Badminton at the 2022 Commonwealth Games was the 15th appearance of Badminton at the Commonwealth Games. The badminton competition was one of the sports contested at the 2022 Commonwealth Games, held in Birmingham, England. This was the fifteenth staging since its inclusion in 1966, and the second staging within England specifically.
The competition took place between 29 July and 8 August 2022, spread across six events.
Schedule The competition schedule is as follows:
GPreliminary matches (group)PPreliminary matches (knockout)¼Quarter-finals½Semi-finalsBBronze medal matchFGold medal match Fri 29 Sat 30 Sun 31 Mon 1 Tue 2 Wed 3 Thu 4 Fri 5 Sat 6 Sun 7 Mon 8Session → M A E M A E A E A E A E M E M E A E A E M E M Men's singles P P P ¼ ½ B F Men's doubles P P ¼ ½ B F Women's singles P P P ¼ ½ B F Women's doubles P P ¼ ½ B F Mixed doubles P P P ¼ ½ B F Mixed team G G ¼ ½ B F
Venue The badminton competition was held at the National Exhibition Centre in Solihull. Five other sports – boxing, netball, para powerlifting, table tennis, and weightlifting – also took place there.
Qualification (mixed team) All nations were able to enter whoever they wish (up to five men and five women overall) in the singles and doubles events.
In addition, sixteen nations were also entitled to contest the mixed team event; subject to at least four CGF regions being represented and a minimum entry of two men / two women per team, they qualify as follows: The host nation. The top 14 nations in the BWF World Ranking as of 1 February 2022, excluding the host nation. Their highest-ranked players in each of the five individual rankings are added together to determine the combined ranking. One nation not already qualified receives a CGF/BWF Bipartite Invitation. Means of qualificationDateQuotasQualifiedHost nation1BWF World Ranking1 February 202214Bipartite invitation8 March 20221 TOTAL 16 Note
In contrast to other sports with a qualifying system, all badminton player selections came from their nations' open allocation quotas regardless of mixed team qualification.
Medal summary Medal table
Medalists Men's Men's Satwiksairaj RankireddyChirag ShettyBen LaneSean VendyAaron ChiaSoh Wooi Yik Women's Women's Pearly TanThinaah MuralitharanChloe BirchLauren SmithTreesa JollyGayatri Gopichand Mixed Terry HeeTan Wei HanMarcus EllisLauren SmithTan Kian MengLai Pei Jing Mixed Ng Tze YongAaron ChiaSoh Wooi YikGoh Jin WeiPearly TanThinaah MuralitharanChan Peng SoonCheah Yee SeeTan Kian MengLai Pei Jing Lakshya SenSrikanth KidambiB. Sumeeth ReddySatwiksairaj RankireddyChirag ShettyP. V. SindhuAakarshi KashyapGayatri GopichandTreesa JollyAshwini PonnappaLoh Kean YewJason Teh Terry HeeTan Wei Han Loh Kean HeanAndy KwekYeo Jia MinJin YujiaCrystal WongNur Insyirah Khan
Participating nations There were 29 participating Commonwealth Games Associations (CGA's) in badminton with a total of 151 (78 men and 73 women) athletes. The number of athletes a nation entered is in parentheses beside the name of the country.
References
External links Official website: 2022 Commonwealth Games – Badminton Badminton – Results Book