An Asian Championship is a top level international sports competition between
Asian
Asian may refer to:
* Items from or related to the continent of Asia:
** Asian people, people in or descending from Asia
** Asian culture, the culture of the people from Asia
** Asian cuisine, food based on the style of food of the people from Asi ...
athletes or sports teams representing their respective countries or professional
sports clubs
A sports club or sporting club, sometimes an athletics club or sports society or sports association, is a group of people formed for the purpose of playing sports.
Sports clubs range from organisations whose members play together, unpaid, and ...
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List of Championships (Summer Olympic Sports)
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Asian Swimming Championships The Asian Swimming Championships are a major aquatics event, held every four years among the athletes from Asian countries. It is conducted under the governance of the Asian Amateur Swimming Federation,Singapore to host 7th Asian Swimming Champion ...
;Archery
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Asian Archery Championships
Asian Archery Championships is the archery championship organized by the World Archery Asia.
It has been held biannually, and since 2001 has included both the recurve and compound disciplines.
The tournament began in 1980 and it was first hoste ...
;Athletics
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Asian Athletics Championships
The Asian Athletics Championships is an event organized by the Asian Athletics Association.
History
The competition courted controversy with the IAAF when political in-fighting arose after Israel was excluded from participation in 1977. That e ...
;Badminton
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Badminton Asia Championships
The Badminton Asia Championships (formerly Asian Badminton Championships until 2006) is a tournament organized by governing body Badminton Asia to crown the best badminton players in Asia.
The tournament started in 1962 and is held annually sin ...
;Baseball
Baseball
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Asian Baseball Championship
The Asian Baseball Championship is the main championship tournament between national baseball teams in Asia, governed by the Baseball Federation of Asia (BFA). It is held every other year in odd-numbered years and since 1983 it also functions a ...
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Women's Baseball Asian Cup
Softball
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Asian Men's Softball Championship
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Asian Women's Softball Championship
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FIBA Asia Cup
The FIBA Asia Cup (formerly the FIBA Asia Championship and ABC Championship) is an international basketball tournament which takes place every four years between the men's national teams of Asia and Oceania.
Through the 2015 edition, the tourn ...
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FIBA Women's Asia Cup
The FIBA Women's Asia Cup is an international basketball tournament which takes place every two years for women's national teams from FIBA Asia, and since 2017 FIBA Oceania. It was known as the Asian Basketball Confederation (ABC) Championship u ...
;Boxing
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Asian Amateur Boxing Championships
The Asian Amateur Boxing Championships is the highest competition for boxing amateurs in Asia. The first tournament took place in 1963, hosted by Bangkok, Thailand.
Men's editions
Women's editions
Combined editions
All-time medal table ...
;Canoeing
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Asian Canoeing Championships
;Cycling
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Asian Cycling Championships
The Asian Cycling Championships is an annual continental cycling championships for road bicycle racing and track cycling since 1963, exclusively for Asian cyclists selected by the national governing body (member nations of the Asian Cycling Confede ...
;Fencing
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Asian Fencing Championships Asian Fencing Championships is the fencing zonal championship organized by the Asian Fencing Confederation for the Asia-Oceania zone. The first Asian Fencing Championships was held in 1973 in Tehran, however, fencing in the continent did not procee ...
;Field hockey
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Men's Hockey Asia Cup
The Men's Hockey Asia Cup is a men's international field hockey tournament organized by the Asian Hockey Federation. The winning team becomes the champion of Asia and qualifies for the FIH Hockey World Cup.
South Korea are the defending champio ...
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Women's Hockey Asia Cup
The Women's Hockey Asia Cup is a women's international field hockey tournament organized by the Asian Hockey Federation. The winning team becomes the champion of Asia and qualifies for the FIH Hockey World Cup.
Japan are the defending champions ...
;Football
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AFC Asian Cup
The AFC Asian Cup is the primary association football competition contested by the senior men's national teams of the members of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), determining the continental champion of Asia. It is the second oldest cont ...
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AFC Women's Asia Cup
;Gymnastics
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Asian Gymnastics Championships
The Asian Gymnastic Union (AGU) organizes Asian Gymnastics Championships for each of the FIG gymnastic disciplines: men's and women's artistic gymnastics, rhythmic gymnastics, acrobatic gymnastics, aerobic gymnastics and trampoline gymnastics. T ...
;Handball
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Asian Men's Handball Championship
The Asian Men's Handball Championship is the official competition for senior national handball teams of Asia (since 2018, also includes teams from Oceania), and takes place every two years. In addition to crowning the Asian champions, Internationa ...
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Asian Women's Handball Championship
The AHF Asian Women's Handball Championship is a biennial continental handball competition contested by the senior women's national teams of the members of Asian Handball Federation (AHF). Since 2018, it also includes teams from Oceania. The compe ...
;Judo
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Asian Judo Championships
Asian Judo Championships is the Judo Asian Championship organized by the Judo Union of Asia.
The men's tournament began in 1966 and was held approximately every four years, until 1991, when it became an annual event (except in the years when th ...
;Karate
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Asian Karate Championships
The Asian Karatedo Championships are the highest level of competition for sport karate in Asia. The competition is held in a different country every two years organized by the Asian Karatedo Federation (AKF) under the supervision of World Kara ...
;Rowing
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Asian Rowing Championships The Asian Rowing Championship is a rowing championship organised by the Asian Rowing Federation for competitors from the Asian countries.
List tournaments
External linksOfficial ARF site
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Rowing
Rowing is th ...
;Rugby
Rugby Union
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Asia Rugby Championship
The Asia Rugby Championship, or ARC, is an annual rugby union competition held amongst national rugby sides within the Asia Rugby region. The competition was originally known as the Asian Rugby Football Tournament when founded in 1969, and was call ...
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Asia Rugby Women's Championship
The Asia Rugby Championship for women's national fifteen-a-side teams is a rugby union tournament that has been contested since 2006. Organised by Asia Rugby, there are currently two competition divisions. The championship is also the continental ...
Rugby Sevens
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Asian Rugby Sevens Series
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Asian Rugby Women's Sevens Series
;Sailing
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Asian Championships in Sailing The Asian championships in sailing are a series of sailing championships in Asia organized by the Asian Sailing Federation.
List of championships ASF championships
Class championships Centreboard classes
Multihull classes
Board classes
Ref ...
;Shooting
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Asian Shooting Championships
;Sport climbing
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IFSC Climbing Asian Championships
The IFSC Climbing Asian Championships or Asian Sport Climbing Championships are annual Asian championships for competition climbing organized by the International Federation of Sport Climbing (IFSC). Until 2006, it was called UIAA Asian Championsh ...
;Surfing
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Asian Surfing Championships
;Table tennis
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Asian Table Tennis Championships
The Asian Table Tennis Championships is a biennial table tennis tournament regarded as continental championships by International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF). From 1952 to 1972, the tournament was organized by the Table Tennis Federation of Asi ...
;Taekwondo
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Asian Taekwondo Championships
Asian may refer to:
* Items from or related to the continent of Asia:
** Asian people, people in or descending from Asia
** Asian culture, the culture of the people from Asia
** Asian cuisine, food based on the style of food of the people from Asi ...
;Volleyball
Volleyball
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Asian Men's Volleyball Championship
The Asian Men's Volleyball Championship is an international volleyball competition in Asia and Oceania contested by the senior men's national teams of the members of Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC), the sport's continent governing body. The i ...
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Asian Women's Volleyball Championship
The Asian Women's Volleyball Championship is an international volleyball competition in Asia and Oceania contested by the senior women's national teams of the members of Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC), the sport's continent governing body. ...
Beach Volleyball
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Asian Beach Volleyball Championships
The Asian Beach Volleyball Championships is an international beach volleyball competition held every year in Asia and Oceania contested by the double-gender beach volleyball of the members of Asian Volleyball Confederation.
Men's tournaments Sum ...
;Water polo
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Asian Water Polo Championship The Asian Water Polo Championship is an international water polo tournament, organized by Asia Swimming Federation (AASF). It has been the Asian continental qualification for the Olympic water polo tournament since 2012.
Results
Men
Women
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;Weightlifting
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Asian Weightlifting Championships
The Asian Weightlifting Championships is a weightlifting championship organised by the Asian Weightlifting Federation for competitors from the Asian countries. It has been held since 1969 for men and 1988 for women. In 2008 the championships provi ...
;Wrestling
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Asian Wrestling Championships
See also
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Asian Games
The Asian Games, also known as Asiad, is a continental multi-sport event held every four years among athletes from all over Asia. The Games were regulated by the Asian Games Federation (AGF) from the first Games in New Delhi, India, until t ...
, a
multi-sport event
A multi-sport event is an organized sporting event, often held over multiple days, featuring competition in many different sports among organized teams of athletes from (mostly) nation-states. The first major, modern, multi-sport event of interna ...
between competitors from all nations in
Asia
Asia (, ) is one of the world's most notable geographical regions, which is either considered a continent in its own right or a subcontinent of Eurasia, which shares the continental landmass of Afro-Eurasia with Africa. Asia covers an area ...
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Championship
In sport, a championship is a competition in which the aim is to decide which individual or team is the champion.
Championship systems
Various forms of competition can be referred to by the term championship.
Title match system
In this system ...
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World championship
A world championship is generally an international competition open to elite competitors from around the world, representing their nations, and winning such an event will be considered the highest or near highest achievement in the sport, game, ...
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African Championship An African Championship is a top level international sports competition between African athletes or sports teams representing their respective countries or professional sports clubs.
List of Championships
;Athletics
*African Championships in Athl ...
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European Championship
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European Junior Championships (disambiguation) The European Junior Championships can refer to:
* European Junior Alpine Skiing Championships
* EFAF European Junior Championship, biennial American football tournament
*European Athletics Junior Championships
*European Junior Badminton Championshi ...
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Oceania Championship
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Pan American Championship A Pan American Championship is a top level international sports competition between athletes or sports teams representing their respective countries or professional sports clubs in the Americas. Typically these championships are recurring, the most ...
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Central American Championships (disambiguation) Central American Championships may refer to:
*Central American Handball Championship
*Central American Championships in Athletics
* Central American Junior and Youth Championships in Athletics
*Centrobasket
See also
* Championship
* World champ ...
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North American Championship A North American Championship is a top level international sports competition between North American athletes or sports teams representing their respective countries or professional sports clubs.
List of Championships
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* North American B ...
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Canadian Championships Canadian Championships refers to a number of national-level competition in Canada. It may refer to:
* Canadian Championship, a soccer tournament
* Canadian Figure Skating Championships
* Canadian Professional Figure Skating Championships
* Canadi ...
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South American Championship A South American Championship is a top level international sports competition between South American athletes or sports teams representing their respective countries or professional sports clubs.
List of Championships
* ATP Buenos Aires, a tenni ...
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