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.

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 2019 BWF Para-Badminton World Championships 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. 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 Combinationspermitted Combinationsnot permitted Entry numbersMinimum entry Men'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 + SU5SL4 + SL4 SL3 + SL3SL4 + SU5SU5 + SU5 6 pairs Mixed doubles Maximum: 8 points SL3 + SL3SL3 + SL4SL3 + SU5SL4 + 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 List publishes: 20 May 2021 Men's doubles: 6 highest ranked pairs Women's doubles: 6 highest ranked pairs 16 male 30 female Women's doubles: 2 highest ranked pairs Mixed doubles: 2 highest ranked pairs Paralympic Singles Ranking List Allocation 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 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.

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 5Karin 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 14Olivia 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 10Palak Kohli 9 19 Ritah Asiimwe 10 – Akiko Sugino

Doubles

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

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

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

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

See also Badminton at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

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