Badminton at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Qualification
This article details the qualifying phase for badminton at the 2016 Summer Olympics. The Olympic qualification period takes place between May 4, 2015 and May 1, 2016, and the Badminton World Federation rankings list, scheduled to publish on May 5, 2016, will be used to allocate spots.[1] Unlike the previous Games, nations could only 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 in the singles tournaments also apply to the players competing in the doubles, as the NOCs could only 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.[2]
Qualifying standards
Qualification of these Games will be based on the BWF Ranking list to be published on May 5, 2016, providing a total of 16 pairs in each doubles event, and 38 players in each singles event in the following criteria:[1]
- Rankings 1–16: Players/pairs are taken in turn unless an NOC may enter up to a maximum of 2 players/pairs.
- Rankings 17 and above: Players/pairs are taken in turn unless an NOC may only limit to a single player/pair.
Each of the five continental confederations must guarantee one entry in each singles or doubles event. If this has not been satisfied by the entry selection method described above, the highest ranked player or pair shall be qualified from a respective continent.[1]
Considering qualification in all events, an NOC can qualify players or pairs in a maximum of two events through the Continental Representation Place system; otherwise, an NOC must choose which of them are qualified, and the quota place declined will be offered to the next eligible player or pair. For each player who qualifies in more than one discipline, 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 May 5, 2016.[1]
Host nation Brazil has been 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 have achieved the qualifying regulations.[3] 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.[1]
Summary
| NOC | Men | Women | Mixed | Total | |||
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| Singles | Doubles | Singles | Doubles | Doubles | Quotas | Athletes | |
 Brazil | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |||
| Total: 1 NOCs | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Qualified players
The color pink signifies that a player has been withdrawn from the competition.
- BWF Olympic Qualification (February 11, 2016)[4]
Men's singles
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Women's singles
Men's doubles
| No. | Rank | Players | NOC | Remark | |
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| 1 | 1 | Lee Yong-dae | Yoo Yeon-seong |  South Korea |
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| 2 | 2 | Hendra Setiawan | Mohammad Ahsan |  Indonesia |
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| 3 | 3 | Fu Haifeng | Zhang Nan |  China |
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| 4 | 4 | Chai Biao | Hong Wei | China |
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| 5 | 5 | Kim Ki-jung | Kim Sa-rang | South Korea |
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| 6 | 6 | Hiroyuki Endo | Kenichi Hayakawa |  Japan |
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| 7 | 8 | Mathias Boe | Carsten Mogensen |  Denmark |
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| 8 | 11 | Goh V Shem | Tan Wee Kiong |  Malaysia |
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| 9 | 14 | Manu Attri | B. Sumeeth Reddy |  India |
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| 10 | 15 | Vladimir Ivanov | Ivan Sozonov |  Russia |
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| 11 | 20 | Chen Hung-ling | Wang Chi-lin |  Chinese Taipei |
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| 12 | 21 | Marcus Ellis | Chris Langridge |  Great Britain |
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| 13 | 22 | Michael Fuchs | Johannes Schöttler |  Germany |
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| 14 | 25 | Adam Cwałina | Przemysław Wacha |  Poland |
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| 15 | 32 | Sattawat Pongnairat | Phillip Chew |  United States |
Americas |
| 16 | 46 | Andries Malan | Willem Viljoen |  South Africa |
Africa |
Women's doubles
| No. | Rank | Players | NOC | Remark | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Nitya Krishinda Maheswari | Greysia Polii | Indonesia |
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| 2 | 2 | Christinna Pedersen | Kamilla Rytter Juhl | Denmark |
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| 3 | 3 | Luo Ying | Luo Yu | China |
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| 4 | 4 | Misaki Matsutomo | Ayaka Takahashi | Japan |
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| 5 | 5 | Jang Ye-na | Lee So-hee | South Korea |
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| 6 | 6 | Jung Kyung-eun | Shin Seung-chan | South Korea |
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| 7 | 7 | Eefje Muskens | Selena Piek |  Netherlands |
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| 8 | 8 | Naoko Fukuman | Kurumi Yonao | Japan |
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| 9 | 11 | Gabriela Stoeva | Stefani Stoeva |  Bulgaria |
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| 10 | 15 | Poon Lok Yan | Tse Ying Suet |  Hong Kong |
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| 11 | 16 | Jwala Gutta | Ashwini Ponnappa | India |
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| 12 | 17 | Carla Nelte | Johanna Goliszewski | Germany |
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| 13 | 18 | Jongkolphan Kititharakul | Rawinda Prajongjai |  Thailand |
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| 14 | 20 | Eva Lee | Paula Lynn Obanana | United States |
Americas |
| 15 | 38 | Setyana Mapasa | Gronya Somerville |  Australia |
Oceania |
| 16 | 47 | Nadine Ashraf | Menna Eltanany |  Egypt |
Africa |
Mixed doubles
| No. | Rank | Players | NOC | Remark | |
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| 1 | 1 | Zhang Nan | Zhao Yunlei | China |
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| 2 | 2 | Ko Sung-hyun | Kim Ha-na | South Korea |
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| 3 | 3 | Liu Cheng | Bao Yixin | China |
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| 4 | 4 | Tantowi Ahmad | Lilyana Natsir | Indonesia |
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| 5 | 5 | Chris Adcock | Gabrielle Adcock | Great Britain |
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| 6 | 7 | Praveen Jordan | Debby Susanto | Indonesia |
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| 7 | 8 | Joachim Fischer Nielsen | Christinna Pedersen | Denmark |
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| 8 | 9 | Lee Chun Hei | Chau Hoi Wah | Hong Kong |
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| 9 | 13 | Jacco Arends | Selena Piek | Netherlands |
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| 10 | 14 | Michael Fuchs | Birgit Michels | Germany |
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| 11 | 15 | Robert Mateusiak | Nadiezda Zieba | Poland |
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| 12 | 16 | Chan Peng Soon | Goh Liu Ying | Malaysia |
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| 13 | 17 | Vitali Durkin | Nina Vislova | Russia |
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| 14 | 23 | Phillip Chew | Jamie Subandhi | United States |
Americas |
| 15 | 29 | Robin Middleton | Leanne Choo | Australia |
Oceania |
| 16 | 43 | Abdelrahman Kashkal | Hadia Hosny | Egypt |
Africa |
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 "Qualification System – Games of the XXXI Olympiad – Badminton" (PDF). BWF. Retrieved 24 June 2015.
- ↑ "Singles Maximum Reduced for Rio 2016". Badminton World Federation. 11 February 2014. Retrieved 24 June 2015.
- ↑ "Badminton takes over the streets of Rio and wins new fans ahead of 2016 Olympic Games". Rio 2016. 15 December 2014. Retrieved 24 June 2015.
- ↑ http://bwfcontent.tournamentsoftware.com/ranking/ranking.aspx?rid=176
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