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1970 European Badminton Championships

The 2nd European Badminton Championships were held in Port Talbot (Wales), between 17 and 19 April 1970, and hosted by the European Badminton Union and the Welsh Badminton Union.

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's singles	Sture Johnsson	Elo Hansen	Paul Whetnall
			Wolfgang Bochow
Women's singles	Eva Twedberg	Imre Nielsen	Lisbeth van Barnekow
			Margaret Boxall
Men's doubles	Elo Hansen and Per Walsøe	Erland Kops and Henning Borch	Siegfried Betz and Roland Maywald
			David Eddy and Roger Powell
Women's doubles	Margaret Boxall and Susan Whetnall	Irmgard Latz and Marieluise Wackerow	Karin Jørgensen and Anne Berglund
			Gillian Perrin and Margaret Beck
Mixed doubles	David Eddy and Susan Whetnall	Derek Talbot and Gillian Perrin	Per Walsøe and Anne Berglund
			Wolfgang Bochow and Irmgard Latz

• An overview of most of the semifinal results.^[1][2]

Discipline	Winner	Runner-up	Score
Men's singles	Sture Johnsson	Wolfgang Bochow	15–3, 14–15, 15–10
	Elo Hansen	Paul Whetnall	15–9, 15–2
Women's singles	Imre Rietveld	Margaret Boxall	11–9, 7–11, 11–3
	Eva Twedberg	Lisbeth van Bernekow	11–6, 11–4
Men's doubles	Erland Kops Henning Borch	David Eddy Roger Powell	15–8, 15–5
	Elo Hansen Per Walsøe	Siegfried Betz Roland Maywald	6–15, 15–7, 17–14
Women's doubles	Irmgard Latz Marieluise Wackerow	Margaret Beck Gillian Perrin	15–13, 9–15, 15–3
	Margaret Boxall Susan Whetnall	Anne Berglund Karin Jørgensen
Mixed doubles	Derek Talbot Gillian Perrin	Per Walsøe Anne Berglund	14–18, 15–11, 15–7
	David Eddy Susan Whetnall	Wolfgang Bochow Irmgard Latz	15–10, 15–8

Category	Winners	Runners-up	Score
Men's singles	Sture Johnsson	Elo Hansen	15–5, 15–6
Women's singles	Eva Twedberg	Imre Nielsen	11–8, 10–12, 12–10
Men's doubles	Elo Hansen Per Walsøe	Erland Kops Henning Borch	15–9, 2–15, 15–10
Women's doubles	Margaret Boxall Susan Whetnall	Irmgard Latz Marieluise Wackerow	2–3, retired[3]
Mixed doubles	David Eddy Susan Whetnall	Derek Talbot Gillian Perrin	17–16, 17–16

Pos	Country				Total
1	England	2	1	4	7
2	Sweden	2	0	0	2
3	Denmark	1	3	3	7
4	West Germany	0	1	3	4

• Results at BE