Athletes must also comply with the following criteria:

All athletes must have played in a minimum of three tournaments in their respective event counting towards the LA28 Olympic Ranking during the Olympic qualifying period (3 May 2027 – 30 April 2028). This is also applicable to the universality places and the Continental Representation places, but not to the host country places.

All athletes must be ranked on the LA28 Olympic Ranking as of 2 May 2028. This is not applicable to the host country places.

Grade 3 BWF Continental tour tournaments - International Challenge, International Series and Future Series

D.1.

Singles

Total 70

35 Men

35 Women

LA28 Olympic Ranking, 2 May 2028

The LA28 Olympic Ranking of 2 May 2028 will be used to allocate 35 individual quota places, per gender, to the highest ranked athletes, respecting the maximum quota allocation per NOC per event.

The 35 quota places will include the Continental Representation Places.

In each singles event, there must be at least two athletes from each of the five BWF Continental Confederations (Continental Representation Places) provided the player is ranked 250 or above (ranked between 1 and 250) in the LA28 Olympic Ranking of 2 May 2028. If for a particular Continental Confederation there is no singles athlete qualified in an event, the athlete selected for a Continental Representation Place will be the highest ranked eligible athlete in the LA28 Olympic Ranking of 2 May 2028 from the respective continent. An athlete receiving a universality place will not be considered as satisfying the minimum continental representation requirements in a specific singles event.

An athlete receiving a host country place will not be considered as satisfying the minimum continental representation requirements in a specific singles event.

As regards qualification in all events, no NOC can qualify athletes/pairs in more than two events through the Continental Representation Place system. If an NOC has athletes/pairs eligible in more than two events, the NOC must choose which athletes/pairs are qualified, and the athlete/pair quota place that has been declined will be offered to the next eligible athlete/pair.

The NOC’s choice will be considered as final.

If an athlete qualifies (and is selected) in more than one event, the resulting unused athlete quota place will be allocated to the next highest ranked eligible athlete of the same gender in the singles event on the LA28 Olympic Ranking of 2 May 2028. The offer of this quota place will however be conditional on the athlete who has qualified for more than one event being confirmed and entered by his/her NOC in the LA28 Olympic Games.

Doubles

Total 48 pairs

Men's

Doubles: 16

(32 athletes)

Women's

Doubles: 16

(32 athletes)

Mixed

Doubles: 16

(32 athletes)

The LA28 Olympic Ranking of 2 May 2028 will be used to allocate 48 pairs quota places, to the 16 highest ranked pairs in each event, respecting the maximum quota allocation per NOC per event. The 48 pairs quota places will include the allocation of Continental Representation Places.

In each doubles event there must be at least one pair from each of the five BWF Continental Confederations (Continental Representation Place), which must be the highest ranked pair in the LA28 Olympic Ranking of 2 May 2028 from the respective continent, provided the pair is ranked 50 or above (ranked between 1 and 50) in the LA28 Olympic Ranking of 2 May 2028.

As regards qualification in all events, no NOC can qualify athletes/pairs in more than two events through the Continental Representation Place system. If an NOC qualifies athletes/pairs eligible in more than two events, the NOC must choose which athletes/pairs are qualified and the athlete/pair quota place(s) that has/have been declined will be offered to the next eligible athlete/pair. The NOC’s choice will be considered as final.

If an athlete qualifies (and is selected) in more than one event, the unused athlete quota place will be allocated to the next highest ranked athlete of the same gender in the singles event on the LA28 Olympic Ranking of 2 May 2028. The offer of this quota place will however be conditional on the athlete who is qualified in more than one event being confirmed and entered by his/her NOC by the sport entries deadline of 26 June 2028.

D.2.

Host country places

The host country will be allocated one quota place in the men’s singles event and one quota place in the women’s singles event, should the host country not have already obtained a quota place in the singles events, in either gender, via the LA28 Olympic Ranking.

Qualification of (a) doubles pair(s) through the LA28 Olympic Ranking of 2 May 2028, as per the process described under section D.1. Quota places, will not prevent the host country from using the two host country quota places in the singles events.

The athlete(s) receiving the host country place(s) will be the highest ranked athlete(s) on the respective singles LA28 Olympic Ranking as of 2 May 2028. If there is no host country athlete on the LA28 Olympic Ranking, in the singles event(s), the host country will choose and confirm the respective athlete(s) to the BWF, at the latest by 8 May 2028.

D.3.

Universality places

Four universality places are made available to eligible NOCs at the LA28 Olympic Games: two in the Men’s Singles and two in the Women’s Singles.

On 1 October 2027, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) will invite all eligible NOCs to submit their requests for universality places. The deadline for NOCs to submit their requests is 15 January 2028. The Tripartite Commission will confirm, in writing, the allocation of universality places to the relevant NOCs after the end of the qualification period for the sport concerned.

Detailed information on universality places is contained in the “Los Angeles 2028 Olympic Games – Tripartite Commission Universality Places – Allocation Procedure” document.

The list of initially qualified athletes/pairs for each event (including Continental Representation Places, host country places and universality places) will be published as part of the LA28 Olympic Ranking of 2 May 2028 at ( www.bwfbadminton.com). The BWF will inform the respective NOCs/National Federations of their allocated quota places by no later than 10 May 2028.

NOCs will then have two weeks, until 24 May 2028, to confirm that they will use the quota places, as detailed in section G. Qualification Timeline.

The host country must confirm in writing to the BWF by 8 May 2028 the use of its host country places.

If an allocated quota place (except for those pertaining to Continental Representation Places) is not confirmed by the NOC by the confirmation of quota place deadline (24 May 2028) or is declined by the NOC, the quota place will be reallocated to the next highest ranked eligible athlete/pair, based on the LA28 Olympic Ranking of 2 May 2028, who has not yet qualified for the Olympic Games. This process will be repeated in different phases until the quota places have been filled for each event and gender, and the confirmation deadlines for the reallocation phases will be decided by the BWF at its sole discretion.

If an NOC declines an athlete/pair’s quota place in the first allocation phase, and then accepts a quota place for a lower ranked eligible athlete/pair in the reallocation phase, it will not be possible to enter the first athlete/pair at the time of final entries should the lower ranked athlete/pair become unavailable.

Reallocation of quota places due to an athlete being qualified in more than one event will be offered on a conditional basis, should the athlete qualified in more than one event no longer be available.

If an allocated quota place pertaining to Continental Representation Places is not confirmed by the NOC by the confirmation of quota place deadline (24 May 2028) or is declined by the NOC, the quota place will be reallocated to the next highest ranked eligible athlete/pair based on the LA28 Olympic Ranking of 2 May 2028, who has not yet qualified for the Olympic Games, from that same Continental Confederation.

This process will be repeated until the quota places have been filled for each respective Continental Confederation in the respective event/gender. If no athlete/pair is eligible for a Continental Confederation Places, the quota place will then be allocated to the next highest ranked eligible athlete/pair based on the LA28 Olympic Ranking of 2 May 2028.

If the host NOC does not confirm the host country place(s) by the deadline of 8 May 2028, such unused host country place(s) will then be reallocated to the next highest ranked eligible athlete based on the LA28 Olympic Ranking of 2 May 2028, who has not yet qualified for the Olympic Games. The process will be repeated until the quota has been filled for each gender.

Any unused universality place will be reallocated to the next highest-ranked eligible athlete of the same gender based on the LA28 Olympic Ranking of 2 May 2028.

3 May 2027 - 30 April 2028

Ranking Period for the LA28 Olympic Ranking

15 January 2028

Deadline for NOCs to submit their requests for universality places.

30 April 2028

End of the qualification period.

2 May 2028

The LA28 Olympic Ranking is published.

Confirmation

and

reallocation

8 May 2028

Deadline for the host country to confirm in writing to the BWF use of the Host Country Places.

TBD

The Tripartite Commission to confirm in writing the allocation of universality places to the NOCs (where applicable).

10 May 2028

The BWF to inform NOCs/NFs of their allocated quota places.

19 May 2028

NOCs to confirm in writing to the BWF use of their allocated quota places.

23 June 2028

Deadline for the BWF to reallocate all unused quota places.

Sport Entries

deadline

26 June 2028

LA28 Olympic Games Sport Entries deadline

14 - 30 July 2028

LA28 Olympic Games