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

Event:	Badminton's men's singles
Games:	2015 European Games
Venue:	Baku Sports Hall
Dates:	22–28 June
Competitors:	32
Nations:	32
Gold:	Pablo Abián
Goldnoc:	ESP
Silver:	Emil Holst
Silvernoc:	DEN
Bronze:	Dieter Domke
Bronzenoc:	GER
Bronze2:	Kęstutis Navickas
Bronzenoc2:	LTU

See main article: Badminton at the 2015 European Games.

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.^[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	Round of 16^[5]
26 June 10:00	Quarter-finals^[6]
27 June 10:00	Semi-finals^[7]
28 June 12:00	Final^[8]

Seeds

Seeds for all badminton events at the inaugural European Games were announced on 29 May.^[9]

Results

The group stage draws were held on 2 June.^[10]

Group stage

Group H

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: Schedule & Results - Badminton (28 June). baku2015.com. 7 June 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150607193149/http://www.baku2015.com/schedules-results/sport=BD/day=2015-06-28/index.html. 7 June 2015. usurped.
9. 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.
10. 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.