Badminton at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Qualification

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This article details the qualifying phase for badminton at the 2016 Summer Olympics. The Olympic qualification period took place between May 4, 2015, and May 1, 2016, and the Badminton World Federation rankings list, scheduled to publish on May 5, 2016, will be used to allocate spots.[1] Unlike the previous Games, nations could only 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 in the singles tournaments also apply to the players competing in the doubles, as the NOCs could only 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.[2]

Qualifying standards

Qualification of these Games will be based on the BWF Ranking list to be published on May 5, 2016, providing a total of 16 pairs in each doubles event, and 38 players in each singles event in the following criteria:[1]

  • 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 above: 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.[1] A 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. For each player who qualifies in more than one discipline, 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 May 5, 2016.[1]

Host nation Brazil has been 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 have achieved the qualifying regulations.[3] 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.[1]

Summary

NOC Men Women Mixed Total
Singles Doubles Singles Doubles Doubles Quotas Athletes
 Australia 1 1 1 3 5
 Austria 1 1 2 2
 Belgium 1 1 2 2
 Brazil 1 1 2 2
 Brunei 1 1 1
 Bulgaria 1 1 2 3
 Canada 1 1 2 2
 China 2 2 2 2 2 10 15
 Cuba 1 1 1
 Czech Republic 1 1 2 2
 Denmark 2 1 1 1 1 6 8
 Estonia 1 1 2 2
 Finland 1 1 1
 France 1 1 2 2
 Germany 1 1 1 1 1 5 7
 Great Britain 1 1 1 1 1 5 8
 Guatemala 1 1 1
 Hong Kong 2 1 1 1 5 7
 Hungary 1 1 1
 India 1 1 2 1 5 7
 Indonesia 1 1 1 1 2 6 10
 Ireland 1 1 2 2
 Israel 1 1 1
 Italy 1 1 1
 Japan 1 1 2 1 1 6 9
 Malaysia 1 1 1 1 1 5 8
 Mauritius 1 1 1
 Mexico 1 1 1
 Netherlands 1 1 2 3
 Poland 1 1 1 3 5
 Portugal 1 1 2 2
 Russia 1 1 1 3 4
 Singapore 1 1 2 2
 South Africa 1 1 1
 South Korea 2 2 2 2 1 9 14
 Spain 1 1 2 2
 Sri Lanka 1 1 1
 Suriname 1 1 1
 Sweden 1 1 1
 Switzerland 1 1 1
 Chinese Taipei 1 1 1 3 4
 Thailand 1 2 1 1 5 7
 Turkey 1 1 1
 Ukraine 1 1 2 2
 United States 1 1 1 1 1 5 7
 Vietnam 1 1 2 2
Total: 46 NOCs 41 16 40 16 16 129 172

Qualified players

The color pink signifies that a player has been withdrawn from the competition.

BWF Olympic Qualification (May 5, 2016)[4]

Men's singles

No. Rank Player NOC Remark
1 1 Chen Long  China
2 2 Lee Chong Wei  Malaysia
3 3 Lin Dan  China
4 4 Viktor Axelsen  Denmark
5 5 Jan Ø. Jørgensen  Denmark
6 7 Chou Tien-chen  Chinese Taipei
7 8 Tommy Sugiarto  Indonesia
8 9 Son Wan-ho  South Korea
9 10 Ng Ka Long  Hong Kong
10 11 Srikanth Kidambi  India
11 12 Marc Zwiebler  Germany
12 14 Hu Yun  Hong Kong
13 15 Rajiv Ouseph  Great Britain
14 16 Lee Dong-keun  South Korea
15 20 Boonsak Ponsana  Thailand
16 27 Sho Sasaki  Japan
17 32 Nguyễn Tiến Minh  Vietnam
18 35 Pablo Abián  Spain
19 40 Brice Leverdez  France
20 42 Raul Must  Estonia
21 48 Kevin Cordón  Guatemala
22 49 Henri Hurskainen  Sweden
23 51 Yuhan Tan  Belgium
24 52 Vladimir Malkov  Russia
25 56 Adrian Dziółko  Poland
26 58 Misha Zilberman  Israel
27 59 Osleni Guerrero  Cuba
28 60 Ygor Coelho  Brazil
29 61 Scott Evans  Ireland
30 62 Artem Pochtarov  Ukraine
31 63 Derek Wong  Singapore
32 64 Howard Shu  United States
33 65 Pedro Martins  Portugal Re-distributed host quota
34 68 David Obernosterer  Austria Re-distributed doubles quota
35 70 Martin Giuffre  Canada Re-distributed doubles quota
36 72 Petr Koukal  Czech Republic Re-distributed doubles quota
37 73 Lino Muñoz  Mexico Re-distributed continental quota
38 78 Jacob Maliekal  South Africa Africa
39 95 Niluka Karunaratne  Sri Lanka Tripartite invitation
133 Ashwant Gobinathan  Australia Oceania
254 Dylan Soedjasa  New Zealand Oceania
40 280 Sören Opti  Suriname Tripartite invitation
41 406 Jaspar Yu Woon  Brunei Tripartite invitation

Women's singles

No. Rank Player NOC Remark
1 1 Carolina Marín  Spain
2 2 Ratchanok Intanon  Thailand
3 3 Li Xuerui  China
4 4 Wang Yihan  China
5 5 Nozomi Okuhara  Japan
6 8 Sung Ji-hyun  South Korea
7 6 Saina Nehwal  India
8 9 Tai Tzu-ying  Chinese Taipei
9 10 P. V. Sindhu  India
10 11 Akane Yamaguchi  Japan
11 14 Bae Yeon-ju  South Korea
12 16 Porntip Buranaprasertsuk  Thailand
13 17 Kirsty Gilmour  Great Britain
14 18 Michelle Li  Canada
15 22 Lindaweni Fanetri  Indonesia
16 26 Karin Schnaase  Germany
17 27 Line Kjærsfeldt  Denmark
18 29 Tee Jing Yi  Malaysia
19 30 Yip Pui Yin  Hong Kong
20 33 Iris Wang  United States
21 35 Liang Xiaoyu  Singapore
22 36 Kristína Gavnholt  Czech Republic
23 40 Linda Zetchiri  Bulgaria
24 46 Özge Bayrak  Turkey
25 47 Vũ Thị Trang  Vietnam
26 49 Natalia Perminova  Russia
27 53 Delphine Lansac  France
28 56 Jeanine Cicognini  Italy
29 57 Marija Ulitina  Ukraine
30 59 Elisabeth Baldauf  Austria
31 60 Nanna Vainio  Finland
32 61 Lianne Tan  Belgium
33 63 Sabrina Jaquet  Switzerland Re-distributed doubles quota
34 64 Chloe Magee  Ireland Re-distributed doubles quota
35 65 Telma Santos  Portugal Re-distributed Tripartite invitation
36 66 Kate Foo Kune  Mauritius Africa
37 67 Kati Tolmoff  Estonia Re-distributed Tripartite invitation
38 70 Lohaynny Vicente  Brazil Host nation quota
39 71 Laura Sárosi  Hungary Re-distributed Tripartite invitation
40 73 Chen Hsuan-yu  Australia Oceania

Men's doubles

No. Rank Players NOC Remark
1 1 Lee Yong-dae Yoo Yeon-seong  South Korea
2 2 Hendra Setiawan Mohammad Ahsan  Indonesia
3 3 Fu Haifeng Zhang Nan  China
4 4 Kim Gi-jung Kim Sa-rang  South Korea
5 5 Chai Biao Hong Wei  China
6 7 Hiroyuki Endo Kenichi Hayakawa  Japan
7 8 Mathias Boe Carsten Mogensen  Denmark
8 10 Vladimir Ivanov Ivan Sozonov  Russia
9 14 Goh V Shem Tan Wee Kiong  Malaysia
10 18 Lee Sheng-mu Tsai Chia-hsin  Chinese Taipei
11 19 Marcus Ellis Chris Langridge  Great Britain
12 20 Manu Attri B. Sumeeth Reddy  India
13 27 Adam Cwalina Przemysław Wacha  Poland
14 28 Michael Fuchs Johannes Schöttler  Germany
15 35 Sattawat Pongnairat Phillip Chew  United States Pan America
16 46 Matthew Chau Sawan Serasinghe  Australia Oceania

Women's doubles

No. Rank Players NOC Remark
1 1 Misaki Matsutomo Ayaka Takahashi  Japan
2 2 Nitya Krishinda Maheswari Greysia Polii  Indonesia
3 3 Tang Yuanting Yu Yang  China
4 Tian Qing Zhao Yunlei  China
4 5 Christinna Pedersen Kamilla Rytter Juhl  Denmark
5 6 Jung Kyung-eun Shin Seung-chan  South Korea
6 7 Luo Ying Luo Yu  China
7 8 Chang Ye-na Lee So-hee  South Korea
8 11 Eefje Muskens Selena Piek  Netherlands
9 14 Jwala Gutta Ashwini Ponnappa  India
10 15 Gabriela Stoeva Stefani Stoeva  Bulgaria
11 17 Puttita Supajirakul Sapsiree Taerattanachai  Thailand
12 21 Vivian Hoo Woon Khe Wei  Malaysia
13 22 Poon Lok Yan Tse Ying Suet  Hong Kong
14 23 Carla Nelte Johanna Goliszewski  Germany
15 26 Heather Olver Lauren Smith  Great Britain
16 29 Eva Lee Paula Lynn Obañana  United States Pan America

Mixed doubles

No. Rank Players NOC Remark
1 1 Zhang Nan Zhao Yunlei  China
2 2 Tontowi Ahmad Liliyana Natsir  Indonesia
3 3 Ko Sung-hyun Kim Ha-na  South Korea
4 4 Xu Chen Ma Jin  China
5 5 Joachim Fischer Nielsen Christinna Pedersen  Denmark
6 7 Chris Adcock Gabby Adcock  Great Britain
7 8 Praveen Jordan Debby Susanto  Indonesia
8 10 Chan Peng Soon Goh Liu Ying  Malaysia
9 12 Lee Chun Hei Chau Hoi Wah  Hong Kong
10 14 Bodin Isara Savitree Amitrapai  Thailand
11 15 Jacco Arends Selena Piek  Netherlands
12 16 Michael Fuchs Birgit Michels  Germany
13 17 Robert Mateusiak Nadieżda Zięba  Poland
14 18 Kenta Kazuno Ayane Kurihara  Japan
15 27 Phillip Chew Jamie Subandhi  United States Pan America
16 34 Robin Middleton Leanne Choo  Australia Oceania

References

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