Badminton at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics explained

Event:Badminton
Games:2010 Summer Youth
Venue:Singapore Indoor Stadium
Dates:15 – 19 August 2010
Num Events:2 (1 boys, 1 girls)
Competitors:64 (32 boys, 32 girls)
Nations:42
Next:2014

Badminton competition at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics was held from August 15 to August 19, 2010 at the Singapore Indoor Stadium.

Format and schedule

32 players from each event were drawn into eight groups. Of the eight groups, only the group winner of each group advanced into the knockout stage, starting with the quarterfinals.[1] The group stage were played from August 15–16, 2010, while the knockput stage were played from August 17–19, 2010.[2]

Qualification

Only players born between January 1, 1992, and December 31, 1993, are eligible to participate. Highest ranked men and women (one per National Olympic Committee) qualify according to continental quotas at youth continental championships or based on continental ranking list (Two quotas each for Africa, America and Oceania, while five quotas each for Asia and Europe). If there was no continental championships held, that continent will select the players via ranking itself as of May 1, 2010. The remaining seven places will be selected through the 2010 World Junior Championships ranking list. For the host country, they may fill one highest ranked player in each event.[3]

Qualifiers

As of July 21, 2010.[4]

Boys

Asia
Europe
Pan Am
Oceania
Africa
World Junior Championships
Universality
Host

Girls

Asia
Europe
Pan Am
Oceania
Africa
World Junior Championships
Universality

Medal summary

Events

Boys' singles
Girls' singles

Boys' event

See main article: Badminton at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics – Boys' singles.

Girls' event

See main article: Badminton at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics – Girls' singles.

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Youth Olympic Games. Badminton World Federation. 2010-07-30. https://web.archive.org/web/20100723185615/http://www.internationalbadminton.org/page.aspx?id=11244#. 23 July 2010. dead. dmy-all.
  2. Web site: Tentative Competition Schedule by Event v3.5 – Badminton . Badminton World Federation . 2010-07-30 .
  3. Web site: Qualification System – 1st Summer Youth Olympic Games in 2010 – Badminton . Badminton World Federation . 2010-07-30 .
  4. Web site: 2010 SYOG Qualifiers . Badminton World Federation . 2010-07-30 .