# Badminton at the 2015 European Games – Men's singles

The badminton men's singles tournament at the 2015 European Games took place from 22 to 28 June.

## Competition format

The singles tournaments will be played with 32 participants, initially playing in eight groups of four, before the top two from each group qualify for a 16-player knock-out stage.

### Schedule

All times are in AZST (UTC+05).
| Start time | Session |
| 22 June 09:00 | Group stage, matchday 1 |
| 23 June 09:00 | Group stage, matchday 2 |
| 24 June 09:00 | Group stage, matchday 3 |
| 25 June 10:00 | Round of 16 |
| 26 June 10:00 | Quarter-finals |
| 27 June 10:00 | Semi-finals |
| 28 June 12:00 | Final |

## Seeds

Seeds for all badminton events at the inaugural European Games were announced on 29 May.
* Scott Evans (IRL)
* Misha Zilberman (ISR)
* Pablo Abián (ESP)
* Eric Pang (NED)
* Petr Koukal (CZE)
* Luka Wraber (AUT)
* Vladimir Malkov (RUS)
* Emil Holst (DEN)

## Results

The group stage draws were held on 2 June.

### Group stage
#### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | GF | GA | GD | Qualification |
| 1 | Scott Evans (IRL) [1] | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 1 | +5 | Qualification to knock-out stage |
| 2 | Yuhan Tan (BEL) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | +3 | Qualification to knock-out stage |
| 3 | Gergely Krausz (HUN) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −2 | |
| 4 | Georgios Charalambidis (GRE) | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | −6 | |

#### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | GF | GA | GD | Qualification |
| 1 | Misha Zilberman (ISR) [2] | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | +6 | Qualification to knock-out stage |
| 2 | Rosario Maddaloni (ITA) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | +2 | Qualification to knock-out stage |
| 3 | Kanan Rzayev (AZE) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −2 | |
| 4 | Samuel Cali (MLT) | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | −6 | |

#### Group C

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | GF | GA | GD | Qualification |
| 1 | Dieter Domke (GER) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | +2 | Qualification to knock-out stage |
| 2 | Pablo Abián (ESP) [3] | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | +2 | Qualification to knock-out stage |
| 3 | Iztok Utroša (SLO) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −2 | |
| 4 | Raul Must (EST) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −2 | |

#### Group D

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | GF | GA | GD | Qualification |
| 1 | Kęstutis Navickas (LTU) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 1 | +5 | Qualification to knock-out stage |
| 2 | Blagovest Kisyov (BUL) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | +3 | Qualification to knock-out stage |
| 3 | Eric Pang (NED) [4] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 4 | Dmytro Zavadsky (UKR) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |

#### Group E

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | GF | GA | GD | Qualification |
| 1 | Petr Koukal (CZE) [5] | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | +6 | Qualification to knock-out stage |
| 2 | Emre Vural (TUR) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | Qualification to knock-out stage |
| 3 | Mathias Bonny (SUI) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −2 | |
| 4 | Igor Bjelan (SRB) | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | −5 | |

#### Group F

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | GF | GA | GD | Qualification |
| 1 | Michał Rogalski (POL) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | +6 | Qualification to knock-out stage |
| 2 | Luka Wraber (AUT) [6] | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | +2 | Qualification to knock-out stage |
| 3 | Vladzislav Kushnir (BLR) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −2 | |
| 4 | Reinis Krauklis (LAT) | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | −6 | |

#### Group G

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | GF | GA | GD | Qualification |
| 1 | Vladimir Malkov (RUS) [7] | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | +6 | Qualification to knock-out stage |
| 2 | Eetu Heino (FIN) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | Qualification to knock-out stage |
| 3 | Kári Gunnarsson (ISL) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | −1 | |
| 4 | Jarolím Vicen (SVK) | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | −6 | |

#### Group H

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | GF | GA | GD | Qualification |
| 1 | Emil Holst (DEN) [8] | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 1 | +5 | Qualification to knock-out stage |
| 2 | Zvonimir Đurkinjak (CRO) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | Qualification to knock-out stage |
| 3 | Lucas Corvée (FRA) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | −1 | |
| 4 | Ricardo Silva (POR) | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | −6 | |

### Knock-out stage

| Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | S Evans (IRL) | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | B Kisyov (BUL) | 6 | 13 | | 1 | S Evans (IRL) | 17 | 14 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | E Holst (DEN) | 21 | 21 | | 8 | E Holst (DEN) | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | R Maddaloni (ITA) | 16 | 16 | | | | | | | 8 | E Holst (DEN) | 21 | 21 | | | | | |
| | D Domke (GER) | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | | D Domke (GER) | 14 | 15 | | | | | |
| | E Heino (FIN) | 17 | 14 | | | D Domke (GER) | 21 | 18 | 21 | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | P Koukal (CZE) | 21 | 21 | | 5 | P Koukal (CZE) | 18 | 21 | 17 | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | L Wraber (AUT) | 12 | 16 | | | | | | | | | | | | 8 | E Holst (DEN) | 12 | 21 |
| | Y Tan (BEL) | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | P Abián (ESP) | 21 | 23 |
| | M Rogalski (POL) | 11 | 16 | | | Y Tan (BEL) | 14 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | E Vural (TUR) | 11 | 13 | | | K Navickas (LTU) | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | K Navickas (LTU) | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | | K Navickas (LTU) | 22 | 16 | 13 | | | | |
| 3 | P Abián (ESP) | 25 | 19 | 21 | | | | | | 3 | P Abián (ESP) | 20 | 21 | 21 | | | | |
| 7 | V Malkov (RUS) | 23 | 21 | 15 | 3 | P Abián (ESP) | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Z Đurkinjak (CRO) | 13 | 21 | 21 | | Z Đurkinjak (CRO) | 12 | 13 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | M Zilberman (ISR) | 21 | 18 | 11 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |