Badminton at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Qualification explained

Qualification for badminton at the 2020 Summer Paralympics begins on 1 January 2019 to 16 May 2021. There are 90 expected slots (46 male, 44 female) for the sport across fourteen medal events.

Timeline

Eligible athletes have to gain points to qualify to compete at the Games. The list will be published on 20 May 2021. This table shows the timeline of championships where athletes have to earn points to be able to qualify.^[1]

Competition	Date	Venue
Turkish Para-Badminton International 2019	26–31 March 2019	Antalya
Dubai Para-Badminton International 2019	2–7 April 2019	Dubai
Uganda Para-Badminton International 2019	23–28 April 2019	Kampala
Canada Para-Badminton International 2019	7–12 May 2019	Ottawa
Irish Para-Badminton International 2019	17–23 June 2019	Dublin
	20–25 August 2019	Basel
Thailand Para-Badminton International 2019	16–22 September 2019	Bangkok
China Para-Badminton International 2019	23–29 September 2019	Beijing
Denmark Para-Badminton International 2019	15–20 October 2019	Odense
Japan Para-Badminton International 2019 (Paralympic Games Test Event)	11–17 November 2019	Tokyo
Australia Para-Badminton International 2019	19–24 November 2019	Melbourne
Brazil Para-Badminton International 2020	10–16 February 2020	São Paulo
Dubai Para-Badminton International 2021	30 March–4 April 2021	Dubai
Spanish Para-Badminton International 2021	11–16 May 2021	Cartagena

Qualification

The qualification slots are allocated to the individual athlete or doubles pair, not to the NPC. The qualification ranking list is regulated by the BWF.^[2]

An NPC can allocated a maximum of eleven male and ten female qualifications slots (total of 21). Exceptions are only granted via the Bipartite Commission Invitation method.
An NPC can enter maximum of two athletes per singles event, except for the following listed events:
- Men's singles SS6 can only have one allowed to participate.
- Women's singles SL4 can have a maximum of three female athletes if they are qualified via the Paralympic Doubles Ranking List allocation.
- Women's singles SU5 can have a maximum of three female athletes if two are qualified either via the Paralympic Doubles ranking list or Mixed Doubles quota allocation and one via the Singles ranking list allocation.
- Through Bipartite Commission Invitees
An NPC can enter one doubles pair per doubles event via the Road to Tokyo Paralympic Doubles Ranking List.
Selected athletes have to play in a minimum of three of the listed events in order to be ranked and to qualify for the Games.

Entries into singles event from doubles

Both players from WH1 or WH1-WH2 pair that qualifies for the men's or women's doubles events will automatically gain entry into their respective singles events if they wish to do so.
All male SL3, SL4, SU5 players who qualify in the mixed doubles event will automatically be able to play in their respective singles events.
All female SL4 and SU5 players who qualify in the mixed doubles event will automatically be able to play in their respective singles event unless their NPCs have already reached the maximum entry for the singles event.
A minimum of one female player from an SL4 pair that qualifies in the Women's doubles SL3-SU5 event is allowed to play in their respective singles event. However, the decision is made by their NPC. All SU5 player who is also qualified for the women's doubles SL3-SU5 event will automatically gain entry into their respective singles event if they wish to do so. Any SL3 player who is also qualified for the women's doubles SL3-SU5 event or mixed doubles event can be entered into the women's singles SL4 according to BWF rules.

Entry requirements

Singles

Event	Minimum entry
Men's singles WH1	8
Men's singles WH2	8
Men's singles SL3	6
Men's singles SL4	6
Men's singles SU5	6
Men's singles SH6	6
Women's singles WH1	8
Women's singles WH2	8
Women's singles SL4	6
Women's singles SU5	6

Doubles

Event	Sport class	Points	Combinations permitted	Combinations not permitted	Entry numbers Minimum entry
Men's doubles	WH1 & WH2	Maximum: 3 points	WH1 + WH2 WH1 + WH1	WH2 + WH2	6 pairs
Women's doubles	WH1 & WH2	Maximum: 3 points	WH1 + WH2 WH1 + WH1	WH2 + WH2	6 pairs
Women's doubles	SL3 - SU5	Minimum: 7 points Maximum: 8 points	SL3 + SL4 SL3 + SU5 SL4 + SL4	SL3 + SL3 SL4 + SU5 SU5 + SU5	6 pairs
Mixed doubles	SL3 - SU5	Maximum: 8 points	SL3 + SL3 SL3 + SL4 SL3 + SU5 SL4 + SL4	SL4 + SU5 SU5 + SU5	6 pairs

Slot allocations

Means of qualification	Date	WH1	WH2	SL3	SL4	SU5	SS6	Total entries
Paralympic Doubles Ranking List Allocation	align=center rowspan=3	List publishes: 20 May 2021	Men's doubles: 6 highest ranked pairs		Women's doubles: 6 highest ranked pairs				16 male 30 female
Paralympic Doubles Ranking List Allocation	Women's doubles: 2 highest ranked pairs		Mixed doubles: 2 highest ranked pairs						16 male 30 female
Paralympic Singles Ranking List Allocation	align=center colspan=2	Depends on Doubles Ranking List	3 highest ranked males	3 highest ranked males 2 highest ranked females		5 highest ranked males	17 male 7 female
Bipartite Commission Invitation	16 June 2021	3 males and 3 females		9 males and 4 females			1 male	13 male 7 female
							Total	90

Qualification summary

NOC	Men							Women						Mixed	Total
	Singles						Doubles	Singles				Doubles		Doubles	Quotas	Athletes
	WH1	WH2	SL3	SL4	SU5	SH6		WH1	WH2	SL4	SU5				Quotas	Athletes
		1								1					2	2
						1									1	1
										1					1	1
	1	1					1	2	2	2	1	1	1		12	9
					1										1	1
											1				1	1
					1										1	1
	1	1		1	1		1			1			1	1	8	6
	2			1			1	2		1		1		1	9	6
		1	1			2									4	4
		1				1									2	2
			2	2		1				1	1		1	1	9	7
			1	2	2					2			1	1	9	7
								1							1	1
(H)	2	1	1		1		1	1	2	1	3	1	1	1	16	13
					1	1									2	2
											1				1	1
										1					1	1
									1						1	1
					1										1	1
											1				1	1
									1						1	1
	2	2		1			1	1	1			1			9	7
								2				1			3	2
	1	1		1			1	1	1	2		1	1	1	11	7
									1		1				2	2
											1				1	1
			1												1	1
Total: 28 NOCs	9	9	6	8	8	6	6	10	9	13	10	6	6	6	112	90

Qualified players

Race to Tokyo Paralympic Singles Ranking List was published on 20 May 2021.^[3] ^[4] ^[5]

Singles

Men's singles WH1
No.		Athlete	Country
1	1	Qu Zimo
2	2	Lee Dong-seop
3	3	Lee Sam-seop
4	5	Thomas Wandschneider
5	8	Hiroshi Murayama
6	9	Young-chin Mi
7	10	Osamu Nagashima
8	12	David Toupé
9	13	Jakarin Homhual

Men's singles WH2
No.		Athlete	Country
1	1	Kim Jung-jun
2	2	Chan Ho Yuen
3	3	Kim Kyung-hoon
4	4	Daiki Kajiwara
5	5	Martin Rooke
6	8	Mai Jianpeng
7	12	Thomas Jakobs
8	17	Dumnern Junthong
9	30	Grant Manzoney

Men's singles SL3
No.		Athlete	Country
1	1	Pramod Bhagat
2	2	Daniel Bethell
3	3	Manoj Sarkar
4	4	Daisuke Fujihara
5	5	Ukun Rukaendi
6	8	Oleksandr Chyrkov

Men's singles SL4
No.		Athlete	Country
1	1	Lucas Mazur
2	2	Tarun Dhillon
3	3	Suhas Lalinakere Yathiraj
4	4	Fredy Setiawan
5	6	Shin Kyung-hwan
6	7	Siripong Teamarrom
7	17	Jan-Niklas Pott
8	–	Hary Susanto

Men's singles SU5
No.		Athlete	Country
1	1	Dheva Anrimusthi
2	2	Cheah Liek Hou
3	3	Suryo Nugroho
4	4	Bartłomiej Mróz
5	5	Taiyo Imai
6	6	Meril Loquette
7	7	Fang Jen-yu
8	26	Ahmed Eldakrory

Men's singles SH6
No.		Athlete	Country
1	1	Krishna Nagar
2	2	Jack Shephard
3	3	Chu Man Kai
4	4	Krysten Coombs
5	6	Vitor Gonçalves Tavares
6	7	Didin Taresoh

Women's singles WH1
No.		Athlete	Country
1	1	Sarina Satomi
2	2	Valeska Knoblauch
3	3	Sujirat Pookkham
4	4	Yin Menglu
5	5	Karin Suter-Erath
6	6	Zhang Jing
7	7	Nina Gorodetzky
8	8	Kang Jung-kum
9	12	Cynthia Mathez
10	17	Elke Rongen

Women's singles WH2
No.		Athlete	Country
1	1	Liu Yutong
2	2	Xu Tingting
3	4	Yuma Yamazaki
4	5	Amnouy Wetwithan
5	6	Rie Ogura
6	7	Emine Seçkin
7	8	Pilar Jáuregui
8	9	Tatiana Gureeva
9	10	Lee Sun-ae

Women's singles SL4
No.		Athlete	Country
1	1	Leani Ratri Oktila
2	2	Cheng Hefang
3	3	Helle Sofie Sagøy
4	4	Haruka Fujino
5	5	Ma Huihui
6	6	Khalimatus Sadiyah
7	7	Faustine Noël
8	8	Chanida Srinavakul
9	10	Katrin Seibert
10	11	Caitlin Dransfield
11	14	Olivia Meier
12	26	Parul Parmar
13	–	Nipada Saensupa

Women's singles SU5
No.		Athlete	Country
1	1	Yang Qiuxia
2	2	Ayako Suzuki
3	3	Cathrine Rosengren
4	4	Kaede Kameyama
5	7	Megan Hollander
6	8	Zehra Bağlar
7	9	Beatriz Monteiro
8	10	Palak Kohli
9	19	Ritah Asiimwe
10	–	Akiko Sugino

Doubles

Men's doubles WH1–WH2
No.		Athlete	Classify	Country
1	1	Qu Zimo	WH1
1	1	Mai Jianpeng	WH2
2	2	Lee Dong-seop	WH1
2	2	Kim Jung-jun	WH2
3	3	Hiroshi Murayama	WH1
3	3	Daiki Kajiwara	WH2
4	9	David Toupé	WH1
4	9	Thomas Jakobs	WH2
4	9	Jakarin Homhual	WH1
4	9	Dumern Junthong	WH2
6	11	Young-chin Mi	WH1
6	11	Thomas Wandschneider	WH1

Women's doubles WH1–WH2
No.		Athlete	Classify	Country
1	1	Sarina Satomi	WH1
1	1	Yuma Yamazaki	WH2
2	2	Yin Menglu	WH1
2	2	Liu Yutong	WH2
3	3	Sujirat Pookkham	WH1
3	3	Amnouy Wetwithan	WH2
4	6	Kang Jung-kum	WH1
4	6	Lee Sun-ae	WH2
5	7	Cynthia Mathez	WH1
5	7	Karin Suter-Erath	WH1
6	8	Valeska Knoblauch	WH1
6	8	Elke Rongen	WH1

Women's doubles SL3–SU5
No.		Athlete	Classify	Country
1	1	Cheng Hefang	SL4
1	1	Ma Huihui	SL4
2	2	Leani Ratri Oktila	SL4
2	2	Khalimatus Sadiyah	SL4
3	3	Noriko Ito	SL3
3	3	Ayako Suzuki	SU5
4	4	Nipada Saensupa	SL4
4	4	Chanida Srinavakul	SL4
5	5	Lénaïg Morin	SL4
5	5	Faustine Noël	SL4
6	6	Parul Parmar	SL3
6	6	Palak Kohli	SU5

Mixed doubles SL3–SU5
No.		Athlete	Classify	Country
1	1	Hary Susanto	SL4
1	1	Leani Ratri Oktila	SL4
2	2	Lucas Mazur	SL4
2	2	Faustine Noël	SL4
3	3	Siripog Teamarrom	SL4
3	3	Nipada Saensupa	SL4
4	4	Jan-Niklas Pott	SL4
4	4	Katrin Seibert	SL4
5	7	Daisuke Fujihara	SL3
5	7	Akiko Sugino	SU5
6	31	Pramod Bhagat	SL3
6	31	Palak Kohli	SU5

Notes and References

Web site: BWF Para-Badminton 2019 - 2020 Calendar. 12 October 2019. badmintoneurope.com.
Web site: 2020 Summer Paralympics Qualification Guide. 7 April 2021. International Paralympic Committee.
Web site: Race to Tokyo 2020-Singles-2020 Paralympics. . 20 May 2021. live . https://web.archive.org/web/20210730215518/https://extranet.bwfbadminton.com/docs/document-system/81/180/182/Race%20to%20Tokyo%202020%20-%20Singles%20-%2020%20May%202021.pdf . 2021-07-30 .
Web site: Race to Tokyo 2020-Doubles-2020 Paralympics. . 20 May 2021. live . https://web.archive.org/web/20210524041908/https://extranet.bwfbadminton.com/docs/document-system/81/180/182/Race%20to%20Tokyo%202020%20-%20Doubles%20-%2020%20May%202021.pdf . 2021-05-24 .
Web site: Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games Badminton Competition Entry List . . 9 August 2021 . live. https://web.archive.org/web/20210725072325/https://cms.bwfbadminton.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Tokyo-2020-Paralympic-Games.pdf . 2021-07-25 .

Badminton at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Qualification explained

Timeline

Qualification

Entries into singles event from doubles

Entry requirements

Singles

Doubles

Slot allocations

Qualification summary

Qualified players

Singles

Doubles

See also

Notes and References