Badminton competition at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics

2010 Summer Youth Olympics

The 2010 Summer Youth Olympics, officially known as the Singapore 2010 Youth Olympic Games , were an international multi-sport event for youths that took place in the city-state of Singapore from 14 to 26 August 2010, in the XXIX Olympiad. They were the inaugural Summer Youth Olympics, a major...

 was held from August 15 to August 19, 2010 at the Singapore Indoor Stadium

Singapore Indoor Stadium

Singapore Indoor Stadium is an indoor sports arena, located in Kallang, Singapore.It was completed in 1989 and was officially opened by the, then, prime minister Lee Kuan Yew, on 31 December 1989. The building was built at a cost of S$ 90 million...

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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. The group stage were played from August 15–16, 2010, while the knockput stage were played from August 17–19, 2010.

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.

Boys

Asia

Europe

Pan Am
Oceania

Africa

World Junior Championships
Universality

Host

Girls

Asia

Europe

Pan Am
Oceania

Africa

World Junior Championships
Universality

Medal table

1		2	0	0	2
2		0	1	0	1
		0	1	0	1
3		0	0	1	1
		0	0	1	1
Total		2	2	2	6

Events

Boys' singles
Girls' singles

Boys' event

Girls' event

External links

• Badminton Event at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics