Badminton at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Qualification

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A total of 170 players will be competing for badminton event at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, People's Republic of China. Of them, 16 pairs will be competing in each doubles events, 38 players competing for men's singles event and 48 players competing for women's singles event.

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[edit] Qualifying criteria

The main qualifying criteria will be the BWF Ranking list as of May 1, 2008. It will provide a total of 16 pairs in each doubles event and 38 athletes in each singles event, in the following manner:

  • Rankings 1–4: Players/pairs will be taken in turn unless a NOC has already qualified 3 players/pairs.
  • Rankings 5–16: Players/pairs will be taken in turn unless a NOC has already qualified 2 players/pairs.
  • Rankings 17+: Players/pairs will be taken in turn unless a NOC has already qualified 1 player/pair.

Each continent is guaranteed one entry in each event. If this is not satisfied by the entry selection method described above, the highest ranking player/pair will be qualified. If there is no player/pair in the rankings, the winner of the most recently contested Continental Championship will be qualified.

The host nation (People's Republic of China) shall be entitled to enter 2 players in total, but more than 2 players are permitted if they all qualified under qualifying regulations.

There will also be 2 invitational places in each singles event which will be allocated by the IOC Tripartite Commission.[1]

[edit] Summary

NOC Men's
Singles		 Men's
Doubles		 Women's
Singles		 Women's
Doubles		 Mixed
Doubles		 Total
Quotas Athletes
Algeria Algeria 1 1 1
Australia Australia 1 1 1 1 4 6
Austria Austria 1 1 2 2
Belarus Belarus 1 1 1
Belgium Belgium 1 1 1
Bulgaria Bulgaria 1 1 1
Canada Canada 1 1 2 2
China China 3 2 3 3 2 13 18
Chinese Taipei Chinese Taipei 1 1 1 3 4
Czech Republic Czech Republic 1 1 2 2
Denmark Denmark 2 2 1 1 1 7 10
Estonia Estonia 1 1 1
Finland Finland 1 1 2 2
France France 1 1 2 2
Germany Germany 1 2 1 4 5
Great Britain Great Britain 1 1 1 2 5 6
Guatemala Guatemala 1 1 1
Hong Kong, China Hong Kong, China 1 1 2 4 5
Iceland Iceland 1 1 1
India India 1 1 2 2
Indonesia Indonesia 2 2 1 1 2 8 11
Ireland Ireland 1 1 2 2
Italy Italy 1 1 1
Japan Japan 1 2 1 2 6 10
Lithuania Lithuania 1 1 2 2
Malaysia Malaysia 2 2 1 1 6 9
Mauritius Mauritius 1 1 1
Mexico Mexico 1 1 1
Netherlands Netherlands 1 1 2 2
New Zealand New Zealand 1 1 1 3 4
Nigeria Nigeria 1 1 1
Peru Peru 1 1 1
Poland Poland 1 1 1 3 4
Portugal Portugal 1 1 2 2
Russia Russia 1 1 2 2
Seychelles Seychelles 1 1 2
Singapore Singapore 1 1 1 1 4 5
Slovenia Slovenia 1 1 1
South Africa South Africa 1 1 2 4
South Korea South Korea 2 2 1 2 2 9 13
Spain Spain 1 1 2 2
Sri Lanka Sri Lanka 1 1 1
Sweden Sweden 1 1 1
Switzerland Switzerland 1 1 1
Thailand Thailand 1 1 1 3 4
Ukraine Ukraine 1 1 2 2
United States United States 1 1 1 1 1 5 2
Vietnam Vietnam 1 1 2 2
Total: 48 NOCs 38 16 48 16 16 134 170

[edit] Qualifiers

[edit] Men's singles

No. Rank Player NOC Note
1 1 Lin Dan China China
2 2 Lee Chong Wei Malaysia Malaysia
3 3 Bao Chunlai China China
4 4 Chen Jin China China
5 5 Kenneth Jonassen Denmark Denmark
6 6 Sony Dwi Kuncoro Indonesia Indonesia [2]
7 7 Taufik Hidayat Indonesia Indonesia [2]
8 8 Peter Gade Denmark Denmark
9 9 Boonsak Ponsana Thailand Thailand
10 10 Park Sung-hwan South Korea South Korea
11 11 Lee Hyun-il South Korea South Korea
12 13 Przemysław Wacha Poland Poland
13 14 Wong Choong Hann Malaysia Malaysia
— 15 Simon Santoso Indonesia Indonesia [2]
14 17 Ronald Susilo Singapore Singapore
15 18 Shoji Sato Japan Japan
16 20 Ng Wei Hong Kong Hong Kong
17 30 Marc Zwiebler Germany Germany
18 31 Andrew Smith Great Britain Great Britain
19 33 Anup Sridhar India India
20 34 Andrew Dabeka Canada Canada
21 35 Nguyen Tien Minh Vietnam Vietnam
22 36 Eric Pang Netherlands Netherlands
23 38 Petr Koukal Czech Republic Czech Republic
24 40 John Moody New Zealand New Zealand
25 43 Scott Evans Ireland Ireland
26 47 Pablo Abián Spain Spain
27 52 Hsieh Yu-Hsin Chinese Taipei Chinese Taipei
28 54 Ville Lång Finland Finland
29 57 Kevin Cordon Guatemala Guatemala
30 58 Kęstutis Navickas Lithuania Lithuania
31 59 Erwin Kehlhoffner France France
32 60 Stanislav Pukhov Russia Russia
33 64 Marco Vasconcelos Portugal Portugal
34 68 Raju Rai United States United States
35 69 Vladislav Druzchenko Ukraine Ukraine
36 72 Stuart Gomez Australia Australia
37 79 Jürgen Koch Austria Austria
38 86 Nabil Lasmari Algeria Algeria

[edit] Women's singles

No. Rank Player NOC Note
1 1 Xie Xingfang China China [3]
2 2 Zhang Ning China China [3]
3 3 Lu Lan China China [3]
— 4 Zhu Lin China China [3]
4 5 Wang Chen Hong Kong Hong Kong [4]
5 6 Pi Hongyan France France
6 7 Tine Rasmussen Denmark Denmark
7 8 Xu Huaiwen Germany Germany
— 9 Zhou Mi Hong Kong Hong Kong [4]
8 10 Wong Mew Choo Malaysia Malaysia
9 11 Jun Jae-youn South Korea South Korea
10 12 Yip Pui Yin Hong Kong Hong Kong [4]
11 13 Juliane Schenk Germany Germany
12 14 Tracey Hallam Great Britain Great Britain
13 15 Eriko Hirose Japan Japan
14 16 Cheng Shao-Chieh Chinese Taipei Chinese Taipei
15 17 Petya Nedelcheva Bulgaria Bulgaria
16 18 Yao Jie Netherlands Netherlands
17 23 Anna Rice Canada Canada
18 24 Maria Kristin Yulianti Indonesia Indonesia
19 26 Larisa Griga Ukraine Ukraine
20 27 Ella Diehl Russia Russia
21 31 Saina Nehwal India India
22 32 Sara Persson Sweden Sweden
23 33 Salakjit Ponsana Thailand Thailand
24 36 Xing Aiying Singapore Singapore
25 41 Anu Nieminen Finland Finland
26 42 Agnese Allegrini Italy Italy
27 44 Kati Tolmoff Estonia Estonia
28 45 Claudia Rivero Peru Peru
29 47 Jeanine Cicognini Switzerland Switzerland
— 50 Rachel Hindley New Zealand New Zealand [5]
30 51 Olga Konon Belarus Belarus
31 55 Simone Prutsch Austria Austria
32 56 Ragna Ingolfsdottir Iceland Iceland
33 59 Ana Moura Portugal Portugal
34 60 Maja Tvrdy Slovenia Slovenia
35 65 Eva Lee United States United States
36 69 Kristina Ludikova Czech Republic Czech Republic
37 75 Nguyen Nhung Le Ngoc Vietnam Vietnam
38 79 Chloe Magee Ireland Ireland
39 81 Yoana Martínez Spain Spain
40 82 Kamila Augustyn Poland Poland
41 89 Grace Daniel Nigeria Nigeria
42 95 Huang Chia-Chi Australia Australia
43 102 Karen Foo Kune Mauritius Mauritius
44 107 Thilini Jayasinghe Sri Lanka Sri Lanka
45 110 Akvile Stapusaityte Lithuania Lithuania
46 116 Nathalie Deschamps Belgium Belgium
47 118 Deyanire Angulo Mexico Mexico

[edit] Men's doubles

No. Rank Players NOC Note
1 1 Markis Kido / Hendra Setiawan Indonesia Indonesia
2 2 Fu Haifeng / Cai Yun China China
3 3 Jung Jae-sung / Lee Yong-dae South Korea South Korea
4 4 Choong Tan Fook / Lee Wan Wah Malaysia Malaysia [6]
5 5 Koo Kien Keat / Tan Boon Heong Malaysia Malaysia [6]
6 7 Luluk Hadiyanto / Alvent Yulianto Indonesia Indonesia
7 8 Lars Paaske / Jonas Rasmussen Denmark Denmark [7]
8 9 Guo Zhendong / Xie Zhongbo China China
9 10 Lee Jae-jin / Hwang Ji-man South Korea South Korea
10 11 Shuichi Sakamoto / Shintaro Ikeda Japan Japan
11 12 Jens Eriksen / Martin Lundgaard Hansen Denmark Denmark [7]
12 14 Tadashi Ohtsuka / Keita Masuda Japan Japan
— 14 Mathias Boe / Carsten Mogensen Denmark Denmark [7]
— 15 Mohd Zakry Abdul Latif / Mohd Fairuzizuan Mohd Tazari Malaysia Malaysia [6]
13 16 Albertus Susanto Njoto / Yohan Hadikusumo Wiratama Hong Kong Hong Kong
14 21 Howard Bach / Bob Malaythong United States United States
15 42 Glenn Warfe / Ross Smith Australia Australia
16 55 Roelof Dednam / Chris Dednam South Africa South Africa

[edit] Women's doubles

No. Rank Players NOC Note
1 1 Yang Wei / Zhang Jiewen China China
2 2 Du Jing / Yu Yang China China
3 3 Zhang Yawen / Wei Yili China China
4 4 Lee Kyung-won / Lee Hyo-jung South Korea South Korea
5 5 Chien Yu Chin / Cheng Wen-Hsing Chinese Taipei Chinese Taipei
6 6 Gail Emms / Donna Kellogg Great Britain Great Britain
7 7 Kumiko Ogura / Reiko Shiota Japan Japan [8]
8 8 Miyuki Maeda / Satoko Suetsuna Japan Japan [8]
9 9 Lilyana Natsir / Vita Marissa Indonesia Indonesia
10 10 Wong Pei Tty / Chin Eei Hui Malaysia Malaysia
11 11 Jiang Yanmei / Li Yujia Singapore Singapore
12 13 Lena Frier Kristiansen / Kamilla Rytter Juhl Denmark Denmark
13 15 Ha Jung-eun / Kim Min-jung South Korea South Korea
— 14 Aki Akao / Tomomi Matsuda Japan Japan [8]
14 36 Eva Lee / Mesinee Mangkalakiri United States United States
15 49 Tania Luiz / Eugenia Tanaka Australia Australia
16 79 Michelle Claire Edwards / Chantal Botts South Africa South Africa

[edit] Mixed doubles

No. Rank Players NOC Note
1 1 Nova Widianto / Lilyana Natsir Indonesia Indonesia
2 2 Zheng Bo / Gao Ling China China [9]
3 3 Flandy Limpele / Vita Marissa Indonesia Indonesia
4 4 He Hanbin / Yu Yang China China [9]
— 5 Xie Zhongbo / Zhang Yawen China China [9]
5 6 Nathan Robertson / Gail Emms Great Britain Great Britain
6 7 Sudket Prapakamol / Saralee Thungthongkam Thailand Thailand
7 8 Anthony Clark / Donna Kellogg Great Britain Great Britain
8 9 Thomas Laybourn / Kamilla Rytter Juhl Denmark Denmark
9 10 Lee Yong-dae / Lee Hyo-jung South Korea South Korea
10 11 Han Sang-hoon / Hwang Yu-mi South Korea South Korea
11 12 Robert Mateusiak / Nadieżda Kostiuczyk Poland Poland
12 13 Kristof Hopp / Birgit Overzier Germany Germany
13 14 Hendri Kurniawan Saputra / Li Yujia Singapore Singapore
14 21 Howard Bach / Eva Lee United States United States
15 31 Craig Cooper / Renee Flavell New Zealand New Zealand
16 75 Georgie Cupidon / Juliette Ah-Wan Seychelles Seychelles

[edit] References

  1. ^ Olympic Qualifying Regulations for Beijing 2008
  2. ^ a b c Indonesia received the option to select any two of the three players it had in the men's singles top sixteen, under qualification rule 3.3.3.
  3. ^ a b c d China received the option to select any three of the four players it had in the women's singles top four, under qualification rule 3.3.2.
  4. ^ a b c Hong Kong would have received the option to select any two of the three players it had in the women's singles top three, under qualification rule 3.3.3. However, Zhou does not have a Hong Kong passport and was not granted a special dispensation to compete for Hong Kong from the International Olympic Committee.[1] Thus, only Wang and Yip are eligible for selection for Hong Kong's two qualification places.
  5. ^ New Zealand Olympic Committee officially denied Rachel Hindley's place at the Beijing Olympics, on 5 June 2008, after she failed to meet the New Zealand qualification standard (of showing she has the potential to reach the top 16). New Zealand will not send a women's single player to the Olympics [2]
  6. ^ a b c Malaysia received the option to select any two of the three pairs it had in the men's doubles top sixteen, under qualification rule 3.3.3.
  7. ^ a b c Denmark received the option to select any two of the three pairs it had in the men's doubles top sixteen, under qualification rule 3.3.3.
  8. ^ a b c Japan received the option to select any two of the three pairs it had in the men's singles top sixteen, under qualification rule 3.3.3.
  9. ^ a b c China received the option to select any two of the three pairs it had in the mixed doubles top sixteen, under qualification rule 3.3.3.
  1. Olympics 2008 Player List