U17 EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS 2025 – Representing ESB: Ananya, Unni and Yelyzaveta!
- Sami Parikka
- Nov 29, 2025
- 2 min read
Updated: Dec 4, 2025
U17 European Championships 2025, Lanzarote, Spain
From ESB, Ananya Kandala and Unni Parikka are part of the Finnish national team, and Yelyzaveta Gusarenko represents Ukraine.
In addition to the team event, all three will also compete in the individual events as follows:(Ananya: WS/WD, Unni: WD/XD, Yelyzaveta: WS/XD)
In the Finnish team, alongside Ananya and Unni, are Sam Lindberg, Isak Melleri, Johannes Lehtinen, Sofia Reinikainen, and Cecilia Lehtinen. The team coach is Kasperi Salo.
TEAM EVENT:
November 28 – December 3, 2025
INDIVIDUAL EVENT:
December 3 – 7, 2025
Team Event Schedule:
Individual Event Schedule:
All matches can be watched live on Badminton Europe TV:
In the group stage of the team
event, Finland will face Turkey, Romania, and Slovenia.
Each team match consists of 5 matches:
-Men’s Singles
-Women’s Singles
-Men’s Doubles
-Women’s Doubles
-Mixed Doubles
Sat, Nov 29: Finland vs Turkey
Played on Court 3, second match on that court
Estimated start time: 12:00 local time (14:00 Finnish time) Live stream FIN - TUR
Sun, Nov 30: Finland vs Romania
Played on Court 2, third match on that court
Estimated start time: 15:00 local time (17:00 Finnish time)
Mon, Dec 1: Finland vs Slovenia
Played on Court 3, second match on that court
Estimated start time: 13:00 local time (15:00 Finnish time)
Wed, Dec 3 / Individual Tournament:
NK - Yelyzaveta Gusarenko UKR vs Sara Nickel, GER
NK - Ananya Kandala, FIN vs V. Manikandan, NOR
Thu Dec 4. / Individual Tournament:
WD - Ananya Kandala/Sofia Reinikainen, FIN vs Giannopoulou/Pissi, CYP
(Match 1./Court 3 - est. 09:00 (11:00 Finnish time))
WD - Unni Parikka/Cecilia Lehtinen, FIN vs Liang/Sandor, HUN
(Match 3./Court 3 - est. 10:00 (12:00 Finnish time))
WS - Ananya Kandala, FIN vs G. Berzinskaite, LTU
(Match 12./Court 1 - est.14:00 (16:00 Finnish time)
WS - Yelyzaveta Gusarenko, UKR vs N. Shlomo, ISR
(Match 12./Court 5 - est. 14:05 (16:05 Finnish time))
XD - Isak Melleri/Unni Parikka, FIN vs Sanz/Garcia, ESP
(Match 18./Court 1 - est. 16:25 (18:25 Finnish time))
Fri Dec 5. / Individual Tournament:
WD - Ananya Kandala/Sofia Reinikainen, FIN vs A.Putri/K.Var, SUI
WS - Yelyzaveta Gusarenko vs N. Ergun, TUR
All matches can be watched live on Badminton Europe TV:
You can follow updates on the Badminton Finland social media channels (Facebook, Instagram, TikTok)
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