According to the rules of badminton group lottery in Rio Olympic Games, the top seed Li Zongwei in singles is divided into Group A (upper half) and the second seed Chen Long is divided into Group P (lower half). No.3 seed Dānlín and No.4 seed Ackell of Denmark are divided into groups E and L, while No.5 seed Zhou Tiancheng of Chinese Taipei, No.6 seed G group Jorgensen of Denmark, No.7 seed Shouxitang of Indonesia and No.8 seed Sun Wanhu of South Korea are divided into groups C, G, J and N; The next five seeded players will be divided into groups D, H, I, K and M. ..
After the group stage, the first player in each group will enter the knockout stage and compete for a ticket to advance to the quarter-finals, while the winners of groups A, P and E will directly enter the quarter-finals.