Women's singles at the Games of the XXXII Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Musashino Forest Sport Plaza | ||||||||||||
Dates | 24 July – 1 August 2021 | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 43 from 39 nations | ||||||||||||
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Badminton at the 2020 Summer Olympics | |||
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List of badminton players Qualification | |||
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Doubles | men | women | mixed |
The women's singles badminton tournament at the 2020 Summer Olympics took place from 24 July to 1 August at the Musashino Forest Sport Plaza at Tokyo. A total of 43 players from 37 nations competed.
The event was won by China's Chen Yufei who defeated reigning World Number 1 Tai Tzu-ying of Chinese Taipei in the final. Reigning World Champion and 2016 Rio Olympics silver medalist P. V. Sindhu of India won the bronze medal, defeating China's He Bingjiao in the playoff. This was India's third consecutive medal in this discipline, and Chinese Taipei's first.
This was the 8th appearance of the event as a full medal event. Badminton was introduced as a demonstration sport in 1972, held again as an exhibition sport in 1988, and added to the full programme in 1992. [1]
The reigning champion was Carolina Marín of Spain. Marín was the 4th-ranked player during the qualifying period and would have qualified to return, but withdrew due to an injury. [2] The other two medalists from 2016, silver medalist P. V. Sindhu of India and bronze medalist Nozomi Okuhara of Japan, both qualified with Top-10 rankings. P. V. Sindhu was also the reigning world champion and the only one of the three former Olympic medalists to be medalled again where she won the bronze medal.
The badminton qualification system was designed to ensure that 86 men and 86 women receive quota spots; the size of the women's singles field adjusts to hit that target quota. Following revisions due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the qualifying periods were set between 29 April 2019 to 15 March 2020 and 4 January to 13 June 2021, with the ranking list of 15 June 2021 deciding qualification.
There were 38 initial quota places for the women's singles: 34 from the ranking list, 3 from Tripartite Commission invitations, and 1 host nation place. Nations with multiple players in the top 16 of the ranking list could earn 2 quota places; all others were limited to 1. Players were taken from the ranking list in order, respecting the national limits, until the places were filled. Each continent was guaranteed one spot, either through the invitational spots or by replacing the lowest-ranked player if necessary. The host nation spot was unnecessary (Japan qualified two players through the ranking list) and was reallocated to the ranking list.
Additional places beyond 38 were added where players qualified in both the women's singles and one of the doubles events. This resulted in 5 additional places added to the ranking list. One tripartite invitational place was not used. The total qualified list was thus 43 players.
The tournament was started with a group phase round-robin followed by a knockout stage. [3] For the group stage, the players were divided into between 12 and 16 groups of between 3 and 4 players each. Each group was played in a round-robin. Players finishing top in each group advanced to the knockout rounds. The knockout stage was a four-round single elimination tournament with a bronze medal match. If there were fewer than 16 groups in the group stage, some players would receive a bye in the round of 16. [4]
Matches were played best-of-three games. Each game was played to 21, except that a player must win by 2 unless the score reached 30–29. [4]
The tournament was held over a 10-day period, with 9 competition days and a 1 open day. [5] [6]
P | Preliminaries | R | Round of 16 | 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 | ||||||||||
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Event | M | E | M | E | M | E | M | E | M | E | M | E | M | A | M | E | A | E | A | E |
Women's singles | P | R | QF | SF | M |
A total of 14 players were given seeds.
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The group stage was played from 24 to 28 July. The winner of each group advanced to the knockout rounds.
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | GF | GA | GD | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | ![]() | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | +4 | 84 | 31 | +53 | 2 | Advance to quarter-finals |
2 | ![]() | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 65 | 52 | +13 | 1 | |
3 | ![]() | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | −4 | 18 | 84 | −66 | 0 |
Date | Time | Player 1 | Score | Player 2 | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 |
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25 July | 11:20 | Chen Yufei ![]() | 2–0 Archived 26 July 2021 at the Wayback Machine | ![]() | 21–5 | 21–3 | |
27 July | 11:20 | Neslihan Yiğit ![]() | 2–0 Archived 27 July 2021 at the Wayback Machine | ![]() | 21–5 | 21–5 | |
28 July | 12:20 | Chen Yufei ![]() | 2–0 Archived 28 July 2021 at the Wayback Machine | ![]() | 21–14 | 21–9 |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | GF | GA | GD | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | ![]() | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | +4 | 84 | 30 | +54 | 2 | Advance to elimination round |
2 | ![]() | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 63 | 54 | +9 | 1 | |
3 | ![]() | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | −4 | 21 | 84 | −63 | 0 |
Date | Time | Player 1 | Score | Player 2 | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 |
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24 July | 20:00 | An Se-young ![]() | 2–0 Archived 28 July 2021 at the Wayback Machine | ![]() | 21–13 | 21–8 | |
26 July | 12:00 | Dorcas Ajoke Adesokan ![]() | 0–2 Archived 25 July 2021 at the Wayback Machine | ![]() | 10–21 | 2–21 | |
27 July | 19:20 | An Se-young ![]() | 2–0 Archived 28 July 2021 at the Wayback Machine | ![]() | 21–3 | 21–6 |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | GF | GA | GD | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | ![]() | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | +4 | 84 | 41 | +43 | 2 | Advance to elimination round |
2 | ![]() | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 70 | 74 | −4 | 1 | |
3 | ![]() | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | −4 | 45 | 84 | −39 | 0 |
Date | Time | Player 1 | Score | Player 2 | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 |
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24 July | 09:40 | Busanan Ongbamrungphan ![]() | 2–0 Archived 25 July 2021 at the Wayback Machine | ![]() | 21–4 | 21–9 | |
26 July | 18:00 | Kristin Kuuba ![]() | 2–0 Archived 25 July 2021 at the Wayback Machine | ![]() | 21–19 | 21–13 | |
27 July | 18:40 | Busanan Ongbamrungphan ![]() | 2–0 Archived 25 July 2021 at the Wayback Machine | ![]() | 21–16 | 21–12 |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | GF | GA | GD | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | ![]() | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 84 | 43 | +41 | 2 | Advance to elimination round |
2 | ![]() | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 65 | 77 | −12 | 1 | |
3 | ![]() | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | −4 | 56 | 85 | −29 | 0 |
Date | Time | Player 1 | Score | Player 2 | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 |
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25 July | 11:20 | Nozomi Okuhara ![]() | 2–0 Archived 27 July 2021 at the Wayback Machine | ![]() | 21–17 | 21–4 | |
26 July | 10:00 | Evgeniya Kosetskaya ![]() | 2–0 Archived 25 July 2021 at the Wayback Machine | ![]() | 22–20 | 21–15 | |
28 July | 10:20 | Nozomi Okuhara ![]() | 2–0 Archived 27 July 2021 at the Wayback Machine | ![]() | 21–6 | 21–16 |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | GF | GA | GD | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | ![]() | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | +4 | 84 | 51 | +33 | 2 | Advance to elimination round |
2 | ![]() | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 76 | 73 | +3 | 1 | |
3 | ![]() | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | −4 | 48 | 84 | −36 | 0 |
Date | Time | Player 1 | Score | Player 2 | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 |
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25 July | 12:00 | Michelle Li ![]() | 2–0 Archived 25 July 2021 at the Wayback Machine | ![]() | 21–8 | 21–9 | |
26 July | 18:40 | Martina Repiská ![]() | 2–0 Archived 26 July 2021 at the Wayback Machine | ![]() | 21–19 | 21–12 | |
28 July | 11:00 | Michelle Li ![]() | 2–0 Archived 28 July 2021 at the Wayback Machine | ![]() | 21–18 | 21–16 |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | GF | GA | GD | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | ![]() | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | +4 | 84 | 23 | +61 | 2 | Advance to elimination round |
2 | ![]() | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 56 | 63 | −7 | 1 | |
3 | ![]() | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | −4 | 30 | 84 | −54 | 0 |
Date | Time | Player 1 | Score | Player 2 | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 |
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25 July | 12:40 | He Bingjiao ![]() | 2–0 Archived 25 July 2021 at the Wayback Machine | ![]() | 21–6 | 21–3 | |
26 July | 11:20 | Sorayya Aghaei ![]() | 2–0 Archived 26 July 2021 at the Wayback Machine | ![]() | 21–14 | 21–7 | |
28 July | 11:00 | He Bingjiao ![]() | 2–0 Archived 27 July 2021 at the Wayback Machine | ![]() | 21–11 | 21–3 |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | GF | GA | GD | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | ![]() | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | +4 | 84 | 38 | +46 | 2 | Advance to elimination round |
2 | ![]() | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 62 | 76 | −14 | 1 | |
3 | ![]() | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | −4 | 53 | 85 | −32 | 0 |
Date | Time | Player 1 | Score | Player 2 | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 |
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25 July | 18:00 | Beiwen Zhang ![]() | 2–0 Archived 26 July 2021 at the Wayback Machine | ![]() | 21–12 | 21–7 | |
26 July | 12:40 | Fabiana Silva ![]() | 0–2 Archived 26 July 2021 at the Wayback Machine | ![]() | 14–21 | 20–22 | |
28 July | 10:20 | Beiwen Zhang ![]() | 2–0 Archived 27 July 2021 at the Wayback Machine | ![]() | 21–9 | 21–10 |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | GF | GA | GD | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | ![]() | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | +4 | 84 | 34 | +50 | 2 | Advance to elimination round |
2 | ![]() | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 83 | 88 | −5 | 1 | |
3 | ![]() | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 59 | 104 | −45 | 0 |
Date | Time | Player 1 | Score | Player 2 | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 |
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25 July | 14:00 | Mia Blichfeldt ![]() | 2–0 Archived 25 July 2021 at the Wayback Machine | ![]() | 21–7 | 21–14 | |
27 July | 13:20 | Linda Zetchiri ![]() | 1–2 Archived 25 July 2021 at the Wayback Machine | ![]() | 16–21 | 22–20 | 8–21 |
28 July | 09:40 | Mia Blichfeldt ![]() | 2–0 Archived 27 July 2021 at the Wayback Machine | ![]() | 21–10 | 21–3 |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | GF | GA | GD | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | ![]() | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | +4 | 84 | 42 | +42 | 2 | Advance to elimination round |
2 | ![]() | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 82 | 91 | −9 | 1 | |
3 | ![]() | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 66 | 99 | −33 | 0 |
Date | Time | Player 1 | Score | Player 2 | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 |
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25 July | 10:40 | P. V. Sindhu ![]() | 2–0 Archived 25 July 2021 at the Wayback Machine | ![]() | 21–7 | 21–10 | |
27 July | 12:40 | Cheung Ngan Yi ![]() | 2–1 Archived 25 July 2021 at the Wayback Machine | ![]() | 21–12 | 15–21 | 21–16 |
28 July | 11:00 | P. V. Sindhu ![]() | 2–0 Archived 28 July 2021 at the Wayback Machine | ![]() | 21–9 | 21–16 |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | GF | GA | GD | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | ![]() | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | +4 | 84 | 50 | +34 | 2 | Advance to elimination round |
2 | ![]() | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 69 | 59 | +10 | 1 | |
3 | ![]() | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | −4 | 40 | 84 | −44 | 0 |
Date | Time | Player 1 | Score | Player 2 | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 |
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24 July | 20:40 | Kim Ga-eun ![]() | 2–0 Archived 25 July 2021 at the Wayback Machine | ![]() | 21–14 | 21–9 | |
27 July | 13:20 | Yeo Jia Min ![]() | 2–0 Archived 28 July 2021 at the Wayback Machine | ![]() | 21–7 | 21–10 | |
28 July | 09:00 | Kim Ga-eun ![]() | 2–0 Archived 27 July 2021 at the Wayback Machine | ![]() | 21–13 | 21–14 |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | GF | GA | GD | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | ![]() | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | +4 | 84 | 38 | +46 | 2 | Advance to elimination round |
2 | ![]() | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 69 | 70 | −1 | 1 | |
3 | ![]() | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | −4 | 39 | 84 | −45 | 0 |
Date | Time | Player 1 | Score | Player 2 | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 |
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24 July | 09:40 | Akane Yamaguchi ![]() | 2–0 Archived 25 July 2021 at the Wayback Machine | ![]() | 21–3 | 21–8 | |
27 July | 14:00 | Kirsty Gilmour ![]() | 2–0 Archived 26 July 2021 at the Wayback Machine | ![]() | 21–14 | 21–14 | |
28 July | 09:00 | Akane Yamaguchi ![]() | 2–0 Archived 27 July 2021 at the Wayback Machine | ![]() | 21–9 | 21–18 |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | GF | GA | GD | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | ![]() | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | +4 | 84 | 47 | +37 | 2 | Advance to elimination round |
2 | ![]() | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 70 | 56 | +14 | 1 | |
3 | ![]() | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | −4 | 33 | 84 | −51 | 0 |
Date | Time | Player 1 | Score | Player 2 | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 |
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25 July | 10:00 | Gregoria Mariska Tunjung ![]() | 2–0 Archived 28 July 2021 at the Wayback Machine | ![]() | 21–11 | 21–8 | |
27 July | 12:40 | Lianne Tan ![]() | 2–0 Archived 27 July 2021 at the Wayback Machine | ![]() | 21–6 | 21–8 | |
28 July | 09:40 | Gregoria Mariska Tunjung ![]() | 2–0 Archived 28 July 2021 at the Wayback Machine | ![]() | 21–11 | 21–17 |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | GF | GA | GD | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 61 | 49 | +12 | 1 | Advance to elimination round |
2 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 49 | 61 | −12 | 0 | |
3 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Date | Time | Player 1 | Score | Player 2 | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 |
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25 July | 19:20 | Ratchanok Intanon ![]() | (voided) | ![]() | |||
27 July | 14:00 | Soniia Cheah Su Ya ![]() | N/P Archived 25 July 2021 at the Wayback Machine | ![]() | Cancelled | ||
28 July | 11:40 | Ratchanok Intanon ![]() | 2–1 Archived 27 July 2021 at the Wayback Machine | ![]() | 19–21 | 21–18 | 21–10 |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | GF | GA | GD | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | ![]() | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | +6 | 126 | 70 | +56 | 3 | Advance to quarter-finals |
2 | ![]() | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 111 | 89 | +22 | 2 | |
3 | ![]() | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 87 | 108 | −21 | 1 | |
4 | ![]() | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | −6 | 69 | 126 | −57 | 0 |
Date | Time | Player 1 | Score | Player 2 | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 |
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24 July | 09:00 | Qi Xuefei ![]() | 0–2 Archived 25 July 2021 at the Wayback Machine | ![]() | 11–21 | 11–21 | |
13:00 | Tai Tzu-ying ![]() | 2–0 Archived 25 July 2021 at the Wayback Machine | ![]() | 21–7 | 21–13 | ||
26 July | 10:00 | Qi Xuefei ![]() | 2–0 Archived 25 July 2021 at the Wayback Machine | ![]() | 21–10 | 21–14 | |
14:00 | Tai Tzu-ying ![]() | 2–0 Archived 25 July 2021 at the Wayback Machine | ![]() | 21–16 | 21–11 | ||
28 July | 09:00 | Tai Tzu-ying ![]() | 2–0 Archived 28 July 2021 at the Wayback Machine | ![]() | 21–10 | 21–13 | |
09:40 | Nguyễn Thùy Linh ![]() | 2–0 Archived 27 July 2021 at the Wayback Machine | ![]() | 21–8 | 21–17 |
The knockout stage was played from 29 July to 1 August. One round was held per day. This stage was a single-elimination tournament with a bronze medal match. [7]
Round of 16 | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Gold medal match | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
A1 | ![]() | 21 | 21 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
C1 | ![]() | 18 | 19 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
C1 | ![]() | 21 | 21 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
D1 | ![]() | 15 | 15 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
A1 | ![]() | 21 | 13 | 21 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
G1 | ![]() | 16 | 21 | 12 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
E1 | ![]() | 21 | 21 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
F1 | ![]() | 9 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
E1 | ![]() | 21 | 13 | 14 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
G1 | ![]() | 13 | 21 | 21 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
G1 | ![]() | 14 | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
H1 | ![]() | 21 | 7r | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
A1 | ![]() | 21 | 19 | 21 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
P1 | ![]() | 18 | 21 | 18 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
I1 | ![]() | 15 | 13 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
J1 | ![]() | 21 | 21 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
J1 | ![]() | 21 | 22 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
L1 | ![]() | 13 | 20 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
K1 | ![]() | 17 | 18 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
L1 | ![]() | 21 | 21 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
J1 | ![]() | 18 | 12 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
P1 | ![]() | 21 | 21 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
M1 | ![]() | 12 | 19 | Bronze medal match | |||||||||||||||||||||||
N1 | ![]() | 21 | 21 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
N1 | ![]() | 21 | 18 | 18 | G1 | ![]() | 13 | 15 | |||||||||||||||||||
P1 | ![]() | 14 | 21 | 21 | J1 | ![]() | 21 | 21 |
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