Badminton Asia Championships

Badminton Asia Championships
	Current season, competition or edition:; 2018 Badminton Asia Championships
Sport	Badminton
Founded	1962
Country	Badminton Asia Confederation member nations

The Badminton Asia Championships (formerly Asian Badminton Championships until 2006) is a tournament organized by the Badminton Asia to crown the best badminton players in Asia.

The tournament started in 1962 and is held annually since 1991. The event had been played rotated between team and individual competitions before the team event nulled since 1994.^[1]

At the 2003 event however, there is a controversy when China decided to pull out from the tournament at the last minute. Head coach Li Yongbo said that the tournament did not award any ranking points for 2004 Summer Olympics event and wanted to give the players more time to rest.^[2] Some of the top players also willing to pull out from the tournament since the competitiveness of the event was low.

Championships[edit]

Badminton Asia Championships[edit]

The table below gives an overview of all host cities and countries of the Asia Championships.

Year	Number	Host City	Country
1962	1	Kuala Lumpur	Malaysia
1965	2	Lucknow	India
1969	3	Manila	Philippines
1971	4	Jakarta	Indonesia
1976	5	Hyderabad	India
1983	6	Calcutta	India
1985	7	Kuala Lumpur	Malaysia
1987	8	Semarang	Indonesia
1988	9	Bandar Lampung	Indonesia
1989	10	Shanghai	China
1991	11	Kuala Lumpur	Malaysia
1992	12	Kuala Lumpur	Malaysia
1993	13	Hong Kong	Hong Kong
1994	14	Shanghai	China
1995	15	Beijing	China
1996	16	Surabaya	Indonesia

Year	Number	Host City	Country
1997	17	Kuala Lumpur	Malaysia
1998	18	Bangkok	Thailand
1999	19	Kuala Lumpur	Malaysia
2000	20	Jakarta	Indonesia
2001	21	Manila	Philippines
2002	22	Bangkok	Thailand
2003	23	Jakarta	Indonesia
2004	24	Kuala Lumpur	Malaysia
2005	25	Hyderabad	India
2006	26	Johor Bahru	Malaysia
2007	27	Johor Bahru	Malaysia
2008	28	Johor Bahru	Malaysia
2009	29	Suwon	South Korea
2010	30	New Delhi	India
2011	31	Chengdu	China
2012	32	Qingdao	China

Year	Number	Host City	Country
2013	33	Taipei	Chinese Taipei
2014	34	Gimcheon	South Korea
2015	35	Wuhan	China
2016	36	Wuhan	China
2017	37	Wuhan	China
2018	38	Wuhan	China
2019	39	Wuhan	China
2020	40	Wuhan	China

Team championships[edit]

Men's team competition started in 1962 and last played in 1993. In 2016, Badminton Asia decided to create a new men's and women's team championships which also serves as qualification tournament for the Thomas and Uber Cups Finals.^[3] Another new team tournament using mixed team format, named as Badminton Asia Mixed Team Championships (also known as Tong Yun Kai Cup^[4]), was initiated in 2017.^[5] Both championships are biennial, thus following the same pattern as Thomas & Uber Cups finals and the Sudirman Cup.

Badminton Asia Team Championships[edit]

Year	Host
Year	City	Country
2016	Hyderabad	India
2018	Alor Setar	Malaysia
2020	TBD	TBD

Badminton Asia Mixed Team Championships[edit]

Year	Host
Year	City	Country
2017	Ho Chi Minh City	Vietnam
2019	Hong Kong	Hong Kong
2021	TBD	TBD

Past winners[edit]

Individual competition[edit]

Year	Men's singles	Women's singles	Men's doubles	Women's doubles	Mixed doubles
2018	Kento Momota	Tai Tzu-ying	Li Junhui Liu Yuchen	Yuki Fukushima Sayaka Hirota	Wang Yilü Huang Dongping
2017	Chen Long	Tai Tzu-ying	Li Junhui Liu Yuchen	Misaki Matsutomo Ayaka Takahashi	Lu Kai Huang Yaqiong
2016	Lee Chong Wei	Wang Yihan	Lee Yong-dae Yoo Yeon-seong	Misaki Matsutomo Ayaka Takahashi	Zhang Nan Zhao Yunlei
2015	Lin Dan	Ratchanok Intanon	Lee Yong-dae Yoo Yeon-seong	Ma Jin Tang Yuanting	Tontowi Ahmad Liliyana Natsir
2014	Lin Dan	Sung Ji-hyun	Shin Baek-cheol Yoo Yeon-seong	Luo Ying Luo Yu	Lee Chun Hei Chau Hoi Wah
2013	Du Pengyu	Wang Yihan	Ko Sung-hyun Lee Yong-dae	Wang Xiaoli Yu Yang	Ko Sung-hyun Kim Ha-na
2012	Chen Jin	Li Xuerui	Kim Ki-jung Kim Sa-rang	Tian Qing Zhao Yunlei	Zhang Nan Zhao Yunlei
2011	Lin Dan	Wang Yihan	Cai Yun Fu Haifeng	Wang Xiaoli Yu Yang	Zhang Nan Zhao Yunlei
2010	Lin Dan	Li Xuerui	Cho Gun-woo Yoo Yeon-seong	Pan Pan Tian Qing	Chan Peng Soon Goh Liu Ying
2009	Bao Chunlai	Zhu Lin	Markis Kido Hendra Setiawan	Ma Jin Wang Xiaoli	Lee Yong-dae Lee Hyo-jung
2008	Park Sung-hwan	Jiang Yanjiao	Jung Jae-sung Lee Yong-dae	Yang Wei Zhang Jiewen	Flandy Limpele Vita Marissa
2007	Taufik Hidayat	Jiang Yanjiao	Choong Tan Fook Lee Wan Wah	Yang Wei Zhao Tingting	He Hanbin Yu Yang
2006	Lee Chong Wei	Wang Chen	Choong Tan Fook Lee Wan Wah	Yu Yang Du Jing	Nova Widianto Liliyana Natsir
2005	Sony Dwi Kuncoro	Wang Chen	Markis Kido Hendra Setiawan	Lee Hyo-jung Lee Kyung-won	Sudket Prapakamol Saralee Thungthongkam
2004	Taufik Hidayat	Jun Jae-youn	Sigit Budiarto Tri Kusharjanto	Lee Hyo-jung Lee Kyung-won	Kim Dong-moon Ra Kyung-min
2003	Sony Dwi Kuncoro	Wang Chen	Lee Dong-soo Yoo Yong-sung	Ra Kyung-min Lee Kyung-won	Nova Widianto Vita Marissa
2002	Sony Dwi Kuncoro	Zhou Mi	Ha Tae-kwon Kim Dong-moon	Zhang Jiewen Yang Wei	Zhang Jun Gao Ling
2001	Xia Xuanze	Zhang Ning	Bambang Suprianto Tri Kusharjanto	Gao Ling Huang Sui	Kim Dong-moon Ra Kyung-min
2000	Taufik Hidayat	Xie Xingfang	Rexy Mainaky Tony Gunawan	Lee Hyo-jung Yim Kyung-jin	Bambang Suprianto Minarti Timur
1999	Chen Hong	Ye Zhaoying	Ha Tae-kwon Kim Dong-moon	Ge Fei Gu Jun	Kim Dong-moon Ra Kyung-min
1998	Chen Gang	Ye Zhaoying	Kang Kyung-jin Ha Tae-kwon	Ge Fei Gu Jun	Kim Dong-moon Ra Kyung-min
1997	Sun Jun	Yao Yan	Denny Kantono Antonius Ariantho	Liu Zhong Huang Nanyan	Zhang Jun Liu Lu
1996	Jeffer Rosobin	Gong Zhichao	Ade Sutrisna Candra Wijaya	Eliza Nathanael Finarsih	Tri Kusharjanto Lili Tampi
1995	Park Sung-woo	Ye Zhaoying	Cheah Soon Kit Yap Kim Hock	Ge Fei Gu Jun	Liu Yong Ge Fei
1994	Foo Kok Keong		Chen Kang Chen Hongyong	Ge Fei Gu Jun	Chen Xingdong Sun Man
1992	Rashid Sidek		Razif Sidek Jalani Sidek	Wu Yuhong Pan Li	Joko Mardianto Sri Untari
1991	Rashid Sidek	Yuliani Sentosa	Park Joo-bong Kim Moon-soo	Hwang Hye-young Chung So-young	Park Joo-bong Chung Myung-hee
1988	Xiong Guobao	Tang Jiuhong	Zhang Qiang Zhou Jincan	Verawaty Fajrin Yanti Kusmiati	Not held
1987	Misbun Sidek	Elizabeth Latief	Liem Swie King Bobby Ertanto	Hwang Hye-young Chung Myung-hee	Not held
1985	Zhao Jianhua	Zheng Yuli	Park Joo-bong Kim Moon-soo	Kim Yun-ja Yoo Sang-hee	Not held
1983	Chen Changjie	Yoo Sang-hee	Jiang Guoliang He Shangquan	Guan Weizhen Fan Ming	Park Joo-bong Kim Yun-ja
1976	Hou Jiachang	Liang Qiuxia	Tjun Tjun Ade Chandra	Theresia Widiastuti Regina Masli	Fang Kaixiang He Cuiling
1971	Tan Aik Mong	Utami Kinard	Indra Gunawan Nara Sudjana	Retno Koestijah Intan	Christian Hadinata Retno Koestijah
1969	Muljadi	Pang Yuet Mui	Ng Boon Bee Punch Gunalan	Lee Young-soon Kang Young-sin	Not held
1965	Dinesh Khanna	Angela Bairstow	Narong Bhornchima Chavalert Chumkum	Ursula Smith Angela Bairstow	Tan Yee Khan Angela Bairstow
1962	Teh Kew San	Minarni	Ng Boon Bee Tan Yee Khan	Happy Herowati Corry Kawilarang	Lim Say Hup Ng Mei Ling

Team competition[edit]

Year	Winner
1993	Indonesia
1989	China
1987	China
1985	China
1983	China
1976	Indonesia
1971	Indonesia
1969	Indonesia
1965	Malaysia
1962	Malaya

Badminton Asia Team Championships[edit]

Year	Winner
Year	Men's team	Women's team
2018	Indonesia	Japan
2016	Indonesia	China

Badminton Asia Mixed Team Championships[edit]

Year	Winner
2019
2017	Japan

Successful players and national teams[edit]

Asian Champions who also became World Champions[edit]

List of players who have won Asia Championships and also won the BWF World Championships to become both the Asian Champion and World Champion.

Type	Player	Asian Champion (Year)	World Champion (Year)
Mixed Doubles	Christian Hadinata	1971	1980
Men's Doubles	Tjun Tjun	1976	1977
Men's Doubles	Ade Chandra	1976	1980
Women's Doubles	Guan Weizhen	1983	1987, 1989, 1991
Mixed Doubles	Park Joo-bong	1983, 1991	1985, 1989, 1991
Men's Singles	Zhao Jianhua	1985	1991
Men's Doubles	Park Joo-bong	1985, 1991	1985, 1991
Men's Doubles	Kim Moon-soo	1985, 1991	1985, 1991
Women's Singles	Tang Jiuhong	1988	1991
Mixed Doubles	Chung Myung-hee	1991	1989, 1991
Women's Singles	Ye Zhaoying	1992, 1994, 1995, 1998, 1999	1995, 1997
Women's Doubles	Ge Fei	1994, 1995, 1998, 1999	1997, 1999
Women's Doubles	Gu Jun	1994, 1995, 1998, 1999	1997, 1999
Mixed Doubles	Liu Yong	1995	1997
Mixed Doubles	Ge Fei	1995	1997
Men's Doubles	Candra Wijaya	1996	1997
Men's Singles	Sun Jun	1997	1999
Mixed Doubles	Zhang Jun	1997, 2002	2001
Men's Doubles	Ha Tae-kwon	1998, 1999, 2002	1999
Mixed Doubles	Kim Dong-moon	1998, 1999, 2001, 2004	1999, 2003
Mixed Doubles	Ra Kyung-min	1998, 1999, 2001, 2004	1999, 2003
Men's Singles	Taufik Hidayat	2000, 2004, 2007	2005
Women's Singles	Xie Xingfang	2000	2005, 2006
Men's Doubles	Rexy Mainaky	2000	1995
Men's Doubles	/ Tony Gunawan	2000	2001, 2005
Men's Singles	Xia Xuanze	2001	2003
Women's Singles	Zhang Ning	2001	2003
Women's Doubles	Gao Ling	2001	2001, 2003, 2006
Mixed Doubles	Gao Ling	2002	2001
Mixed Doubles	Nova Widianto	2003, 2006	2005, 2007
Men's Doubles	Sigit Budiarto	2004	1997
Men's Doubles	Markis Kido	2005, 2009	2007
Men's Doubles	Hendra Setiawan	2005, 2009	2007, 2013, 2015
Women's Doubles	Du Jing	2006	2010
Women's Doubles	Yu Yang	2006, 2011, 2013	2010, 2011, 2013
Mixed Doubles	Liliyana Natsir	2006, 2015	2005, 2007, 2013, 2017
Women's Doubles	Yang Wei	2007, 2008	2005, 2007
Women's Doubles	Zhao Tingting	2007	2009
Women's Doubles	Zhang Jiewen	2008	2005, 2007
Women's Singles	Zhu Lin	2009	2007
Women's Doubles	Wang Xiaoli	2009, 2011, 2013	2011, 2013
Men's singles	Lin Dan	2010, 2011, 2014, 2015	2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013
Women's Doubles	Tian Qing	2010, 2012	2014, 2015
Women's Singles	Wang Yihan	2011, 2013, 2016	2011
Men's Doubles	Fu Haifeng	2011	2006, 2009, 2010, 2011
Men's Doubles	Cai Yun	2011	2006, 2009, 2010, 2011
Mixed Doubles	Zhang Nan	2011, 2012, 2016	2011, 2014, 2015
Mixed Doubles	Zhao Yunlei	2011, 2012, 2016	2011, 2014, 2015
Men's Singles	Chen Jin	2012	2010
Women's Doubles	Zhao Yunlei	2012	2014, 2015
Men's Doubles	Ko Sung-hyun	2013	2014
Men's Doubles	Shin Baek-cheol	2014	2014
Women's Singles	Ratchanok Intanon	2015	2013
Mixed Doubles	Tontowi Ahmad	2015	2013, 2017
Men's Singles	Chen Long	2017	2014, 2015
Men's Doubles	Li Junhui	2017, 2018	2018
Men's Doubles	Liu Yuchen	2017, 2018	2018
Mixed Doubles	Huang Yaqiong	2017	2018
Men's Singles	Kento Momota	2018	2018

Successful players[edit]

Below is the list of the most ever successful players in the Badminton Asia Championships, with 3 or more gold medals.

Rank	Players	MS	WS	MD	WD	XD	Total
1	Ge Fei			4		1	5
	Kim Dong-moon			2		3	5
	Ra Kyung-min				1	4	5
	Ye Zhaoying		5				5
5	Gu Jun			4			4
	Lee Hyo-jung				3	1	4
	Lee Yong-dae			3		1	4
	Lin Dan	4					4
	Park Joo-bong			2		2	4
	Ra Kyung-min				1	3	4
	Zhao Yunlei				1	3	4
11	Angela Bairstow		1		1	1	3
	Ha Tae-kwon			3			3
	Lee Kyung-won				3		3
	Taufik Hidayat	3					3
	Sony Dwi Kuncoro	3					3
	Wang Chen		3				3
	Wang Xiaoli				3		3
	Yang Wei				3		3
	Yoo Yeon-seong			3			3
	Yu Yang				2	1	3
	Wang Yihan		3				3

MS: Men's singles; WS: Women's singles; MD: Men's doubles; WD: Women's doubles; XD: Mixed doubles

Successful national teams[edit]

Below is the gold medalists shown based by category and countries. China has been the most successful in the Asia Championships. They were the only country ever to achieve a shutout of the medals which they did in 2011.

Rank	Country	62	65	69	71	76	83	85	87	88	91	92	94	95	96	97	98	99	00	01	02	03	04	05	06	07	08	09	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	Total
1	China					3	3	2²		3		2³	4	3	1	4	3	3	1	3	3				1	3	2⁵	3	3	5	4	3	2⁶	2	2	3	2⁷	73
2	Indonesia	2		1¹	4	2			2	1	1	1			4	1			3	1	1	2⁴	2	2	1	1	1	1						1				35
3	South Korea			1			2	2	1		3			1			2	2	1	1	1	2	3	1			2	1	1		1	2	2	1	1			34
4	Malaysia	3	0.5	1	1				1		1	2	1	1											2	1			1						1			16.5
5	Hong Kong			1																		1		1	1								1					5
6	Japan																																		1	1	2	4
7	Thailand		1																					1										1				3
8	England		2.5																																			2.5
9	Chinese Taipei																																			1	1	2
10	India		1																																			1

BOLD means overall winner of that Asia Championships

^1 Indonesia won on superior of silver medal, thus, Indonesia became overall winner.

^2 China won on superior of silver medal to Korea, thus, China became overall winner.

^3 China won on superior of silver medal of three silver medals to Malaysia none, thus, China became overall winner.

^4 Indonesia won on superior of silver medal of four silver medals to South Korea one, thus, Indonesia became overall winner.

^5 China won on superior of silver medal of two silver medals to South Korea none, thus, China became overall winner.

^6 China won on superior of bronze medal of four bronze medals to South Korea one, thus, China became overall winner.

^6 China won on superior of bronze medal of four bronze medals to Japan none, thus, China became overall winner.

Men's singles[edit]

Rank	Country	62	65	69	71	76	83	85	87	88	91	92	94	95	96	97	98	99	00	01	02	03	04	05	06	07	08	09	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	Total
1	China					X	X	X		X						X	X	X		X								X	X	X	X	X	X	X		X		16
2	Indonesia			X											X				X		X	X	X	X		X												8
3	Malaysia	X			X				X		X	X	X												X										X			8
4	South Korea													X													X											2
5	India		X																																			1
5	Japan																																				X	1

Women's singles[edit]

Rank	Country	62	65	69	71	76	83	85	87	88	91	92	94	95	96	97	98	99	00	01	02	03	04	05	06	07	08	09	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	Total
1	China					X		X		X		X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X					X	X	X	X	X	X	X			X			21
2	Hong Kong			X																		X		X	X													4
2	Indonesia	X			X				X		X																											4
4	South Korea						X																X										X					3
5	Chinese Taipei																																			X	X	2
6	England		X																																			1
6	Thailand																																	X				1

Men's doubles[edit]

Rank	Country	62	65	69	71	76	83	85	87	88	91	92	94	95	96	97	98	99	00	01	02	03	04	05	06	07	08	09	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	Total
1	South Korea							X			X						X	X			X	X					X		X		X	X	X	X	X			13
2	Indonesia				X	X			X						X	X			X	X			X	X				X										10
3	Malaysia	X		X								X		X											X	X												6
3	China						X			X			X																	X						X	X	6
5	Thailand		X																																			1

Women's doubles[edit]

Rank	Country	62	69	71	76	83	85	87	88	91	92	94	95	97	98	99	00	01	02	03	04	05	06	07	08	09	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	Total
1	China					X					X	X	X	X	X	X		X	X				X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X				19
2	South Korea		X				X	X		X							X			X	X	X														8
3	Indonesia	X		X	X				X				X																							5
4	Japan																																X	X	X	3

Mixed doubles[edit]

Rank	Country	62	65	71	76	83	91	92	94	95	96	97	98	99	00	01	02	03	04	05	06	07	08	09	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	Total
1	China				X				X	X		X					X					X				X	X				X	X	X	11
2	Indonesia			X				X			X				X			X			X		X							X				8
2	South Korea					X	X						X	X		X			X					X				X						8
3	Malaysia	X	X																						X									3
4	England		X																															1
	Hong Kong																												X					1
	Thailand																			X														1

References[edit]

^ "Event Overview of the Asian Badminton Championships". Archived from the original on 2001-07-10.
^ 亚洲羽锦赛今日开打　中国队因故退出 (in Chinese)
^ "Hyderabad to host Asia Team Badminton". The Hans India. Retrieved 21 February 2017.
^ "Japan first holders of Tong Yun Kai Cup". Sports247.my. Retrieved 12 January 2019.
^ "14 Teams for the Inaugural Robot Badminton Asia Mixed Team Championships". Badminton Asia. Retrieved 21 February 2017.

External links[edit]

[1] "Event Overview of the Asian Badminton Championships". Archived from the original on 2001-07-10.

[2] 亚洲羽锦赛今日开打　中国队因故退出 (in Chinese)

[3] "Hyderabad to host Asia Team Badminton". The Hans India. Retrieved 21 February 2017.

[4] "Japan first holders of Tong Yun Kai Cup". Sports247.my. Retrieved 12 January 2019.

[5] "14 Teams for the Inaugural Robot Badminton Asia Mixed Team Championships". Badminton Asia. Retrieved 21 February 2017.

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Championships[edit]

Badminton Asia Championships[edit]

Team championships[edit]

Badminton Asia Team Championships[edit]

Badminton Asia Mixed Team Championships[edit]

Past winners[edit]

Individual competition[edit]

Team competition[edit]

Badminton Asia Team Championships[edit]

Badminton Asia Mixed Team Championships[edit]

Successful players and national teams[edit]

Asian Champions who also became World Champions[edit]

Successful players[edit]

Successful national teams[edit]

Men's singles[edit]

Women's singles[edit]

Men's doubles[edit]

Women's doubles[edit]

Mixed doubles[edit]

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Current season, competition or edition: 2018 Badminton Asia Championships
Sport	Badminton
Founded	1962
Country	Badminton Asia Confederation member nations