The Badminton World Federation (BWF) announced the latest world rankings on November 8 and with Denmark's Mathias Boe and Carsten Mogensen
(pictured) there is a pair from Europe on the top of the men's doubles category. The current European Champions grabbed the top spot on the BWF world rankings already last week.
Jan Ø. Jørgensen is the new European number one shuttler in the men's singles. The 24-year old from Denmark has overtaken his countryman Peter Gade, who is number 12. But the five-time European Champion retired at the French Open two weeks ago.
Germany's Juliane Schenk got her best career's ranking by grabbing the fourth spot on the world rankings. European Champion Tine Baun is number 7.
The best five Europeans in all categories:
Men's singles:
10. Jan Ø. Jørgensen (Denmark)
12. Peter Gade (Denmark, retired)
19. Marc Zwiebler (Germany)
22. Hans-Kristian Vittinghus (Denmark)
25. Viktor Axelsen (Denmark)
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Women's singles:
4. Juliane Schenk (Germany)
7. Tine Baun (Denmark)
18. Petya Nedelcheva (Bulgaria)
21. Yao Jie (Netherlands)
29. Carolina Marin (Spain)
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Men's doubles:
1. Mathias Boe/Carsten Mogensen (Denmark)
17. Ingo Kindervater/Johannes Schöttler (Germany)
19. Vladimir Ivanov/Ivan Sozonov (Russia)
22. Oliver Roth/Michael Fuchs (Germany)
24. Chris Adcock/Andy Ellis (England)
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Women's doubles:
4. Kamilla Rytter Juhl/Christinna Pedersen (Denmark)
15. Valeria Sorokina/Nina Vislova (Russia)
26. Sandra Marinello/Birgit Michels (Germany, retired)
32. Emma Wengberg/Emilie Lennartsson (Sweden)
35. Heather Olver/Maria Agathangelou (England)
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Mixed doubles:
5. Joachim Fischer/Christinna Pedersen (Denmark)
8. Robert Mateusiak/Nadiezda Zieba (Poland)
11. Thomas Laybourn/Kamilla Rytter Juhl (Denmark, retired)
13. Alexandr Nikolaenko/Valeria Sorokina (Russia)
16. Chris Adcock/Imogen Bankier (England/Scotland)
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