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The 6th European Badminton Championships were held in Preston, England, between 13 April and 15 April 1978, and hosted by the European Badminton Union and the Badminton England.

In the individual match between Kevin Jolly and Jesper Helledie, Jolly was disqualified from the tournament due to his protest of not playing the match in a sporting manner, because he did not accept the line judge's decision.

Medalists

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's singles	Flemming Delfs	Thomas Kihlström	Sture Johnsson
			Ray Stevens
Women's singles	Lene Køppen	Jane Webster	Anette Börjesson
			Joke van Beusekom
Men's doubles	Ray Stevens and Mike Tredgett	Bengt Fröman and Thomas Kihlström	David Eddy and Eddy Sutton
			Stefan Karlsson and Claes Nordin
Women's doubles	Nora Perry and Anne Statt	Jane Webster and Barbara Sutton	Inge Borgström and Pia Nielsen
			Joke van Beusekom and Marjan Ridder
Mixed doubles	Mike Tredgett and Nora Perry	Steen Skovgaard and Lene Køppen	Billy Gilliland and Joanna Flockhart
			Rob Ridder and Marjan Ridder
Teams	England	Denmark	Sweden

Semifinals

• Source

Discipline	Winner	Runner-up	Score
Men's singles	Flemming Delfs	Sture Johnsson	17–14, 15–9
	Thomas Kihlström	Ray Stevens	7–15, 15–4, 15–8
Women's singles	Lene Køppen	Anette Börjesson	11–0, 11–2
	Jane Webster	Joke van Beusekom	9–12, 11–1, 11–8
Men's doubles	Thomas Kihlström Bengt Fröman	David Eddy Eddy Sutton	15–9, 15–5
	Ray Stevens Mike Tredgett	Stefan Karlsson Claes Nordin	15–12, 10–15, 15–4
Women's doubles	Nora Perry Anne Statt	Inge Borgstrøm Pia Nielsen	17–14, 15–11
	Barbara Sutton Jane Webster	Joke van Beusekom Marjan Ridder	13–15, 15–10, 15–7
Mixed doubles	Steen Skovgaard Lene Køppen	Billy Gilliland Joanna Flockhart	15–4, 15–4
	Mike Tredgett Nora Perry	Rob Ridder Marjan Ridder	15–8, 15–5

Final results

Category	Winners	Runners-up	Score
Men's singles	Flemming Delfs	Thomas Kihlström	10–15, 15–6, 15–12
Women's singles	Lene Køppen	Jane Webster	11–4, 9–11, 11–0
Men's doubles	Ray Stevens Mike Tredgett	Bengt Fröman Thomas Kihlström	15–6, 15–5
Women's doubles	Nora Perry Anne Statt	Barbara Sutton Jane Webster	15–7, 15–7
Mixed doubles	Mike Tredgett Nora Perry	Steen Skovgaard Lene Køppen	15–9, 15–10

Medal account

Pos	Country				Total
1	England	4	2	2	8
2	Denmark	2	2	1	5
3	Sweden	0	2	4	6
4	Netherlands	0	0	3	3
5	Scotland	0	0	1	1

References

1. "Record entry for European badminton". Liverpool Echo. 3 February 1978.
2. "Singapore players all are winners". The Straits Times. 17 April 1978. p. 26. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
3. "EM 1978 i Preston" (PDF). Badminton Museet (in Danish) (06 ed.). May 1978. p. 10. Retrieved 7 January 2025.
4. World badminton, volume 33, page 3, Herbert Scheele, April 1978
5. "Singapore players all are winners". The Straits Times. 17 April 1978. Retrieved 14 January 2022 – via NewspaperSG.

External links

• Results at BE Archived 2011-07-07 at the Wayback Machine

• European Badminton Championships
• 1978 in badminton
• 1978 in English sport
• April 1978 sports events in the United Kingdom
• Badminton tournaments in England
• 1970s in Lancashire
• International sports competitions hosted by England