# Badminton at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Badminton at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics was held from 7 to 12 October. The events took place at the Tecnópolis in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

## Qualification

A total of 32 athletes will participate in each gender. Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) can enter a maximum of 2 competitors per gender should they both rank in the top 4 in the BWF Junior World Rankings. Otherwise each NOC will only be allowed a maximum of 1 competitor per gender.
Each of the five continents must be represented in each gender. 27 quotas per gender will be decided based on BWF World Junior Ranking List on 3 May 2018. Host nation Argentina was ensured one quota place each gender. The remaining 4 quotas were made eligible for Universality Places. To be eligible to participate, athletes must be on BWF World Junior Ranking List on 3 May 2018 and have been born between 1 January 2000 and 31 December 2003.

### Qualification summary

| NOC | Boy | Girl | Total athletes |
| Algeria | | 1 | 1 |
| Argentina | 1 | | 1 |
| Australia | | 1 | 1 |
| Belgium | 1 | | 1 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Bulgaria | | 1 | 1 |
| Cambodia | 1 | | 1 |
| Cameroon | | 1 | 1 |
| Canada | 1 | | 1 |
| Chile | 1 | | 1 |
| China | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Chinese Taipei | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Czech Republic | | 1 | 1 |
| Dominican Republic | | 1 | 1 |
| Egypt | 1 | | 1 |
| El Salvador | 1 | | 1 |
| Fiji | 1 | | 1 |
| France | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Germany | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Great Britain | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| India | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Ireland | 1 | | 1 |
| Italy | 1 | | 1 |
| Japan | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | | 1 |
| Laos | 1 | | 1 |
| Malaysia | | 1 | 1 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Nepal | 1 | | 1 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| New Zealand | 1 | | 1 |
| Nigeria | | 1 | 1 |
| Norway | 1 | | 1 |
| Peru | | 1 | 1 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Slovenia | | 1 | 1 |
| Spain | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Sri Lanka | | 1 | 1 |
| Sweden | | 1 | 1 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Turkey | | 1 | 1 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| United States | | 1 | 1 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Total: 46 NOCs | 32 | 32 | 64 |

### Boys

| No. | Rank | Player | NOC | Note |
| 1 | 1 | Kunlavut Vitidsarn | Thailand | Asia |
| 2 | 2 | Kodai Naraoka | Japan | |
| 3 | 3 | Nhat Nguyen | Ireland | Europe |
| 4 | 4 | Lakshya Sen | India | |
| 5 | 5 | Li Shifeng | China | |
| 6 | 6 | Ikhsan Rumbay | Indonesia | |
| 7 | 9 | Arnaud Merklé | France | |
| 8 | 11 | Chen Shiau-cheng | Chinese Taipei | |
| 9 | 14 | Brian Yang | Canada | America |
| 10 | 15 | Dmitriy Panarin | Kazakhstan | |
| 11 | 16 | Oscar Guo | New Zealand | Oceania |
| 12 | 18 | Christopher Grimley | Great Britain | |
| 13 | 19 | Cristian Savin | Moldova | |
| 14 | 21 | Julien Carraggi | Belgium | |
| 15 | 23 | Fabricio Farias | Brazil | |
| 16 | 24 | Joel Koh | Singapore | |
| 17 | 25 | Dennis Koppen | Netherlands | |
| 18 | 28 | Lukas Resch | Germany | |
| 19 | 29 | Danylo Bosniuk | Ukraine | |
| 20 | 32 | Giovanni Toti | Italy | |
| 21 | 33 | Markus Barth | Norway | |
| 22 | 34 | Alonso Medel | Chile | |
| 23 | 35 | Nguyễn Hải Đăng | Vietnam | |
| 24 | 36 | Balázs Pápai | Hungary | |
| 25 | 38 | Uriel Canjura | El Salvador | |
| 26 | 40 | Tomás Toledano | Spain | Reallocation |
| 27 | 45 | Mohamed Mostafa Kamel | Egypt | Africa |
| 28 | 146 | Rukesh Maharjan | Nepal | Universality Places |
| 29 | 186 | Mateo Delmastro | Argentina | Host Nation |
| 30 | 360 | Chang Ho Kim | Fiji | Universality Places |
| 31 | 531 | Kettiya Keoxay | Laos | Universality Places |
| 32 | 830 | Vannthoun Vath | Cambodia | Universality Places |
* Quota spots earned by Russia was returned, and were subsequently reallocated to Spain.

### Girls

| No. | Rank | Player | NOC | Note |
| 1 | 1 | Phittayaporn Chaiwan | Thailand | Asia |
| 2 | 2 | Wang Zhiyi | China | |
| 3 | 3 | Goh Jin Wei | Malaysia | |
| 4 | 4 | Wei Yaxin | China | Did not compete |
| 5 | 5 | Jakka Vaishnavi Reddy | India | |
| 6 | 8 | Maria Delcheva | Bulgaria | Europe |
| 7 | 10 | Huang Yin-hsuan | Chinese Taipei | |
| 8 | 12 | Vivien Sándorházi | Hungary | |
| 9 | 20 | Tereza Švábíková | Czech Republic | |
| 10 | 21 | Hirari Mizui | Japan | |
| 11 | 24 | Fernanda Saponara Rivva | Peru | |
| 12 | 25 | Grace King | Great Britain | |
| 13 | 27 | Nazlıcan İnci | Turkey | |
| 14 | 28 | Jaslyn Hooi | Singapore | |
| 15 | 29 | Léonice Huet | France | |
| 16 | 30 | Jennie Gai | United States | America |
| 17 | 33 | Petra Polanc | Slovenia | |
| 18 | 35 | Halla Bouksani | Algeria | Africa |
| 19 | 36 | Vũ Thị Anh Thư | Vietnam | |
| 20 | 37 | Elena Andreu | Spain | |
| 21 | 38 | Vlada Gynga | Moldova | |
| 22 | 41 | Ann-Kathrin Spöri | Germany | |
| 23 | 42 | Nairoby Abigail Jiménez | Dominican Republic | Reallocation |
| 24 | 43 | Jaqueline Lima | Brazil | Reallocation |
| 25 | 44 | Aswathi Pillai | Sweden | Reallocation |
| 26 | 47 | Hasini Nusaka Ambalangodage | Sri Lanka | Reallocation |
| 27 | 48 | Maharani Sekar Batari | Indonesia | Reallocation |
| 28 | 53 | Anastasiia Prozorova | Ukraine | Reallocation |
| 29 | 54 | Madouc Linders | Netherlands | Reallocation |
| 30 | 62 | Zecily Fung | Australia | Oceania |
| 31 | 258 | Madeiline Caren Akoumba Ze | Cameroon | Universality Places |
| 32 | 494 | Amina Oluwafunke Ilori | Nigeria | Universality Places |
* Quota spots earned by Denmark, South Korea and Indonesia were returned, and were subsequently reallocated to Dominican Republic, Brazil and Sweden. One universality spot was also not used and this was reallocated to the next eligible nation in the world rankings: Sri Lanka. Later the quota place for Russia, the host spot, and another universality spot were returned and reallocated to Indonesia, Ukraine, and the Netherlands respectively. Eventually there were 31 participants, Wei Yaxin from China did not compete.

## Medal summary
### Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| – | Mixed-NOCs | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 1 | China | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | Malaysia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | India | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | Japan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | Thailand | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (5 entries) | Totals (5 entries) | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 |

### Events

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Boys' singles details | Li Shifeng China | Lakshya Sen India | Kodai Naraoka Japan |
| Girls' singles details | Goh Jin Wei Malaysia | Wang Zhiyi China | Phittayaporn Chaiwan Thailand |
| Mixed teams details | Alpha Lakshya Sen India Giovanni Toti Italy Vannthoun Vath Cambodia Brian Yang Canada Hasini Nusaka Ambalangodage Sri Lanka Maria Delcheva Bulgaria Jennie Gai United States Ashwathi Pillai Sweden | Omega Markus Barth Norway Oscar Guo New Zealand Chang Ho Kim Fiji Kunlavut Vitidsarn Thailand Huang Yin-hsuan Chinese Taipei Léonice Huet France Anastasiya Prozorova Ukraine Vũ Thị Anh Thư Vietnam | Theta Julien Carraggi Belgium Mohamed Mostafa Kamel Egypt Kodai Naraoka Japan Lukas Resch Germany Zecily Fung Australia Jaqueline Lima Brazil Hirari Mizui Japan Tereza Švábíková Czech Republic |