The FZ FORZA Future Series Nouvelle-Aquitaine 2025 was a great event for European players, who delivered many standout performances.

One of the many highlights were the Spanish pairs who dominated the doubles. Daniel Franco/Rodrigo Sanjurjo won the men’s doubles title, while Nikol Carulla/Carmen Maria Jimenez took gold in women’s doubles. In that same discipline, Bulgaria’s Mihaela Chepisheva/Tsvetina Popivanova finished as runner-ups, earning their first podium finish of the year.

The women’s doubles podium also had the familiar faces of Kirsten de Wit/Meerte Loos, Netherlands, who secured bronze – their third time as a pair on a European Circuit podium this year. In fact, both went also on to have even more success in mixed doubles: Loos won the title with Andy Buijk, while de Wit finished third/fourth with Germany’s David Eckerlin.

In singles, Switzerland’s Dounia Pelupessy achieved a strong runner-up finish in women’s singles, while in men’s singles, Denmark had Jakob Houe and Ditlev Jaeger Holm – last week’s Italy Open champion – reaching the semifinals to share third/fourth place.

You can see all of the podium finishers here.

It was great to see so many European players reaching the podium with medals going to different countries. The European Elite Circuit will now take a break until September, but there’s still plenty of badminton action coming up from other tournaments. Stay tuned on all our platforms!