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2016 EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS VENDÉE - FRANCE
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Referee team -
Carsten Koch, GER
Eric Lissillour, FRA
Ewald Cejnek, AUT
The appointed umpires can be seen here
The umpire briefing will be held on Monday 25 April at 21.00 in the tournament venue
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ESC16
Recap from Slovenia
Last week, Terme Olimia in the city of Podčetrtek, Slovenia, was the centre of Badminton Europe’s biggest event to date. The 2016 European Senior Championships was concluded Sunday September 25, after seven days and 1.373 matches. The big winners of the Senior Championships in Europe, September 1...
All sails set for biggest European Senior Championships
2016 European Senior Championships: Already breaking records
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General Information
The European Championships is Badminton Europe's most prestigious event and is played in week 17 every year (except for years with European Games). The event officially crowns the best male and female players and pairs in Europe.
The 2016 event will be played in La Roche Sur Yon in the Vendée region, France from 26 April - 1 May and is the last event counting towards qualification for the 2016 Rio Olympic Games.
Here you will be able access/download the relevant documents for the event in Vendée:
Eligibility and Qualification
Regulations
Key dates
Invitation
Visa form
Practice booking form
Accreditation request form
Transport form
Provisional schedule
The eligibility date for the event is 25 February 2016
PARTICIPANTS
The
BWF World Ranking
of 25 February 2016 decides which players and pairs are eligible to compete at the event.
The qualified players/pairs can be seen by clicking here
All participation is pending official confirmation from the qualified players'/pairs' Member Associations.
Badminton Europe was entitled to nominate one Wild Card entry in each of the disciplines.
All participating associations must be represented at the Team Managers Meeting.
The Team Managers Meeting will be held on Monday 25 April at 20.00 in the tournament venue.
ACCOMMODATION
Complete booklet and booking here (updated 16/3)
SEEDING / DRAW
The seeding was done according to the 7 April 2016 World Ranking and was published on 8 April 2016.
The seeding can be seen here
The draw was announced on 12 April 2016 during a live draw ceremony.
The draw ceremony can be seen here
Men's singles
Women's singles
Men's doubles
Women's doubles
Mixed doubles