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| Dates | 29 November – 4 December | ||
| Edition | 1st | ||
| Venue | Bendigo Badminton & Tennis Stadium | ||
| Location | Victoria Street, Eaglehawk, Bendigo, Australia | ||
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Badminton at the 2004 Commonwealth Youth Games was held in Bendigo in the Australian state of Victoria in the months of November and December. This was the first time badminton was introduced in the games, in which only the mixed team event was held. Mixed team event was played with the format of Boys' singles, Girls' singles, Boys' doubles, Girls' doubles and Mixed doubles. Malaysia emerged as the champion, while India and England settled with silver and bronze medals respectively. [1]
England, India, Malaysia, Australia, Scotland, South Africa, New Zealand and Singapore participated in this edition.
Pool A consisted of top seed Malaysia, Scotland, fourth seed Singapore and Australia.
Pool B consisted of second seed England, New Zealand, third seeded India and South Africa.
Malaysia V/s Scotland [2]
 Malaysia 4 | 1 December 2004 |  Scotland 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Singapore V/s Australia [3]
 Singapore 5 | 1 December 2004 |  Australia 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Malaysia V/s Australia [4]
Malaysia 4 | 1 December 2004 | Australia 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Singapore V/s Scotland [5]
Singapore 3 | 1 December 2004 | Scotland 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Malaysia V/s Singapore [6]
Malaysia 4 | 2 December 2004 | Singapore 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Scotland V/s Australia [7]
Scotland 5 | 2 December 2004 | Australia 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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England V/s New Zealand [8]
 England 5 | 1 December 2004 |  New Zealand 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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India V/s South Africa [9]
 India 5 | 1 December 2004 |  South Africa 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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England V/s South Africa [10]
England 5 | 1 December 2004 | South Africa 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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India V/s New Zealand [11]
India 5 | 1 December 2004 | New Zealand 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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England V/s India [12]
England 2 | 2 December 2004 | India 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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New Zealand V/s South Africa [13]
New Zealand 5 | 2 December 2004 | South Africa 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Scotland V/s South Africa [14]
Scotland 5 | 2 December 2004 | South Africa 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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New Zealand V/s Australia [15]
New Zealand 3 | 2 December 2004 | Australia 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Scotland V/s New Zealand [16]
Scotland 4 | 3 December 2004 | New Zealand 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Australia V/s South Africa [17]
Australia 3 | 3 December 2004 | South Africa 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Malaysia V/s England [18]
Malaysia 3 | 2 December 2004 | England 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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India V/s Singapore [19]
India 3 | 2 December 2004 | Singapore 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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England V/s Singapore [20]
England 3 | 3 December 2004 | Singapore 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Malaysia V/s India [21]
Malaysia 3 | 3 December 2004 | India 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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