Summer Olympics
July 25 – August 3 Postponed: Badminton at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo
Men's singles: Viktor Axelsen Chen Long Anthony Sinisuka Ginting Women's singles: Chen Yufei Tai Tzu-ying P.V.Sindhu Men's doubles: (Lee Yang & Wang Chi-lin) (Li Junhui & Liu Yuchen) (Aaron Chia & Soh Wooi Yik) Women's doubles: (Greysia Polii & Apriyani Rahayu) (Chen Qingchen & Jia Yifan) (Kim So-yeong & Kong Hee-yong) Mixed doubles: (Wang Yilyu & Huang Dongping) (Zheng Siwei & Huang Yaqiong) (Yuta Watanabe & Arisa Higashino)
Summer Paralympics
September 2 – 6 Postponed: Badminton at the 2020 Summer Paralympics (debut event) in Tokyo Men's singles:
Women's singles:
Men's doubles:
Women's doubles:
Mixed doubles:
International badminton events (Grade 1) August 15 – 23: 2020 Thomas & Uber Cup in Aarhus Thomas Cup winners: Indonesia Uber Cup winners: China
September 28 – October 11: 2020 BWF World Junior Championships in Auckland
Singles: (m) / (f) Doubles: ( & ) (m) / ( & ) (f) Mixed: ( & ) Team:
Continental badminton events
February 10 – 15: 2020 Oceania Badminton Championships (Senior & Teams) in Ballarat Singles: Abhinav Manota (m) / Chen Hsuan-yu (f) Doubles: (Oliver Leydon-Davis & Abhinav Manota) (m) / (Setyana Mapasa & Gronya Somerville) (f) Mixed: (Simon Leung & Gronya Somerville) Men's team: (Anthony Joe, Jacbo Schueler, Keith Mark Edison, Lin Ying Xiang, Matthew Chau, Mitchell Wheller, Sawan Serasinghe, Simon Leung) Women's team: (Angela Yu, Chen Hsuan-yu, Gronya Somerville, Kaitlyn Ea, Louisa Ma, Setyana Mapasa, Sylvina Kurniawan, Tiffany Ho)
February 10 – 13: 2020 All Africa Men's and Women's Team Badminton Championships in Cairo Men's team: (Adel Hamek, Koceila Mammeri, Mohamed Abderrahime Belarbi, Youcef Sabri Medel) Women's team: (Doha Hany, Hadia Hosny, Hana Tarek Mohamed, Jana Ashraf, Nour Ahmed Youssri, Rahma Mohamed Saad Eladawy)
February 10 – 13: 2020 African Badminton Championships in Cairo
Singles: Georges Paul (m) / Kate Foo Kune (f) Doubles: (Koceila Mammeri & Youcef Sabri Medel) (m) / (Doha Hany & Hadia Hosny) (f) Mixed: (Adham Hatem Elgamal & Doha Hany)
February 11 – 16: 2020 European Men's and Women's Team Badminton Championships in Liévin Men's team: (Anders Antonsen, Anders Skaarup Rasmussen, Carsten Mogensen, Frederik Søgaard, Hans-Kristian Vittinghus, Jan Ø. Jørgensen, Kim Astrup, Mads Conrad-Petersen, Mathias Boe, Viktor Axelsen) Women's team: (Alexandra Bøje, Amalie Magelund, Freja Ravn, Julie Dawall Jakobsen, Line Christophersen, Line Kjærsfeldt, Maiken Fruergaard, Mette Poulsen, Mia Blichfeldt, Sara Thygesen)
February 11 – 16: 2020 Badminton Asia Team Championships in Manila
Men's team: (Anthony Sinisuka Ginting, Fajar Alfian, Firman Abdul Kholik, Hendra Setiawan, Jonatan Christie, Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo, Marcus Fernaldi Gideon, Mohammad Ahsan, Muhammad Rian Ardianto, Shesar Hiren Rhustavito) Women's team: (Akane Yamaguchi, Aya Ohori, Chiharu Shida, Mayu Matsumoto, Nami Matsuyama, Riko Gunji, Sayaka Hirota, Sayaka Takahashi, Wakana Nagahara, Yuki Fukushima)
February 13 – 16: 2020 Pan Am Badminton Team Championships in Salvador
Men's team: (Antonio Li, Brian Yang, Jason Ho-shue, Joshua Hurlburt-Yu, Maxime Tétreault, Nyl Yakura, Phillipe Charron) Women's team: (Brittney Tam, Catherine Choi, Jacqueline Cheung, Kyleigh O'Donoghue, Kristen Tsai, Michelle Li, Rachel Honderich, Zhang Wen Yu)
April 21 – 26: 2020 European Badminton Championships in Kyiv
Singles: (m) / (f) Doubles: ( & ) (m) / ( & ) (f) Mixed: ( & )
April 21 – 26: 2020 Badminton Asia Championships in Manila
Singles: (m) / (f) Doubles: ( & ) (m) / ( & ) (f) Mixed: ( & )
April 23 – 26: 2020 Pan Am Badminton Championships in Guatemala City
Singles: (m) / (f) Doubles: ( & ) (m) / ( & ) (f) Mixed: ( & )
July 11 – 19: 2020 Badminton Asia Junior Championships in Suzhou
Singles: (m) / (f) Doubles: ( & ) (m) / ( & ) (f) Mixed: ( & ) Team:
July 9 – 17: 2020 Pan Am Badminton Junior Championships in Acapulco
Singles: (m) / (f) Doubles: ( & ) (m) / ( & ) (f) Mixed: ( & ) Team:
September 25 – 27: 2020 All Africa Badminton Junior Championships in Cotonou
Singles: (m) / (f) Doubles: ( & ) (m) / ( & ) (f) Mixed: ( & )
October 30 – November 8: 2020 European Badminton Junior Championships in Gliwice Singles: (m) / (f) Doubles: ( & ) (m) / ( & ) (f) Mixed: ( & ) Team: