Badminton at the 2015 European Games – Men's doubles explained

Event:	Badminton's men's doubles
Games:	2015 European Games
Venue:	Baku Sports Hall
Dates:	22–27 June
Competitors:	32
Nations:	16
Gold:	Mathias Boe Carsten Mogensen
Goldnoc:	DEN
Silver:	Vladimir Ivanov Ivan Sozonov
Silvernoc:	RUS
Bronze:	Raphael Beck Andreas Heinz
Bronzenoc:	GER
Bronze2:	Joshua Magee Sam Magee
Bronzenoc2:	IRL
Next:	2019

See main article: Badminton at the 2015 European Games.

The badminton men's doubles tournament at the 2015 European Games took place from 22 to 27 June.

Competition format

The doubles tournaments will be played with 16 pairs, initially playing in four groups of four, before the top two from each group qualify for an 8-pair knock-out stage.^[1]

Schedule

All times are in AZST (UTC+05).

Start time	Session
22 June 9:00	Group stage, matchday 1^[2]
23 June 9:00	Group stage, matchday 2^[3]
24 June 9:00	Group stage, matchday 3^[4]
25 June 10:00	Quarter-finals^[5]
26 June 18:00	Semi-finals^[6]
27 June 18:00	Final^[7]

Seeds

Seeds for all badminton events at the inaugural European Games were announced on 29 May.^[8]

Results

The group stage draws were held on 2 June.^[9]

Group stage

Group D

Knock-out stage

Notes and References

1. Web site: This is Baku 2015. badmintoneurope.com. Badminton Europe. 4 June 2015. 15. PDF.
2. Web site: Schedule & Results - Badminton (22 June). baku2015.com. 7 June 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150620145343/http://www.baku2015.com/schedules-results/sport=bd/day=2015-06-22/index.html. 20 June 2015. usurped.
3. Web site: Schedule & Results - Badminton (23 June). baku2015.com. 7 June 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150620145515/http://www.baku2015.com/schedules-results/sport=bd/day=2015-06-23/index.html. 20 June 2015. usurped.
4. Web site: Schedule & Results - Badminton (24 June). baku2015.com. 7 June 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150620145525/http://www.baku2015.com/schedules-results/sport=bd/day=2015-06-24/index.html. 20 June 2015. usurped.
5. Web site: Schedule & Results - Badminton (25 June). baku2015.com. 7 June 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150620145314/http://www.baku2015.com/schedules-results/sport=bd/day=2015-06-25/index.html. 20 June 2015. usurped.
6. Web site: Schedule & Results - Badminton (26 June). baku2015.com. 7 June 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150620145240/http://www.baku2015.com/schedules-results/sport=bd/day=2015-06-26/index.html. 20 June 2015. usurped.
7. Web site: Schedule & Results - Badminton (27 June). baku2015.com. 7 June 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150620145351/http://www.baku2015.com/schedules-results/sport=bd/day=2015-06-27/index.html. 20 June 2015. usurped.
8. Web site: Badminton seedings for Baku 2015 announced. baku2015.com. 4 June 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150620145103/http://www.baku2015.com/news/article/badminton-seedings-for-baku-2015-announced.html. 20 June 2015. usurped.
9. Web site: Badminton draw held for Baku 2015. baku2015.com. 4 June 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150620145059/http://www.baku2015.com/news/article/badminton-draw-held-for-baku-2015.html. 20 June 2015. usurped.