There are 172 quota places available for qualification for badminton at the 2020 Summer Olympics . The Olympic qualification period took place between April 29, 2019 and April 25, 2021, and the Badminton World Federation rankings list, scheduled to publish on June 15, 2021, was used to allocate spots. Nations can enter a maximum of two players each in the men's and women's singles if both are ranked in the world's top 16; otherwise, one quota place until the roster of thirty-eight players has been completed. Similar regulations also apply to the players competing in the doubles, as the NOCs (National Olympic Committees) can enter a maximum of two pairs if both are ranked in the top eight, while the remaining NOCs are entitled to one until the quota of 16 highest-ranked pairs is filled.
On May 28, 2021, the Badminton World Federation had confirmed that there is no further tournament to be played inside the qualifying window due to events being cancelled or postponed from the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. As such, while the qualification period technically closes on 15 June 2021, the current Race to Tokyo rankings list will not now be changed prior to that date, and the current standings are the final standings for the purposes of qualification. Further places may yet be made available, however, by withdrawals.
Qualifying standards Qualification of these games will be based on the BWF ranking list to be published on 15 June 2021, which will be based on results achieved during the period 29 April 2019 to 15 March 2020, and 4 January 2021 to 13 June 2021, providing a total of 16 pairs in each doubles event, and an initial allocation of 38 players in each singles event in the following criteria:
Singles: Ranking 1-16: Players are taken in turn. A NOC may enter up to a maximum of 2 players, provided both are ranked in the top 16. Ranking 17 and below: Players are taken in turn. A NOC may enter a maximum of 1 player. Doubles: Rankings 1–8: Pairs are taken in turn. A NOC may enter up to a maximum of 2 pairs, provided both pairs are ranked in the top 8. Rankings 9 and below: Pairs are taken in turn. A NOC may enter a maximum of 1 pair.
Each of the five continental confederations will be guaranteed at least one entry in each singles and doubles event (this is called the Continental Representation Place system). If this has not been satisfied by the entry selection method described above, the highest ranked player or pair from the respective continent will qualify. An NOC can qualify players or pairs in a maximum of two events through the Continental Representation Place system; if a NOC qualifies for more than two events through the Continental Representation Place system, the NOC must choose which of them are qualified, and the quota place declined will be offered to the next NOC's eligible player or pair.
Host nation Japan is entitled to enter a male and a female badminton player in each of the singles tournaments, but more than two players may be permitted if they achieve the qualifying regulations. Meanwhile, six quota places are made available to eligible NOCs through the Tripartite Commission Invitation, with three each in the men's and women's singles. The Tripartite Commission invitation places count for the Continental Representation Place system.
For any player who qualifies in both a doubles event and a singles event, an unused quota place will be allocated to the next best ranked eligible athlete of a respective gender in the singles events on the BWF Ranking List as of 15 June 2021. This ensures that a total of 86 men and 86 women qualify, with the individual event fields expanding from 38 to accommodate additional players.
Qualification summary NOC Men Women MixedTotalSinglesDoublesSinglesDoublesDoubles Quotas Athletes 1 1 1 3 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 2 3 1 1 1 1 1 5 8 2 1 2 2 2 9 14 2 1 1 1 1 6 9 1 1 1 3 3 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 4 1 1 1 1 4 5 1 1 1 1 1 5 7 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 3 4 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 3 4 2 2 1 1 1 7 11 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 9 13 1 1 1 1 1 5 8 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 4 1 1 2 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 4 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 7 10 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 4 5 1 2 1 1 5 7 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 3 4 1 1 2 2 Total: 49 NOCs 41 16 43 16 16 132 172
Official ranking All of the event was postponed and rescheduled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Men's singles +As of 18 May 2021 No. Player Country Note 1 1Kento MomotaContinental place: Asia 2 2Chou Tien-chen 3 3Anders AntonsenContinental place: Europe 4 4Viktor Axelsen 5 5Anthony Sinisuka Ginting 6 6Chen Long 7 7Jonatan Christie 8 8Ng Ka Long 9 9Lee Zii Jia 10 10Wang Tzu-wei 11 11Shi Yuqi 12 12Kanta Tsuneyama 13 13B. Sai Praneeth 14 14Kantaphon Wangcharoen 15 31Heo Kwang-hee 16 34Brice Leverdez 17 35Mark Caljouw 18 36Loh Kean Yew 19 43Brian YangContinental place: Pan America 20 44Pablo Abián 21 45Misha Zilberman 22 49Ygor Coelho 23 52Toby Penty 24 53Felix Burestedt 25 58Kevin Cordón 26 60Nhat Nguyen 27 63Lino Muñoz 28 64Kalle Koljonen 29 67Sergey Sirant 30 68Kai Schäfer 31 69Ade Resky Dwicahyo 32 71Nguyễn Tiến Minh 33 78Julien PaulContinental place: Africa 34 79Raul Must 103Abhinav ManotaContinental place: Oceania (Declined) 35 99Niluka KarunaratneTripartite invitation 36 266Sören OptiTripartite invitation (withdraw after tested positive of Covid-19) 37 332Matthew AbelaTripartite invitation 38 170Aram MahmoudInvitational place 39 82Luka WraberReallocation place 40 84Artem PochtarovReallocation place 41 89Timothy LamReallocation place 42 91Gergely KrauszReallocation place
Women's singles +As of 18 May 2021 No. Player Country Note 1 1Chen YufeiContinental place: Asia 2 2Tai Tzu-ying 3 3Nozomi Okuhara — 4Carolina MarínContinental place: Europe (Declined) 4 5Akane Yamaguchi 5 6Ratchanok Intanon 6 7P. V. Sindhu 7 8An Se-young 8 9He Bingjiao 9 10Michelle LiContinental place: Pan America 10 12Busanan Ongbamrungphan 11 14Beiwen Zhang 12 16Kim Ga-eun 13 18Mia Blichfeldt 14 20Gregoria Mariska Tunjung 15 23Evgeniya Kosetskaya 16 25Yeo Jia Min 17 26Kirsty Gilmour 18 27Soniia Cheah Su Ya 19 29Neslihan Yiğit 20 34Cheung Ngan Yi 21 37Qi Xuefei 22 41Yvonne Li 23 42Lianne Tan 24 47Nguyễn Thùy Linh 25 50Sabrina Jaquet 26 52Ksenia Polikarpova 27 54Kristin Kuuba 28 56Thet Htar Thuzar — 58Soraya de Visch EijbergenDeclined 29 61Laura Sárosi 30 62Linda Zetchiri 31 63Chen Hsuan-yuContinental place: Oceania — 67Jordan HartIneligible — 68Airi MikkeläDeclined 32 70Daniela Macías 33 71Dorcas Ajoke AdesokanContinental place: Africa 34 72Martina Repiská 35 69Fabiana SilvaReallocation from tripartite slot 36 76Haramara Gaitan 37 121Mahoor Shahzad Tripartite invitation 38 221Fathimath Nabaaha Abdul RazzaqTripartite invitation 39 83Marija UlitinaReallocation place 40 87Clara AzurmendiReallocation place 41 94Nikté SotomayorReallocation place 42 98Doha HanyReallocation place 43 99Sorayya AghaeiReallocation place Players highlighted in red states they are not participating at the 2020 Olympics
Men's doubles +As of 18 May 2021 No. Player Country Note 1 1Marcus Fernaldi Gideon Continental place: AsiaKevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo 2 2Mohammad AhsanHendra Setiawan 3 3Li JunhuiLiu Yuchen 4 4Hiroyuki EndoYuta Watanabe 5 5Takeshi KamuraKeigo Sonoda 6 7Lee YangWang Chi-lin 7 8Choi Sol-gyuSeo Seung-jae89Satwiksairaj RankireddyChirag Shetty 9 10Aaron ChiaSoh Wooi Yik 10 11Kim AstrupContinental place: EuropeAnders Skaarup Rasmussen 11 15Mark LamsfußMarvin Seidel 12 18Vladimir IvanovIvan Sozonov — 19Marcus EllisDeclinedChris Langridge 13 25Ben LaneSelected by the national associationSean Vendy 14 32Jason Ho-shueContinental place: Pan AmericaNyl Yakura — 36Jelle MaasDeclinedRobin Tabeling 15 37Phillip ChewReallocation placeRyan Chew 16 44Godwin OlofuaContinental place: AfricaAnuoluwapo Juwon Opeyori Pairs highlighted in red states they are not participating at the 2020 Olympics
Women's doubles +As of 18 May 2021 No. Player Country Note 1 1Yuki FukushimaContinental place: AsiaSayaka Hirota 2 2Chen QingchenJia Yifan 3 3Mayu MatsumotoWakana Nagahara 4 4Lee So-heeShin Seung-chan 5 5Kim So-yeongKong Hee-yong 6 6Du YueLi Yinhui 7 7Greysia PoliiApriyani Rahayu 8 11Gabriela StoevaContinental place: EuropeStefani Stoeva 9 12Jongkolphan KititharakulRawinda Prajongjai 10 14Chow Mei KuanLee Meng Yean 11 15Maiken FruergaardSara Thygesen 12 16Chloe BirchLauren Smith 13 17Selena PiekCheryl Seinen 14 18Rachel HonderichContinental place: Pan AmericaKristen Tsai 15 23Setyana MapasaContinental place: OceaniaGronya Somerville 16 40Doha HanyContinental place: AfricaHadia Hosny
Mixed doubles +As of 18 May 2021 No. Player Country Note 1 1Zheng SiweiContinental place: AsiaHuang Yaqiong 2 2Wang YilyuHuang Dongping 3 3Dechapol PuavaranukrohSapsiree Taerattanachai 4 4Praveen JordanMelati Daeva Oktavianti 5 5Yuta WatanabeArisa Higashino 6 6Seo Seung-jaeChae Yoo-jung 7 7Chan Peng SoonGoh Liu Ying 8 8Marcus EllisContinental place: EuropeLauren Smith 9 10Tang Chun ManTse Ying Suet 10 14Thom GicquelDelphine Delrue 11 15Robin TabelingSelena Piek 12 16Mark LamsfußIsabel Herttrich 13 17Mathias ChristiansenAlexandra Bøje 14 31Joshua Hurlburt-YuContinental place: Pan AmericaJosephine Wu 15 44Adham Hatem ElgamalContinental place: AfricaDoha Hany 16 48Simon LeungContinental place: OceaniaGronya Somerville
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