Badminton at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics

Badminton competition at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics was held from August 15 to August 19, 2010 at the Singapore Indoor Stadium.

Badminton at the I Summer Youth Olympic Games
Venue	Singapore Indoor Stadium
Dates	15 – 19 August 2010
No. of events	2 (1 boys, 1 girls)
Competitors	64 (32 boys, 32 girls) from 42 nations
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Format and schedule

32 players from each event were drawn into eight groups. Of the eight groups, only the group winner of each group advanced into the knockout stage, starting with the quarterfinals.^[1] The group stage were played from August 15–16, 2010, while the knockput stage were played from August 17–19, 2010.^[2]

Qualification

Only players born between January 1, 1992, and December 31, 1993, are eligible to participate. Highest ranked men and women (one per National Olympic Committee) qualify according to continental quotas at youth continental championships or based on continental ranking list (Two quotas each for Africa, America and Oceania, while five quotas each for Asia and Europe). If there was no continental championships held, that continent will select the players via ranking itself as of May 1, 2010. The remaining seven places will be selected through the 2010 World Junior Championships ranking list. For the host country, they may fill one highest ranked player in each event.^[3]

Qualifiers

As of July 21, 2010.^[4]

Boys

Asia  Loh Wei Sheng (MAS)  Kento Horiuchi (JPN)  Hsieh Feng-tse (TPE)  Dilshan Kariyawasam (SRI) Europe  Kasper Lehikoinen (FIN)  Flemming Quach (DEN)  Lucas Claerbout (FRA)  Mikael Westerback (SWE)  Nick Fransman (NED)  Emre Lale (TUR) Pan Am  Mario Cuba (PER)  Job Castillo (MEX)

Oceania  Boris Ma (AUS)  Asher Richardson (NZL) Africa  Mahmoud El Sayad (EGY)  Mohamed Abderrahime Belarbi (ALG) World Junior Championships  Kang Ji-wook (KOR)  B. Sai Praneeth (IND)  Prannoy Kumar (IND)  Huang Yuxiang (CHN)  Dennis Coke (JAM)  Pisit Poodchalat (THA)  Evert Sukamta (INA)  Henry Pan (CAN)  Zenas Lam (USA)

Universality  Mohammed Qaddoum (JOR)  Phetphanom Keophiachan (LAO)  Kervin Ghislain (SEY)  Irfan Djabar (SUR)  Nguyễn Huỳnh Thông Thạo (VIE)  Ngosa Chongo (ZAM) Host  Huang Chao (SIN)

Girls

Asia  Sapsiree Taerattanachai (THA)  Choi Hye-in (KOR)  Renna Suwarno (INA)  Chiang Mei-hui (TPE)  Vũ Thị Trang (VIE) Europe  Sarah Milne (GBR)  Léa Palermo (FRA)  Yelyzaveta Zharka (UKR)  Lene Clausen (DEN)  Airi Mikkelä (FIN)  Alexandra Mathis (AUT) Pan Am  Cee Nantana Ketpura (USA)  Katherine Winder (PER)

Oceania  Tara Pilven (AUS)  Victoria Cheng (NZL) Africa  Fatima Azeez (NGR)  Kate Foo Kune (MRI) World Junior Championships  Misaki Matsutomo (JPN)  Deng Xuan (CHN)  Naoko Fukuman (JPN)  Carolina Marín (ESP)  Soniia Cheah Su Ya (MAS)  Fabienne Deprez (GER)  Josephine Wentholt (NED)  Ebru Tunalı (TUR)  Mariana Ugalde (MEX)  Tracy Wong (CAN)

Universality  Aishath Afnaan Rasheed (MDV)  Dragana Volkanovska (MKD)  Bridget Shamim Bangi (UGA)  Tiaese Livi Tapumanaia (TUV)  Lekha Shehani (SRI)

Medal summary

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Thailand	2	0	0	2
2	China	0	1	0	1
	India	0	1	0	1
4	South Korea	0	0	1	1
	Vietnam	0	0	1	1
Totals (5 entries)		2	2	2	6

Events

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Boys' singles details	Pisit Poodchalat  Thailand	Prannoy Kumar  India	Kang Ji-wook  South Korea
Girls' singles details	Sapsiree Taerattanachai  Thailand	Deng Xuan  China	Vũ Thị Trang  Vietnam

Boys' event

Main article: Badminton at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics – Boys' singles

	Quarterfinals Tuesday, 17 August							Semifinals Wednesday, 18 August							Final Thursday, 19 August
	1	Kang Ji-wook (KOR)	21	14	21
	9	Evert Sukamta (INA)	11	21	13
								1	Kang Ji-wook (KOR)	21	17	17
								3	Prannoy Kumar (IND)	19	21	21
	3	Prannoy Kumar (IND)	21	18	24
	10	Hsieh Feng-tse (TPE)	13	21	22
															3	Prannoy Kumar (IND)	15	16
															5	Pisit Poodchalat (THA)	21	21
	5	Pisit Poodchalat (THA)	21	21
	4	Huang Yuxiang (CHN)	16	19
								5	Pisit Poodchalat (THA)	21	19	11
								7	Loh Wei Sheng (MAS)	13	21	3
	7	Loh Wei Sheng (MAS)	21	21
	32	Huang Chao (SIN)	18	16

	Bronze Medal Match Thursday, 19 August
	1	Kang Ji-wook (KOR)	WO
	7	Loh Wei Sheng (MAS)	WD

Girls' event

Main article: Badminton at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics – Girls' singles

	Quarterfinals Tuesday, 17 August							Semifinals Wednesday, 18 August							Final Thursday, 19 August
	17	Josephine Wentholt (NED)	15	8
	8	Sarah Milne (GBR)	21	21
								8	Sarah Milne (GBR)	12	12
								6	Deng Xuan (CHN)	21	21
	3	Carolina Marín (ESP)	12	19
	6	Deng Xuan (CHN)	21	21
															6	Deng Xuan (CHN)	14	17
															7	Sapsiree Taerattanachai (THA)	21	21
	7	Sapsiree Taerattanachai (THA)	21	21
	4	Soniia Cheah Su Ya (MAS)	15	16
								7	Sapsiree Taerattanachai (THA)	21	21
								12	Vũ Thị Trang (VIE)	18	8
	15	Lene Clausen (DEN)	19	13
	12	Vũ Thị Trang (VIE)	21	21

	Bronze Medal Match Thursday, 19 August
	8	Sarah Milne (GBR)	15	20
	12	Vũ Thị Trang (VIE)	21	22