# 2021 BWF World Championships – Men's doubles

The men's doubles tournament of the 2021 BWF World Championships took place from 12 to 19 December 2021 at the Palacio de los Deportes Carolina Marín at Huelva.

## Seeds

The seeding list is based on the World Rankings of 23 November 2021.

## Draw
### Finals

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 5 | Takuro Hoki Yugo Kobayashi | 21 | 21 | | | | | |
| 9 | Ong Yew Sin Teo Ee Yi | 13 | 9 | | | | | |
| 9 | Ong Yew Sin Teo Ee Yi | 13 | 9 | | 5 | Takuro Hoki Yugo Kobayashi | 21 | 21 |
| | | | | | 16 | He Jiting Tan Qiang | 12 | 18 |
| 16 | He Jiting Tan Qiang | 21 | 13 | 21 | 16 | He Jiting Tan Qiang | 12 | 18 |
| 7 | Kim Astrup Anders Skaarup Rasmussen | 16 | 21 | 15 | | | | |

### Top half
#### Section 1

| First Round | First Round | First Round | Second Round | Second Round | Second Round | Second Round | Second Round | Third Round | Third Round | Third Round | Third Round | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals |
| | | | 1 | M F Gideon K S Sukamuljo | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | K Matsui Y Takeuchi | w | / | o | | | | | | | | |
| G Greco K Strobl | 12 | 12 | | K Matsui Y Takeuchi | w | / | o | | | | | | | | |
| K Matsui Y Takeuchi | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| K Matsui Y Takeuchi | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | K Matsui Y Takeuchi | 24 | 25 | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | F Delrue W Villeger | 22 | 23 | | | | |
| | | | 13 | B Lane S Vendy | 19 | 21 | 15 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | F Delrue W Villeger | 21 | 12 | 21 | | | | | | | | |
| F Delrue W Villeger | 21 | 21 | | F Delrue W Villeger | 21 | 12 | 21 | | | | | | | | |
| J Magee P Reynolds | 13 | 11 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| J Magee P Reynolds | 13 | 11 | | | | | | | | | | | K Matsui Y Takeuchi | 18 | 12 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | 5 | T Hoki Y Kobayashi | 21 | 21 |
| | | | 5 | T Hoki Y Kobayashi | 21 | 18 | 21 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | Huang KX Liu C | 12 | 21 | 13 | | | | | | | | |
| Chang T C Yeung M N | 13 | 17 | | Huang KX Liu C | 12 | 21 | 13 | | | | | | | | |
| Huang KX Liu C | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Huang KX Liu C | 21 | 21 | | | | | | 5 | T Hoki Y Kobayashi | 21 | 21 | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | C Grimley M Grimley | 14 | 15 | | | | |
| | | | 15 | Lu C-y Yang P-ha | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | C Grimley M Grimley | w | / | o | | | | | | | | |
| J Janáček T Švejda | 18 | 14 | | C Grimley M Grimley | w | / | o | | | | | | | | |
| C Grimley M Grimley | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

#### Section 2

| First Round | First Round | First Round | First Round | Second Round | Second Round | Second Round | Second Round | Second Round | Third Round | Third Round | Third Round | Third Round | Third Round | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals |
| | | | | 3 | Lee Y Wang C-l | 18 | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | R Jille T van der Lecq | 21 | 7 | 11 | | | | | | | | | | |
| K Mammeri Y S Medel | 11 | 9 | | | R Jille T van der Lecq | 21 | 7 | 11 | | | | | | | | | | |
| R Jille T van der Lecq | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| R Jille T van der Lecq | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | 3 | Lee Y Wang C-l | 21 | 17 | 21 | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | 14 | Goh S F N Izzuddin | 18 | 21 | 18 | | | | | |
| | | | | 14 | Goh S F N Izzuddin | 21 | 19 | 21 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | A Dunn A Hall | 14 | 21 | 16 | | | | | | | | | | |
| L R Carnando D Marthin | | | | | A Dunn A Hall | 14 | 21 | 16 | | | | | | | | | | |
| A Dunn A Hall | w | / | o | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| A Dunn A Hall | w | / | o | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | Lee Y Wang C-l | 21 | 17 | 15 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 9 | Ong Y S Teo E Y | 12 | 21 | 21 |
| | | | | 8 | S Rankireddy C Shetty | 27 | 21 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | Lee J-h Yang P-hs | 25 | 17 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Fa Farias Fr Farias | 4 | 12 | | | Lee J-h Yang P-hs | 25 | 17 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Lee J-h Yang P-hs | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Lee J-h Yang P-hs | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | 8 | S Rankireddy C Shetty | 20 | 21 | 15 | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | 9 | Ong Y S Teo E Y | 22 | 18 | 21 | | | | | |
| | | | | 9 | Ong Y S Teo E Y | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | J Eipe R Kjær | 12 | 19 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| M Attri B. S Reddy | 16 | 15 | | | J Eipe R Kjær | 12 | 19 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| J Eipe R Kjær | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Bottom half
#### Section 3

| First Round | First Round | First Round | First Round | Second Round | Second Round | Second Round | Second Round | Second Round | Third Round | Third Round | Third Round | Third Round | Third Round | | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals |
| H Okamura M Onodera | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| G Beketov M Makhnovskiy | 10 | 9 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| G Beketov M Makhnovskiy | 10 | 9 | | | H Okamura M Onodera | 15 | 24 | 16 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | 10 | Goh V S Tan W K | 21 | 22 | 21 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | 10 | Goh V S Tan W K | 21 | 14 | 21 | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | B Geiss J C Völker | 14 | 21 | 17 | | | | | |
| B Geiss J C Völker | w | / | o | | | | | | | | | | | | B Geiss J C Völker | 14 | 21 | 17 | | | | |
| J Solís A Marroquín | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| J Solís A Marroquín | | | | | B Geiss J C Völker | w | / | o | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | 6 | F Alfian M R Ardianto | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 10 | Goh V S Tan W K | 20 | 14 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 16 | He JT Tan Q | 22 | 21 |
| C Hemming S Stallwood | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 16 | He JT Tan Q | 22 | 21 |
| G Olofua A J Opeyori | 9 | 11 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| G Olofua A J Opeyori | 9 | 11 | | | C Hemming S Stallwood | 21 | 12 | 12 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | 16 | He JT Tan Q | 16 | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | 16 | He JT Tan Q | 17 | 21 | 21 | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | 4 | A Chia Soh W Y | 21 | 14 | 16 | | | | | |
| Ou XY Zhang N | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | | | | | | 4 | A Chia Soh W Y | 21 | 14 | 16 | | | | |
| A George S Shukla | 15 | 14 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| A George S Shukla | 15 | 14 | | | Ou XY Zhang N | 18 | 22 | 16 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | 4 | A Chia Soh W Y | 21 | 20 | 21 | | | | | | | | | | |

#### Section 4

| First Round | First Round | First Round | First Round | Second Round | Second Round | Second Round | Second Round | Second Round | Third Round | Third Round | Third Round | Third Round | Third Round | | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals |
| Arjun M.R. D Kapila | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| D Lundgaard M Thyrri | 18 | 17 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| D Lundgaard M Thyrri | 18 | 17 | | | Arjun M.R. D Kapila | 11 | 16 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | 11 | V Ivanov I Sozonov | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | 11 | V Ivanov I Sozonov | 22 | 14 | 11 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | 7 | K Astrup A S Rasmussen | 20 | 21 | 21 | | | | | | |
| Di ZJ Wang C | 9 | 13 | | | | | | | | | | | | 7 | K Astrup A S Rasmussen | 20 | 21 | 21 | | | | | | |
| A Koga T Saito | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| A Koga T Saito | 21 | 21 | | | A Koga T Saito | 17 | 19 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | 7 | K Astrup A S Rasmussen | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 7 | K Astrup A S Rasmussen | 26 | 21 | 21 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 12 | M Lamsfuß M Seidel | 28 | 13 | 9 |
| C Popov T J Popov | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 12 | M Lamsfuß M Seidel | 28 | 13 | 9 |
| J Monroy C Piris | w | / | o | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| J Monroy C Piris | w | / | o | | J Monroy C Piris | 13 | 15 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | 12 | M Lamsfuß M Seidel | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | 12 | M Lamsfuß M Seidel | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | T Flaatten V Rikheim | 6 | 18 | | | | | | | |
| T Flaatten V Rikheim | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | | | | | | | T Flaatten V Rikheim | 6 | 18 | | | | | | | |
| P Birker D Stipsits | 15 | 17 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| P Birker D Stipsits | 15 | 17 | | | T Flaatten V Rikheim | w | / | o | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | 2 | M Ahsan H Setiawan | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |