Schedule, rounds and session times
A total of 172 players in five categories – men’s singles, women’s singles, men’s doubles, women’s doubles and mixed doubles – will participate in the badminton competition from 25 July to 3 August 2020. Schedule below:
| DATES | SESSION TIMES | ROUNDS |
| 25 July | 9:00 – 14:30 18:00 – 22:00 |
PRELIMINARY |
| 26 July | 10:00 – 15:30 18:00 – 21:30 |
PRELIMINARY |
| 27 July | 10:00 – 15:30 18:00 – 21:30 |
PRELIMINARY |
| 28 July | 10:00 – 15:30 18:00 – 21:30 |
PRELIMINARY |
| 29 July | 9:00 – 14:30 18:00 – 21:30 |
QUARTER FINALS |
| 30 July | 9:00 – 15:30 17:00 – 22:00 |
QUARTER/SEMI FINALS |
| 31 July | 9:00 – 12:30 15:30 – 21:30 |
QUARTER/SEMI FINALS/FINALS |
| 1 August | 9:00 – 16:00 18:00 – 23:00 |
QUARTER/SEMI FINALS/FINALS |
| 2 August | 13:00 – 16:00 20:30 – 23:00 |
SEMI FINALS/FINALS |
| 3 August | 13:00 – 15:30 20:00 – 23:00 |
FINALS |
* all times are local
Qualification Timeline
29 April 2019 to 26 April 2020 – Qualification period for Tokyo 2020
28 April 2020 – World ranking lists published
6 May 2020 – Deadline for host NOC to confirm in writing host country places
7 May 2020 – BWF to inform NOCs/NFs of their allocated quota places
21 May 2020 – NOCs to confirm in writing to BWF the use of allocated quota places
6 July 2020 – BWF allocate all unused quota places
6 July 2020 – Tokyo 2020 Sport Entries deadline
24 July 2020 – Start of Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games
