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Badminton at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's doubles

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Women's doubles
at the Games of the XXXII Olympiad
VenueMusashino Forest Sport Plaza
Date24 July – 2 August 2021
Competitors32 (16 pairs) from 13 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Greysia Polii
Apriyani Rahayu
 Indonesia
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Chen Qingchen
Jia Yifan
 China
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Kim So-yeong
Kong Hee-yong
 South Korea

The women's doubles badminton tournament at the 2020 Summer Olympics took place from 24 July to 2 August at the Musashino Forest Sport Plaza at Tokyo. There were 16 pairs (32 players) from 14 nations competing.

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 2020 Olympics. Indonesia also became the second country to have medaled in each of the five Olympic badminton events, after China completed the feat at the 2012 Olympics.[1]

Background

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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

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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

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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

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

Schedule

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

Legend
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

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Group A

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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
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 Indonesia
Apriyani Rahayu Indonesia
2–0 Archived 30 July 2021 at the Wayback Machine Malaysia Chow Mei Kuan
Malaysia Lee Meng Yean
21–14 21–17
20:40 Yuki Fukushima Japan
Sayaka Hirota Japan
2–0 Archived 29 July 2021 at the Wayback Machine United Kingdom Chloe Birch
United Kingdom Lauren Smith
21–13 21–14
25 July 19:20 Yuki Fukushima Japan
Sayaka Hirota Japan
2–1 Archived 24 July 2021 at the Wayback Machine Malaysia Chow Mei Kuan
Malaysia Lee Meng Yean
17–21 21–15 21–8
26 July 18:00 Greysia Polii Indonesia
Apriyani Rahayu Indonesia
2–0 Archived 27 July 2021 at the Wayback Machine United Kingdom Chloe Birch
United Kingdom Lauren Smith
21–11 21–13
27 July 10:40 Yuki Fukushima Japan
Sayaka Hirota Japan
1–2 Archived 27 July 2021 at the Wayback Machine Indonesia Greysia Polii
Indonesia Apriyani Rahayu
22–24 21–13 8–21
Chow Mei Kuan Malaysia
Lee Meng Yean Malaysia
2–0 Archived 28 July 2021 at the Wayback Machine United Kingdom Chloe Birch
United Kingdom Lauren Smith
21–19 21–16

Group B

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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
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 Japan
Wakana Nagahara Japan
2–0 Archived 24 July 2021 at the Wayback Machine Egypt Doha Hany
Egypt Hadia Hosny
21–7 21–3
18:40 Selena Piek Netherlands
Cheryl Seinen Netherlands
2–1 Archived 24 July 2021 at the Wayback Machine Canada Rachel Honderich
Canada Kristen Tsai
16–21 21–14 21–15
25 July 20:00 Mayu Matsumoto Japan
Wakana Nagahara Japan
2–1 Archived 25 July 2021 at the Wayback Machine Canada Rachel Honderich
Canada Kristen Tsai
14–21 21–19 21–18
26 July 19:20 Selena Piek Netherlands
Cheryl Seinen Netherlands
2–0 Archived 25 July 2021 at the Wayback Machine Egypt Doha Hany
Egypt Hadia Hosny
21–6 21–10
27 July 18:00 Mayu Matsumoto Japan
Wakana Nagahara Japan
2–0 Archived 28 July 2021 at the Wayback Machine Netherlands Selena Piek
Netherlands Cheryl Seinen
24–22 21–15
18:40 Rachel Honderich Canada
Kristen Tsai Canada
2–0 Archived 27 July 2021 at the Wayback Machine Egypt Doha Hany
Egypt Hadia Hosny
21–5 21–6

Group C

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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[a] Advance to quarter-finals
2  Du Yue (CHN)
 Li Yinhui (CHN)
3 2 1 4 2 +2 115 91 +24 2[a]
3  Setyana Mapasa (AUS)
 Gronya Somerville (AUS)
3 1 2 2 5 −3 91 136 −45 1[b]
4  Maiken Fruergaard (DEN)
 Sara Thygesen (DEN)
3 1 2 3 5 −2 138 157 −19 1[b]
Source: TOCOG
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head point: South Korea 1, China 0.
  2. ^ a b 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 China
Li Yinhui China
2–0 Archived 25 July 2021 at the Wayback Machine Denmark Maiken Fruergaard
Denmark Sara Thygesen
21–13 21–15
18:40 Lee So-hee South Korea
Shin Seung-chan South Korea
2–0 Archived 24 July 2021 at the Wayback Machine Australia Setyana Mapasa
Australia Gronya Somerville
21–9 21–6
25 July 13:20 Lee So-hee South Korea
Shin Seung-chan South Korea
1–2 Archived 24 July 2021 at the Wayback Machine Denmark Maiken Fruergaard
Denmark Sara Thygesen
21–15 19–21 20–22
26 July 20:00 Du Yue China
Li Yinhui China
2–0 Archived 26 July 2021 at the Wayback Machine Australia Setyana Mapasa
Australia Gronya Somerville
21–9 21–12
27 July 11:20 Maiken Fruergaard Denmark
Sara Thygesen Denmark
1–2 Archived 26 July 2021 at the Wayback Machine Australia Setyana Mapasa
Australia Gronya Somerville
19–21 21–13 12–21
20:00 Lee So-hee South Korea
Shin Seung-chan South Korea
2–0 Archived 26 July 2021 at the Wayback Machine China Du Yue
China Li Yinhui
21–19 21–12

Group D

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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
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 China
Jia Yifan China
2–0 Archived 24 July 2021 at the Wayback Machine Thailand Jongkolphan Kititharakul
Thailand Rawinda Prajongjai
21–6 21–10
Kim So-yeong South Korea
Kong Hee-yong South Korea
2–1 Archived 25 July 2021 at the Wayback Machine Bulgaria Gabriela Stoeva
Bulgaria Stefani Stoeva
21–23 21–12 23–21
25 July 10:40 Kim So-yeong South Korea
Kong Hee-yong South Korea
2–0 Archived 26 July 2021 at the Wayback Machine Thailand Jongkolphan Kititharakul
Thailand Rawinda Prajongjai
21–19 24–22
26 July 13:20 Chen Qingchen China
Jia Yifan China
2–0 Archived 25 July 2021 at the Wayback Machine Bulgaria Gabriela Stoeva
Bulgaria Stefani Stoeva
21–18 21–15
27 July 12:00 Chen Qingchen China
Jia Yifan China
2–1 Archived 26 July 2021 at the Wayback Machine South Korea Kim So-yeong
South Korea Kong Hee-yong
19–21 21–16 21–14
19:20 Gabriela Stoeva Bulgaria
Stefani Stoeva Bulgaria
2–1 Archived 26 July 2021 at the Wayback Machine Thailand Jongkolphan Kititharakul
Thailand Rawinda Prajongjai
21–11 16–21 21–17

Finals

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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

References

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