| Badminton at the 2022 Maccabiah Games | |
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| Venue | Darca School |
| Location | Daliyat al-Karmel, Israel |
| Dates | 17 - 19 July 2022 |
| Competitors | 45 [1] from 5 nations |
Badminton at the 2022 Maccabiah Games was held at the Darca School in Daliyat al-Karmel, Israel from 17 to 19 July 2022. [2] [3]
| GS | Group stage | R16 | Round of 16 | ¼ | Quarterfinals | ½ | Semifinals | F | Final |
| Events | Sun 17 [4] | Mon 18 [5] | Tue 19 [6] | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men's singles | GS | ¼ | ½ | F | |||||
| Men's doubles | R16 | ¼ | ½ | F | |||||
| Women's singles | GS | ¼ | ½ | F | |||||
| Women's doubles | R16 | ¼ | ½ | F | |||||
| Mixed doubles | R16 | ¼ | ½ | F | |||||
* Host nation (Israel)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Israel* | 5 | 5 | 7 | 17 |
| 2 |  Lithuania | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 3 |  Brazil | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Germany | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (4 entries) | 5 | 5 | 14 | 24 | |
| Event [7] | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's singles | May Bar Netzer Israel | Idan Schneidman Israel | Alan Plavin Lithuania |
| Ariel Shainsky Israel | |||
| Women's singles | Heli Neiman Israel | Ksenia Polikarpova Israel | Alina Bergelson Israel |
| Anna Kirilova Israel | |||
| Men's doubles | Israel May Bar Netzer Maxim Grinblat | Israel Alexander Bass Lior Kroitor | Lithuania Mark Sames Daniel Tarachovskij |
| Maayan Mugilner Israel Alan Plavin Lithuania | |||
| Women's doubles | Israel Alina Bergelson Ksenia Polikarpova | Israel Margaret Lurie Yuval Pugach | Zohar Amoyal Israel Amanda Feldman Brazil |
| Emily Mostovoy Germany Vitalija Movsovic Lithuania | |||
| Mixed doubles | Israel Yuval Pugach Ariel Shainsky | Israel Maxim Grinblat Anna Kirilova | Israel Gal Hiram Heli Neiman |
| Margaret Lurie Israel Mark Sames Lithuania |
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