Badminton at the 2023 European Games – Women's singles explained

Event:	Badminton's women's singles
Games:	2023 European Games
Venue:	Arena Jaskółka, Tarnów^[1]
Dates:	26 June – 2 July
Competitors:	32
Nations:	30
Gold:	Carolina Marín
Goldnoc:	ESP
Silver:	Mia Blichfeldt
Silvernoc:	DEN
Bronze:	Kirsty Gilmour
Bronzenoc:	GBR
Bronze2:	Jenjira Stadelmann
Bronzenoc2:	SUI
Prev:	2019

See main article: Badminton at the 2023 European Games. The women's singles badminton tournament at the 2023 European Games was played from 26 June to 2 July 2023 in Arena Jaskółka, Tarnów.^[1] A total of 32 players competed at the tournament, eight of whom were seeded.^[2]

Competition format

The tournament started with a group phase round-robin which eliminated 16 players, followed by a single-elimination knockout stage. For the group stage, the players were divided into eight groups of four. Each group plays a round-robin. The top two player in each group advanced to the knockout rounds. The knockout stage was a four-round single elimination tournament.^[2]

Competition schedule

Play will take place between 26 June an 2 July.^[3]

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
Women's singles	GS	GS	GS	R16	¼	½	F

Seeding

The following players were seeded:^[4]

1. Carolina Marín (Gold medalist)
2. Mia Blichfeldt (Silver medalist)
3. Line Kjærsfeldt (Quarter-finals)
4. Yvonne Li (Round of 16)
5. Kirsty Gilmour (Bronze medalist)
6. Lianne Tan (Quarter-finals)
7. Qi Xuefei (Round of 16)
8. Kristin Kuuba (Quarter-finals)

Pool Stage

Group A

Date		Score		Game 1	Game 2	Game 3
26 June	Ksenia Polikarpova	2–0	Katarína Vargová	21–17	21–17
26 June	Carolina Marín	2–1	Jenjira Stadelmann	21–10	19–21	21–13
27 June	Carolina Marín	Retired	Katarína Vargová	13–2^r
27 June	Ksenia Polikarpova	0–2	Jenjira Stadelmann	10–21	14–21
28 June	Carolina Marín	2–0	Ksenia Polikarpova	21–15	21–8
28 June	Katarína Vargová	w/o	Jenjira Stadelmann	0–0	0–0

Group B

Date		Score		Game 1	Game 2	Game 3
26 June	Mia Blichfeldt	2–0	Katrin Neudoit	21–13	21–11
26 June	Kim Schmidt	2–1	Petra Polanc	11–21	21–6	21–18
27 June	Mia Blichfeldt	2–0	Petra Polanc	21–13	21–11
27 June	Kim Schmidt	2–1	Katrin Neudoit	21–13	13–21	21–11
28 June	Mia Blichfeldt	2–0	Kim Schmidt	21–5	21–6
28 June	Petra Polanc	2–0	Katrin Neudoit	21–17	21–12

Group C

Date		Score		Game 1	Game 2	Game 3
26 June	Hristomira Popovska	w/d	Edith Urell	0–0	0–0
26 June	Line Kjærsfeldt	2–1	Polina Buhrova	10–21	21–10	21–11
27 June		0–2	Polina Buhrova	17–21	19–21
27 June	Line Kjærsfeldt	w/d	Edith Urell	0–0	0–0
28 June	Line Kjærsfeldt	2–0	Hristomira Popovska	21–4	21–6
28 June	Edith Urell	w/d	Polina Buhrova	0–0	0–0

Group D

Date		Score		Game 1	Game 2	Game 3
26 June	Yvonne Li	2–0	Vlada Ginga	21–11	21–6
26 June	Keisha Fatimah Azzahra	2–0	Samanta Golubickaitė	21–16	21–19
27 June	Keisha Fatimah Azzahra	2–0	Vlada Ginga	21–10	21–17
27 June	Yvonne Li	2–0	Samanta Golubickaitė	21–13	21–10
28 June		1–2	Keisha Fatimah Azzahra	21–17	18–21	17–21
28 June	Samanta Golubickaitė	2–1	Vlada Ginga	13–21	21–18	21–16

Group E

Date		Score		Game 1	Game 2	Game 3
26 June	Wiktoria Dąbczyńska	0–2	Jaymie Laurens	21–23	10–21
26 June	Kirsty Gilmour	2–0	Eleni Christodoulou	21–11	21–9
27 June	Kirsty Gilmour	2–0	Jaymie Laurens	21–13	21–9
27 June	Wiktoria Dąbczyńska	0–2	Eleni Christodoulou	16–21	20–22
28 June	Kirsty Gilmour	2–0	Wiktoria Dąbczyńska	21-9	21-12
28 June	Jaymie Laurens	2–0	Eleni Christodoulou	24-22	21-16

Group F

Date		Score		Game 1	Game 2	Game 3
26 June	Lianne Tan	2–0	Yasmine Hamza	21–10	21–10
26 June	Nella Nyqvist	1–2	Vivien Sándorházi	21–16	12–21	11–21
27 June	Lianne Tan	2–0	Vivien Sándorházi	21–13	21–16
27 June	Nella Nyqvist	2–0	Yasmine Hamza	21–14	21–19
28 June	Lianne Tan	2–0	Nella Nyqvist	21–11	21–12
28 June	Vivien Sándorházi	2–0	Yasmine Hamza	21–15	21–18

Group G

Date		Score		Game 1	Game 2	Game 3
26 June	Qi Xuefei	2–0	Marija Sudimac	21–17	21–11
26 June	Rachael Darragh	0–2	Tereza Švábíková	21–23	18–21
27 June	Qi Xuefei	2–0	Tereza Švábíková	21–14	21–9
27 June	Rachael Darragh	2–1	Marija Sudimac	13–21	21–19	23–21
28 June	Qi Xuefei	2–0	Rachael Darragh	21–18	24–22
28 June	Tereza Švábíková	2–0	Marija Sudimac	21–10	21–15

Group H

Date		Score		Game 1	Game 2	Game 3
26 June		0–2	Neslihan Yiğit	6–21	10–21
26 June	Kristin Kuuba	2–0	Jekaterina Romanova	21–9	21–12
27 June	Kristin Kuuba	1–2	Neslihan Yiğit	21–18	17–21	10–21
27 June	Grammatoula Sotiriou	2–0	Jekaterina Romanova	21–13	21–11
28 June	Kristin Kuuba	2–0	Grammatoula Sotiriou	21–13	21–16
28 June	Neslihan Yiğit	2–0	Jekaterina Romanova	21–6	21–8

Knockout stage

The 16 surviving players will be drawn in a single elimination tournament, with group winners paired in the round-of-16 with runners up from other groups.^[2] There will be no bronze medal match, and both losing semi-finalists will win a bronze medal.

See also

Badminton at the 2023 European Games – Men's singles

External links

• Badminton - schedule & results: women's singles at european-games.org
• WS knockout stage draw at bwf.tournamentsoftware.com

Notes and References

1. Web site: Kawa . Krzysztof . 22 June 2023 . Igrzyska Europejskie 2023. Program zawodów dzień pod dniu, areny, miasta, dyscypliny . 22 June 2023 . Gazeta Krakowska . pl.
2. Web site: Technical manual badminton . 23 June 2023 . European Games 2023 Organising Committee.
3. Web site: Event competition schedule . Badminton Europe . 23 June 2023.
4. Web site: BWF - 2023 European Games - Seeded entries . BWF-Tournament Software . 18 June 2023.