BWF confirms dates of final Para-badminton qualifier for Tokyo 2020 Wednesday, 3 February 2021 The Spanish Para Badminton International - the sport’s last qualification tournament for the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games - is scheduled to be held in May, it has been announced. The Badminton World Federation (BWF) confirmed the event will run from May 10 to 16 after revealing its Para-badminton calendar for 2021. Cartagena was originally due to stage the competition in March last year only for it to be cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic. Since then, no international Para-badminton tournaments have been held hampering athletes’ preparations for the rescheduled Tokyo 2020 Games where the sport will make its long-awaited Paralympic debut.