# Badminton at the 2023 European Games – Men's doubles

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
* Kim Astrup / Anders Skaarup Rasmussen (Gold medalists)
* Ben Lane / Sean Vendy (Silver medalists)
* Mark Lamsfuß / Marvin Seidel (Quarter-finals)
* 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 | Qualification to knock-out stage |
| 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 | |
| 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 | Qualification to knock-out stage |
| 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 | |
| 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 | Qualification to knock-out stage |
| 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 | |
| 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 | Qualification to knock-out stage |
| 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 | |
| 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 | Quarter finals | Quarter finals | Quarter finals | Quarter finals | Semi finals | Semi finals | Semi finals | Semi finals | Semi finals | Gold medal match | Gold medal match | Gold medal match | Gold medal match | Gold medal match |
| 1 | Kim Astrup (DEN) Anders Skaarup Rasmussen (DEN) | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Joshua Magee (IRL) Paul Reynolds (IRL) | 16 | 15 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | 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 | | 4 | Alexander Dunn (GBR) Adam Hall (GBR) | 13 | 21 | 10 | | | | | |
| | Joel Hansson (SWE) Melker Z-Bexell (SWE) | 11 | 12 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | 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 | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | Ben Lane (GBR) Sean Vendy (GBR) | 15 | 21 | 19 |
| 3 | Mark Lamsfuß (GER) Marvin Seidel (GER) | 21 | 11 | 10$^r$ | | | | | | | | | | |
| 3 | Mark Lamsfuß (GER) Marvin Seidel (GER) | 21 | 11 | 10$^r$ | | 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 | | | | | | |
| 2 | Ben Lane (GBR) Sean Vendy (GBR) | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | | | | | |