How to Keep Score in Badminton

Use the following method to score your badminton games and matches.

Things You'll Need

  • Badminton Set
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Instructions

    • 1

      Flip a coin before the first game to determine who will serve first.

    • 2

      Score a point only when you are serving.

    • 3

      Change service when the receiving side wins the serve.

    • 4

      Win a game by being the first to score 15 points.

    • 5

      Choose to "set" the game, or not to, if the score reaches 13 to 13 or 14 to 14, and you were the first one to reach 13 or 14.

    • 6

      Set a 13-13 game to play five more points. Set a 14-14 game to play three more points.

    • 7

      Choose not to "set" the game and the first player to get 15 points wins.

    • 8

      Serve first in the next game if you won the previous one.

    • 9

      Change sides between games. In the third game, switch when one team reaches eight points.

    • 10

      Play best of two out of three games to determine a match.

    • 11

      Play the next challenger if you win two of the three games.