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Tag: Badminton Events at 2020 Tokyo Olympics
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Entries for Tokyo Olympics Badminton Event Published
Kuala Lumpur: The provisional list of men’s singles, women’s singles, men’s doubles, women’s doubles, and mixed doubles entries for the Tokyo Olympics Badminton Event which will take place at the Musashino Forest Sports Plaza from 24 July to 2 August 2021 has been published. Forty-eight countries will compete in this year’s event.
Malaysia has eight players who have qualified for the Olympics, including Lee Zii Jia (men’s singles), Soniia Cheah (women’s singles), Aaron Chia/Soh Wooi Yik (men’s doubles), Chow Mei Kuan/Lee Meng Yean (women’s doubles), and Chan Peng Soon/Goh Liu Ying (mixed doubles).
A total of thirty-eight players will compete in each of the singles events. Only sixteen entries were available in each of the doubles events. One country could only enter a maximum of two players in the men’s or women’s singles if both were ranked in the top 16 of the Race to Tokyo rankings; Similar regulations also applied in the doubles events, as each country can enter a maximum of two pairs if both were ranked in the top 8 of the Race to Tokyo rankings.
The players will be divided into groups. Following the group stage, where each player has to play every other player in his/her group, the top finishers in the group will enter the knockout stage (round of 16).
Here are the entries for all five categories:
Men’s singles
| No. | QR | Player | Country | Continent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Kento Momota |  Japan (JPN) |
Asia |
| 2 | 2 | Chou Tien-chen |  Chinese Taipei (TPE) |
Asia |
| 3 | 3 | Anders Antonsen |  Denmark (DEN) |
Europe |
| 4 | 4 | Viktor Axelsen | Denmark (DEN) |
Europe |
| 5 | 5 | Anthony Sinisuka Ginting |  Indonesia (INA) |
Asia |
| 6 | 6 | Chen Long |  China (CHN) |
Asia |
| 7 | 7 | Jonatan Christie | Indonesia (INA) |
Asia |
| 8 | 8 | Ng Ka Long |  Hong Kong (HKG) |
Asia |
| 9 | 9 | Lee Zii Jia |  Malaysia (MAS) |
Asia |
| 10 | 10 | Wang Tzu-wei | Chinese Taipei (TPE) |
Asia |
| 11 | 11 | Shi Yuqi | China (CHN) |
Asia |
| 12 | 12 | Kanta Tsuneyama | Japan (JPN) |
Asia |
| 13 | 13 | B. Sai Praneeth |  India (IND) |
Asia |
| 14 | 14 | Kantaphon Wangcharoen |  Thailand (THA) |
Asia |
| 15 | 31 | Heo Kwang-hee |  South Korea (KOR) |
Asia |
| 16 | 34 | Brice Leverdez |  France (FRA) |
Europe |
| 17 | 35 | Mark Caljouw |  Netherlands (NED) |
Europe |
| 18 | 36 | Loh Kean Yew |  Singapore (SGP) |
Asia |
| 19 | 43 | Brian Yang |  Canada (CAN) |
Pan America |
| 20 | 44 | Pablo Abián |  Spain (ESP) |
Europe |
| 21 | 45 | Misha Zilberman |  Israel (ISR) |
Europe |
| 22 | 49 | Ygor Coelho de Oliveira |  Brazil (BRA) |
Pan America |
| 23 | 52 | Toby Penty |  Great Britain (GBR) |
Europe |
| 24 | 53 | Felix Burestedt |  Sweden (SWE) |
Europe |
| 25 | 58 | Kevin Cordón |  Guatemala (GUA) |
Pan America |
| 26 | 60 | Nhat Nguyen |  Ireland (IRL) |
Europe |
| 27 | 63 | Lino Muñoz |  Mexico (MEX) |
Pan America |
| 28 | 64 | Kalle Koljonen |  Finland (FIN) |
Europe |
| 29 | 67 | Sergey Sirant |  ROC (RUS) |
Europe |
| 30 | 68 | Kai Schäfer |  Germany (GER) |
Europe |
| 31 | 69 | Ade Resky Dwicahyo |  Azerbaijan (AZE) |
Europe |
| 32 | 71 | Nguyễn Tiến Minh |  Vietnam (VIE) |
Asia |
| 33 | 78 | Georges Paul |  Mauritius (MRI) |
Africa |
| 34 | 79 | Raul Must |  Estonia (EST) |
Europe |
| 35 | 82 | Luka Wraber |  Austria (AUT) |
Europe |
| 36 | 84 | Artem Pochtarov |  Ukraine (UKR) |
Europe |
| 37 | 89 | Timothy Lam |  United States (USA) |
Pan America |
| 38 | 91 | Gergely Krausz |  Hungary (HUN) |
Europe |
| 39 | 94 | Emre Lale |  Turkey (TUR) |
Europe |
| 40 | 103 | Abhinav Manota |  New Zealand (NZL) |
Oceania |
| 41 | 99 | Niluka Karunaratne |  Sri Lanka (SRI) |
Tripartite invitation |
| 43 | 169 | Aram Mahmoud |  Refugee Olympic Team (EOR) |
Invitational place |
| 42 | 266 | Sören Opti |  Suriname (SUR) |
Tripartite invitation |
| 43 | 332 | Matthew Abela |  Malta (MLT) |
Tripartite invitation |
Women’s singles
| No. | QR | Player | Country | Continent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Chen Yufei | China (CHN) |
Asia |
| 2 | 2 | Tai Tzu-ying | Chinese Taipei (TPE) |
Asia |
| 3 | 3 | Nozomi Okuhara | Japan (JPN) |
Asia |
| — | 4 | Carolina Marín | Spain (ESP) |
Europe |
| 4 | 5 | Akane Yamaguchi | Japan (JPN) |
Asia |
| 5 | 6 | Ratchanok Intanon | Thailand (THA) |
Asia |
| 6 | 7 | P. V. Sindhu | India (IND) |
Asia |
| 7 | 8 | An Se-young | South Korea (KOR) |
Asia |
| 8 | 9 | He Bingjiao | China (CHN) |
Asia |
| 9 | 10 | Michelle Li | Canada (CAN) |
Pan America |
| 10 | 12 | Busanan Ongbamrungphan | Thailand (THA) |
Asia |
| 11 | 14 | Beiwen Zhang | United States (USA) |
Pan America |
| 12 | 16 | Kim Ga-eun | South Korea (KOR) |
Asia |
| 13 | 18 | Mia Blichfeldt | Denmark (DEN) |
Europe |
| 14 | 20 | Gregoria Mariska Tunjung | Indonesia (INA) |
Asia |
| 15 | 23 | Evgeniya Kosetskaya | ROC (RUS) |
Europe |
| 16 | 25 | Yeo Jia Min | Singapore (SGP) |
Asia |
| 17 | 26 | Kirsty Gilmour | Great Britain (GBR) |
Europe |
| 18 | 27 | Soniia Cheah Su Ya | Malaysia (MAS) |
Asia |
| 19 | 29 | Neslihan Yiğit | Turkey (TUR) |
Europe |
| 20 | 34 | Cheung Ngan Yi | Hong Kong (HKG) |
Asia |
| 21 | 37 | Qi Xuefei | France (FRA) |
Europe |
| 22 | 41 | Yvonne Li | Germany (GER) |
Europe |
| 23 | 42 | Lianne Tan |  Belgium (BEL) |
Europe |
| 24 | 47 | Nguyễn Thùy Linh | Vietnam (VIE) |
Asia |
| 25 | 50 | Sabrina Jaquet |  Switzerland (SUI) |
Europe |
| 26 | 52 | Ksenia Polikarpova | Israel (ISR) |
Europe |
| 27 | 54 | Kristin Kuuba | Estonia (EST) |
Europe |
| 28 | 56 | Thet Htar Thuzar |  Myanmar (MYA) |
Asia |
| 29 | 58 | Soraya de Visch Eijbergen | Netherlands (NED) |
Europe |
| 30 | 61 | Laura Sárosi | Hungary (HUN) |
Europe |
| 31 | 62 | Linda Zetchiri |  Bulgaria (BUL) |
Europe |
| 32 | 63 | Chen Hsuan-yu |  Australia (AUS) |
Oceania |
| — | 67 | Jordan Hart |  Poland (POL) |
Europe |
| 33 | 68 | Airi Mikkelä | Finland (FIN) |
Europe |
| 34 | 69 | Fabiana Silva | Brazil (BRA) |
Pan America |
| 35 | 70 | Daniela Macías |  Peru (PER) |
Pan America |
| 36 | 71 | Dorcas Ajoke Adesokan |  Nigeria (NGR) |
Africa |
| 37 | 72 | Martina Repiská |  Slovakia (SVK) |
Europe |
| 38 | 121 | Mahoor Shahzad |  Pakistan (PAK) |
Tripartite invitation |
| 39 | 221 | Fathimath Abdul Razzaq |  Maldives (MDV) |
Tripartite invitation |
Players highlighted in red states they are not participating at the 2020 Olympics
Men’s doubles
| No. | QR | Player | Country | Continent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Marcus Fernaldi Gideon | Indonesia (INA) |
Asia |
| Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo | ||||
| 2 | 2 | Mohammad Ahsan | Indonesia (INA) |
Asia |
| Hendra Setiawan | ||||
| 3 | 3 | Li Junhui | China (CHN) |
Asia |
| Liu Yuchen | ||||
| 4 | 4 | Hiroyuki Endo | Japan (JPN) |
Asia |
| Yuta Watanabe | ||||
| 5 | 5 | Takeshi Kamura | Japan (JPN) |
Asia |
| Keigo Sonoda | ||||
| 6 | 7 | Lee Yang | Chinese Taipei (TPE) |
Asia |
| Wang Chi-lin | ||||
| 7 | 8 | Choi Sol-gyu | South Korea (KOR) |
Asia |
| Seo Seung-jae | ||||
| 8 | 9 | Satwiksairaj Rankireddy | India (IND) |
Asia |
| Chirag Shetty | ||||
| 9 | 10 | Aaron Chia | Malaysia (MAS) |
Asia |
| Soh Wooi Yik | ||||
| 10 | 11 | Kim Astrup | Denmark (DEN) |
Europe |
| Anders Skaarup Rasmussen | ||||
| 11 | 15 | Mark Lamsfuß | Germany (GER) |
Europe |
| Marvin Emil Seidel | ||||
| 12 | 18 | Vladimir Ivanov | ROC (RUS) |
Europe |
| Ivan Sozonov | ||||
| 13 | 19 | Marcus Ellis | Great Britain (GBR) |
Europe |
| Chris Langridge | ||||
| 14 | 32 | Jason Ho-shue | Canada (CAN) |
Pan America |
| Nyl Yakura | ||||
| 15 | 36 | Jelle Maas | Netherlands (NED) |
Europe |
| Robin Tabeling | ||||
| 16 | 44 | Godwin Olofua | Nigeria (NGR) |
Africa |
| Anuoluwapo Juwon Opeyori |
Women’s doubles
| No. | QR | Player | Country | Continent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Yuki Fukushima | Japan (JPN) |
Asia |
| Sayaka Hirota | ||||
| 2 | 2 | Chen Qingchen | China (CHN) |
Asia |
| Jia Yifan | ||||
| 3 | 3 | Mayu Matsumoto | Japan (JPN) |
Asia |
| Wakana Nagahara | ||||
| 4 | 4 | Lee So-hee | South Korea (KOR) |
Asia |
| Shin Seung-chan | ||||
| 5 | 5 | Kim So-yeong | South Korea (KOR) |
Asia |
| Kong Hee-yong | ||||
| 6 | 6 | Du Yue | China (CHN) |
Asia |
| Li Yinhui | ||||
| 7 | 7 | Greysia Polii | Indonesia (INA) |
Asia |
| Apriyani Rahayu | ||||
| 8 | 11 | Gabriela Stoeva | Bulgaria (BUL) |
Europe |
| Stefani Stoeva | ||||
| 9 | 12 | Jongkolphan Kititharakul | Thailand (THA) |
Asia |
| Rawinda Prajongjai | ||||
| 10 | 14 | Chow Mei Kuan | Malaysia (MAS) |
Asia |
| Lee Meng Yean | ||||
| 11 | 15 | Maiken Fruergaard | Denmark (DEN) |
Europe |
| Sara Thygesen | ||||
| 12 | 16 | Chloe Birch | Great Britain (GBR) |
Europe |
| Lauren Smith | ||||
| 13 | 17 | Selena Piek | Netherlands (NED) |
Europe |
| Cheryl Seinen | ||||
| 14 | 18 | Rachel Honderich | Canada (CAN) |
Pan America |
| Kristen Tsai | ||||
| 15 | 23 | Setyana Mapasa | Australia (AUS) |
Oceania |
| Gronya Somerville | ||||
| 16 | 40 | Doha Hany |  Egypt (EGY) |
Africa |
| Hadia Hosny |
Mixed doubles
| No. | QR | Player | Country | Continent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Zheng Siwei | China (CHN) |
Asia |
| Huang Yaqiong | ||||
| 2 | 2 | Wang Yilü | China (CHN) |
Asia |
| Huang Dongping | ||||
| 3 | 3 | Dechapol Puavaranukroh | Thailand (THA) |
Asia |
| Sapsiree Taerattanachai | ||||
| 4 | 4 | Praveen Jordan | Indonesia (INA) |
Asia |
| Melati Daeva Oktavianti | ||||
| 5 | 5 | Yuta Watanabe | Japan (JPN) |
Asia |
| Arisa Higashino | ||||
| 6 | 6 | Seo Seung-jae | South Korea (KOR) |
Asia |
| Chae Yoo-jung | ||||
| 7 | 7 | Chan Peng Soon | Malaysia (MAS) |
Asia |
| Goh Liu Ying | ||||
| 8 | 8 | Marcus Ellis | Great Britain (GBR) |
Europe |
| Lauren Smith | ||||
| 9 | 10 | Tang Chun Man | Hong Kong (HKG) |
Asia |
| Tse Ying Suet | ||||
| 10 | 14 | Thom Gicquel | France (FRA) |
Europe |
| Delphine Delrue | ||||
| 11 | 15 | Robin Tabeling | Netherlands (NED) |
Europe |
| Selena Piek | ||||
| 12 | 16 | Mark Lamsfuß | Germany (GER) |
Europe |
| Isabel Herttrich | ||||
| 13 | 17 | Mathias Christiansen | Denmark (DEN) |
Europe |
| Alexandra Bøje | ||||
| 14 | 31 | Joshua Hurlburt-Yu | Canada (CAN) |
Pan America |
| Josephine Wu | ||||
| 15 | 44 | Adham Hatem Elgamal | Egypt (EGY) |
Africa |
| Doha Hany | ||||
| 16 | 48 | Simon Leung | Australia (AUS) |
Oceania |
| Gronya Somerville |
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