The Badminton Asia Championships (formerly Asian Badminton Championships until 2006) is a tournament organized by governing body
Badminton Asia
The Badminton Asia is the governing body of badminton in Asia. It is one of the 5 continental bodies under the flag of the Badminton World Federation (BWF). The confederation was established in 1959, headquartered in Malé, Maldives. It aims to ma ...
to crown the best
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players in
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.
The tournament started in
1962 and is held annually since
1991. The event had rotated between team and individual competitions before the team event became null since
1994
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.
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 the
2004 Summer Olympics event and wanted to give his players more time to rest. Some of the top players were also willing to pull out from the tournament since the competitiveness of the event was low.
Championships
Individual championships
The table below states all the host cities (and their countries) of the Asia Championships. The number of events at each has ranged from one to six, and is given in the right-most column.
Team championships
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
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Cups Finals. Another new team tournament using mixed team format, named as Badminton Asia Mixed Team Championship (also known as Tong Yun Kai Cup), was initiated in 2017.
Both championships are biennial, thus following the same pattern as Thomas & Uber Cups finals and the Sudirman Cup.
Badminton Asia Team Championships
Badminton Asia Mixed Team Championships
All-time medal table
Individual championships
Team championships
Men's team
Women's team
Mixed Team championships
Overall (men's, women's and mixed team)
Past winners
Individual competition
Performances by nation
Individual competition
Men's team
Badminton Asia Team Championships
;Men's team
;Women's team
Badminton Asia Mixed Team Championships
Successful players and national teams
Asian Champions who also became World Champions
List of players who have won Asia Championships and also won the
BWF World Championships to become both the Asian Champion and World Champion.
Successful players
Below is the list of the most ever successful players in the Badminton Asia Championships, with 3 or more gold medals.
MS: Men's singles; WS: Women's singles; MD: Men's doubles; WD: Women's doubles; XD: Mixed doubles
Successful national teams
Below are the gold medal teams, shown by year as against by country. China has been the most successful and the only country to achieve a full slate of golds which they did in 2011.
''BOLD highlights the overall winner therefore at that Asia Team Championships''
: Indonesia won on superior of silver medal, thus, Indonesia became overall winner.
: China won on superior of silver medal to Korea, thus, China became overall winner.
: China won on superior of silver medal of three silver medals to Malaysia none, thus, China became overall winner.
: Indonesia won on superior of silver medal of four silver medals to South Korea one, thus, Indonesia became overall winner.
: China won on superior of silver medal of two silver medals to South Korea none, thus, China became overall winner.
: China won on superior of bronze medal of four bronze medals to South Korea one, thus, China became overall winner.
: China won on superior of bronze medal of four bronze medals to Japan none, thus, China became overall winner.
Men's singles
Women's singles
Men's doubles
Women's doubles
Mixed doubles
Unofficial Asian Badminton Championships
*In addition to official championships, a few invitational Asian championships were also conducted.
See also
*
Badminton Asia Junior Championships
Note
References
External links
Historical Results of Asia Championships
{{Asian Championships
Badminton
Badminton is a racquet sport played using racquets to hit a shuttlecock across a net. Although it may be played with larger teams, the most common forms of the game are "singles" (with one player per side) and "doubles" (with two players p ...
Asia
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Recurring sporting events established in 1962
1962 establishments in Asia