Badminton at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's doubles

The women's doubles badminton tournament at the 2020 Summer Olympics took place from 24 July to 2 August at the Musashino Forest Sport Plaza at Tokyo. There were 16 pairs (32 players) from 14 nations competing.

Women's doubles
at the Games of the XXXII Olympiad
VenueMusashino Forest Sport Plaza
Date24 July – 2 August 2021
Competitors32 (16 pairs) from 13 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Greysia Polii
Apriyani Rahayu
 Indonesia
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Chen Qingchen
Jia Yifan
 China
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Kim So-yeong
Kong Hee-yong
 South Korea

Greysia Polii and Apriyani Rahayu of Indonesia won the gold medal. It was their first Olympic medal, the country's first from badminton women's doubles, and the only gold won by the contingent in 2020 Olympics. Indonesia also became the second country to have medaled in each of the five Olympic badminton events, after China completed the feat at the 2012 Olympics.[1]

Background

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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.[2]

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

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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

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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.[3] The knockout stage was a three-round single-elimination tournament with a bronze medal match.[4]

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.[4]

Seeds

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  1.   Yuki Fukushima / Sayaka Hirota (JPN) (quarter-finals)
  2.   Chen Qingchen / Jia Yifan (CHN) (silver medalists)
  3.   Mayu Matsumoto / Wakana Nagahara (JPN) (quarter-finals)
  4.   Lee So-hee / Shin Seung-chan (KOR) (fourth place)

Schedule

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The tournament was held over a 10-day period, with 7 competition days and 3 open days.[5][6]

Legend
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
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

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Group A

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Pos Team Pld W L GF GA GD PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1   Greysia Polii (INA)
  Apriyani Rahayu (INA)
3 3 0 6 1 +5 142 106 +36 3 Advance to quarter-finals
2   Yuki Fukushima (JPN)
  Sayaka Hirota (JPN) (H)
3 2 1 5 3 +2 152 129 +23 2
3   Chow Mei Kuan (MAS)
  Lee Meng Yean (MAS)
3 1 2 3 4 −1 117 136 −19 1
4   Chloe Birch (GBR)
  Lauren Smith (GBR)
3 0 3 0 6 −6 86 126 −40 0
Source: TOCOG
(H) Host
Date Time Pair 1 Score Pair 2 Set 1 Set 2 Set 3
24 July 09:00 Greysia Polii  
Apriyani Rahayu  
2–0 Archived 30 July 2021 at the Wayback Machine   Chow Mei Kuan
  Lee Meng Yean
21–14 21–17
20:40 Yuki Fukushima  
Sayaka Hirota  
2–0 Archived 29 July 2021 at the Wayback Machine   Chloe Birch
  Lauren Smith
21–13 21–14
25 July 19:20 Yuki Fukushima  
Sayaka Hirota  
2–1 Archived 24 July 2021 at the Wayback Machine   Chow Mei Kuan
  Lee Meng Yean
17–21 21–15 21–8
26 July 18:00 Greysia Polii  
Apriyani Rahayu  
2–0 Archived 27 July 2021 at the Wayback Machine   Chloe Birch
  Lauren Smith
21–11 21–13
27 July 10:40 Yuki Fukushima  
Sayaka Hirota  
1–2 Archived 27 July 2021 at the Wayback Machine   Greysia Polii
  Apriyani Rahayu
22–24 21–13 8–21
Chow Mei Kuan  
Lee Meng Yean  
2–0 Archived 28 July 2021 at the Wayback Machine   Chloe Birch
  Lauren Smith
21–19 21–16

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W L GF GA GD PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1   Mayu Matsumoto (JPN)
  Wakana Nagahara (JPN) (H)
3 3 0 6 1 +5 143 105 +38 3 Advance to quarter-finals
2   Selena Piek (NED)
  Cheryl Seinen (NED)
3 2 1 4 3 +1 137 111 +26 2
3   Rachel Honderich (CAN)
  Kristen Tsai (CAN)
3 1 2 4 4 0 150 125 +25 1
4   Doha Hany (EGY)
  Hadia Hosny (EGY)
3 0 3 0 6 −6 37 126 −89 0
Source: TOCOG
(H) Host
Date Time Pair 1 Score Pair 2 Set 1 Set 2 Set 3
24 July 18:00 Mayu Matsumoto  
Wakana Nagahara  
2–0 Archived 24 July 2021 at the Wayback Machine   Doha Hany
  Hadia Hosny
21–7 21–3
18:40 Selena Piek  
Cheryl Seinen  
2–1 Archived 24 July 2021 at the Wayback Machine   Rachel Honderich
  Kristen Tsai
16–21 21–14 21–15
25 July 20:00 Mayu Matsumoto  
Wakana Nagahara  
2–1 Archived 25 July 2021 at the Wayback Machine   Rachel Honderich
  Kristen Tsai
14–21 21–19 21–18
26 July 19:20 Selena Piek  
Cheryl Seinen  
2–0 Archived 25 July 2021 at the Wayback Machine   Doha Hany
  Hadia Hosny
21–6 21–10
27 July 18:00 Mayu Matsumoto  
Wakana Nagahara  
2–0 Archived 28 July 2021 at the Wayback Machine   Selena Piek
  Cheryl Seinen
24–22 21–15
18:40 Rachel Honderich  
Kristen Tsai  
2–0 Archived 27 July 2021 at the Wayback Machine   Doha Hany
  Hadia Hosny
21–5 21–6

Group C

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Pos Team Pld W L GF GA GD PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1   Lee So-hee (KOR)
  Shin Seung-chan (KOR)
3 2 1 5 2 +3 144 104 +40 2[a] Advance to quarter-finals
2   Du Yue (CHN)
  Li Yinhui (CHN)
3 2 1 4 2 +2 115 91 +24 2[a]
3   Setyana Mapasa (AUS)
  Gronya Somerville (AUS)
3 1 2 2 5 −3 91 136 −45 1[b]
4   Maiken Fruergaard (DEN)
  Sara Thygesen (DEN)
3 1 2 3 5 −2 138 157 −19 1[b]
Source: TOCOG
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head point: South Korea 1, China 0.
  2. ^ a b Head-to-head point: Australia 1, Denmark 0.
Date Time Pair 1 Score Pair 2 Set 1 Set 2 Set 3
24 July 11:00 Du Yue  
Li Yinhui  
2–0 Archived 25 July 2021 at the Wayback Machine   Maiken Fruergaard
  Sara Thygesen
21–13 21–15
18:40 Lee So-hee  
Shin Seung-chan  
2–0 Archived 24 July 2021 at the Wayback Machine   Setyana Mapasa
  Gronya Somerville
21–9 21–6
25 July 13:20 Lee So-hee  
Shin Seung-chan  
1–2 Archived 24 July 2021 at the Wayback Machine   Maiken Fruergaard
  Sara Thygesen
21–15 19–21 20–22
26 July 20:00 Du Yue  
Li Yinhui  
2–0 Archived 26 July 2021 at the Wayback Machine   Setyana Mapasa
  Gronya Somerville
21–9 21–12
27 July 11:20 Maiken Fruergaard  
Sara Thygesen  
1–2 Archived 26 July 2021 at the Wayback Machine   Setyana Mapasa
  Gronya Somerville
19–21 21–13 12–21
20:00 Lee So-hee  
Shin Seung-chan  
2–0 Archived 26 July 2021 at the Wayback Machine   Du Yue
  Li Yinhui
21–19 21–12

Group D

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Pos Team Pld W L GF GA GD PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1   Chen Qingchen (CHN)
  Jia Yifan (CHN)
3 3 0 6 1 +5 145 100 +45 3 Advance to quarter-finals
2   Kim So-yeong (KOR)
  Kong Hee-yong (KOR)
3 2 1 5 3 +2 161 158 +3 2
3   Gabriela Stoeva (BUL)
  Stefani Stoeva (BUL)
3 1 2 3 5 −2 147 156 −9 1
4   Jongkolphan Kititharakul (THA)
  Rawinda Prajongjai (THA)
3 0 3 1 6 −5 106 145 −39 0
Source: TOCOG
Date Time Pair 1 Score Pair 2 Set 1 Set 2 Set 3
24 July 11:40 Chen Qingchen  
Jia Yifan  
2–0 Archived 24 July 2021 at the Wayback Machine   Jongkolphan Kititharakul
  Rawinda Prajongjai
21–6 21–10
Kim So-yeong  
Kong Hee-yong  
2–1 Archived 25 July 2021 at the Wayback Machine   Gabriela Stoeva
  Stefani Stoeva
21–23 21–12 23–21
25 July 10:40 Kim So-yeong  
Kong Hee-yong  
2–0 Archived 26 July 2021 at the Wayback Machine   Jongkolphan Kititharakul
  Rawinda Prajongjai
21–19 24–22
26 July 13:20 Chen Qingchen  
Jia Yifan  
2–0 Archived 25 July 2021 at the Wayback Machine   Gabriela Stoeva
  Stefani Stoeva
21–18 21–15
27 July 12:00 Chen Qingchen  
Jia Yifan  
2–1 Archived 26 July 2021 at the Wayback Machine   Kim So-yeong
  Kong Hee-yong
19–21 21–16 21–14
19:20 Gabriela Stoeva  
Stefani Stoeva  
2–1 Archived 26 July 2021 at the Wayback Machine   Jongkolphan Kititharakul
  Rawinda Prajongjai
21–11 16–21 21–17

Finals

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The quarter-finals were held on 29 July 2021, the semi-finals on 31 July, and the medal matches on 2 August 2021.[7]

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Gold medal match
               
A1   Greysia Polii (INA)
  Apriyani Rahayu (INA)
21 20 21
C2   Du Yue (CHN)
  Li Yinhui (CHN)
15 22 17
A1   Greysia Polii (INA)
  Apriyani Rahayu (INA)
21 21
C1   Lee So-hee (KOR)
  Shin Seung-chan (KOR)
19 17
C1   Lee So-hee (KOR)
  Shin Seung-chan (KOR)
21 21
B2   Selena Piek (NED)
  Cheryl Seinen (NED)
8 17
A1   Greysia Polii (INA)
  Apriyani Rahayu (INA)
21 21
D1   Chen Qingchen (CHN)
  Jia Yifan (CHN)
19 15
D2   Kim So-yeong (KOR)
  Kong Hee-yong (KOR)
21 14 28
B1   Mayu Matsumoto (JPN)
  Wakana Nagahara (JPN)
14 21 26
D2   Kim So-yeong (KOR)
  Kong Hee-yong (KOR)
15 11 Bronze medal match
D1   Chen Qingchen (CHN)
  Jia Yifan (CHN)
21 21
A2   Yuki Fukushima (JPN)
  Sayaka Hirota (JPN)
21 10 10 C1   Lee So-hee (KOR)
  Shin Seung-chan (KOR)
10 17
D1   Chen Qingchen (CHN)
  Jia Yifan (CHN)
18 21 21 D2   Kim So-yeong (KOR)
  Kong Hee-yong (KOR)
21 21

References

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  4. ^ 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. Archived from the original on 24 June 2021. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
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