Badminton at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's doubles Badminton at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's doubles The badminton women's doubles tournament at the 2012 Olympic Games in London took place from 28 July to 4 August at Wembley Arena. The draw for the tournament was made on 23 July 2012. Thirty-two players from 14 nations competed in the event. The competition became embroiled in controversy during the group stage when eight players (two pairs from South Korea and one pair each from China and Indonesia) were ejected from the tournament by the Badminton World Federation after being found guilty of "not using best efforts" and "conducting oneself
Canada at the 2012 Summer Olympics Standard, and one at the 'B' Standard): The team was selected based on the results of the 2012 Canadian Olympic Track & Field Trials in Calgary on 27–30 June. Canada qualified four badminton athletes. The team was officially announced on 18 May 2012. The women's doubles pairing of Alexandra Bruce and Michelle Li finished last in the round-robin portion, losing all three of their matches. However, the top two teams in the group were disqualified for attempting to intentionally lose matches so they would have an easier match-up in the quarterfinals. The duo was advanced to their quarterfinals and won,