Badminton at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Mixed doubles

The mixed doubles badminton tournament at the 2020 Summer Olympics took place from 24 to 30 July at the Musashino Forest Sport Plaza at Tokyo. There were 16 pairs (32 players) from 15 nations competing.

Mixed doubles
at the Games of the XXXII Olympiad
VenueMusashino Forest Sport Plaza
Date24–30 July 2021
Competitors32 (16 pairs) from 15 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Wang Yilyu
Huang Dongping
 China
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Zheng Siwei
Huang Yaqiong
 China
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Yuta Watanabe
Arisa Higashino
 Japan

Background

edit

This was the 7th 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; the mixed doubles tournament was not held in 1992 but has been held since 1996.[1]

The reigning champions were Tontowi Ahmad and Liliyana Natsir of Indonesia, who were not defending their title with both having retired. The top two qualifying pairs were both from China (the only nation to qualify two pairs): Zheng Siwei/Huang Yaqiong and Wang Yilyu/Huang Dongping. Zheng and Huang were also the reigning world champions.

Qualification

edit

The badminton qualification system provided for 16 mixed doubles teams (32 players). 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.

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

edit

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 would move on to a knockout stage.[2] The knockout stage was a three-round single-elimination tournament with a bronze-medal match.[3]

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.[3]

Seeds

edit
  1.   Zheng Siwei / Huang Yaqiong (CHN) (silver medalists)
  2.   Wang Yilyu / Huang Dongping (CHN) (gold medalists)
  3.   Dechapol Puavaranukroh / Sapsiree Taerattanachai (THA) (quarter-finals)
  4.   Praveen Jordan / Melati Daeva Oktavianti (INA) (quarter-finals)

Schedule

edit

The tournament was held over a 7-day period, with 6 competition days and 1 open day.[4][5]

Legend
P Preliminaries QF Quarter-finals SF Semi-finals BM Bronze medal match GM Gold medal match
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
Mixed doubles P QF SF BM GM

Group stage

edit

Group A

edit
Pos Team Pld W L GF GA GD PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1   Zheng Siwei (CHN)
  Huang Yaqiong (CHN)
3 3 0 6 0 +6 127 81 +46 3 Advance to quarter-finals
2   Seo Seung-jae (KOR)
  Chae Yoo-jung (KOR)
3 2 1 4 3 +1 131 99 +32 2
3   Robin Tabeling (NED)
  Selena Piek (NED)
3 1 2 3 4 −1 124 114 +10 1
4   Adham Hatem Elgamal (EGY)
  Doha Hany (EGY)
3 0 3 0 6 −6 38 126 −88 0
Source: TOCOG
Date Time Pair 1 Score Pair 2 Set 1 Set 2 Set 3
24 July 10:20 Zheng Siwei  
Huang Yaqiong  
2–0 Archived 24 July 2021 at the Wayback Machine   Adham Hatem Elgamal
  Doha Hany
21–5 21–10
Seo Seung-jae  
Chae Yoo-jung  
2–1 Archived 24 July 2021 at the Wayback Machine   Robin Tabeling
  Selena Piek
16–21 21–15 21–11
25 July 14:00 Zheng Siwei  
Huang Yaqiong  
2–0 Archived 25 July 2021 at the Wayback Machine   Robin Tabeling
  Selena Piek
21–15 22–20
18:00 Seo Seung-jae  
Chae Yoo-jung  
2–0 Archived 24 July 2021 at the Wayback Machine   Adham Hatem Elgamal
  Doha Hany
21–7 21–3
26 July 10:40 Robin Tabeling  
Selena Piek  
2–0 Archived 26 July 2021 at the Wayback Machine   Adham Hatem Elgamal
  Doha Hany
21–9 21–4
12:40 Zheng Siwei  
Huang Yaqiong  
2–0 Archived 26 July 2021 at the Wayback Machine   Seo Seung-jae
  Chae Yoo-jung
21–14 21–17

Group B

edit
Pos Team Pld W L GF GA GD PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1   Marcus Ellis (GBR)
  Lauren Smith (GBR)
3 3 0 6 0 +6 126 98 +28 3 Advance to quarter-finals
2   Dechapol Puavaranukroh (THA)
  Sapsiree Taerattanachai (THA)
3 2 1 4 2 +2 115 85 +30 2
3   Thom Gicquel (FRA)
  Delphine Delrue (FRA)
3 1 2 2 4 −2 101 109 −8 1
4   Joshua Hurlburt-Yu (CAN)
  Josephine Wu (CAN)
3 0 3 0 6 −6 76 126 −50 0
Source: TOCOG
Date Time Pair 1 Score Pair 2 Set 1 Set 2 Set 3
24 July 09:40 Marcus Ellis  
Lauren Smith  
2–0 Archived 24 July 2021 at the Wayback Machine   Thom Gicquel
  Delphine Delrue
21–18 21–17
18:40 Dechapol Puavaranukroh  
Sapsiree Taerattanachai  
2–0 Archived 25 July 2021 at the Wayback Machine   Joshua Hurlburt-Yu
  Josephine Wu
21–13 21–6
25 July 12:00 Dechapol Puavaranukroh  
Sapsiree Taerattanachai  
2–0 Archived 28 July 2021 at the Wayback Machine   Thom Gicquel
  Delphine Delrue
21–9 21–15
19:20 Marcus Ellis  
Lauren Smith  
2–0 Archived 28 July 2021 at the Wayback Machine   Joshua Hurlburt-Yu
  Josephine Wu
21–13 21–19
26 July 12:00 Dechapol Puavaranukroh  
Sapsiree Taerattanachai  
0–2 Archived 26 July 2021 at the Wayback Machine   Marcus Ellis
  Lauren Smith
17–21 19–21
13:20 Thom Gicquel  
Delphine Delrue  
2–0 Archived 26 July 2021 at the Wayback Machine   Joshua Hurlburt-Yu
  Josephine Wu
21–12 21–13

Group C

edit
Pos Team Pld W L GF GA GD PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1   Yuta Watanabe (JPN)
  Arisa Higashino (JPN) (H)
3 3 0 6 1 +5 146 93 +53 3 Advance to quarter-finals
2   Praveen Jordan (INA)
  Melati Daeva Oktavianti (INA)
3 2 1 4 3 +1 130 135 −5 2
3   Mathias Christiansen (DEN)
  Alexandra Bøje (DEN)
3 1 2 3 4 −1 131 127 +4 1
4   Simon Leung (AUS)
  Gronya Somerville (AUS)
3 0 3 1 6 −5 94 146 −52 0
Source: TOCOG
(H) Host
Date Time Pair 1 Score Pair 2 Set 1 Set 2 Set 3
24 July 09:00 Yuta Watanabe  
Arisa Higashino  
2–1 Archived 25 July 2021 at the Wayback Machine   Mathias Christiansen
  Alexandra Bøje
20–22 21–11 21–15
11:40 Praveen Jordan  
Melati Daeva Oktavianti  
2–1 Archived 25 July 2021 at the Wayback Machine   Simon Leung
  Gronya Somerville
20–22 21–17 21–13
25 July 13:20 Praveen Jordan  
Melati Daeva Oktavianti  
2–0 Archived 25 July 2021 at the Wayback Machine   Mathias Christiansen
  Alexandra Bøje
24–22 21–19
18:40 Yuta Watanabe  
Arisa Higashino  
2–0 Archived 24 July 2021 at the Wayback Machine   Simon Leung
  Gronya Somerville
21–7 21–15
26 July 10:40 Praveen Jordan  
Melati Daeva Oktavianti  
0–2 Archived 26 July 2021 at the Wayback Machine   Yuta Watanabe
  Arisa Higashino
13–21 10–21
13:20 Mathias Christiansen  
Alexandra Bøje  
2–0 Archived 26 July 2021 at the Wayback Machine   Simon Leung
  Gronya Somerville
21–6 21–14

Group D

edit
Pos Team Pld W L GF GA GD PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1   Wang Yilyu (CHN)
  Huang Dongping (CHN)
3 3 0 6 0 +6 129 101 +28 3 Advance to quarter-finals
2   Tang Chun Man (HKG)
  Tse Ying Suet (HKG)
3 2 1 4 4 0 145 155 −10 2
3   Mark Lamsfuß (GER)
  Isabel Herttrich (GER)
3 1 2 3 4 −1 139 135 +4 1
4   Chan Peng Soon (MAS)
  Goh Liu Ying (MAS)
3 0 3 1 6 −5 114 136 −22 0
Source: TOCOG
Date Time Pair 1 Score Pair 2 Set 1 Set 2 Set 3
24 July 12:20 Wang Yilyu  
Huang Dongping  
2–0 Archived 25 July 2021 at the Wayback Machine   Mark Lamsfuß
  Isabel Herttrich
24–22 21–17
19:20 Chan Peng Soon  
Goh Liu Ying  
1–2 Archived 26 July 2021 at the Wayback Machine   Tang Chun Man
  Tse Ying Suet
18–21 21–10 16–21
25 July 11:20 Chan Peng Soon  
Goh Liu Ying  
0–2 Archived 25 July 2021 at the Wayback Machine   Mark Lamsfuß
  Isabel Herttrich
12–21 15–21
12:00 Wang Yilyu  
Huang Dongping  
2–0 Archived 25 July 2021 at the Wayback Machine   Tang Chun Man
  Tse Ying Suet
21–12 21–18
26 July 12:00 Tang Chun Man  
Tse Ying Suet  
2–1 Archived 26 July 2021 at the Wayback Machine   Mark Lamsfuß
  Isabel Herttrich
22–20 20–22 21–16
18:40 Wang Yilyu  
Huang Dongping  
2–0 Archived 26 July 2021 at the Wayback Machine   Chan Peng Soon
  Goh Liu Ying
21–13 21–19

Finals

edit

The quarter-finals are held on 28 July, the semi-finals on 29 July, and the medal matches on 30 July 2021.[6]

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Gold medal match
               
A1   Zheng Siwei (CHN)
  Huang Yaqiong (CHN)
21 21
C2   Praveen Jordan (INA)
  Melati Daeva Oktavianti (INA)
17 15
A1   Zheng Siwei (CHN)
  Huang Yaqiong (CHN)
21 21
D2   Tang Chun Man (HKG)
  Tse Ying Suet (HKG)
16 12
B1   Marcus Ellis (GBR)
  Lauren Smith (GBR)
13 18
D2   Tang Chun Man (HKG)
  Tse Ying Suet (HKG)
21 21
A1   Zheng Siwei (CHN)
  Huang Yaqiong (CHN)
17 21 19
D1   Wang Yilyu (CHN)
  Huang Dongping (CHN)
21 17 21
C1   Yuta Watanabe (JPN)
  Arisa Higashino (JPN)
15 21 21
B2   Dechapol Puavaranukroh (THA)
  Sapsiree Taerattanachai (THA)
21 16 14
C1   Yuta Watanabe (JPN)
  Arisa Higashino (JPN)
23 15 14 Bronze medal match
D1   Wang Yilyu (CHN)
  Huang Dongping (CHN)
21 21 21
A2   Seo Seung-jae (KOR)
  Chae Yoo-jung (KOR)
9 16 D2   Tang Chun Man (HKG)
  Tse Ying Suet (HKG)
17 21
D1   Wang Yilyu (CHN)
  Huang Dongping (CHN)
21 21 C1   Yuta Watanabe (JPN)
  Arisa Higashino (JPN)
21 23

References

edit
  1. ^ "Badminton – The Olympic Journey". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
  2. ^ "Tokyo 2020 will be the eighth time badminton is being held as an Olympic medal sport". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 24 July 2016. Retrieved 1 March 2021.
  3. ^ a b "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.
  4. ^ "Schedule - Badminton Tokyo 2020 Olympics". Olympian Database. Retrieved 24 February 2020.
  5. ^ "Badminton Competition Schedule". Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Retrieved 1 March 2020.
  6. ^ "Badminton Mixed Doubles - Bracket Results". Olympics.com. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 27 July 2021. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
edit