Badminton at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's doubles
Women's doubles at the Games of the XXXII Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Musashino Forest Sports Plaza | ||||||||||||
Date | 24 July – 2 August 2021 | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 32 (16 pairs) from 14 nations | ||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||
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Badminton at the 2020 Summer Olympics | |||
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List of badminton players Qualification | |||
Singles | men | women | |
Doubles | men | women | mixed |
The women's doubles badminton tournament at the 2020 Summer Olympics took place from 24 July to 2 August at the Musashino Forest Sports Plaza at Tokyo. There were 16 pairs (32 players) from 14 nations competing.
Background[edit]
This was the 8th appearance of the event as a full medal event. Badminton was introduced as a demonstration sport in 1972 (without women's doubles), held again as an exhibition sport in 1988, and added to the full programme in 1992; the women's doubles tournament had been held since.[1]
The reigning champions were Misaki Matsutomo and Ayaka Takahashi of Japan, who were not defending their title following Takahashi's retirement. Japan has two of the three top-ranked qualifiers, however, with Yuki Fukushima and Sayaka Hirota (#1) and Mayu Matsumoto and Wakana Nagahara (#3). Matsumoto and Nagahara were the reigning world champions, defeating Fukushima and Hirota in the final. China, which had won 5 of the previous 7 editions of the women's doubles, had the #2-ranked pair Chen Qingchen and Jia Yifan.
Qualification[edit]
The badminton qualification system provided for 16 women's doubles teams (32 players). Following revisions due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the qualifying periods were 29 April 2019 to 15 March 2020 and 4 January to 13 June 2021, with the ranking list of 15 June 2021 controlling qualification.
Qualification was done entirely through the ranking list. Nations with at least two pairs in the top 8 were able to send a maximum of 2 pairs (4 players); all other nations were limited to a single pair. Pairs were taken from the ranking list in order, respecting those national limits, until 16 pairs were selected. However, each continent was guaranteed to have at least one pair with the lowest-ranking pairs displaced if necessary to make room for a continental guarantee.
Competition format[edit]
The tournament started with a group phase round-robin. There were four groups of four teams each; the top two highest-ranked pairs from each group advanced to a knockout stage.[2] The knockout stage was a three-round single-elimination tournament with a bronze medal match.[3]
Matches were played best-of-three games. Each game was played to 21, except that a pair must win by 2 unless the score reached 30–29.[3]
Seeds[edit]
Yuki Fukushima / Sayaka Hirota (JPN) (Quarter-finals)
Chen Qingchen / Jia Yifan (CHN) (Silver medalists)
Mayu Matsumoto / Wakana Nagahara (JPN) (Quarter-finals)
Lee So-hee / Shin Seung-chan (KOR) (Fourth place)
Schedule[edit]
The tournament was held over a 10-day period, with 7 competition days and 3 open days.[4][5]
P | Preliminaries | QF | Quarter-finals | SF | Semi-finals | M | Medal matches |
Date | 24 Jul | 25 Jul | 26 Jul | 27 Jul | 28 Jul | 29 Jul | 30 Jul | 31 Jul | 1 Aug | 2 Aug | ||||||||||
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Event | M | E | M | E | M | E | M | E | M | E | M | E | M | A | M | E | A | E | A | E |
Women's doubles | P | QF | SF | M |
Group stage[edit]
Group A[edit]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | GF | GA | GD | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | ![]() ![]() |
3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 142 | 106 | +36 | 3 | Advance to quarter-finals |
2 | ![]() ![]() |
3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 152 | 129 | +23 | 2 | |
3 | ![]() ![]() |
3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 117 | 136 | −19 | 1 | |
4 | ![]() ![]() |
3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | −6 | 86 | 126 | −40 | 0 |
Date | Time | Pair 1 | Score | Pair 2 | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 |
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24 July | 09:00 | Greysia Polii ![]() Apriyani Rahayu ![]() |
2–0 | ![]() ![]() |
21–14 | 21–17 | |
20:40 | Yuki Fukushima ![]() Sayaka Hirota ![]() |
2–0 | ![]() ![]() |
21–13 | 21–14 | ||
25 July | 19:20 | Yuki Fukushima ![]() Sayaka Hirota ![]() |
2–1 | ![]() ![]() |
17–21 | 21–15 | 21–8 |
26 July | 18:00 | Greysia Polii ![]() Apriyani Rahayu ![]() |
2–0 | ![]() ![]() |
21–11 | 21–13 | |
27 July | 10:40 | Yuki Fukushima ![]() Sayaka Hirota ![]() |
1–2 | ![]() ![]() |
22–24 | 21–13 | 8–21 |
Chow Mei Kuan ![]() Lee Meng Yean ![]() |
2–0 | ![]() ![]() |
21–19 | 21–16 |
Group B[edit]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | GF | GA | GD | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | ![]() ![]() |
3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 143 | 105 | +38 | 3 | Advance to quarter-finals |
2 | ![]() ![]() |
3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 137 | 111 | +26 | 2 | |
3 | ![]() ![]() |
3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 150 | 125 | +25 | 1 | |
4 | ![]() ![]() |
3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | −6 | 37 | 126 | −89 | 0 |
Date | Time | Pair 1 | Score | Pair 2 | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 |
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24 July | 18:00 | Mayu Matsumoto ![]() Wakana Nagahara ![]() |
2–0 | ![]() ![]() |
21–7 | 21–3 | |
18:40 | Selena Piek ![]() Cheryl Seinen ![]() |
2–1 | ![]() ![]() |
16–21 | 21–14 | 21–15 | |
25 July | 20:00 | Mayu Matsumoto ![]() Wakana Nagahara ![]() |
2–1 | ![]() ![]() |
14–21 | 21–19 | 21–18 |
26 July | 19:20 | Selena Piek ![]() Cheryl Seinen ![]() |
2–0 | ![]() ![]() |
21–6 | 21–10 | |
27 July | 18:00 | Mayu Matsumoto ![]() Wakana Nagahara ![]() |
2–0 | ![]() ![]() |
24–22 | 21–15 | |
18:40 | Rachel Honderich ![]() Kristen Tsai ![]() |
2–0 | ![]() ![]() |
21–5 | 21–6 |
Group C[edit]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | GF | GA | GD | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | ![]() ![]() |
3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 144 | 104 | +40 | 2[a] | Advance to quarter-finals |
2 | ![]() ![]() |
3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 115 | 91 | +24 | 2[a] | |
3 | ![]() ![]() |
3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 91 | 136 | −45 | 1[b] | |
4 | ![]() ![]() |
3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 138 | 157 | −19 | 1[b] |
Notes:
Date | Time | Pair 1 | Score | Pair 2 | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 |
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24 July | 11:00 | Du Yue ![]() Li Yinhui ![]() |
2–0 | ![]() ![]() |
21–13 | 21–15 | |
18:40 | Lee So-hee ![]() Shin Seung-chan ![]() |
2–0 | ![]() ![]() |
21–9 | 21–6 | ||
25 July | 13:20 | Lee So-hee ![]() Shin Seung-chan ![]() |
1–2 | ![]() ![]() |
21–15 | 19–21 | 20–22 |
26 July | 20:00 | Du Yue ![]() Li Yinhui ![]() |
2–0 | ![]() ![]() |
21–9 | 21–12 | |
27 July | 11:20 | Maiken Fruergaard ![]() Sara Thygesen ![]() |
1–2 | ![]() ![]() |
19–21 | 21–13 | 12–21 |
20:00 | Lee So-hee ![]() Shin Seung-chan ![]() |
2–0 | ![]() ![]() |
21–19 | 21–12 |
Group D[edit]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | GF | GA | GD | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | ![]() ![]() |
3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 145 | 100 | +45 | 3 | Advance to quarter-finals |
2 | ![]() ![]() |
3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 161 | 158 | +3 | 2 | |
3 | ![]() ![]() |
3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 147 | 156 | −9 | 1 | |
4 | ![]() ![]() |
3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | −5 | 106 | 145 | −39 | 0 |
Date | Time | Pair 1 | Score | Pair 2 | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 |
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24 July | 11:40 | Chen Qingchen ![]() Jia Yifan ![]() |
2–0 | ![]() ![]() |
21–6 | 21–10 | |
Kim So-yeong ![]() Kong Hee-yong ![]() |
2–1 | ![]() ![]() |
21–23 | 21–12 | 23–21 | ||
25 July | 10:40 | Kim So-yeong ![]() Kong Hee-yong ![]() |
2–0 | ![]() ![]() |
21–19 | 24–22 | |
26 July | 13:20 | Chen Qingchen ![]() Jia Yifan ![]() |
2–0 | ![]() ![]() |
21–18 | 21–15 | |
27 July | 12:00 | Chen Qingchen ![]() Jia Yifan ![]() |
2–1 | ![]() ![]() |
19–21 | 21–16 | 21–14 |
19:20 | Gabriela Stoeva ![]() Stefani Stoeva ![]() |
2–1 | ![]() ![]() |
21–11 | 16–21 | 21–17 |
Finals[edit]
Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Gold medal match | ||||||||||||||||||
A1 | ![]() ![]() | 21 | 20 | 21 | ||||||||||||||||
C2 | ![]() ![]() | 15 | 22 | 17 | ||||||||||||||||
A1 | ![]() ![]() | 21 | 21 | |||||||||||||||||
C1 | ![]() ![]() | 19 | 17 | |||||||||||||||||
C1 | ![]() ![]() | 21 | 21 | |||||||||||||||||
B2 | ![]() ![]() | 8 | 17 | |||||||||||||||||
A1 | ![]() ![]() | 21 | 21 | |||||||||||||||||
D1 | ![]() ![]() | 19 | 15 | |||||||||||||||||
D2 | ![]() ![]() | 21 | 14 | 28 | ||||||||||||||||
B1 | ![]() ![]() | 14 | 21 | 26 | ||||||||||||||||
D2 | ![]() ![]() | 15 | 11 | Bronze medal match | ||||||||||||||||
D1 | ![]() ![]() | 21 | 21 | |||||||||||||||||
A2 | ![]() ![]() | 21 | 10 | 10 | C1 | ![]() ![]() | 10 | 17 | ||||||||||||
D1 | ![]() ![]() | 18 | 21 | 21 | D2 | ![]() ![]() | 21 | 21 |
References[edit]
- ^ "Badminton – The Olympic Journey". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
- ^ "Tokyo 2020 will be the eighth time badminton was being held as an Olympic medal sport". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 1 March 2021.
- ^ a b "Everything you need to know about Olympic Badminton at Tokyo 2020". Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. 23 June 2021. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
- ^ "Schedule - Badminton Tokyo 2020 Olympics". Olympian Database. Retrieved 24 February 2020.
- ^ "Badminton Competition Schedule". Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Retrieved 1 March 2020.