The 1981 European Junior Badminton Championships was the seventh edition of the European Junior Badminton Championships. It was held in Edinburgh, Scotland, in the month of April.^[1] Denmark won four disciplines, the Boys' singles and doubles, Girls' doubles and mixed team championships, while, English players secured titles in Girls' singles and Mixed doubles.^[2][3]

Medalists

Discipline	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Boys' singles	Michael Kjeldsen	Steve Butler	Dipak Tailor
			Chris Dobson
Girls' singles	Helen Troke	Nettie Nielsen	Mary Leeves
			Lotte Hartvich
Boys' doubles	Michael Kjeldsen Mark Christiansen	Dipak Tailor Andy Wood	Chris Dobson Mike Parker
			Mogens Nielsen Claus Thomsen
Girls' doubles	Dorte Kjær Nettie Nielsen	Christine Magnusson Maria Bengtsson	Lise Kissmeyer Annette Bernth
			Mary Leeves Sara Leeves
Mixed doubles	Dipak Tailor Mary Leeves	Mark Christiansen Dorte Kjær	Chris Dobson Gillian Gowers
			Steve Butler Fiona Elliott
Mixed team	Denmark Michael Kjeldsen Mark Christiansen Kim Brodersen Claus Thomsen Mogens Nielsen Nettie Nielsen Dorte Kjær Lise Kissmeyer Annette Bernth Lotte Hartvich	England Steve Butler Dipak Tailor Chris Dobson Andy Wood Mike Parker Helen Troke Mary Leeves Sara Leeves Fiona Elliott Gillian Gowers	Sweden Ulf Persson Stellan Österberg Pär-Gunnar Jönsson Manfred Mellqvist Ola Langmarker Christine Magnusson Maria Bengtsson

Results

Semi-finals

Category	Winner	Runner-up	Score
Boys' singles	Michael Kjeldsen	Dipak Tailor	15–7, 15–5
	Steve Butler	Chris Dobson	15–3, 15–9
Girls' singles	Nettie Nielsen	Mary Leeves	11–6, 11–3
	Helen Troke	Lotte Hartvich	9–11, 11–9, 11–3
Boys' doubles	Andy Wood Dipak Tailor	Claus Thomsen Mogens Nielsen	15–5, 15–6
	Mark Christiansen Michael Kjeldsen	Chris Dobson Mike Parker	15–13, 15–9
Girls' doubles	Christine Magnusson Maria Bengtsson	Annette Bernth Lise Kissmeyer	9–15, 15–7, 15–13
	Dorte Kjær Nettie Nielsen	Mary Leeves Sara Leeves	15–12, 15–9
Mixed doubles	Mark Christiansen Dorte Kjær	Chris Dobson Gillian Gowers	11–15, 17–15, 15–3
	Dipak Tailor Mary Leeves	Steve Butler Fiona Elliott	15–2, 15–6

Final

Category	Winner	Runners-up	Score
Boys' singles	Michael Kjeldsen	Steve Butler	18–13, 15–6
Girls' singles	Helen Troke	Nettie Nielsen	8–11, 12–9, 11–6
Boys' doubles	Mark Christiansen Michael Kjeldsen	Andy Wood Dipak Tailor	15–4, 15–3
Girls' doubles	Dorte Kjær Nettie Nielsen	Christine Magnusson Maria Bengtsson	18–15, 15–10
Mixed doubles	Dipak Tailor Mary Leeves	Mark Christiansen Dorte Kjær	15–7, 15–9

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Denmark (DEN)	4	2	3	9
2	England (ENG)	2	3	7	12
3	Sweden (SWE)	0	1	1	2
Totals (3 entries)		6	6	11	23