Badminton at the 2006 Commonwealth Games

Badminton at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
Venue	Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre
Location	Melbourne, Australia
Dates	15–26 March 2006

Badminton at the 2006 Commonwealth Games was the 11th appearance of Badminton at the Commonwealth Games, Competition took place in Melbourne, Australia, from 15 to 26 March 2006 and featured contests in six events.^[1]

The events were held at the purpose-built temporary venue within the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre.^[2]

Malaysia topped the badminton medal table by virtue of winning four gold medals.^[3]

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Malaysia	4	3	0	7
2	England	2	1	2	5
3	Singapore	0	1	1	2
4	New Zealand	0	1	0	1
5	India	0	0	2	2
6	Scotland	0	0	1	1
Totals (6 entries)		6	6	6	18

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's singles	Lee Chong Wei  Malaysia	Wong Choong Hann  Malaysia	Chetan Anand  India
Women's singles	Tracey Hallam  England	Wong Mew Choo  Malaysia	Susan Hughes  Scotland
Men's doubles	Malaysia Koo Kien Keat Chan Chong Ming	Malaysia Choong Tan Fook Wong Choong Hann	England Robert Blair Anthony Clark
Women's doubles	Malaysia Chin Eei Hui Wong Pei Tty	Singapore Jiang Yanmei Li Yujia	England Gail Emms Donna Kellogg
doubles	England Nathan Robertson Gail Emms	New Zealand Dan Shirley Sara Petersen	Singapore Hendri Saputra Li Yujia
Mixed team	Malaysia Chan Chong Ming Lee Chong Wei Wong Choong Hann Chin Eei Hui Julia Wong Pei Xian Koo Kien Keat Wong Mew Choo Wong Pei Tty Ooi Sock Ai Choong Tan Fook	England Aamir Ghaffar Anthony Clark Donna Kellogg Ella Tripp Gail Emms Joanne Nicholas Nathan Robertson Robert Blair Simon Archer Tracey Hallam	India Anup Sridhar Aparna Popat Chetan Anand Jwala Gutta Rupesh Kumar Saina Nehwal Sanave Thomas Arattukulam Shruti Kurian Trupti Murgunde Valiyaveetil Diju

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	Round of 16							Quarter-finals							Semi-finals							Final
		Lee Chong Wei	21	21
	16	Philippe Bourret	6	4					Lee Chong Wei	21	21
	8	Anup Sridhar	21	21					Sridhar	15	18
	9	Geoff Bellingham	10	10												Lee Chong Wei	21	21
	5	Aamir Ghaffar	21	21												Ghaffar	8	9
	12	Wei Kiat Aaron Tan	11	9				Ghaffar		21	21
	4	Niluka Karunaratne	21	14	21			Karunaratne		19	19
	13	Robert Milroy	13	21	10																		Lee Chong Wei	21	21
	6	Wong Choong Hann	21	21																			Hann	13	12
	11	Andrew Dabeka	14	16				Hann		21	22
	3	Kendrick Lee Yen Hui	21	21				Lee		17	20
	14	Dinuka Karunaratne	11	4											Hann		21	17	21			Third place
	7	Chetan Anand	21	21											Anand		11	21	13
	10	Stephan Beeharry	14	6				Anand		21	13	21										Anand		21	18	21
	2	Hendra Wijaya	21	21				Wijaya		16	21	11										Ghaffar		17	21	13
	15	John Moody	15	9

	Round of 16							Quarter-finals							Semi-finals							Final
	1	Tracey Hallam	21	21
	16	Kelly Morgan	10	13				Hallam		21	21
	8	Rachel Hindley	21	21				Hindley		11	6
	9	Tania Luiz	7	12											Hallam		21	21
	5	Elizabeth Cann	21	21											Cann		17	8
	12	Charmaine Reid	16	12				Cann		21	21
	4	Aparna Popat	10	23	21			Popat		13	14
	13	Li Li	21	21	17																	Hallam		21	21
	6	Wong Mew Choo	21	21																		Choo		12	15
	11	Solenn Pasturel	6	11				Choo		21	21
	3	Xing Aiying	14	21	21			Xing Aiying		10	10
	14	Saina Nehwal	21	13	6										Choo		21	21				Third place
	7	Susan Hughes	21	21											Hughes		7	18
	10	Trupti Murgunde	17	9				Hughes		21	21											Hughes		21	13	21
	2	Fran Frances Liu	21	21				Liu		18	19											Cann		5	21	19
	15	Anna Rice	16	19

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Finals
		Koo Kien Keat Chan Chong Ming	21	21
		Hendri Saputra Ronald Susilo	17	17
								Keat Ming		21	21
								Brehaut Denney		11	8
		Ashley Brehaut Travis Denney	22	21	21
		Geoff Bellingham Craig Cooper	24	16	19
															Keat Ming		21	21
															Fook Hann		13	14
		Choong Tan Fook Wong Choong Hann	21	21
		Joe Morgan James Phillips	14	9
								Fook Hann		21	21				Third place
								Blair Clark		12	11
		Robert Blair Anthony Clark	21	21											Blair Clark		21	21
		Daniel Shirley John Moody	11	9											Brehaut Denney		6	14

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Finals
		Chin Eei Hui Wong Pei Tty	21	21
		Michelle Douglas Yuan Wemyss	16	14
								Hui Tty		21	21
								Murgunde Nehwal		8	3
		Trupti Murgunde Saina Nehwal	5	21	23
		Charmaine Reid Helen Nichol	21	17	21
															Hui Tty		21	21
															Yanmei Yujia		17	19
		Jiang Yanmei Li Yujia	21	21
		Nicole Gordon Sara Petersen	13	4
								Yanmei Yujia		21	21				Third place
								Emms Kellogg		8	14
		Gail Emms Donna Kellogg	21	21											Emms Kellogg		21	21
		Jwala Gutta Shruti Kurian	17	10											Murgunde Nehwal		14	9

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Finals
		Nathan Robertson Gail Emms	21	21
		Andrew Bowman Kirsteen McEwan-Miller	8	6
								Robertson Emms		19	21	21
								Saputra Yujia		21	14	17
		Hendri Saputra Li Yujia	23	21
		Travis Denney Kate Wilson-Smith	21	17
															Robertson Emms		21	21
															Shirley Petersen		17	10
		Daniel Shirley Sara Petersen	22	21
		William Milroy Tamara Katrina Sun	20	11
								Shirley Petersen		15	21	21			Third place
								Koo Wong		21	14	15
		Koo Kien Keat Wong Pei Tty	16	21	21										Saputra Yujia		21	21	21
		Hendra Wijaya Frances Liu Fan	21	11	11										Koo Wong		14	23	6

Team one	Team two	Score
England	India	3-2
Malaysia	New Zealand	3-1

India 3			New Zealand 1
1 2 3 1 Valiyaveetil Diju / Jwala Gutta Daniel Shirley / Sara Petersen 21 17 13 21 21 9   2 Anup Sridhar John Moody 21 11 8 21 21 21   3 Saina Nehwal Rebecca Bellingham 21 13 24 22     4 Sanave Thomas / Rupesh Kumar Daniel Shirley / Craig Cooper 11 21 21 11 21 18

Malaysia 3			England 1
1 2 3 1 Wong Choong Hann / Sock Ai Ooi Nathan Robertson / Gail Emms 15 21 12 21     2 Lee Chong Wei Aamir Ghaffar 21 8 21 8     3 Wong Mew Choo Tracey Hallam 27 25 20 22 21 18   4 Chan Chong Ming / Koo Kien Keat Robert Blair / Anthony Clark 21 14 21 14

Mixed team preliminary matches were held on 16 March, 17 March, and 18 March. Finals were held on 19 March.

• Official 2006 Commonwealth Games Badminton results and schedule page