The 1973 European Junior Badminton Championships was the third edition of the European Junior Badminton Championships. It was held in Edinburgh, Scotland, in the month of April.^[1] Danish players won both the singles disciplines and mixed doubles while England won Girls' doubles, and Sweden won Boys' doubles title.^[2]

Medalists

Discipline	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Boys' singles	Jesper Helledie	Petter Thoresen	Willy Nilsson
			Christian Lundberg
Girls' singles	Mette Myhre	Anette Börjesson	Els van Eeuwijk
			Kathleen Whiting
Boys' doubles	Stefan Karlsson Willy Nilsson	Jesper Helledie Jacob Dynnes Hansen	Gordon Hamilton Alan Gilliland
			Christian Lundberg Claes Nordin
Girls' doubles	Anne Forrest Kathleen Whiting	Mette Myhre Susanne Berg	Marianne Christensen Susanne Johansen
			Kathleen Redhead D. Kirby
Mixed doubles	Jesper Helledie Susanne Johansen	Hans Olaf Birkholm Mette Myhre	Hans Hjulmand Susanne Berg
			Alan Gilliland Christine Heatly

Results

Semi-finals

Category	Winner	Runner-up	Score
Boys' singles	Jesper Helledie	Willy Nilsson	15–10, 15–9
	Petter Thoresen	Christian Lundberg	15–11, 15–12
Girls' singles	Mette Myhre	Kathleen Whiting	11–2, 11–7
	Anette Börjesson	Els van Eeuwijk	11–7, 11–6
Boys' doubles	Stefan Karlsson Willy Nilsson	Alan Gilliland Gordon Hamilton	15–9, 18–13
	Jacob Dynnes Hansen Jesper Helledie	Christian Lundberg Claes Nordin	10–15, 15–5, 18–14
Girls' doubles	Mette Myhre Susanne Berg	D. Kirby Kathleen Redhead	15–3, 15–9
	Anne Forrest Kathleen Whiting	Marianne Christensen Susanne Johansen	18–15, 1–15, 15–6
Mixed doubles	Jesper Helledie Susanne Johansen	Hans Hjulmand Susanne Berg	15–4, 15–18, 15–10
	Hans Olaf Birkholm Mette Myhre	Alan Gilliland Christine Heatly	10–15, 15–4, 15–5

Finals

Category	Winners	Runners-up	Score
Boys' singles	Jesper Helledie	Petter Thoresen	15–1, 15–7
Girls' singles	Mette Myhre	Anette Börjesson	1–11, 12–9, 11–6
Boys' doubles	Stefan Karlsson Willy Nilsson	Jacob Dynnes Hansen Jesper Helledie	15–9, 15–12
Girls' doubles	Anne Forrest Kathleen Whiting	Mette Myhre Susanne Berg	15–10, 7–15, 18–14
Mixed doubles	Jesper Helledie Susanne Johansen	Hans Olaf Birkholm Mette Myhre	15–8, 15–10

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Denmark (DEN)	3	3	2	8
2	Sweden (SWE)	1	1	3	5
3	England (ENG)	1	0	2	3
4	Norway (NOR)	0	1	0	1
5	Scotland (SCO)	0	0	2	2
6	Netherlands (NED)	0	0	1	1
Totals (6 entries)		5	5	10	20