How to Settle a Game in Badminton

Men's Scoring

• 1

  Play the game through three games. Three games comprise a match. You will determine the winner of the match based upon the scores of the three games.

• 2

  Play to 15 points. Determine the winner of the individual game based upon who scores 15 points first.

• 3

  Give players in a men's singles game a new option if the score reaches 14-14. In this case, the player who scored 14 first can choose to play to 15 points or can set the game to a total of 17 points. In the latter case, the final score in the game is the combination of the points won up to the game change (14) plus the number of points won after the game change.

Women's Scoring

• 4

  Play the game through three games. Three games comprise a match. You will determine the winner of the match based upon the scores of the three games.

• 5

  Determine the winner of a women's single game by which player reaches 11 points first.

• 6

  Give players in a women's singles game a new option when the game reaches 10-10. In this case, the player who reached 10 first can reset the game to 13 points.