Events

From July 24 to August 2, 2021 badminton will be played at Mushashino Forest Sports Plaza and will feature the highest level of competition the sport has to offer! An historic eight athletes have qualified for Team Canada, and with an athlete qualified in each event, Canada will be one of nine countries competing in all five!

It has been a challenging journey to the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, but the long-awaited event is finally here! CBC will be coving the Games for our Canadian athletes, so be sure to follow and cheer on our Canadian athletes from home!

Representing Canada are:

Men’s Singles: Brian Yang (ON)

Women’s Singles: Michelle Li (ON)

Men’s Doubles: Jason Ho-Shue & Nyl Yakura (ON/ON)

Women’s Doubles: Rachel Honderich & Kristen Tsai (ON/BC)

Mixed Doubles: Joshua Hurlburt-Yu & Josephine Wu (ON/AB)

“We are incredibly proud of all our athletes and we are so excited to see them compete. There is no doubt that they will represent our country to the best of their abilities” said Mike Butler, Olympic Team Head Coach. “Our athletes have been resilient in their pursuit of their Olympic dream, especially in the past 18 months. All the hard work has culminated to this point, and we are ready to see their best performance on court!”

To watch the Badminton events at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games, head to the link below:
https://www.cbc.ca/sports/olympics/summer/badminton/streaming-schedule

CBC web streaming badminton schedule
Date	Time (all time Eastern)	Badminton Event
Fri Jul 23	8:00pm	Group Play Stage - Day 1 Session 1
Sat Jul 24	5:00am	Group Play Stage - Day 1 Session 2
Sat Jul 24	9:00pm	Group Play Stage - Day 2 Session 1
Sun Jul 25	5:00am	Group Play Stage - Day 2 Session 2
Mon Jul 26	9:00pm	W/M Singles & Doubles group play - Day 4
Tue Jul 27	8:00pm	Mixed Doubles Quarterfinal
Wed Jul 28	8:00pm	Mixed Doubles Semi-finals and Men's Doubles Quarterfinals
Thu Jul 29	4:00am	W/M Preliminaries - Day 6 Session 2
Thu Jul 29	8:00pm	Women's Quarterfinal & Mixed Doubles Bronze
Fri Jul 30	2:30am	Mixed Doubles Gold Medal Match
Fri Jul 30	8:00pm	M Singles Quarterfinals & W Doubles Semifinals
Sat Jul 31	5:00am	M Doubles: Bronze & Gold Medal Matches
Sun Aug 01	12:00am	Men's Singles Semi-finals
Sun Aug 01	7:30am	Women's Singles Gold Medal Match
Mon Aug 02	12:00am	Men's Singles Gold Medal Match
Mon Aug 02	7:00am	Men's Singles Gold Medal Match

 

To view the draws of each event, watch the recorded draw, or find the group play for each event please click below:
https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/en/news/tokyo-2020-olympic-badminton-draw-revealed

The match schedule for the event will be updated regularly as the tournament progresses, follow along here:
https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/badminton/olympic-schedule-and-results.htm

To watch all the Olympic action through the CBC coverage of the Games, follow the link below:
https://www.cbc.ca/sports/olympics/summer/streaming-schedule