Quarter finals							Semi finals							Gold medal match
	1	Kim Astrup (DEN)  Anders Skaarup Rasmussen (DEN)	21	21
		Joshua Magee (IRL)  Paul Reynolds (IRL)	16	15
								1	Kim Astrup (DEN)  Anders Skaarup Rasmussen (DEN)	21	16	21
								4	Alexander Dunn (GBR)  Adam Hall (GBR)	13	21	10
	4	Alexander Dunn (GBR)  Adam Hall (GBR)	21	21
		Joel Hansson (SWE)  Melker Z-Bexell (SWE)	11	12
															1	Kim Astrup (DEN)  Anders Skaarup Rasmussen (DEN)	21	19	21
															2	Ben Lane (GBR)  Sean Vendy (GBR)	15	21	19
		Christo Popov (FRA)  Toma Junior Popov (FRA)	18	21	17
	3	Mark Lamsfuß (GER)  Marvin Seidel (GER)	21	11	10r
									Christo Popov (FRA)  Toma Junior Popov (FRA)	15	14
								2	Ben Lane (GBR)  Sean Vendy (GBR)	21	21
		Ruben Jille (NED)  Ties van der Lecq (NED)	15	15
	2	Ben Lane (GBR)  Sean Vendy (GBR)	21	21

External links

• Badminton - schedule & results: men's doubles at european-games.org
• MD knockout stage draw at bwf.tournamentsoftware.com