Badminton at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's doubles explained

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Event:	Women's doubles
Games:	2016 Summer
Venue:	Riocentro - Pavilion 4
Date:	11–18 August
Competitors:	32
Nations:	14
Gold:	Misaki Matsutomo Ayaka Takahashi
Goldnoc:	JPN
Silver:	Christinna Pedersen Kamilla Rytter Juhl
Silvernoc:	DEN
Bronze:	Jung Kyung-eun Shin Seung-chan
Bronzenoc:	KOR
Prev:	2012 London
Next:	2020 Tokyo

The badminton women's doubles tournament at the 2016 Summer Olympics took place from 11 to 17 August at Riocentro - Pavilion 4. The seeding was decided on 21 July 2016.

Competition format

See also: Badminton at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Qualification. The tournament started with a group phase round-robin followed by a knockout stage.

Seeds

A total of 4 pairs were given seeds.^[1]

1. (gold medalists)
2. (fourth place)
3. (quarter-finals)
4. (bronze medalists)

Results

Group stage

Group A

Team
	3	3	0	6	0	3
	3	2	1	4	3	2
	3	1	2	2	4	1
	3	0	3	1	6	0

Team 1	Score	Team 2
11 August, 08:00
	21–15 21–10
11 August, 15:55
	21–13 22–20
12 August, 08:25
	21–15 21–15
12 August, 09:00
	21–16 16–21 21–17
13 August, 08:00
	21–9 21–11
13 August, 10:45
	21–17 21–15

Group B

Team
	3	2	1	4	2	118	92	2
	3	2	1	4	2	113	91	2
	3	2	1	4	2	108	100	2
	3	0	3	0	6	70	126	0

Team 1	Score	Team 2
11 August, 09:35
	11–21 18–21
11 August, 20:30
	21–14 21–12
12 August, 15:55
	21–9 21–6
12 August, 19:30
	21–10 21–14
13 August, 15:55
	16–21 18–21
13 August, 19:30
	21–14 21–15

Group C

Team
	3	3	0	6	0	3
	3	2	1	4	2	2
	3	1	2	2	5	1
	3	0	3	1	6	0

Team 1	Score	Team 2
11 August, 10:10
	21–9 21–11
11 August, 11:55
	21–17 24–22
12 August, 10:10
	21–15 21–13
12 August, 15:30
	21–10 21–13
13 August, 09:35
	21–19 21–19
13 August, 21:05
	21–17 18–21 21–16

Group D

Team
	3	3	0	6	2	3
	3	2	1	5	2	2
	3	1	2	2	4	1
	3	0	3	1	6	0

Team 1	Score	Team 2
11 August, 15:30
	24–22 21–15
11 August, 15:30
	21–10 21–11
12 August, 10:10
	21–18 18–21 21–17
12 August, 15:55
	21–14 21–11
13 August, 08:00
	18–21 21–14 11–21
13 August, 20:30
	21–14 21–19

Finals

Notes and References

1. Web site: Lee, Marin Lead Seedings. Badminton World Federation. bwfbadminton.com. 22 July 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160724032708/http://bwfbadminton.com/2016/07/21/lee-marin-lead-seedings/. 24 July 2016. dead. dmy-all.