Badminton at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's doubles

Women's doubles
at the Games of the XXXII Olympiad
Women's doubles; at the Games of the XXXII Olympiad
Venue	Musashino Forest Sport Plaza
Date	24 July – 2 August 2021
Competitors	32 (16 pairs) from 13 nations
Medalists
	← 2016 Rio 2024 Paris →

Last updated February 12, 2023

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 Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Indonesia also became the second country to have won all five Olympic badminton events, after China in London 2012 Olympics.^[1]

Background

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

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

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

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

Schedule

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

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

Group A

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	Advance to quarter-finals
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
24 July	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
27 July	10:40	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

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	Advance to quarter-finals
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
24 July	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
27 July	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

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^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Advance to quarter-finals
2	Du Yue (CHN) Li Yinhui (CHN)	3	2	1	4	2	+2	115	91	+24	2^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Advance to quarter-finals
3	Setyana Mapasa (AUS) Gronya Somerville (AUS)	3	1	2	2	5	−3	91	136	−45	1^{[lower-alpha 2]}
4	Maiken Fruergaard (DEN) Sara Thygesen (DEN)	3	1	2	3	5	−2	138	157	−19	1^{[lower-alpha 2]}

Source: TOCOG
Notes:

1 2 Head-to-head point: South Korea 1, China 0.
1 2 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
24 July	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
27 July	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

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	Advance to quarter-finals
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
24 July	11:40	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
27 July	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

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

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References

↑ "Indonesia take shock gold in women's doubles badminton, People's Republic of China claim silver". Olympics.com. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. 2 August 2021. Archived from the original on 11 August 2021. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
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[table_hth_KOR0.76890413219524-7] 1 2 Head-to-head point: South Korea 1, China 0.

[table_hth_AUS0.76890413219524-8] 1 2 Head-to-head point: Australia 1, Denmark 0.

[1] "Indonesia take shock gold in women's doubles badminton, People's Republic of China claim silver". Olympics.com. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. 2 August 2021. Archived from the original on 11 August 2021. Retrieved 2 August 2021.

[2] "Badminton – The Olympic Journey". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 24 July 2021.

[3] "Tokyo 2020 will be the eighth time badminton was being held as an Olympic medal sport". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 24 July 2016. Retrieved 1 March 2021.

[Tokyo2020Summary-4] 1 2 "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.

[5] "Schedule - Badminton Tokyo 2020 Olympics". Olympian Database. Retrieved 24 February 2020.

[6] "Badminton Competition Schedule". Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Retrieved 1 March 2020.

[9] "Badminton Women's Doubles - Bracket Results". Olympics.com. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 6 October 2021. Retrieved 29 July 2021.

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v t e Olympic badminton women's doubles champions
As exhibition sport	1988: Chung So-young & Kim Yun-ja (KOR)
As official sport	1992: Chung So-young & Hwang Hye-young (KOR) 1996: Ge Fei & Gu Jun (CHN) 2000: Ge Fei & Gu Jun (CHN) 2004: Yang Wei & Zhang Jiewen (CHN) 2008: Du Jing & Yu Yang (CHN) 2012: Tian Qing & Zhao Yunlei (CHN) 2016: Misaki Matsutomo & Ayaka Takahashi (JPN) 2020: Greysia Polii & Apriyani Rahayu (INA)

Badminton at the 2020 Summer Olympics

List of badminton players Qualification
Singles	men	women
Doubles	men	women	mixed
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