The Games of the XXIX Olympiad will be hosted in Beijing 2008 from 8 – 24 August 2008. Badminton is one of the 28 sports being hosted in Beijing. The sport has been part of the Olympic Games since Barcelona 1992. 

The Olympic Qualifying period for badminton is from 1 May 2007 to 30 April 2008. The BWF World Ranking list of 1 May 2008 will be used to determine who the BWF will invite to compete in the following events: Men's Singles (32 players), Women's Singles (32 players), Men's Doubles (16 pairings), Women Doubles (32 pairings) and Mixed Doubles (32 pairings). 

Canadian singles players Anna Rice of West Vancouver and Andrew Dabeka of Ottawa have been selected by BWF. 

Following a stressful month of waiting, USAB announced their selections which aided two additional Canadian athletes in their desire to qualify for Beijing. 

The American men's, women's and mixed doubles pairings all finished as the highest ranked entries from the Pan Am zone.  Athletes can only be nominated in one discipline to avoid scheduling conflicts.  With this in mind, Howard Bach and Eva Lee were faced with the decision to chose between playing with their respective doubles partners or teaming up together in mixed doubles.  They chose men's and women's doubles, which opened the mixed doubles spot up for the next highest pairing from the Pan Am zone.

Ontario's Mike Beres of Mount Pleasant and Valerie Loker of Brantford thereby gained the invitation in mixed doubles.  Team Canada will be coached by Jean-Paul Girard of Laval, Quebec.  Mike Walker of Nanaimo has been selected as an umpire by the BWF.

Congratulations Team Canada!