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The Badminton Europe Confederation has announced the athletes who have qualified for the 2024 European Championships and has awarded wild cards to select German players competing in Saarbrücken.
The highly anticipated 2024 European Championships will take place from April 8 to 14 in Saarbrücken, Germany. As the tournament dates approach, the Badminton Europe Confederation has officially announced the list of qualified athletes across all categories. Here are the qualification details for each category:
Men’s Singles
- Viktor Axelsen (Denmark)
- Anders Antonsen (Denmark)
- Christo Popov (France)
- Toma Junior Popov (France)
- Rasmus Gemke (Denmark)
- Magnus Johannesen (Denmark)
- Nhat Nguyen (Ireland)
- Julien Carraggi (Belgium)
Women’s Singles
- Carolina Marin (Spain)
- Mia Blichfeldt (Denmark)
- Line Højmark Kjærsfeldt (Denmark)
- Kirsty Gilmour (Scotland)
- Yvonne Li (Germany)
- Line Christophersen (Denmark)
- Neslihan Yigit (Turkey)
- Julie Dawall Jakobsen (Denmark)
Men’s Doubles
- Kim Astrup/Anders Skaarup Rasmussen (Denmark)
- Rasmus Kjær/Frederik Søgaard (Denmark)
- Ben Lane/Sean Vendy (England)
- Mark Lamsfuss/Marvin Seidel (Germany)
- Alexander Dunn/Adam Hall (Scotland)
- Lucas Corvee/Ronan Labar (France)
- Daniel Lundgaard/Mads Vestergaard (Denmark)
- Christo Popov/Toma Junior Popov (France)
Women’s Doubles
- Maiken Fruergaard/Sara Thygesen (Denmark)
- Margot Lambert/Anne Tran (France)
- Gabriela Stoeva/Stefani Stoeva (Bulgaria)
- Debora Jille/Cheryl Seinen (Netherlands)
- Linda Efler/Isabel Lohau (Germany)
- Julie Macpherson/Ciara Torrance (Scotland)
- Moa Sjoo/Tilda Sjoo (Sweden)
- Bengisu Ercetin/Nazlican Inci (Turkey)
Mixed Doubles
- Mathias Christiansen/Alexandra Bøje (Denmark)
- Thom Gicquel/Delphine Delrue (France)
- Robin Tabeling/Selena Piek (Netherlands)
- Mathias Thyrri/Amalie Magelund (Denmark)
- Marcus Ellis/Lauren Smith (England)
- Mark Lamsfuss/Isabel Lohau (Germany)
- Mads Vestergaard/Christine Busch (Denmark)
- Gregory Mairs/Jenny Mairs (England)
Wild Cards for Host Nation Germany The Badminton Europe Confederation has allocated three wild cards to top German players/duos for the tournament.
Men’s Singles: Matthias Kicklitz has been awarded the wild card. Recently crowned the German national champion, Kicklitz also secured titles at the Lithuania International and Iceland International on the European circuit last year and performed admirably with the German team at the 2024 European Men’s Team Championships.
Men’s Doubles: The duo of Jones Ralfy Jansen/Kenneth Neumann has received a wild card.
Mixed Doubles: The pair of Jones Ralfy Jansen and Linda Efler has been granted a wild card. Jansen/Efler demonstrated their prowess by winning the Estonian International earlier this year.
These athletes are considered fully deserving of their wild cards, expected not only to perform well but also to significantly contribute to the tournament by inspiring the home crowd with their performances.
