Badminton Asia Championships

Badminton Asia Championships

Current season, competition or edition: 2016 Badminton Asia Championships
Sport	Badminton
Founded	1962
Country	Badminton Asia member nations

The Badminton Asia Championships (the new name used for the first time in 2007 edition, formerly known as Asian Badminton Championships) 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]

However the 2003 event lifted some controversy when China decided to pull out from the tournament at the last minute. Headcoach Li Yongbo said 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.

Location of the Asia Championships

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

Year No. 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 No. 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 No. Host City Country 2013 33 Taipei  Chinese Taipei 2014 34 Gimcheon  South Korea 2015 35 Wuhan  China 2016 36 Wuhan  China

Past winners

Individual competition

Year	Men's singles	Women's singles	Men's doubles	Women's doubles	Mixed doubles
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		Ma Jin Tang Yuanting	Tontowi Ahmad Lilyana Natsir
2014		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
2010		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		Choong Tan Fook Lee Wan Wah	Yang Wei Zhao Tingting	He Hanbin Yu Yang
2006	Lee Chong Wei	Wang Chen		Yu Yang Du Jing	Nova Widianto Lilyana Natsir
2005	Sony Dwi Kuncoro		Markis Kido Hendra Setiawan	Lee Hyo-jung Lee Kyung-won	Sudket Prapakamol Saralee Thungthongkam
2004	Taufik Hidayat	Jun Jae-youn	Sigit Budiarto Trikus Haryanto		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		Zhou Mi	Ha Tae-kwon Kim Dong-moon	Zhang Jiewen Yang Wei	Zhang Jun Gao Ling
2001	Xia Xuanze	Zhang Ning	Bambang Suprianto Trikus Haryanto	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		Kang Kyung-jin Ha Tae-kwon	Ge Fei Gu Jun
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	Trikus Heryanto 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		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 Kaihsiang Ho-Tsui Ling
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

Year	Host City	Country	Men	Women
2016	Hyderabad	India	Indonesia	China
1993			Indonesia
1989			China
1987			China
1985			China
1983			China
1976			Indonesia
1971			Indonesia
1969			Indonesia
1965			Malaysia
1962			Malaya

Successful players and national teams

Asian Champions who later became World Champions

List of players who have won Asia Championships and later 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	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
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	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	2011, 2014, 2015
Mixed Doubles	Zhao Yunlei	2011, 2012	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

Successful players

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
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
	Zhao Yunlei				1	2	3

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

Successful national teams

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	Total
1	China					3	3	2^2		3		2^3	4	3	1	4	3	3	1	3	3				1	3	2^5	3	3	5	4	3	2^6	2	2	68
2	Indonesia	2		1^1	4	2			2	1	1	1			4	1			3	1	1	2^4	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	Thailand		1																					1										1		3
7	England		2.5																																	2.5
8	India		1																																	1
9	Japan																																		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.

Men's singles

Rank	Country	62	65	69	71	76	83	85	87	88	89	91	92	93	94	95	96	97	98	99	00	01	02	03	04	05	06	07	08	09	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	Total
1	China					X	X	X		X								X	X	X		X								X	X	X	X	X	X	X		15
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

Women's singles

Rank	Country	62	65	69	71	76	83	85	87	88	89	91	92	93	94	95	96	97	98	99	00	01	02	03	04	05	06	07	08	09	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	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
	Indonesia	X			X				X			X																										4
4	South Korea						X																		X										X			3
5	England		X																																			1
	Thailand																																			X		1

Men's doubles

Rank	Country	62	65	69	71	76	83	85	87	88	89	91	92	93	94	95	96	97	98	99	00	01	02	03	04	05	06	07	08	09	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	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
4	China						X			X					X																	X						4
5	Thailand		X																																			1

Women's doubles

Rank	Country	62	65	69	71	76	83	85	87	88	89	91	92	93	94	95	96	97	98	99	00	01	02	03	04	05	06	07	08	09	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	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	1

Mixed doubles

Rank	Country	62	65	69	71	76	83	85	87	88	89	91	92	93	94	95	96	97	98	99	00	01	02	03	04	05	06	07	08	09	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	Total
1	China					X									X	X		X					X					X				X	X				X	9
2	Indonesia				X								X				X				X			X			X		X							X		8
	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

See also

• Asian Junior Badminton Championships

References

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 (Chinese)

External links

• Historical Results of Asia Championships