Badminton at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's singles the knock-out stage, ultimately leading to the winner. Badminton at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's singles The badminton women's singles tournament at the 2012 Olympic Games in London took place from 28 July to 4 August at Wembley Arena. The draw was held on 23 July 2012. Forty-six players from 42 nations competed. In an all-Chinese final, Li Xuerui defeated reigning world number one Wang Yihan to win the gold medal. India's Saina Nehwal took bronze. For the first time, the preliminary stage consisted of 16 groups of either two or three players. Each played every other member of
2012 Asian Junior Badminton Championships athletes from 20 countries participated in this tournament. This tournament was held at Gimcheon Indoor Stadium in Gimcheon, Gyeongbuk, South Korea. In the mixed team event, Japan claim the title for the first time after defeat China with the score 3–0. In the individuals event, South Korea ensure two titles after won the mixed and girls' doubles event. Japan, India, and Indonesia seize a title by winning the boys' singles, girls' singles and boys' doubles events respectively. 2012 Asian Junior Badminton Championships The 2012 Asian Junior Badminton Championships is an Asia continental junior championships to crown the best U-19 badminton