Kekuatan Indonesia masih berada di sektor ganda karena di kategori tunggal putra atau putri belum ada atlet yang disegani layaknya Taufik Hidayat dan Susi Susanti di masa lalu.

Selain Olimpiade 2016 ada juga kalender turnamen tertinggi BWF (Badminton World Federation) yang di dalamnya terdiri dari Grand Prix Gold, Super Series dan Super Series Premier. Berikut jadwal lengkap kalender BWF tahun ini.

Januari:

19-24, Malaysia Masters Grand Prix gold, Penang

26-31, India International Grand Prix Gold, Lucknow

Februari:

8-13, Thailand Masters Grand Prix Gold, Bangkok

15-21, Thomas & Uber Cup Qualifiers, Hyderabad, India

Maret:

1-6, German Open Grand Prix Gold, Mulheim an der Ruhr

8-13, All England Superseries Premier, Birmingham

15-20, Swiss Open Grand Prix Gold, Basel

22-27, New Zealand Open Grand Prix Gold, Auckland

29-3 April, India Open Superseries, New Delhi

April:

5-10, Malaysia Open Superseries Premier, Shah Alam

12-17, Singapore Open Superseries, Singapore City

19-24, China Masters Grand Prix Gold, Jiangsu

Mei:

15-22, Thomas & Uber Cup Finals, Kunshan, China

30-5 Juni, Indonesia Open Superseries Premier, Jakarta

Juni:

7-12, Australia Open Superseries, Sydney

28-3 Juli, Chinese Taipei Open Grand Prix Gold, Taipei

Juli:

5-10, US Open Grand Prix Gold, California

Agustus:

11-20, Olympic Games, Rio De Janeiro, Brasil

September:

6-11, Indonesia Masters Grand Prix Gold, (belum ditentukan)

20-25, Japan Open Superseries, Tokyo

27-2 Oktober, Korea Open Superseries, Seoul

Oktober:

4-9, Thailand Open Grand Prix Gold, (belum ditentukan)

18-23, Denmark Open Superseries Premier, Odense

25-30, French Open Superseries, Paris

November:

1-6, Bitburger Open Grand Prix Gold, Saarbrucken, Jerman

8-13, Korea Masters Grand Prix Gold, (belum ditentukan)

15-20, China Open Superseries Premier, Fuzhou

22-27, Hong Kong Open Superseries, Kowloon

29-4 Desember, Macau Open Grand Prix Gold, (belum ditentukan)

Desember:

14-18, BWF World Superseries Finals, Dubai