The 1983 European Junior Badminton Championships was the eighth edition of the European Junior Badminton Championships. It was held in Helsinki, Finland, in the month of March and April.^[1] Denmark won two disciplines, the Boys' singles and Mixed doubles, England won three titles in Girls' singles, Girls' doubles and mixed team championships, while, Wales won the Boys' doubles.^[2]

Medalists

Discipline	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Boys' singles	Claus Thomsen	Karsten Schultz	Pierre Pelupessy
			Stellan Österberg
Girls' singles	Helen Troke	Christine Magnusson	Birgitte Hindse
			Dorthe Lynge
Boys' doubles	Chris Rees Lyndon Williams	Claus Thomsen Karsten Schultz	Darren Hall Stuart Spurling
			Timothy Moseley Peter Walden
Girls' doubles	Lisa Chapman Jane Shipman	Christine Magnusson Jeanette Kuhl	Astrid van der Knaap Nicole van Zijderveld
			Gillian Martin Jennifer Allen
Mixed doubles	Anders Nielsen Gitte Paulsen	Stellan Österberg Christine Magnusson	Ralf Rausch Susanne Altmann
			Timothy Moseley Lisa Chapman
Mixed team	England	Denmark	Sweden

Results

Semi-finals

Category	Winner	Runner-up	Score
Boys' singles	Claus Thomsen	Pierre Pelupessy	15–11, 15–12
	Karsten Schultz	Stellan Österberg	15–18, 15–10, 15–11
Girls' singles	Christine Magnusson	Birgitte Hindse	11–7, 11–9
	Helen Troke	Dorthe Lynge	11–2, 11–3
Boys' doubles	Chris Rees Lyndon Williams	Peter Walden Timothy Moseley	15–10, 18–15
	Claus Thomsen Karsten Schultz	Darren Hall Stuart Spurlig	17–14, 15–8
Girls' doubles	Christine Magnusson Jeanette Kuhl	Astrid van der Knaap Nicole van Zijderveld	13–15, 15–6, 15–11
	Jane Shipman Lisa Chapman	Gillian Martin Jennifer Allen	15–7, 15–2
Mixed doubles	Anders Nielsen Gitte Paulsen	Timothy Moseley Lisa Chapman	15–4, 7–15, 15–11
	Stellan Österberg Christine Magnusson	Ralf Rausch Susanne Altmann	15–12, 15–12

Final

Category	Winner	Runners-up	Score
Boys' singles	Claus Thomsen	Karsten Schultz	15–11, 15–4
Girls' singles	Helen Troke	Christine Magnusson	11–5, 12–10
Boys' doubles	Chris Rees Lyndon Williams	Claus Thomsen Karsten Schultz	15–12, 18–16
Girls' doubles	Jane Shipman Lisa Chapman	Christine Magnusson Jeanette Kuhl	15–6, 15–9
Mixed doubles	Anders Nielsen Gitte Paulsen	Stellan Österberg Christine Magnusson	15–7, 15–12

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	England (ENG)	3	0	3	6
2	Denmark (DEN)	2	3	2	7
3	Wales (WAL)	1	0	0	1
4	Sweden (SWE)	0	3	2	5
5	Netherlands (NED)	0	0	2	2
6	Scotland (SCO)	0	0	1	1
	West Germany (FRG)	0	0	1	1
Totals (7 entries)		6	6	11	23