Badminton at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's doubles

The men's doubles badminton tournament at the 2020 Summer Olympics took place from 24 to 31 July at the Musashino Forest Sport Plaza at Tokyo. There were 16 pairs from 14 nations competing.

Men's doubles at the Games of the XXXII Olympiad
Venue	Musashino Forest Sport Plaza
Dates	24–31 July 2021
Competitors	32 (16 pairs) from 14 nations
Medalists
Lee Yang Wang Chi-lin  Chinese Taipei Li Junhui Liu Yuchen  China Aaron Chia Soh Wooi Yik  Malaysia
← 2016 Rio 2024 Paris →

Background

This was the 8th appearance of the event as a full medal event. Badminton was introduced as a demonstration sport in 1972, held again as an exhibition sport in 1988, and added to the full programme in 1992; the men's doubles tournament has been held since.^[1]

The reigning champions were Fu Haifeng and Zhang Nan of China, who were not defending their title. Fu retired after the 2016 Games, having reached three consecutive finals with two different partners (Zhang and Cai Yun) and winning two gold medals and a silver medal. The top two qualifying teams were both from Indonesia: Marcus Fernaldi Gideon/Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo and Mohammad Ahsan/Hendra Setiawan. The latter pair were also reigning world champions from the 2019 BWF World Championships.

Qualification

Main article: Badminton at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

The badminton qualification system provided for 16 men's doubles teams (32 players). Following revisions due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the qualifying periods were set from 29 April 2019 to 15 March 2020 and from 4 January to 13 June 2021, with the ranking list of 15 June 2021 deciding qualification.

Qualification was done entirely through the ranking list. Nations with at least two pairs in the top 8 were able to send a maximum of 2 pairs (4 players); all other nations were limited to a single pair. Pairs were taken from the ranking list in order, respecting those national limits, until 16 pairs were selected. However, each continent was guaranteed to have at least one pair with the lowest-ranking pairs displaced if necessary to make room for a continental guarantee.

Competition format

The tournament was started with a group phase round-robin. There were four groups of four teams each; the top two highest-ranked pairs from each group advanced to the knockout stage.^[2] The knockout stage was a three-round single-elimination tournament with a bronze medal match.^[3]

Matches were played best-of-three games. Each game was played to 21, except that a pair must win by 2 unless the score reached 30–29.^[3]

Seeds

1.   Marcus Fernaldi Gideon / Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo (INA) (quarter-finals)
2.   Mohammad Ahsan / Hendra Setiawan (INA) (fourth place)
3.   Li Junhui / Liu Yuchen (CHN) (silver medalists)
4.   Hiroyuki Endo / Yuta Watanabe (JPN) (quarter-finals)

Schedule

The tournament was held over an 8-day period, with 7 competition days and 1 open day.^[4][5]

Legend

P

Preliminaries

QF

Quarter-finals

SF

Semi-finals

M

Medal matches

Date	24 Jul		25 Jul		26 Jul		27 Jul		28 Jul		29 Jul		30 Jul		31 Jul		1 Aug		2 Aug
Event	M	E	M	E	M	E	M	E	M	E	M	E	M	A	M	E	A	E	A	E
Men's doubles	P										QF			SF		M

Group stage

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Marcus Fernaldi Gideon (INA)   Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo (INA)	3	2	1	5	2	+3	140	108	+32	2^[a]	Advance to quarter-finals
2	Lee Yang (TPE)   Wang Chi-lin (TPE)	3	2	1	5	3	+2	161	151	+10	2^[a]
3	Satwiksairaj Rankireddy (IND)   Chirag Shetty (IND)	3	2	1	4	3	+1	131	140	−9	2^[a]
4	Ben Lane (GBR)   Sean Vendy (GBR)	3	0	3	0	6	−6	93	126	−33	0

Source: TOCOG
Notes:

1. Head-to-head point: Indonesia 1, India 1, Chinese Taipei 1.

Date	Time	Pair 1	Score	Pair 2	Set 1	Set 2	Set 3
24 July	12:20	Marcus Fernaldi Gideon   Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo	2–0 25 July 2021 at the Wayback Machine	Ben Lane   Sean Vendy	21–15	21–11
		Lee Yang   Wang Chi-lin	1–2 26 July 2021 at the Wayback Machine	Satwiksairaj Rankireddy   Chirag Shetty	16–21	21–16	25–27
26 July	11:20	Lee Yang   Wang Chi-lin	2–0 25 July 2021 at the Wayback Machine	Ben Lane   Sean Vendy	21–17	21–14
	12:40	Marcus Fernaldi Gideon   Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo	2–0 26 July 2021 at the Wayback Machine	Satwiksairaj Rankireddy   Chirag Shetty	21–13	21–12
27 July	12:00	Marcus Fernaldi Gideon   Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo	1–2 27 July 2021 at the Wayback Machine	Lee Yang   Wang Chi-lin	18–21	21–15	17–21
		Satwiksairaj Rankireddy   Chirag Shetty	2–0 26 July 2021 at the Wayback Machine	Ben Lane   Sean Vendy	21–17	21–19

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Hiroyuki Endo (JPN)   Yuta Watanabe (JPN) (H)	3	3	0	6	0	+6	126	73	+53	3	Advance to quarter-finals
2	Kim Astrup (DEN)   Anders Skaarup Rasmussen (DEN)	3	2	1	4	2	+2	110	90	+20	2
3	Vladimir Ivanov (ROC)   Ivan Sozonov (ROC)	3	1	2	2	4	−2	111	102	+9	1
4	Godwin Olofua (NGR)   Anuoluwapo Juwon Opeyori (NGR)	3	0	3	0	6	−6	44	126	−82	0

Source: TOCOG
(H) Host

Date	Time	Pair 1	Score	Pair 2	Set 1	Set 2	Set 3
24 July	13:00	Kim Astrup   Anders Skaarup Rasmussen	2–0 24 July 2021 at the Wayback Machine	Vladimir Ivanov   Ivan Sozonov	21–13	21–18
	20:00	Hiroyuki Endo   Yuta Watanabe	2–0 25 July 2021 at the Wayback Machine	Godwin Olofua   Anuoluwapo Juwon Opeyori	21–2	21–7
25 July	12:40	Hiroyuki Endo   Yuta Watanabe	2–0 24 July 2021 at the Wayback Machine	Vladimir Ivanov   Ivan Sozonov	21–19	21–19
26 July	18:00	Kim Astrup   Anders Skaarup Rasmussen	2–0 25 July 2021 at the Wayback Machine	Godwin Olofua   Anuoluwapo Juwon Opeyori	21–7	21–10
27 July	11:20	Hiroyuki Endo   Yuta Watanabe	2–0 25 July 2021 at the Wayback Machine	Kim Astrup   Anders Skaarup Rasmussen	21–14	21–12
	18:40	Vladimir Ivanov   Ivan Sozonov	2–0 25 July 2021 at the Wayback Machine	Godwin Olofua   Anuoluwapo Juwon Opeyori	21–8	21–10

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Li Junhui (CHN)   Liu Yuchen (CHN)	3	3	0	6	0	+6	126	83	+43	3	Advance to quarter-finals
2	Takeshi Kamura (JPN)   Keigo Sonoda (JPN) (H)	3	2	1	4	2	+2	114	77	+37	2
3	Mark Lamsfuß (GER)   Marvin Seidel (GER)	3	1	2	2	4	−2	90	110	−20	1
4	Phillip Chew (USA)   Ryan Chew (USA)	3	0	3	0	6	−6	66	126	−60	0

Source: TOCOG
(H) Host

Date	Time	Pair 1	Score	Pair 2	Set 1	Set 2	Set 3
24 July	11:00	Li Junhui   Liu Yuchen	2–0 25 July 2021 at the Wayback Machine	Phillip Chew   Ryan Chew	21–9	21–17
	19:20	Takeshi Kamura   Keigo Sonoda	2–0 24 July 2021 at the Wayback Machine	Mark Lamsfuß   Marvin Seidel	21–13	21–8
25 July	18:40	Li Junhui   Liu Yuchen	2–0 25 July 2021 at the Wayback Machine	Mark Lamsfuß   Marvin Seidel	21–14	21–13
26 July	10:00	Takeshi Kamura   Keigo Sonoda	2–0 25 July 2021 at the Wayback Machine	Phillip Chew   Ryan Chew	21–11	21–3
27 July	10:00	Li Junhui   Liu Yuchen	2–0 28 July 2021 at the Wayback Machine	Takeshi Kamura   Keigo Sonoda	21–14	21–16
	18:00	Mark Lamsfuß   Marvin Seidel	2–0 26 July 2021 at the Wayback Machine	Phillip Chew   Ryan Chew	21–10	21–16

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Mohammad Ahsan (INA)   Hendra Setiawan (INA)	3	3	0	6	1	+5	145	109	+36	3	Advance to quarter-finals
2	Aaron Chia (MAS)   Soh Wooi Yik (MAS)	3	2	1	4	2	+2	122	107	+15	2
3	Choi Sol-gyu (KOR)   Seo Seung-jae (KOR)	3	1	2	3	4	−1	130	128	+2	1
4	Jason Ho-Shue (CAN)   Nyl Yakura (CAN)	3	0	3	0	6	−6	73	126	−53	0

Source: TOCOG

Date	Time	Pair 1	Score	Pair 2	Set 1	Set 2	Set 3
24 July	18:00	Mohammad Ahsan   Hendra Setiawan	2–0 25 July 2021 at the Wayback Machine	Jason Ho-Shue   Nyl Yakura	21–12	21–11
		Choi Sol-gyu   Seo Seung-jae	0–2 24 July 2021 at the Wayback Machine	Aaron Chia   Soh Wooi Yik	22–24	15–21
25 July	10:00	Choi Sol-gyu   Seo Seung-jae	2–0 24 July 2021 at the Wayback Machine	Jason Ho-Shue   Nyl Yakura	21–14	21–8
26 July	19:20	Mohammad Ahsan   Hendra Setiawan	2–0 26 July 2021 at the Wayback Machine	Aaron Chia   Soh Wooi Yik	21–16	21–19
27 July	12:40	Mohammad Ahsan   Hendra Setiawan	2–1 27 July 2021 at the Wayback Machine	Choi Sol-gyu   Seo Seung-jae	21–12	19–21	21–18
	20:00	Aaron Chia   Soh Wooi Yik	2–0 28 July 2021 at the Wayback Machine	Jason Ho-Shue   Nyl Yakura	21–15	21–13

Finals

The quarter-finals were held on 29 July 2021, the semi-finals on the next day, and the medal matches on 31 July 2021.^[6]

	Quarter-finals							Semi-finals							Gold medal match
	A1	Marcus Fernaldi Gideon (INA)   Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo (INA)	14	17
	D2	Aaron Chia (MAS)   Soh Wooi Yik (MAS)	21	21
								D2	Aaron Chia (MAS)   Soh Wooi Yik (MAS)	22	13
								C1	Li Junhui (CHN)   Liu Yuchen (CHN)	24	21
	C1	Li Junhui (CHN)   Liu Yuchen (CHN)	12	21	21
	B2	Kim Astrup (DEN)   Anders Skaarup Rasmussen (DEN)	21	14	19
															C1	Li Junhui (CHN)   Liu Yuchen (CHN)	18	12
															A2	Lee Yang (TPE)   Wang Chi-lin (TPE)	21	21
	A2	Lee Yang (TPE)   Wang Chi-lin (TPE)	21	21
	B1	Hiroyuki Endo (JPN)   Yuta Watanabe (JPN)	16	19
								A2	Lee Yang (TPE)   Wang Chi-lin (TPE)	21	21				Bronze medal match
								D1	Mohammad Ahsan (INA)   Hendra Setiawan (INA)	11	10
	C2	Takeshi Kamura (JPN)   Keigo Sonoda (JPN)	14	21	9										D2	Aaron Chia (MAS)   Soh Wooi Yik (MAS)	17	21	21
	D1	Mohammad Ahsan (INA)   Hendra Setiawan (INA)	21	16	21										D1	Mohammad Ahsan (INA)   Hendra Setiawan (INA)	21	17	14

References

1. "Badminton – The Olympic Journey". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
2. "Tokyo 2020 will be the eighth time badminton was being held as an Olympic medal sport". Badminton World Federation. from the original on 24 July 2016. Retrieved 1 March 2021.
3. . Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. 23 June 2021. Archived from the original on 24 June 2021. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
4. "Schedule - Badminton Tokyo 2020 Olympics". Olympian Database. Retrieved 24 February 2020.
5. "Badminton Competition Schedule". Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Retrieved 1 March 2020.
6. . Olympics.com. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 28 July 2021. Retrieved 28 July 2021.

External links

• Group play 22 July 2021 at the Wayback Machine