# Badminton at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification

This article details the qualifying phase for badminton at the 2024 Summer Olympics. The competition comprised a total of 172 badminton players, with an equal distribution between men and women, coming from the different NOCs, similar to those in the previous editions. The qualification period commenced on May 1, 2023, and concluded on April 28, 2024, with the final eligibility list published two days after the deadline.
NOCs could enter a maximum of two players each in the men's and women's singles if they are ranked within the top sixteen of the "Race to Paris" ranking list, respectively; otherwise, they sent a single player until the roster of thirty-eight is complete. Similar protocols also applied to the players competing in the doubles tournament as the NOCs could enter a maximum of two pairs if they were ranked in the top eight with the rest entitled to a single pair until the quota of sixteen is reached.

## Standards

The remaining badminton players underwent a direct qualifying process to secure a spot in their respective categories for Paris 2024 through the "Race to Paris" ranking list prepared by the Badminton World Federation. The qualification period commenced on May 1, 2023, and concluded on April 28, 2024, with the final eligibility list published two days after the deadline (April 30, 2024). The qualification pathway for Paris 2024 produced a total of sixteen pairs each in the doubles tournaments (men's, women's, and mixed) and an initial distribution of thirty-eight (38) players in the singles based on the following criteria:
* Singles:
** Ranking 1-16: Players will alternate. NOCs may enter a maximum of two players if they are placed within the top sixteen of the BWF World Rankings.
** Ranking 17 and below: Players will alternate. NOCs may enter a maximum of a single player.
* Doubles:
** Rankings 1–8: Pairs will alternate. NOCs may enter a maximum of two pairs if they are placed within the top eight of the BWF World Rankings.
** Rankings 9 and below: Pairs will alternate. NOCs may enter a maximum of a single pair.
Each of the five continental zones must have entered at least one player in the singles tournament and a pair in the doubles under the rules and regulations of the BWF Continental Representation Place system. If unsatisfied by the entry selection method described above, the highest-ranked eligible player or pair from the respective continental zone qualified for Paris 2024. NOCs could enter badminton players or pairs in a maximum of two events through the BWF Continental Representation Place system; if the NOC qualified for more than two events through the system, the NOC must have selected which of them is qualified, and the quota place declined transfers to the next highest-ranked eligible player or pair.
Host nation France reserved a spot each in the men's and women's singles to be officially awarded to its respective highest-ranked badminton player based on the BWF "Race to Paris" ranking list. If one or more French badminton players qualified directly, their slots would be reallocated to the next highest-ranked eligible player from the official "Race to Paris" list. Meanwhile, four places (two per gender) were entitled to the eligible NOCs interested to have badminton players compete for Paris 2024 under the Universality principle. These places were included in the BWF Continental Representation Place system.
If any badminton player qualified for both the singles and the doubles events, an unused spot would be awarded to the next highest-ranked eligible player of a respective gender in the singles tournament based on the official "Race to Paris" list. These protocols must ascertain a fair distribution between men and women qualifying for their respective events at the Games with the singles tournaments expanding from 38 to accommodate additional players.

## Summary

| NOC | Men | Men | Women | Women | Mixed | Total | Total |
| NOC | Singles | Doubles | Singles | Doubles | Doubles | Quotas | Athletes |
| Algeria | | | | | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Australia | | | 1 | 1 | | 2 | 3 |
| Austria | 1 | | | | | 1 | 1 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | | 1 | | | 2 | 2 |
| Belgium | 1 | | 1 | | | 2 | 2 |
| Brazil | 1 | | 1 | | | 2 | 2 |
| Bulgaria | | | 1 | 1 | | 2 | 3 |
| Canada | 1 | 1 | 1 | | | 3 | 4 |
| China | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 16 |
| Chinese Taipei | 1 | 1 | 1 | | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| Czech Republic | 1 | 1 | 1 | | | 3 | 4 |
| Denmark | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 9 |
| El Salvador | 1 | | | | | 1 | 1 |
| Estonia | | | 1 | | | 1 | 1 |
| Finland | 1 | | | | | 1 | 1 |
| France | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 |
| Germany | 1 | 1 | 1 | | | 3 | 4 |
| Great Britain | | 1 | 1 | | | 2 | 3 |
| Guatemala | 1 | | | | | 1 | 1 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| India | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | | 5 | 7 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 9 |
| Ireland | 1 | | 1 | | | 2 | 2 |
| Israel | 1 | | | | | 1 | 1 |
| Italy | 1 | | | | | 1 | 1 |
| Japan | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 12 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | | | | | 1 | 1 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 |
| Maldives | | | 1 | | | 1 | 1 |
| Mauritius | 1 | | 1 | | | 2 | 2 |
| Mexico | 1 | | | | | 1 | 1 |
| Myanmar | | | 1 | | | 1 | 1 |
| Nepal | 1 | | | | | 1 | 1 |
| Netherlands | | | | | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Nigeria | 1 | | | | | 1 | 1 |
| Peru | | | 1 | | | 1 | 1 |
| Refugee Olympic Team | | | 1 | | | 1 | 1 |
| Singapore | 1 | | 1 | | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| South Africa | | | 1 | | | 1 | 1 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 12 |
| Spain | 1 | | 1 | | | 2 | 2 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | | | | | 1 | 1 |
| Suriname | 1 | | | | | 1 | 1 |
| Switzerland | 1 | | 1 | | | 2 | 2 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 9 |
| Turkey | | | 1 | | | 1 | 1 |
| Ukraine | | | 1 | | | 1 | 1 |
| United States | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 |
| Vietnam | 1 | | 1 | | | 2 | 2 |
| Total: 49 NOCs | 41 | 16 | 39 | 16 | 16 | 128 | 173 |

## Official ranking
### Men's singles

BWF Update List: April 30, 2024 :
| No. | QR | Player | Country | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Viktor Axelsen | Denmark | Continental place: Europe |
| 2 | 2 | Shi Yuqi | China | Continental place: Asia |
| 3 | 3 | Jonatan Christie | Indonesia | Continental place: Asia |
| 4 | 4 | Anders Antonsen | Denmark | Continental place: Europe |
| 5 | 5 | Kodai Naraoka | Japan | |
| 6 | 6 | Li Shifeng | China | |
| 7 | 7 | Anthony Sinisuka Ginting | Indonesia | |
| 8 | 8 | Kunlavut Vitidsarn | Thailand | |
| 9 | 9 | Prannoy H. S. | India | |
| 10 | 10 | Lee Zii Jia | Malaysia | |
| 11 | 11 | Kenta Nishimoto | Japan | |
| 12 | 12 | Loh Kean Yew | Singapore | |
| 13 | 13 | Lakshya Sen | India | |
| 14 | 14 | Chou Tien-chen | Chinese Taipei | |
| 15 | 15 | Lee Cheuk Yiu | Hong Kong | |
| 16 | 20 | Toma Junior Popov | France | |
| 17 | 24 | Brian Yang | Canada | Continental place: America |
| 18 | 38 | Kevin Cordón | Guatemala | Continental place: America |
| 19 | 42 | Nhat Nguyen | Ireland | |
| 20 | 43 | Julien Carraggi | Belgium | |
| — | 45 | Mark Caljouw | Netherlands | Declined |
| 21 | 47 | Jeon Hyeok-jin | South Korea | |
| 22 | 48 | Ygor Coelho | Brazil | |
| 23 | 51 | Misha Zilberman | Israel | |
| 24 | 54 | Jan Louda | Czech Republic | |
| 25 | 56 | Uriel Canjura | El Salvador | |
| 26 | 57 | Kalle Koljonen | Finland | |
| 27 | 58 | Ade Resky Dwicahyo | Azerbaijan | |
| 28 | 67 | Luis Ramón Garrido | Mexico | |
| 29 | 68 | Pablo Abián | Spain | |
| 30 | 69 | Dmitriy Panarin | Kazakhstan | |
| 31 | 72 | Viren Nettasinghe | Sri Lanka | Host quota reallocation |
| 32 | 73 | Giovanni Toti | Italy | Doubles quota reallocation |
| 33 | 74 | Lê Đức Phát | Vietnam | Doubles quota reallocation |
| 34 | 77 | Fabian Roth | Germany | Doubles quota reallocation |
| 35 | 78 | Howard Shu | United States | Oceanian Continental quota reallocation |
| 36 | 88 | Tobias Künzi | Switzerland | Oceanian Continental quota reallocation |
| 37 | 89 | Collins Valentine Filimon | Austria | Declined quota reallocation |
| 38 | 101 | Anuoluwapo Juwon Opeyori | Nigeria | Continental place: Africa |
| 39 | 112 | Julien Paul | Mauritius | Continental place: Africa |
| — | 159 | Ricky Tang | Australia | Continental place: Oceania (Declined) |
| — | 196 | Edward Lau | New Zealand | Continental place: Oceania (Declined) |
| 40 | 179 | Prince Dahal | Nepal | Tripartite Invitation |
| 41 | 286 | Sören Opti | Suriname | Tripartite Invitation |

### Women's singles

BWF Update List: April 30, 2024 :
| No. | QR | Player | Country | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | An Se-young | South Korea | Continental place: Asia |
| 2 | 2 | Chen Yufei | China | Continental place: Asia |
| 3 | 3 | Carolina Marín | Spain | Continental place: Europe |
| 4 | 4 | Akane Yamaguchi | Japan | |
| 5 | 5 | Tai Tzu-ying | Chinese Taipei | |
| 6 | 6 | He Bingjiao | China | |
| 7 | 9 | Gregoria Mariska Tunjung | Indonesia | |
| 8 | 10 | Beiwen Zhang | United States | Continental place: America |
| 9 | 11 | Aya Ohori | Japan | |
| 10 | 12 | Ratchanok Intanon | Thailand | |
| 11 | 13 | Kim Ga-eun | South Korea | |
| 12 | 14 | P. V. Sindhu | India | |
| 13 | 16 | Supanida Katethong | Thailand | |
| 14 | 18 | Yeo Jia Min | Singapore | |
| — | 21 | Line Kjærsfeldt | Denmark | Declined by the Danish Badminton Federation, and replaced by Mia Blichfeldt |
| 15 | 22 | Mia Blichfeldt | Denmark | Continental place: Europe |
| 16 | 23 | Kirsty Gilmour | Great Britain | |
| 17 | 24 | Nguyễn Thùy Linh | Vietnam | |
| 18 | 25 | Michelle Li | Canada | Continental place: America |
| 19 | 29 | Yvonne Li | Germany | |
| 20 | 32 | Goh Jin Wei | Malaysia | |
| 21 | 35 | Neslihan Arın | Turkey | |
| 22 | 43 | Thet Htar Thuzar | Myanmar | |
| 23 | 45 | Qi Xuefei | France | |
| 24 | 46 | Lo Sin Yan | Hong Kong | |
| 25 | 47 | Juliana Viana Vieira | Brazil | |
| 26 | 49 | Lianne Tan | Belgium | |
| 27 | 50 | Kristin Kuuba | Estonia | |
| 28 | 63 | Inés Castillo | Peru | |
| 29 | 65 | Tereza Švábíková | Czech Republic | |
| 30 | 69 | Jenjira Stadelmann | Switzerland | |
| 31 | 71 | Keisha Fatimah Azzahra | Azerbaijan | |
| 32 | 74 | Polina Buhrova | Ukraine | Host quota reallocation |
| 33 | 76 | Kaloyana Nalbantova | Bulgaria | Unused Oceania quota reallocation |
| 34 | 77 | Rachael Darragh | Ireland | Tripartite invitation quota reallocation |
| 35 | 92 | Tiffany Ho | Australia | Continental place: Oceania |
| 36 | 104 | Kate Ludik | Mauritius | Continental place: Africa |
| 37 | 105 | Johanita Scholtz | South Africa | Continental place: Africa |
| 38 | 115 | Fathimath Nabaaha Abdul Razzaq | Maldives | Tripartite Invitation |
| 39 | 1100 | Dorsa Yavarivafa | Refugee Olympic Team | Invitational place |

### Men's doubles

BWF Update List: April 30, 2024 :
| No. | QR | Player | Country | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Liang Weikeng | China | Continental quota: Asia |
| 1 | 1 | Wang Chang | China | Continental quota: Asia |
| 2 | 2 | Kang Min-hyuk | South Korea | |
| 2 | 2 | Seo Seung-jae | South Korea | |
| 3 | 3 | Satwiksairaj Rankireddy | India | |
| 3 | 3 | Chirag Shetty | India | |
| 4 | 4 | Kim Astrup | Denmark | Continental quota: Europe |
| 4 | 4 | Anders Skaarup Rasmussen | Denmark | Continental quota: Europe |
| 5 | 5 | Aaron Chia | Malaysia | |
| 5 | 5 | Soh Wooi Yik | Malaysia | |
| 6 | 6 | Takuro Hoki | Japan | |
| 6 | 6 | Yugo Kobayashi | Japan | |
| 7 | 7 | Fajar Alfian | Indonesia | |
| 7 | 7 | Muhammad Rian Ardianto | Indonesia | |
| 8 | 8 | Liu Yuchen | China | |
| 8 | 8 | Ou Xuanyi | China | |
| 9 | 10 | Lee Yang | Chinese Taipei | |
| 9 | 10 | Wang Chi-lin | Chinese Taipei | |
| 10 | 19 | Ben Lane | Great Britain | |
| 10 | 19 | Sean Vendy | Great Britain | |
| 11 | 22 | Supak Jomkoh | Thailand | |
| 11 | 22 | Kittinupong Kedren | Thailand | |
| 12 | 27 | Mark Lamsfuß | Germany | |
| 12 | 27 | Marvin Seidel | Germany | |
| 13 | 34 | Adam Dong | Canada | Continental quota: America |
| 13 | 34 | Nyl Yakura | Canada | Continental quota: America |
| 14 | 37 | Christo Popov | France | |
| 14 | 37 | Toma Junior Popov | France | |
| 15 | 42 | Vinson Chiu | United States | |
| 15 | 42 | Joshua Yuan | United States | |
| 16 | 44 | Ondřej Král | Czech Republic | |
| 16 | 44 | Adam Mendrek | Czech Republic | |

### Women's doubles

BWF Update List: April 30, 2024 :
| No. | QR | Player | Country | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Chen Qingchen | China | Continental quota: Asia |
| 1 | 1 | Jia Yifan | China | Continental quota: Asia |
| 2 | 2 | Baek Ha-na | South Korea | |
| 2 | 2 | Lee So-hee | South Korea | |
| 3 | 3 | Liu Shengshu | China | |
| 3 | 3 | Tan Ning | China | |
| 4 | 4 | Nami Matsuyama | Japan | |
| 4 | 4 | Chiharu Shida | Japan | |
| 5 | 6 | Kim So-yeong | South Korea | |
| 5 | 6 | Kong Hee-yong | South Korea | |
| 6 | 7 | Mayu Matsumoto | Japan | |
| 6 | 7 | Wakana Nagahara | Japan | |
| 7 | 9 | Apriyani Rahayu | Indonesia | |
| 7 | 9 | Siti Fadia Silva Ramadhanti | Indonesia | |
| 8 | 10 | Jongkolphan Kititharakul | Thailand | |
| 8 | 10 | Rawinda Prajongjai | Thailand | |
| 9 | 14 | Pearly Tan | Malaysia | |
| 9 | 14 | Thinaah Muralitharan | Malaysia | |
| 10 | 17 | Margot Lambert | France | Continental quota: Europe |
| 10 | 17 | Anne Tran | France | Continental quota: Europe |
| 11 | 19 | Gabriela Stoeva | Bulgaria | |
| 11 | 19 | Stefani Stoeva | Bulgaria | |
| 12 | 20 | Yeung Nga Ting | Hong Kong | |
| 12 | 20 | Yeung Pui Lam | Hong Kong | |
| 13 | 21 | Tanisha Crasto | India | |
| 13 | 21 | Ashwini Ponnappa | India | |
| 14 | 22 | Maiken Fruergaard | Denmark | |
| 14 | 22 | Sara Thygesen | Denmark | |
| 15 | 31 | Annie Xu | United States | Continental quota: America |
| 15 | 31 | Kerry Xu | United States | Continental quota: America |
| 16 | 32 | Setyana Mapasa | Australia | Continental quota: Oceania |
| 16 | 32 | Angela Yu | Australia | Continental quota: Oceania |

### Mixed doubles

BWF Update List: April 30, 2024 :
| No. | QR | Player | Country | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Zheng Siwei | China | Continental quota: Asia |
| 1 | 1 | Huang Yaqiong | China | Continental quota: Asia |
| 2 | 2 | Feng Yanzhe | China | |
| 2 | 2 | Huang Dongping | China | |
| 3 | 3 | Yuta Watanabe | Japan | |
| 3 | 3 | Arisa Higashino | Japan | |
| 4 | 4 | Seo Seung-jae | South Korea | |
| 4 | 4 | Chae Yoo-jung | South Korea | |
| 5 | 6 | Dechapol Puavaranukroh | Thailand | |
| 5 | 6 | Sapsiree Taerattanachai | Thailand | |
| 6 | 7 | Kim Won-ho | South Korea | |
| 6 | 7 | Jeong Na-eun | South Korea | |
| 7 | 8 | Tang Chun Man | Hong Kong | |
| 7 | 8 | Tse Ying Suet | Hong Kong | |
| 8 | 9 | Chen Tang Jie | Malaysia | |
| 8 | 9 | Toh Ee Wei | Malaysia | |
| 9 | 10 | Mathias Christiansen | Denmark | Continental quota: Europe |
| 9 | 10 | Alexandra Bøje | Denmark | Continental quota: Europe |
| 10 | 11 | Thom Gicquel | France | |
| 10 | 11 | Delphine Delrue | France | |
| 11 | 12 | Ye Hong-wei | Chinese Taipei | |
| 11 | 12 | Lee Chia-hsin | Chinese Taipei | |
| 12 | 14 | Robin Tabeling | Netherlands | |
| 12 | 14 | Selena Piek | Netherlands | |
| 13 | 15 | Rinov Rivaldy | Indonesia | |
| 13 | 15 | Pitha Haningtyas Mentari | Indonesia | |
| 14 | 18 | Terry Hee | Singapore | Oceanian Continental quota reallocation |
| 14 | 18 | Tan Wei Han | Singapore | Oceanian Continental quota reallocation |
| 15 | 29 | Vinson Chiu | United States | Continental quota: America |
| 15 | 29 | Jennie Gai | United States | Continental quota: America |
| — | 44 | Kenneth Choo | Australia | Continental quota: Oceania (Declined) |
| — | 44 | Gronya Somerville | Australia | Continental quota: Oceania (Declined) |
| 16 | 47 | Koceila Mammeri | Algeria | Continental quota: Africa |
| 16 | 47 | Tanina Mammeri | Algeria | Continental quota: Africa |