Badminton at the 2022 Commonwealth Games

Badminton was one of the sports contested at the 2022 Commonwealth Games, held in Birmingham, England. This was the fifteenth staging of badminton at the Commonwealth Games since its inclusion in 1966, and the second staging within England specifically.

Badminton
at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
VenueNational Exhibition Centre
Dates29 July – 8 August 2022
Competitors151 from 29 nations
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The six medallists in the women's doubles at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham.

The competition took place between 29 July and 8 August 2022, spread across six events.[1][2]

Schedule

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The competition schedule is as follows:[1][2]

G Preliminary matches (group) P Preliminary matches (knockout) ¼ Quarter-finals ½ Semi-finals B Bronze medal match F Gold medal match
Date
Event
Fri 29 Sat 30 Sun 31 Mon 1 Tue 2 Wed 3 Thu 4 Fri 5 Sat 6 Sun 7 Mon 8
Session → 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

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The badminton competition was held at the National Exhibition Centre in Solihull.[3] Five other sports – boxing, netball, para powerlifting, table tennis, and weightlifting – also took place there.[4]

Qualification (mixed team)

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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:[5][6]

  • 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 qualification Date Quotas Qualified
Host nation 1   England
BWF World Ranking 1 February 2022 14   India
  Malaysia
  Canada
  Singapore
  Scotland
  Australia
  Nigeria[a]
  New Zealand[a]
  Sri Lanka
  Mauritius
  South Africa
  Maldives
  Uganda
  Jamaica
  Barbados
  Zambia
Bipartite invitation 8 March 2022 1   Pakistan
TOTAL 16
Note
  1. ^ a b Quota place declined and reallocated to next team in the rankings.

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

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Medal table

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  *   Host nation (England)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  India3126
2  Malaysia2125
3  Singapore1023
4  England*0303
5  Canada0101
Totals (5 entries)66618

Medalists

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's singles
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Lakshya Sen
  India
Ng Tze Yong
  Malaysia
Srikanth Kidambi
  India
Men's doubles
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  India
Satwiksairaj Rankireddy
Chirag Shetty
  England
Ben Lane
Sean Vendy
  Malaysia
Aaron Chia
Soh Wooi Yik
Women's singles
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P. V. Sindhu
  India
Michelle Li
  Canada
Yeo Jia Min
  Singapore
Women's doubles
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  Malaysia
Pearly Tan
Thinaah Muralitharan
  England
Chloe Birch
Lauren Smith
  India
Treesa Jolly
Gayatri Gopichand
Mixed doubles
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  Singapore
Terry Hee
Tan Wei Han
  England
Marcus Ellis
Lauren Smith
  Malaysia
Tan Kian Meng
Lai Pei Jing
Mixed team
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  Malaysia
Ng Tze Yong
Aaron Chia
Soh Wooi Yik
Goh Jin Wei
Pearly Tan
Thinaah Muralitharan
Chan Peng Soon
Cheah Yee See
Tan Kian Meng
Lai Pei Jing
  India
Lakshya Sen
Srikanth Kidambi
B. Sumeeth Reddy
Satwiksairaj Rankireddy
Chirag Shetty
P. V. Sindhu
Aakarshi Kashyap
Gayatri Gopichand
Treesa Jolly
Ashwini Ponnappa
  Singapore
Loh Kean Yew
Jason Teh
Terry Hee
Tan Wei Han
Loh Kean Hean
Andy Kwek
Yeo Jia Min
Jin Yujia
Crystal Wong
Nur Insyirah Khan

Participating nations

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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.[7]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Competition Schedule". BOCCG. Archived from the original on 2 March 2022. Retrieved 14 April 2022.
  2. ^ a b Competition Schedule | Badminton (PDF). BOCCG. pp. 10, 11. Archived (PDF) from the original on 14 April 2022. Retrieved 14 April 2022.
  3. ^ "NEC WILL HOST SIX SPORTS AT THE 2022 COMMONWEALTH GAMES". The NEC. 19 October 2018. Archived from the original on 26 December 2021. Retrieved 14 April 2022.
  4. ^ "Venues | THE NEC". BOCCG. Archived from the original on 29 October 2021. Retrieved 14 April 2022.
  5. ^ "CGF Sport Update" (PDF). Commonwealth Sport. 25 May 2022. p. 7. Archived (PDF) from the original on 25 May 2022. Retrieved 1 June 2022.
  6. ^ Athlete Allocation System | Badminton Team (PDF). Commonwealth Sport / BWF. 1 October 2021. Archived (PDF) from the original on 14 April 2022. Retrieved 14 April 2022.
  7. ^ "Badminton Number of Entries by CGA" (PDF). www.results.birmingham2022.com. Birmingham Organizing Committee for the 2022 Commonwealth Games. 28 July 2022. Retrieved 30 July 2022.
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