# 1979 European Junior Badminton Championships

The 1979 European Junior Badminton Championships was the 6th tournament of the European Junior Badminton Championships. It was held in Mülheim, Germany, in the month of April. Danish players won four titles, both the singles and Mixed doubles and Mixed team championships. While Sweden bagged boys' doubles title and England the girls' doubles gold.

## Medalists

| Discipline | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Boys' singles | Jens Peter Nierhoff | Nick Yates | Steve Baddeley |
| Boys' singles | Jens Peter Nierhoff | Nick Yates | Evgeniy Dayanov |
| Girls' singles | Kirsten Larsen | Else Thoresen | Kirsten Meier |
| Girls' singles | Kirsten Larsen | Else Thoresen | Diane Simpson |
| Boys' doubles | Peter Isaksson Jan-Eric Antonsson | Harald Klauer Gerhard Treitinger | Jesper Knudsen Torben Kjær |
| Boys' doubles | Peter Isaksson Jan-Eric Antonsson | Harald Klauer Gerhard Treitinger | Nick Yates Christopher Back |
| Girls' doubles | Sally Leadbeater Gillian Clark | Charlotte Pilgaard Bettina Kristensen | Kirsten Larsen Kirsten Meier |
| Girls' doubles | Sally Leadbeater Gillian Clark | Charlotte Pilgaard Bettina Kristensen | Diane Simpson Christine Dickinson |
| Mixed doubles | Jens Peter Nierhoff Charlotte Pilgaard | Peter Isaksson Lena Axelsson | Frank van Dongen Grace Kakiay |
| Mixed doubles | Jens Peter Nierhoff Charlotte Pilgaard | Peter Isaksson Lena Axelsson | Jan-Eric Antonsson Ann Sofi Bergman |
| Mixed team | Denmark Jens Peter Nierhoff Kirsten Larsen Jesper Knudsen Torben Kjær Charlotte Pilgaard Bettina Kristensen Bent Svenningsen Kirsten Meier Mark Christiansen Michael Kjeldsen | England Gillian Clark Nick Yates Diane Simpson Stephen Baddeley Donald Burden Sally Leadbeater Christopher Back | Sweden Peter Isaksson Lena Axelsson Jan-Eric Antonsson Ann-Sofi Bergmann |

## Results
### Semi-finals

| Category | Winner | Runner-up | Score |
| Boys' singles | Jens Peter Nierhoff | Steve Baddeley | 15–8, 15–9 |
| Boys' singles | Nick Yates | Evgeniy Dayanov | 15–9, 15–7 |
| Girls' singles | Else Thoresen | Kirsten Meier | 10–12, 11–6, 11–1 |
| Girls' singles | Kirsten Larsen | Diane Simpson | 11–6, 11–6 |
| Boys' doubles | Harald Klauer Gerhard Treitinger | Torben Kjær Jesper Knudsen | 15–9, 15–4 |
| Boys' doubles | Jan-Eric Antonsson Peter Isaksson | Christopher Back Nick Yates | 15–13, 15–10 |
| Girls' doubles | Gillian Clark Sally Leadbeater | Kirsten Larsen Kirsten Meier | 15–9, 15–4 |
| Girls' doubles | Charlotte Pilgaard Bettina Kristensen | Christine Dickinson Diane Simpson | 15–10, 15–7 |
| Mixed doubles | Jens Peter Nierhoff Charlotte Pilgaard | Frank van Dongen Grace Kakiay | 15–7, 15–6 |
| Mixed doubles | Peter Isaksson Lena Axelsson | Jan-Eric Antonsson Ann Sofi Bergman | 15–10, 15–12 |

### Finals

| Discipline | Winner | Runner-up | Score |
| Boys' singles | Jens Peter Nierhoff | Nick Yates | 17–16, 15–1 |
| Girls' singles | Kirsten Larsen | Else Thoresen | 11–2, 11–4 |
| Boys' doubles | Peter Isaksson Jan-Eric Antonsson | Harald Klauer Gerhard Treitinger | 15–9, 16–17, 15–0 |
| Girls' doubles | Sally Leadbeater Gillian Clark | Charlotte Pilgaard Bettina Kristensen | 15–12, 15–9 |
| Mixed doubles | Jens Peter Nierhoff Charlotte Pilgaard | Peter Isaksson Lena Axelsson | 15-7, 15-7 |

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Denmark (DEN) | 4 | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| 2 | England (ENG) | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 3 | Sweden (SWE) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 4 | Norway (NOR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | West Germany (FRG) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Netherlands (NED) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 6 | Soviet Union (URS) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (7 entries) | Totals (7 entries) | 6 | 6 | 11 | 23 |