Badminton at the 2019 South Asian Games

Badminton at the 2019 South Asian Games was held in Badminton Covered Hall in Pokhara, Nepal between 1 and 6 December 2019. The badminton programme in 2019 included men's and women's singles competitions; men's, women's and mixed doubles competitions along with men's and women's team events.^[1] A total of 94 players from seven countries competed in the competition for 7 gold, 7 silver, and 14 bronze medals.^[2]

Badminton at the 2019 South Asian Games
Venue	Badminton Covered Hall, Pokhara
Dates	1–6 December
Competitors	94 from 7 nations
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Medal summary

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Nepal)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	India (IND)	6	2	2	10
2	Sri Lanka (SRI)	1	5	3	9
3	Nepal (NEP)*	0	0	5	5
4	Pakistan (PAK)	0	0	3	3
5	Bangladesh (BAN)	0	0	1	1
Totals (5 entries)		7	7	14	28

Medalists

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's singles[3][4]	Siril Verma  India	Aryamann Tandon  India	Dinuka Karunaratne  Sri Lanka
			Ratnajit Tamang  Nepal
Women's singles[3][4]	Ashmita Chaliha  India	Gayathri Gopichand  India	Achini Ratnasiri  Sri Lanka
			Dilmi Dias  Sri Lanka
Men's doubles[3][4]	India (IND) Krishna Prasad Garaga Dhruv Kapila	Sri Lanka (SRI) Sachin Dias Buwaneka Goonethilleka	Nepal (NEP) Prince Dahal Praful Maharjan
			Pakistan (PAK) Muhammad Atique Raja Muhammad Hasnain
Women's doubles[3][4]	Sri Lanka (SRI) Thilini Hendahewa Kavidi Sirimannage	Sri Lanka (SRI) Achini Ratnasiri Upuli Weerasinghe	India (IND) Meghana Jakkampudi N. Sikki Reddy
			India (IND) Kuhoo Garg Anoushka Parikh
Mixed doubles[3][4]	India (IND) Dhruv Kapila Meghana Jakkampudi	Sri Lanka (SRI) Sachin Dias Thilini Hendahewa	Nepal (NEP) Bikash Shrestha Anu Maya Rai
			Bangladesh (BAN) Mohammad Salman Khan Urmi Akter
Men's team[4][5][6][7] details	India (IND) Arun George Dhruv Kapila Srikanth Kidambi Krishna Prasad Garaga Sanyam Shukla B. Sumeeth Reddy Aryamann Tandon Siril Verma	Sri Lanka (SRI)[8] Chirshan Danushka Lochana de Silva Sachin Dias Madhuka Dulanjana Buwaneka Goonethilleka Hasitha Chanaka Dinuka Karunaratne Ranthushka Sasindu	Pakistan (PAK) Murad Ali Muhammad Atique Raja Muhammad Hasnain Muhammad Muqeet Tahir Awais Zahid
			Nepal (NEP) Jivan Acharya Prince Dahal Dipesh Dhami Sunil Joshi Bishnu Katwal Praful Maharjan Bikash Shrestha Nabin Shrestha Ratnajit Tamang Sajan Krishna Tamrakar
Women's team[4][5][6][7] details	India (IND) Ashmita Chaliha Sai Uttejitha Rao Chukka Kuhoo Garg Gayathri Gopichand Meghana Jakkampudi Aakarshi Kashyap N. Sikki Reddy Anoushka Parikh	Sri Lanka (SRI)[8] Hasini Ambalangodage Kavindika de Silva Dilmi Dias Thilini Hendahewa Achini Ratnasiri Kavidi Sirimannage Upuli Weerasinghe Hasara Wijayarathne	Pakistan (PAK) Sehra Akram Palwasha Bashir Huma Javeed Bushra Qayyum Ghazala Saddique Mahoor Shahzad
			Nepal (NEP) Sobha Gauchan Amita Giri Jessica Gurung Nita Lamsal Rasila Maharjan Anu Maya Rai Sita Rai Sima Rajbanshi Pooja Shrestha Nangsal Tamang

Results

Men's singles

	Semifinal							Final
	Siril Verma		21	21
	Dinuka Karunaratne		9	12
								Siril Verma		17	23	21
								Aryamann Tandon		21	21	13
	Aryamann Tandon		21	14	21
	Ratnajit Tamang		18	21	18

Women's singles

	Semifinal							Final
	Ashmita Chaliha		21	21
	Achini Ratnasiri		5	7
								Ashmita Chaliha		21	25
								Gayathri Gopichand		18	23
	Dilmi Dias		17	14
	Gayathri Gopichand		21	21

Men's doubles

	Semi-finals							Final
	Krishna Prasad Garaga Dhruv Kapila		21	21
	Muhammad Atique Raja Muhammad Hasnain		15	7
								Krishna Prasad Garaga Dhruv Kapila		21	19	21
								Sachin Dias Buwaneka Goonethilleka		19	21	18
	Prince Dahal Praful Maharjan		11	19
	Sachin Dias Buwaneka Goonethilleka		21	21

Women's doubles

	Semi-finals							Final
	Thilini Hendahewa Kavidi Sirimannage		21	21
	Meghana Jakkampudi N. Sikki Reddy		14	18
								Thilini Hendahewa Kavidi Sirimannage		21	21
								Achini Ratnasiri Upuli Weerasinghe		10	7
	Kuhoo Garg Anoushka Parikh		10	18
	Achini Ratnasari Upuli Weerasinghe		21	21

Mixed doubles

	Semi-finals							Final
	Dhruv Kapila Meghana Jakkampudi		21	21
	Bikash Shrestha Anu Maya Rai		14	13
								Dhruv Kapila Meghana Jakkampudi		21	21
								Sachin Dias Thilini Hendahewa		16	14
	Mohammad Salman Khan Urmi Akter		8	9
	Sachin Dias Thilini Hendahewa		21	21

References

1. "South Asian Games 2019 Badminton". www.sportskeeda.com. Archived from the original on 10 December 2019. Retrieved 10 December 2019.
2. "Nepal secures at least two medals in Badminton". www.13sagnepal.com. 1 December 2019. Retrieved 10 December 2019.
3. "SAG 2019: Siril, Ashmita lead India to 6 badminton golds". www.outlookindia.com. 6 December 2019. Archived from the original on 10 December 2019. Retrieved 10 December 2019.
4. "Sri Lanka shuttlers bag two each of gold and silver". www.ft.lk. 7 December 2019. Archived from the original on 10 December 2019. Retrieved 10 December 2019.
5. "South Asian Games 2019: India collect team gold in men's and women's badminton after overcoming Sri Lanka in summit clashes". www.firstpost.com. 2 December 2019. Archived from the original on 10 December 2019. Retrieved 10 December 2019.
6. "Gurung bags historic gold". thehimalayantimes.com. 2 December 2019. Archived from the original on 10 December 2019. Retrieved 10 December 2019.
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8. Ranasinghe, Dinushki (7 November 2019). "Sixteen shuttlers selected for South Asian Games 2019". www.thepapare.com. Retrieved 12 December 2019.

External links

• Badminton at www.13sagnepal.com