Two DBV pairings reached the semi-finals at the 2024 European Junior Championships in Ibiza on Tuesday, securing two medals for the DBV. Danish duos await in the semi-finals on Wednesday.
The two DBV pairings will fight on Wednesday Danial Marzuan/Mark Niemann [6] and Shreya Hochscheid/Marie Sophie Stern at the U19 European Championships for a place in the final. The opponents each come from Denmark.
In the quarterfinals, the men’s doubles Marzuan/Niemann prevailed against the second-seeded duo Mikolaj Morawski/Krzysztof Podkowinski from Poland. The DBV duo won after two sets with 21-15, 24-22.
In the women’s doubles, the unseeded German pair Shreya Hochscheid/Marie Sophie Stern surprised with a confident triumph over Raiia Almalaha/Anastasiia Alymova [3] from Ukraine. Hochscheid/Stern have not had to accept a set loss in the entire tournament.
“Two pairings in the semi-finals! The boys did really well. Outstanding. The girls were also ‘on fire’ and full of energy and achieved a confident victory against the two Ukrainians,” said Dirk Nötzel (DBV assistant national youth coach). ) compared to badminton.de.
The (German) semi-finals at a glance:
HD: Danial Marzuan/Mark Niemann (GER) – Robert Nebel/Otto Reiler (DEN)
DD: Shreya Hochscheid/Marie Sophie Stern (GER) – Amanda Aarrebo Petersen/Maria Højlund Tommerup (DEN) [8]
Reached the quarterfinals:
- Luis Pongratz in men’s singles. After a strong performance in the round of 16 against the Austrian Pascal Cheng, he lost to the Portuguese Tiago Berenguer in three sets.
- das Mixed Danial Marzuan/Shreya Hochscheid. In the match for the semi-final ticket, both were defeated by the French Gardon/Desmots/Chacun with 20:22, 21:17, 16:21.
All games of the U19 European Championship are on badmintoneurope.tv to see.
