Badminton at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification
There are 172 quota places available for qualification for badminton at the 2020 Summer Olympics. The Olympic qualification period takes place between April 29, 2019 and April 25, 2021, and the Badminton World Federation rankings list, scheduled to publish on April 29, 2021, will be used to allocate spots. Nations can enter a maximum of two players each in the men's and women's singles, if both are ranked in the world's top 16; otherwise, one quota place until the roster of thirty-eight players has been completed. Similar regulations also apply to the players competing in the doubles, as the NOCs can enter a maximum of two pairs if both are ranked in the top eight, while the remaining NOCs are entitled to one until the quota of 16 highest-ranked pairs is filled.
Qualifying standards
Qualification of these Games will be based on the BWF Ranking list to be published on April 29, 2021, providing a total of 16 pairs in each doubles event, and an initial allocation of 38 players in each singles event in the following criteria:- Singles:
- *Ranking 1-16: Players are taken in turn. A NOC may enter up to a maximum of 2 players, provided both are ranked in the top 16.
- *Ranking 17 and below: Players are taken in turn. A NOC may enter a maximum of 1 player.
- Doubles:
- *Rankings 1–8: Pairs are taken in turn. A NOC may enter up to a maximum of 2 pairs, provided both pairs are ranked in the top 8.
- *Rankings 9 and below: Pairs are taken in turn. A NOC may enter a maximum of 1 pair.
Host nation Japan is entitled to enter a male and a female badminton player in each of the singles tournaments, but more than two players may be permitted if they achieve the qualifying regulations. Meanwhile, six quota places are made available to eligible NOCs through the Tripartite Commission Invitation, with three each in the men's and women's singles. The Tripartite Commission invitation places count for the Continental Representation Place system.
For any player who qualifies in both a doubles event and a singles event, an unused quota place will be allocated to the next best ranked eligible athlete of a respective gender in the singles events on the BWF Ranking List as of April 29, 2021. This ensures that a total of 86 men and 86 women qualify, with the individual event fields expanding from 38 to accommodate additional players.
Summary Ranking
All of the event was postponed and rescheduled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.| Player | Country | ||
| 1 | 1 | Kento Momota | |
| 2 | 2 | Chou Tien-chen | |
| 3 | 3 | Anders Antonsen | |
| 4 | 4 | Anthony Sinisuka Ginting | |
| 5 | 5 | Chen Long | |
| 6 | 6 | Viktor Axelsen | |
| 7 | 7 | Jonatan Christie | |
| 8 | 8 | Ng Ka Long | |
| 9 | 9 | Lee Zii Jia | |
| 10 | 10 | Wang Tzu-wei | |
| 11 | 11 | Shi Yuqi | |
| 12 | 12 | Kanta Tsuneyama | |
| 13 | 13 | B. Sai Praneeth | |
| 14 | 15 | Kantaphon Wangcharoen | |
| 15 | 31 | Heo Kwang-hee | |
| 16 | 33 | Loh Kean Yew | |
| 17 | 36 | Mark Caljouw | |
| 18 | 37 | Brice Leverdez | |
| 19 | 43 | Misha Zilberman | |
| 20 | 47 | Pablo Abián | |
| 21 | 48 | Toby Penty | |
| 22 | 49 | Ygor Coelho de Oliveira | |
| 23 | 50 | Jason Ho-shue | |
| 24 | 52 | Felix Burestedt | |
| 25 | 59 | Nhat Nguyen | |
| 26 | 61 | Ade Resky Dwicahyo | |
| 27 | 63 | Nguyễn Tiến Minh | |
| 28 | 64 | Sergey Sirant | |
| 29 | 65 | Kai Schäfer | |
| 30 | 70 | Lino Muñoz | |
| 31 | 72 | Kevin Cordón | |
| 32 | 75 | Georges Paul | |
| 33 | 77 | Kalle Koljonen | |
| 34 | 79 | Raul Must | |
| 35 | 80 | Luka Wraber | |
| 36 | 81 | Artem Pochtarov | |
| 37 | 87 | Gergely Krausz | |
| 38 | 92 | Anuoluwapo Juwon Opeyori | |
| 39 | 94 | Timothy Lam | |
| 40 | 97 | Emre Lale | |
| 41 | 98 | Abhinav Manota |
| Player | Country | ||
| 1 | 1 | Chen Yufei | |
| 2 | 2 | Tai Tzu-ying | |
| 3 | 3 | Nozomi Okuhara | |
| 4 | 4 | Akane Yamaguchi | |
| 5 | 5 | Carolina Marín | |
| 6 | 6 | Ratchanok Intanon | |
| 7 | 7 | P. V. Sindhu | |
| 8 | 8 | An Se-young | |
| 9 | 9 | He Bingjiao | |
| 10 | 10 | Michelle Li | |
| 11 | 12 | Busanan Ongbamrungphan | |
| 12 | 14 | Kim Ga-eun | |
| 13 | 17 | Zhang Beiwen | |
| 14 | 19 | Mia Blichfeldt | |
| 15 | 20 | Gregoria Mariska Tunjung | |
| 16 | 23 | Evgeniya Kosetskaya | |
| 17 | 24 | Yeo Jia Min | |
| 18 | 26 | Soniia Cheah Su Ya | |
| 19 | 28 | Kirsty Gilmour | |
| 20 | 31 | Cheung Ngan Yi | |
| 21 | 34 | Neslihan Yiğit | |
| 22 | 36 | Qi Xuefei | |
| 23 | 41 | Lianne Tan | |
| 24 | 43 | Yvonne Li | |
| 25 | 44 | Nguyễn Thùy Linh | |
| 26 | 50 | Sabrina Jaquet | |
| 27 | 53 | Thet Htar Thuzar | |
| 28 | 56 | Ksenia Polikarpova | |
| 29 | 59 | Kristin Kuuba | |
| 30 | 60 | Chen Hsuan-yu | |
| 31 | 62 | Soraya de Visch Eijbergen | |
| 32 | 63 | Airi Mikkelä | |
| 33 | 64 | Mariya Mitsova | |
| 34 | 67 | Dorcas Ajoke Adesokan | |
| 35 | 68 | Fabiana Silva | |
| 36 | 70 | Daniela Macías | |
| 37 | 72 | Laura Sárosi | |
| 38 | 74 | Martina Repiská |
| Player | Country | ||
| 1 | 1 | Marcus Fernaldi Gideon | |
| 1 | 1 | Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo | |
| 2 | 2 | Mohammad Ahsan | |
| 2 | 2 | Hendra Setiawan | |
| 3 | 3 | Li Junhui | |
| 3 | 3 | Liu Yuchen | |
| 4 | 4 | Hiroyuki Endo | |
| 4 | 4 | Yuta Watanabe | |
| 5 | 5 | Takeshi Kamura | |
| 5 | 5 | Keigo Sonoda | |
| 6 | 7 | Lee Yang | |
| 6 | 7 | Wang Chi-lin | |
| 7 | 8 | Choi Sol-gyu | |
| 7 | 8 | Seo Seung-jae | |
| 8 | 9 | Aaron Chia | |
| 8 | 9 | Soh Wooi Yik | |
| 9 | 10 | Satwiksairaj Rankireddy | |
| 9 | 10 | Chirag Shetty | |
| 10 | 11 | Kim Astrup | |
| 10 | 11 | Anders Skaarup Rasmussen | |
| 11 | 21 | Marcus Ellis | |
| 11 | 21 | Chris Langridge | |
| 12 | 22 | Mark Lamsfuß | |
| 12 | 22 | Marvin Emil Seidel | |
| 13 | 23 | Vladimir Ivanov | |
| 13 | 23 | Ivan Sozonov | |
| 14 | 34 | Jelle Maas | |
| 14 | 34 | Robin Tabeling | |
| 15 | 35 | Jason Ho-shue | |
| 15 | 35 | Nyl Yakura | |
| 16 | 44 | Godwin Olofua | |
| 16 | 44 | Anuoluwapo Juwon Opeyori |
| Player | Country | ||
| 1 | 1 | Yuki Fukushima | |
| 1 | 1 | Sayaka Hirota | |
| 2 | 2 | Chen Qingchen | |
| 2 | 2 | Jia Yifan | |
| 3 | 3 | Mayu Matsumoto | |
| 3 | 3 | Wakana Nagahara | |
| 4 | 4 | Lee So-hee | |
| 4 | 4 | Shin Seung-chan | |
| 5 | 5 | Kim So-yeong | |
| 5 | 5 | Kong Hee-yong | |
| 6 | 7 | Du Yue | |
| 6 | 7 | Li Yinhui | |
| 7 | 8 | Greysia Polii | |
| 7 | 8 | Apriyani Rahayu | |
| 8 | 13 | Jongkolphan Kititharakul | |
| 8 | 13 | Rawinda Prajongjai | |
| 9 | 14 | Gabriela Stoeva | |
| 9 | 14 | Stefani Stoeva | |
| 10 | 15 | Chow Mei Kuan | |
| 10 | 15 | Lee Meng Yean | |
| 11 | 16 | Maiken Fruergaard | |
| 11 | 16 | Sara Thygesen | |
| 12 | 17 | Chloe Birch | |
| 12 | 17 | Lauren Smith | |
| 13 | 20 | Selena Piek | |
| 13 | 20 | Cheryl Seinen | |
| 14 | 22 | Rachel Honderich | |
| 14 | 22 | Kristen Tsai | |
| 15 | 24 | Setyana Mapasa | |
| 15 | 24 | Gronya Somerville | |
| 16 | 38 | Doha Hany | |
| 16 | 38 | Hadia Hosny |
| Player | Country | ||
| 1 | 1 | Zheng Siwei | |
| 1 | 1 | Huang Yaqiong | |
| 2 | 2 | Wang Yilü | |
| 2 | 2 | Huang Dongping | |
| 3 | 3 | Dechapol Puavaranukroh | |
| 3 | 3 | Sapsiree Taerattanachai | |
| 4 | 4 | Praveen Jordan | |
| 4 | 4 | Melati Daeva Oktavianti | |
| 5 | 5 | Yuta Watanabe | |
| 5 | 5 | Arisa Higashino | |
| 6 | 6 | Seo Seung-jae | |
| 6 | 6 | Chae Yoo-jung | |
| 7 | 7 | Chan Peng Soon | |
| 7 | 7 | Goh Liu Ying | |
| 8 | 8 | Hafiz Faizal | |
| 8 | 8 | Gloria Emanuelle Widjaja | |
| 9 | 9 | Tang Chun Man | |
| 9 | 9 | Tse Ying Suet | |
| 10 | 10 | Marcus Ellis | |
| 10 | 10 | Lauren Smith | |
| 11 | 14 | Robin Tabeling | |
| 11 | 14 | Selena Piek | |
| 12 | 15 | Thom Gicquel | |
| 12 | 15 | Delphine Delrue | |
| 13 | 16 | Mark Lamsfuß | |
| 13 | 16 | Isabel Herttrich | |
| 14 | 29 | Joshua Hurlburt-Yu | |
| 14 | 29 | Josephine Wu | |
| 15 | 44 | Adham Hatem Elgamal | |
| 15 | 44 | Doha Hany | |
| 16 | 48 | Simon Leung | |
| 16 | 48 | Gronya Somerville |