The mixed doubles badminton tournament at the 2023 European Games was played from 26 June to 2 July 2023 in Arena Jaskółka, Tarnów. A total of 32 players in 16 pairs competed at the tournament, four of which pairs was seeded.

Reigning champions, Marcus Ellis and Lauren Smith of Great Britain return to defend their titles.

Competition format The tournament starts with a group phase round-robin which will eliminate 8 pairs, followed by a single-elimination knockout stage. For the group stage, the pairs are divided into four groups of four. Each group plays a round-robin. The top two pairs in each group advanced to the knockout rounds. The knockout stage is a three-round single elimination tournament without a bronze medal match.

Matches are played best-of-three games. Each game is played to 21, except that a player must win by 2 unless the score reaches 30–29.

Seeding The following pairs were seeded:

Thom Gicquel / Delphine Delrue (Silver medalists) Robin Tabeling / Selena Piek (Gold medalists) Mathias Christiansen / Alexandra Bøje (Bronze medalists) Mark Lamsfuß / Isabel Lohau (Quarter-finals)

Competition schedule Play will take place between 26 June and 2 July.

GS Group stageR16 Round of 16¼ Quarterfinals½ SemifinalsF Final Events Mon 26 Tue 27 Wed 28 Thu 29 Fri 30 Sat 1 Sun 2Mixed doubles GS GS GS ¼ ½ F

Pool Stage

Group A

Date Score Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 26 June Joshua Magee Moya Ryan 2–0 Gianmarco Bailetti Martina Corsini 21–14 21–13 26 June Thom Gicquel Delphine Delrue 2–0 Milan Dratva Katarína Vargová 21–14 21–11 27 June Thom Gicquel Delphine Delrue 2–0 Gianmarco Bailetti Martina Corsini 21–9 21–10 27 June Joshua Magee Moya Ryan 2–0 Milan Dratva Katarína Vargová 21–5 21–15 29 June Thom Gicquel Delphine Delrue 2–0 Joshua Magee Moya Ryan 21–12 21–17 29 June Gianmarco Bailetti Martina Corsini w/o Milan Dratva Katarína Vargová

Group B

Date Score Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 26 June Robin Tabeling Selena Piek 2–0 Misha Zilberman Svetlana Zilberman 21–10 21–9 26 June Paweł Śmiłowski Magdalena Świerczyńska 2–1 Iliyan Stoynov Hristomira Popovska 25–27 21–12 21–14 27 June Robin Tabeling Selena Piek 2–0 Iliyan Stoynov Hristomira Popovska 21–8 21–10 27 June Paweł Śmiłowski Magdalena Świerczyńska 2–0 Misha Zilberman Svetlana Zilberman 21–11 21–11 29 June Robin Tabeling Selena Piek 2–0 Paweł Śmiłowski Magdalena Świerczyńska 21–13 21–18 29 June Iliyan Stoynov Hristomira Popovska w/o Misha Zilberman Svetlana Zilberman

Group C

Date Score Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 26 June Frederik Kristensen Aimee Hong 0–2 Mihajlo Tomić Andjela Vitman 17–21 16–21 26 June Mathias Christiansen Alexandra Bøje 2–0 Minh Quang Pham Caroline Racloz 21–15 21–10 27 June Mathias Christiansen Alexandra Bøje 2–0 Mihajlo Tomić Andjela Vitman 21–17 21–11 27 June Frederik Kristensen Aimee Hong 0–2 Minh Quang Pham Caroline Racloz 18–21 10–21 29 June Mihajlo Tomić Andjela Vitman 2–0 Minh Quang Pham Caroline Racloz 21–15 21–15 29 June Mathias Christiansen Alexandra Bøje 2–0 Frederik Kristensen Aimee Hong 21–6 21–11

Group D

Date Score Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 26 June Mark Lamsfuß Isabel Lohau 2–0 Philip Birker Katharina Hochmeir 21–12 21–12 26 June Miha Ivančič Petra Polanc 0–2 Marcus Ellis Lauren Smith 8–21 13–21 27 June Mark Lamsfuß Isabel Lohau 1–2 Marcus Ellis Lauren Smith 21–16 17–21 10–21 27 June Miha Ivančič Petra Polanc 0–2 Philip Birker Katharina Hochmeir 8–21 17–21 29 June Marcus Ellis Lauren Smith 2–0 Philip Birker Katharina Hochmeir 21–10 21–9 29 June Mark Lamsfuß Isabel Lohau 2–0 Miha Ivančič Petra Polanc 21–13 21–15

Knockout stage The 8 surviving pairs will be drawn in a single elimination tournament, with group winners paired in the quarter final with runners up from other groups. There will be no bronze medal match, and both losing semi-finalists will win a bronze medal.

References

External links Badminton - schedule & results: mixed doubles at european-games.org