Badminton at the 2004 Commonwealth Youth Games

Badminton at the 2004 Commonwealth Youth Games was held in Bendigo in the Australian state of Victoria in the months of November and December. This was the first time badminton was introduced in the games, in which only the mixed team event was held. Mixed team event was played with the format of Boys' singles, Girls' singles, Boys' doubles, Girls' doubles and Mixed doubles. Malaysia emerged as the champion, while India and England settled with silver and bronze medals respectively.

Participant countries and squads
England, India, Malaysia, Australia, Scotland, South Africa, New Zealand and Singapore participated in this edition.

Pool A
Pool A consisted of top seed Malaysia, Scotland, fourth seed Singapore and Australia.

Malaysia

 * Azrihanif Azahar
 * Hoon Thien How
 * Lyddia Cheah
 * Ng Hui Lin
 * Tan Boon Heong
 * Woon Khe Wei

Scotland

 * Imogen Bankier
 * Julie Boyd
 * Watson Briggs
 * Stuart Gilliland
 * Emma Mason
 * Calum Menzies

Singapore

 * Chew Swee Hau
 * Goh Li En
 * Koh Yan Sen
 * Vanessa Neo
 * Tan Wei Kiat
 * Yuen Ka Ying

Australia

 * Erin Carroll
 * Tiger Chen
 * Sue Li Hong
 * Erica Pong
 * Raymond Tam
 * Jeff Tho

Pool B
Pool B consisted of second seed England, New Zealand, third seeded India and South Africa.

England

 * Andrew Ellis
 * Dean George
 * Heather Olver
 * Rajiv Ouseph
 * Jenny Wallwork
 * Helen Ward

New Zealand

 * Michelle Chan
 * Garbo Choi
 * Belinda Hill
 * Chan Yun Lung
 * Henry Tam
 * Joe Wu

India

 * Aparna Balan
 * Sagar Chopda
 * Saina Nehwal
 * Anand Pawar
 * Jishnu Sanyal

South Africa

 * Richard Anderton
 * Rowen Brown
 * Stacey Doubell
 * Annari Viljoen

Pool A
Malaysia V/s Scotland

Singapore V/s Australia

Malaysia V/s Australia

Singapore V/s Scotland

Malaysia V/s Singapore

Scotland V/s Australia

Pool B
England V/s New Zealand

India V/s South Africa

England V/s South Africa

India V/s New Zealand

England V/s India

New Zealand V/s South Africa

Interpool matches
Scotland V/s South Africa

New Zealand V/s Australia

Classification matches
Scotland V/s New Zealand
 * 5th and 6th place

Australia V/s South Africa
 * 7th and 8th place

Semifinals
Malaysia V/s England

India V/s Singapore

Bronze medal match
England V/s Singapore

Final tie
Malaysia V/s India