# Badminton at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Qualification

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 | 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 | List publishes: 20 May 2021 | Men's doubles: 6 highest ranked pairs | Men's doubles: 6 highest ranked pairs | Women's doubles: 6 highest ranked pairs | Women's doubles: 6 highest ranked pairs | Women's doubles: 6 highest ranked pairs | — | 16 male 30 female |
| Paralympic Doubles Ranking List Allocation | List publishes: 20 May 2021 | Women's doubles: 2 highest ranked pairs | Women's doubles: 2 highest ranked pairs | Mixed doubles: 2 highest ranked pairs | Mixed doubles: 2 highest ranked pairs | Mixed doubles: 2 highest ranked pairs | — | 16 male 30 female |
| Paralympic Singles Ranking List Allocation | List publishes: 20 May 2021 | Depends on Doubles Ranking List | Depends on Doubles Ranking List | 3 highest ranked males | 3 highest ranked males 2 highest ranked females | 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 | 3 males and 3 females | 9 males and 4 females | 9 males and 4 females | 9 males and 4 females | 1 male | 13 male 7 female |
| | | | | | | | Total | 90 |

## Qualification summary

| NOC | Men | Men | Men | Men | Men | Men | Men | Women | Women | Women | Women | Women | Women | Mixed | Total | Total |
| NOC | Singles | Singles | Singles | Singles | Singles | Singles | Doubles | Singles | Singles | Singles | Singles | Doubles | Doubles | Doubles | Quotas | Athletes |
| NOC | WH1 | WH2 | SL3 | SL4 | SU5 | SH6 | WH1 WH2 | WH1 | WH2 | SL4 | SU5 | WH1 WH2 | SL3 SU5 | SL3 SU5 | Quotas | Athletes |
| Australia | | 1 | | | | | | | | 1 | | | | | 2 | 2 |
| Brazil | | | | | | 1 | | | | | | | | | 1 | 1 |
| Canada | | | | | | | | | | 1 | | | | | 1 | 1 |
| China | 1 | 1 | | | | | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | | 12 | 9 |
| Chinese Taipei | | | | | 1 | | | | | | | | | | 1 | 1 |
| Denmark | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | | | | 1 | 1 |
| Egypt | | | | | 1 | | | | | | | | | | 1 | 1 |
| France | 1 | 1 | | 1 | 1 | | 1 | | | 1 | | | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 |
| Germany | 2 | | | 1 | | | 1 | 2 | | 1 | | 1 | | 1 | 9 | 6 |
| Great Britain | | 1 | 1 | | | 2 | | | | | | | | | 4 | 4 |
| Hong Kong | | 1 | | | | 1 | | | | | | | | | 2 | 2 |
| India | | | 2 | 2 | | 1 | | | | 1 | 1 | | 1 | 1 | 9 | 7 |
| Indonesia | | | 1 | 2 | 2 | | | | | 2 | | | 1 | 1 | 9 | 7 |
| Israel | | | | | | | | 1 | | | | | | | 1 | 1 |
| Japan (H) | 2 | 1 | 1 | | 1 | | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 13 |
| Malaysia | | | | | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | | 2 | 2 |
| Netherlands | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | | | | 1 | 1 |
| Norway | | | | | | | | | | 1 | | | | | 1 | 1 |
| Peru | | | | | | | | | 1 | | | | | | 1 | 1 |
| Poland | | | | | 1 | | | | | | | | | | 1 | 1 |
| Portugal | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | | | | 1 | 1 |
| RPC | | | | | | | | | 1 | | | | | | 1 | 1 |
| South Korea | 2 | 2 | | 1 | | | 1 | 1 | 1 | | | 1 | | | 9 | 7 |
| Switzerland | | | | | | | | 2 | | | | 1 | | | 3 | 2 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1 | | 1 | | | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 1 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 7 |
| Turkey | | | | | | | | | 1 | | 1 | | | | 2 | 2 |
| Uganda | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | | | | 1 | 1 |
| Ukraine | | | 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. | QR | Athlete | Country |
| 1 | 1 | Qu Zimo | China |
| 2 | 2 | Lee Dong-seop | South Korea |
| 3 | 3 | Lee Sam-seop | South Korea |
| 4 | 5 | Thomas Wandschneider | Germany |
| 5 | 8 | Hiroshi Murayama | Japan |
| 6 | 9 | Young-chin Mi | Germany |
| 7 | 10 | Osamu Nagashima | Japan |
| 8 | 12 | David Toupé | France |
| 9 | 13 | Jakarin Homhual | Thailand |
Men's singles WH2 :
| No. | QR | Athlete | Country |
| 1 | 1 | Kim Jung-jun | South Korea |
| 2 | 2 | Chan Ho Yuen | Hong Kong |
| 3 | 3 | Kim Kyung-hoon | South Korea |
| 4 | 4 | Daiki Kajiwara | Japan |
| 5 | 5 | Martin Rooke | Great Britain |
| 6 | 8 | Mai Jianpeng | China |
| 7 | 12 | Thomas Jakobs | France |
| 8 | 17 | Dumnern Junthong | Thailand |
| 9 | 30 | Grant Manzoney | Australia |
Men's singles SL3 :
| No. | QR | Athlete | Country |
| 1 | 1 | Pramod Bhagat | India |
| 2 | 2 | Daniel Bethell | Great Britain |
| 3 | 3 | Manoj Sarkar | India |
| 4 | 4 | Daisuke Fujihara | Japan |
| 5 | 5 | Ukun Rukaendi | Indonesia |
| 6 | 8 | Oleksandr Chyrkov | Ukraine |
Men's singles SL4 :
| No. | QR | Athlete | Country |
| 1 | 1 | Lucas Mazur | France |
| 2 | 2 | Tarun Dhillon | India |
| 3 | 3 | Suhas Lalinakere Yathiraj | India |
| 4 | 4 | Fredy Setiawan | Indonesia |
| 5 | 6 | Shin Kyung-hwan | South Korea |
| 6 | 7 | Siripong Teamarrom | Thailand |
| 7 | 17 | Jan-Niklas Pott | Germany |
| 8 | – | Hary Susanto | Indonesia |
Men's singles SU5 :
| No. | QR | Athlete | Country |
| 1 | 1 | Dheva Anrimusthi | Indonesia |
| 2 | 2 | Cheah Liek Hou | Malaysia |
| 3 | 3 | Suryo Nugroho | Indonesia |
| 4 | 4 | Bartłomiej Mróz | Poland |
| 5 | 5 | Taiyo Imai | Japan |
| 6 | 6 | Meril Loquette | France |
| 7 | 7 | Fang Jen-yu | Chinese Taipei |
| 8 | 26 | Ahmed Eldakrory | Egypt |
Men's singles SH6 :
| No. | QR | Athlete | Country |
| 1 | 1 | Krishna Nagar | India |
| 2 | 2 | Jack Shephard | Great Britain |
| 3 | 3 | Chu Man Kai | Hong Kong |
| 4 | 4 | Krysten Coombs | Great Britain |
| 5 | 6 | Vitor Gonçalves Tavares | Brazil |
| 6 | 7 | Didin Taresoh | Malaysia |
Women's singles WH1 :
| No. | QR | Athlete | Country |
| 1 | 1 | Sarina Satomi | Japan |
| 2 | 2 | Valeska Knoblauch | Germany |
| 3 | 3 | Sujirat Pookkham | Thailand |
| 4 | 4 | Yin Menglu | China |
| 5 | 5 | Karin Suter-Erath | Switzerland |
| 6 | 6 | Zhang Jing | China |
| 7 | 7 | Nina Gorodetzky | Israel |
| 8 | 8 | Kang Jung-kum | South Korea |
| 9 | 12 | Cynthia Mathez | Switzerland |
| 10 | 17 | Elke Rongen | Germany |
Women's singles WH2 :
| No. | QR | Athlete | Country |
| 1 | 1 | Liu Yutong | China |
| 2 | 2 | Xu Tingting | China |
| 3 | 4 | Yuma Yamazaki | Japan |
| 4 | 5 | Amnouy Wetwithan | Thailand |
| 5 | 6 | Rie Ogura | Japan |
| 6 | 7 | Emine Seçkin | Turkey |
| 7 | 8 | Pilar Jáuregui | Peru |
| 8 | 9 | Tatiana Gureeva | RPC |
| 9 | 10 | Lee Sun-ae | South Korea |
Women's singles SL4 :
| No. | QR | Athlete | Country |
| 1 | 1 | Leani Ratri Oktila | Indonesia |
| 2 | 2 | Cheng Hefang | China |
| 3 | 3 | Helle Sofie Sagøy | Norway |
| 4 | 4 | Haruka Fujino | Japan |
| 5 | 5 | Ma Huihui | China |
| 6 | 6 | Khalimatus Sadiyah | Indonesia |
| 7 | 7 | Faustine Noël | France |
| 8 | 8 | Chanida Srinavakul | Thailand |
| 9 | 10 | Katrin Seibert | Germany |
| 10 | 11 | Caitlin Dransfield | Australia |
| 11 | 14 | Olivia Meier | Canada |
| 12 | 26 | Parul Parmar | India |
| 13 | – | Nipada Saensupa | Thailand |
Women's singles SU5 :
| No. | QR | Athlete | Country |
| 1 | 1 | Yang Qiuxia | China |
| 2 | 2 | Ayako Suzuki | Japan |
| 3 | 3 | Cathrine Rosengren | Denmark |
| 4 | 4 | Kaede Kameyama | Japan |
| 5 | 7 | Megan Hollander | Netherlands |
| 6 | 8 | Zehra Bağlar | Turkey |
| 7 | 9 | Beatriz Monteiro | Portugal |
| 8 | 10 | Palak Kohli | India |
| 9 | 19 | Ritah Asiimwe | Uganda |
| 10 | – | Akiko Sugino | Japan |

### Doubles

Men's doubles WH1–WH2 :
| No. | QR | Athlete | Classify | Country |
| 1 | 1 | Qu Zimo | WH1 | China |
| 1 | 1 | Mai Jianpeng | WH2 | China |
| 2 | 2 | Lee Dong-seop | WH1 | South Korea |
| 2 | 2 | Kim Jung-jun | WH2 | South Korea |
| 3 | 3 | Hiroshi Murayama | WH1 | Japan |
| 3 | 3 | Daiki Kajiwara | WH2 | Japan |
| 4 | 9 | David Toupé | WH1 | France |
| 4 | 9 | Thomas Jakobs | WH2 | France |
| 4 | 9 | Jakarin Homhual | WH1 | Thailand |
| 4 | 9 | Dumern Junthong | WH2 | Thailand |
| 6 | 11 | Young-chin Mi | WH1 | Germany |
| 6 | 11 | Thomas Wandschneider | WH1 | Germany |
Women's doubles WH1–WH2 :
| No. | QR | Athlete | Classify | Country |
| 1 | 1 | Sarina Satomi | WH1 | Japan |
| 1 | 1 | Yuma Yamazaki | WH2 | Japan |
| 2 | 2 | Yin Menglu | WH1 | China |
| 2 | 2 | Liu Yutong | WH2 | China |
| 3 | 3 | Sujirat Pookkham | WH1 | Thailand |
| 3 | 3 | Amnouy Wetwithan | WH2 | Thailand |
| 4 | 6 | Kang Jung-kum | WH1 | South Korea |
| 4 | 6 | Lee Sun-ae | WH2 | South Korea |
| 5 | 7 | Cynthia Mathez | WH1 | Switzerland |
| 5 | 7 | Karin Suter-Erath | WH1 | Switzerland |
| 6 | 8 | Valeska Knoblauch | WH1 | Germany |
| 6 | 8 | Elke Rongen | WH1 | Germany |
Women's doubles SL3–SU5 :
| No. | QR | Athlete | Classify | Country |
| 1 | 1 | Cheng Hefang | SL4 | China |
| 1 | 1 | Ma Huihui | SL4 | China |
| 2 | 2 | Leani Ratri Oktila | SL4 | Indonesia |
| 2 | 2 | Khalimatus Sadiyah | SL4 | Indonesia |
| 3 | 3 | Noriko Ito | SL3 | Japan |
| 3 | 3 | Ayako Suzuki | SU5 | Japan |
| 4 | 4 | Nipada Saensupa | SL4 | Thailand |
| 4 | 4 | Chanida Srinavakul | SL4 | Thailand |
| 5 | 5 | Lénaïg Morin | SL4 | France |
| 5 | 5 | Faustine Noël | SL4 | France |
| 6 | 6 | Parul Parmar | SL3 | India |
| 6 | 6 | Palak Kohli | SU5 | India |
Mixed doubles SL3–SU5 :
| No. | QR | Athlete | Classify | Country |
| 1 | 1 | Hary Susanto | SL4 | Indonesia |
| 1 | 1 | Leani Ratri Oktila | SL4 | Indonesia |
| 2 | 2 | Lucas Mazur | SL4 | France |
| 2 | 2 | Faustine Noël | SL4 | France |
| 3 | 3 | Siripog Teamarrom | SL4 | Thailand |
| 3 | 3 | Nipada Saensupa | SL4 | Thailand |
| 4 | 4 | Jan-Niklas Pott | SL4 | Germany |
| 4 | 4 | Katrin Seibert | SL4 | Germany |
| 5 | 7 | Daisuke Fujihara | SL3 | Japan |
| 5 | 7 | Akiko Sugino | SU5 | Japan |
| 6 | 31 | Pramod Bhagat | SL3 | India |
| 6 | 31 | Palak Kohli | SU5 | India |