Men's doubles at the Games of the XXXII Olympiad
Venue	Musashino Forest Sport Plaza
Dates	24–31 July 2021
Competitors	32 (16 pairs) from 14 nations
Medalists
Lee Yang Wang Chi-lin  Chinese Taipei Li Junhui Liu Yuchen  China Aaron Chia Soh Wooi Yik  Malaysia
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Badminton at the 2020 Summer Olympics
List of badminton players Qualification
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The men's doubles badminton tournament at the2020 Summer Olympics took place from 24 to 31 July at theMusashino Forest Sport Plaza atTokyo. There were 16 pairs from 14 nations competing.

Lee Yang andWang Chi-lin ofChinese Taipei defeatedChina'sLi Junhui andLiu Yuchen in the final, 21–18, 21–12, to win the gold medal in men's doublesbadminton at the 2020 Summer Olympics.^[1] It was Chinese Taipei's first gold medal in Olympic badminton, and marked the first time since2008 that the winner of the event was not from the People's Republic of China.^[2][3] In the bronze-medal match,Malaysia'sAaron Chia andSoh Wooi Yik defeatedIndonesia'sMohammad Ahsan andHendra Setiawan, 17–21, 21–17, 21–14. It was Malaysia's second consecutive medal in the event.

China'sFu Haifeng andZhang Nan were the reigning gold medalists from2016, but Fu retired from international badminton in 2017 and Zhang chose not to participate in the event.^[4]

This was the 8th appearance of the event as a full medal event. Badminton was introduced as a demonstration sport in 1972, held again as an exhibition sport in 1988, and added to the full programme in 1992; the men's doubles tournament has been held since.^[5]

The reigning champions wereFu Haifeng andZhang Nan of China, who were not defending their title. Fu retired after the 2016 Games, having reached three consecutive finals with two different partners (Zhang andCai Yun) and winning two gold medals and a silver medal. The top two qualifying teams were both from Indonesia:Marcus Fernaldi Gideon/Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo andMohammad Ahsan/Hendra Setiawan. The latter pair were also reigning world champions from the2019 BWF World Championships.

The badminton qualification system provided for 16 men's doubles teams (32 players). Following revisions due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the qualifying periods were set from 29 April 2019 to 15 March 2020 and from 4 January to 13 June 2021, with the ranking list of 15 June 2021 deciding qualification.

Qualification was done entirely through the ranking list. Nations with at least two pairs in the top 8 were able to send a maximum of 2 pairs (4 players); all other nations were limited to a single pair. Pairs were taken from the ranking list in order, respecting those national limits, until 16 pairs were selected. However, each continent was guaranteed to have at least one pair with the lowest-ranking pairs displaced if necessary to make room for a continental guarantee.

The tournament was started with a group phaseround-robin. There were four groups of four teams each; the top two highest-ranked pairs from each group advanced to the knockout stage.^[6] The knockout stage was a three-round single-elimination tournament with a bronze medal match.^[7]

Matches were played best-of-three games. Each game was played to 21, except that a pair must win by 2 unless the score reached 30–29.^[7]

1.  Marcus Fernaldi Gideon /Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo (INA)(quarter-finals)
2.  Mohammad Ahsan /Hendra Setiawan (INA)(fourth place)
3.  Li Junhui /Liu Yuchen (CHN)(silver medalists)
4.  Hiroyuki Endo /Yuta Watanabe (JPN)(quarter-finals)

The tournament was held over an 8-day period, with 7 competition days and 1 open day.^[8][9]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Marcus Fernaldi Gideon (INA)  Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo (INA)	3	2	1	5	2	+3	140	108	+32	2[a]	Advance toquarter-finals
2	Lee Yang (TPE)  Wang Chi-lin (TPE)	3	2	1	5	3	+2	161	151	+10	2[a]
3	Satwiksairaj Rankireddy (IND)  Chirag Shetty (IND)	3	2	1	4	3	+1	131	140	−9	2[a]
4	Ben Lane (GBR)  Sean Vendy (GBR)	3	0	3	0	6	−6	93	126	−33	0

Date	Time	Pair 1	Score	Pair 2	Set 1	Set 2	Set 3
24 July	12:20	Marcus Fernaldi Gideon Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo	2–0Archived 25 July 2021 at theWayback Machine	Ben Lane Sean Vendy	21–15	21–11
		Lee Yang Wang Chi-lin	1–2Archived 26 July 2021 at theWayback Machine	Satwiksairaj Rankireddy Chirag Shetty	16–21	21–16	25–27
26 July	11:20	Lee Yang Wang Chi-lin	2–0Archived 25 July 2021 at theWayback Machine	Ben Lane Sean Vendy	21–17	21–14
	12:40	Marcus Fernaldi Gideon Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo	2–0Archived 26 July 2021 at theWayback Machine	Satwiksairaj Rankireddy Chirag Shetty	21–13	21–12
27 July	12:00	Marcus Fernaldi Gideon Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo	1–2Archived 27 July 2021 at theWayback Machine	Lee Yang Wang Chi-lin	18–21	21–15	17–21
		Satwiksairaj Rankireddy Chirag Shetty	2–0Archived 26 July 2021 at theWayback Machine	Ben Lane Sean Vendy	21–17	21–19

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Hiroyuki Endo (JPN)  Yuta Watanabe (JPN)(H)	3	3	0	6	0	+6	126	73	+53	3	Advance toquarter-finals
2	Kim Astrup (DEN)  Anders Skaarup Rasmussen (DEN)	3	2	1	4	2	+2	110	90	+20	2
3	Vladimir Ivanov (ROC)  Ivan Sozonov (ROC)	3	1	2	2	4	−2	111	102	+9	1
4	Godwin Olofua (NGR)  Anuoluwapo Juwon Opeyori (NGR)	3	0	3	0	6	−6	44	126	−82	0

Date	Time	Pair 1	Score	Pair 2	Set 1	Set 2	Set 3
24 July	13:00	Kim Astrup Anders Skaarup Rasmussen	2–0Archived 24 July 2021 at theWayback Machine	Vladimir Ivanov Ivan Sozonov	21–13	21–18
	20:00	Hiroyuki Endo Yuta Watanabe	2–0Archived 25 July 2021 at theWayback Machine	Godwin Olofua Anuoluwapo Juwon Opeyori	21–2	21–7
25 July	12:40	Hiroyuki Endo Yuta Watanabe	2–0Archived 24 July 2021 at theWayback Machine	Vladimir Ivanov Ivan Sozonov	21–19	21–19
26 July	18:00	Kim Astrup Anders Skaarup Rasmussen	2–0Archived 25 July 2021 at theWayback Machine	Godwin Olofua Anuoluwapo Juwon Opeyori	21–7	21–10
27 July	11:20	Hiroyuki Endo Yuta Watanabe	2–0Archived 25 July 2021 at theWayback Machine	Kim Astrup Anders Skaarup Rasmussen	21–14	21–12
	18:40	Vladimir Ivanov Ivan Sozonov	2–0Archived 25 July 2021 at theWayback Machine	Godwin Olofua Anuoluwapo Juwon Opeyori	21–8	21–10

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Li Junhui (CHN)  Liu Yuchen (CHN)	3	3	0	6	0	+6	126	83	+43	3	Advance toquarter-finals
2	Takeshi Kamura (JPN)  Keigo Sonoda (JPN)(H)	3	2	1	4	2	+2	114	77	+37	2
3	Mark Lamsfuß (GER)  Marvin Seidel (GER)	3	1	2	2	4	−2	90	110	−20	1
4	Phillip Chew (USA)  Ryan Chew (USA)	3	0	3	0	6	−6	66	126	−60	0

Date	Time	Pair 1	Score	Pair 2	Set 1	Set 2	Set 3
24 July	11:00	Li Junhui Liu Yuchen	2–0Archived 25 July 2021 at theWayback Machine	Phillip Chew Ryan Chew	21–9	21–17
	19:20	Takeshi Kamura Keigo Sonoda	2–0Archived 24 July 2021 at theWayback Machine	Mark Lamsfuß Marvin Seidel	21–13	21–8
25 July	18:40	Li Junhui Liu Yuchen	2–0Archived 25 July 2021 at theWayback Machine	Mark Lamsfuß Marvin Seidel	21–14	21–13
26 July	10:00	Takeshi Kamura Keigo Sonoda	2–0Archived 25 July 2021 at theWayback Machine	Phillip Chew Ryan Chew	21–11	21–3
27 July	10:00	Li Junhui Liu Yuchen	2–0Archived 28 July 2021 at theWayback Machine	Takeshi Kamura Keigo Sonoda	21–14	21–16
	18:00	Mark Lamsfuß Marvin Seidel	2–0Archived 26 July 2021 at theWayback Machine	Phillip Chew Ryan Chew	21–10	21–16

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Mohammad Ahsan (INA)  Hendra Setiawan (INA)	3	3	0	6	1	+5	145	109	+36	3	Advance toquarter-finals
2	Aaron Chia (MAS)  Soh Wooi Yik (MAS)	3	2	1	4	2	+2	122	107	+15	2
3	Choi Sol-gyu (KOR)  Seo Seung-jae (KOR)	3	1	2	3	4	−1	130	128	+2	1
4	Jason Ho-Shue (CAN)  Nyl Yakura (CAN)	3	0	3	0	6	−6	73	126	−53	0

Date	Time	Pair 1	Score	Pair 2	Set 1	Set 2	Set 3
24 July	18:00	Mohammad Ahsan Hendra Setiawan	2–0Archived 25 July 2021 at theWayback Machine	Jason Ho-Shue Nyl Yakura	21–12	21–11
		Choi Sol-gyu Seo Seung-jae	0–2Archived 24 July 2021 at theWayback Machine	Aaron Chia Soh Wooi Yik	22–24	15–21
25 July	10:00	Choi Sol-gyu Seo Seung-jae	2–0Archived 24 July 2021 at theWayback Machine	Jason Ho-Shue Nyl Yakura	21–14	21–8
26 July	19:20	Mohammad Ahsan Hendra Setiawan	2–0Archived 26 July 2021 at theWayback Machine	Aaron Chia Soh Wooi Yik	21–16	21–19
27 July	12:40	Mohammad Ahsan Hendra Setiawan	2–1Archived 27 July 2021 at theWayback Machine	Choi Sol-gyu Seo Seung-jae	21–12	19–21	21–18
	20:00	Aaron Chia Soh Wooi Yik	2–0Archived 28 July 2021 at theWayback Machine	Jason Ho-Shue Nyl Yakura	21–15	21–13

The quarter-finals were held on 29 July 2021, the semi-finals on the next day, and the medal matches on 31 July 2021.^[10]

	Quarter-finals							Semi-finals							Gold medal match
	A1	Marcus Fernaldi Gideon (INA)  Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo (INA)	14	17
	D2	Aaron Chia (MAS)  Soh Wooi Yik (MAS)	21	21
								D2	Aaron Chia (MAS)  Soh Wooi Yik (MAS)	22	13
								C1	Li Junhui (CHN)  Liu Yuchen (CHN)	24	21
	C1	Li Junhui (CHN)  Liu Yuchen (CHN)	12	21	21
	B2	Kim Astrup (DEN)  Anders Skaarup Rasmussen (DEN)	21	14	19
															C1	Li Junhui (CHN)  Liu Yuchen (CHN)	18	12
															A2	Lee Yang (TPE)  Wang Chi-lin (TPE)	21	21
	A2	Lee Yang (TPE)  Wang Chi-lin (TPE)	21	21
	B1	Hiroyuki Endo (JPN)  Yuta Watanabe (JPN)	16	19
								A2	Lee Yang (TPE)  Wang Chi-lin (TPE)	21	21				Bronze medal match
								D1	Mohammad Ahsan (INA)  Hendra Setiawan (INA)	11	10
	C2	Takeshi Kamura (JPN)  Keigo Sonoda (JPN)	14	21	9										D2	Aaron Chia (MAS)  Soh Wooi Yik (MAS)	17	21	21
	D1	Mohammad Ahsan (INA)  Hendra Setiawan (INA)	21	16	21										D1	Mohammad Ahsan (INA)  Hendra Setiawan (INA)	21	17	14

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