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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 since 1991. The event had rotated between team and individual competitions before the team event became null since 1994.

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.

Editions

The table below gives an overview of all host cities and countries of the Asia Championships. The most recent games were held in Ningbo in 2025. The number in parentheses following the city/country denotes how many times that city/country has hosted the championships. The number of events at each has ranged from one to six, and is given in the right-most column.

Year	Edition	Host City	Events
1962	1	Kuala Lumpur, Malaya (1)	6
1965	2	Lucknow, India (1)
1969	3	Manila, Philippines (1)	5
1971	4	Jakarta, Indonesia (1)	6
1976	5	Hyderabad, India (1)
1983	6	Calcutta, India (1)	6
1985	7	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (2)	5
1987	8	Semarang, Indonesia (1)	1
1989	9	Shanghai, China (1)	1
1991	10	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (3)	5
1992	11	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (4)
1993	12	Hong Kong (1)	1
1994	13	Shanghai, China (2)	5
1995	14	Beijing, China (1)
1996	15	Surabaya, Indonesia (1)
1997	16	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (5)
1998	17	Bangkok, Thailand (1)
1999	18	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (6)
2000	19	Jakarta, Indonesia (2)
2001	20	Manila, Philippines (2)
2002	21	Bangkok, Thailand (2)
2003	22	Jakarta, Indonesia (3)
Year	Edition	Host City	Events
2004	23	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (7)	5
2005	24	Hyderabad, India (2)
2006	25	Johor Bahru, Malaysia (1)
2007	26	Johor Bahru, Malaysia (2)
2008	27	Johor Bahru, Malaysia (3)
2009	28	Suwon, South Korea (1)
2010	29	New Delhi, India (1)
2011	30	Chengdu, China (1)
2012	31	Qingdao, China (1)
2013	32	Taipei, Taiwan (1)
2014	33	Gimcheon, South Korea (1)
2015	34	Wuhan, China (1)
2016	35	Wuhan, China (2)
2017	36	Wuhan, China (3)
2018	37	Wuhan, China (4)
2019	38	Wuhan, China (5)
2022	39	Manila, Philippines (3)
2023	40	Dubai, United Arab Emirates (1)
2024	41	Ningbo, China (1)
2025	42	Ningbo, China (2)
2026	43	Ningbo, China (3)

All-time medal table

Individual medalists

Accurate as of 2026 Badminton Asia Championships.

Men's team medalists (1962 – 1993)

Past winners

Year	Men's singles	Women's singles	Men's doubles	Women's doubles	Mixed doubles
1962	Teh Kew San	Minarni	Ng Boon Bee Tan Yee Khan	Happy Herowati Corry Kawilarang	Lim Say Hup Ng Mei Ling
1965	Dinesh Khanna	Angela Bairstow	Narong Bhornchima Chavalert Chumkum	Angela Bairstow Ursula Smith	Tan Yee Khan Angela Bairstow
1969	Muljadi	Pang Yuet Mui	Punch Gunalan Ng Boon Bee	Kang Young-sin Lee Young-soon	Not held
1971	Tan Aik Mong	Utami Kinard	Indra Gunawan Nara Sudjana	Retno Koestijah Intan Nurtjahja	Christian Hadinata Retno Koestijah
1976	Hou Jiachang	Liang Qiuxia	Ade Chandra Tjun Tjun	Regina Masli Theresia Widiastuti	Fang Kaixiang He Cuiling
1983	Chen Changjie	Yoo Sang-hee	He Shangquan Jiang Guoliang	Fan Ming Guan Weizhen	Park Joo-bong Kim Yun-ja
1985	Zhao Jianhua	Zheng Yuli	Kim Moon-soo Park Joo-bong	Kim Yun-ja Yoo Sang-hee	Not held
1991	Rashid Sidek	Yuliani Sentosa	Kim Moon-soo Park Joo-bong	Chung So-young Hwang Hye-young	Park Joo-bong Chung Myung-hee
1992	Ye Zhaoying	Jalani Sidek Razif Sidek	Pan Li Wu Yuhong	Joko Mardianto Sri Untari
1994	Foo Kok Keong	Chen Hongyong Chen Kang	Ge Fei Gu Jun	Chen Xingdong Sun Man
1995	Park Sung-woo	Cheah Soon Kit Yap Kim Hock	Liu Jianjun Ge Fei
1996	Jeffer Rosobin	Gong Zhichao	Ade Sutrisna Candra Wijaya	Finarsih Eliza Nathanael	Tri Kusharjanto Lili Tampi
1997	Sun Jun	Yao Yan	Antonius Ariantho Denny Kantono	Huang Nanyan Liu Zhong	Zhang Jun Liu Lu
1998	Chen Gang	Ye Zhaoying	Ha Tae-kwon Kang Kyung-jin	Ge Fei Gu Jun	Kim Dong-moon Ra Kyung-min
1999	Chen Hong	Ha Tae-kwon Kim Dong-moon
2000	Taufik Hidayat	Xie Xingfang	Tony Gunawan Rexy Mainaky	Lee Hyo-jung Yim Kyung-jin	Bambang Suprianto Minarti Timur
2001	Xia Xuanze	Zhang Ning	Tri Kusharjanto Bambang Suprianto	Gao Ling Huang Sui	Kim Dong-moon Ra Kyung-min
2002	Sony Dwi Kuncoro	Zhou Mi	Ha Tae-kwon Kim Dong-moon	Yang Wei Zhang Jiewen	Zhang Jun Gao Ling
2003	Wang Chen	Lee Dong-soo Yoo Yong-sung	Lee Kyung-won Ra Kyung-min	Nova Widianto Vita Marissa
2004	Taufik Hidayat	Jun Jae-youn	Sigit Budiarto Tri Kusharjanto	Lee Hyo-jung Lee Kyung-won	Kim Dong-moon Ra Kyung-min
2005	Sony Dwi Kuncoro	Wang Chen	Markis Kido Hendra Setiawan	Sudket Prapakamol Saralee Thungthongkam
2006	Lee Chong Wei	Choong Tan Fook Lee Wan Wah	Du Jing Yu Yang	Nova Widianto Liliyana Natsir
2007	Taufik Hidayat	Jiang Yanjiao	Yang Wei Zhao Tingting	He Hanbin Yu Yang
2008	Park Sung-hwan	Jung Jae-sung Lee Yong-dae	Yang Wei Zhang Jiewen	Flandy Limpele Vita Marissa
2009	Bao Chunlai	Zhu Lin	Markis Kido Hendra Setiawan	Ma Jin Wang Xiaoli	Lee Yong-dae Lee Hyo-jung
2010	Lin Dan	Li Xuerui	Cho Gun-woo Yoo Yeon-seong	Pan Pan Tian Qing	Chan Peng Soon Goh Liu Ying
2011	Wang Yihan	Cai Yun Fu Haifeng	Wang Xiaoli Yu Yang	Zhang Nan Zhao Yunlei
2012	Chen Jin	Li Xuerui	Kim Gi-jung Kim Sa-rang	Tian Qing Zhao Yunlei
2013	Du Pengyu	Wang Yihan	Ko Sung-hyun Lee Yong-dae	Wang Xiaoli Yu Yang	Ko Sung-hyun Kim Ha-na
2014	Lin Dan	Sung Ji-hyun	Shin Baek-cheol Yoo Yeon-seong	Luo Ying Luo Yu	Lee Chun Hei Chau Hoi Wah
2015	Ratchanok Intanon	Lee Yong-dae Yoo Yeon-seong	Ma Jin Tang Yuanting	Tontowi Ahmad Liliyana Natsir
2016	Lee Chong Wei	Wang Yihan	Misaki Matsutomo Ayaka Takahashi	Zhang Nan Zhao Yunlei
2017	Chen Long	Tai Tzu-ying	Li Junhui Liu Yuchen	Lu Kai Huang Yaqiong
2018	Kento Momota	Yuki Fukushima Sayaka Hirota	Wang Yilyu Huang Dongping
2019	Akane Yamaguchi	Hiroyuki Endo Yuta Watanabe	Chen Qingchen Jia Yifan
2020	Cancelled
2021	Cancelled
2022	Lee Zii Jia	Wang Zhiyi	Pramudya Kusumawardana Yeremia Rambitan	Chen Qingchen Jia Yifan	Zheng Siwei Huang Yaqiong
2023	Anthony Sinisuka Ginting	Tai Tzu-ying	Satwiksairaj Rankireddy Chirag Shetty	Yuki Fukushima Sayaka Hirota	Jiang Zhenbang Wei Yaxin
2024	Jonatan Christie	Wang Zhiyi	Liang Weikeng Wang Chang	Baek Ha-na Lee So-hee	Feng Yanzhe Huang Dongping
2025	Kunlavut Vitidsarn	Chen Yufei	Aaron Chia Soh Wooi Yik	Liu Shengshu Tan Ning	Tang Chun Man Tse Ying Suet
2026	Shi Yuqi	An Se-young	Kim Won-ho Seo Seung-jae	Li Yijing Luo Xumin	Kim Jae-hyeon Jang Ha-jeong

Men's team (1962–1993)

Year	Winners
1962	Malaya
1965
1969
1971
1976
1983
1985
1987
1989
1993

Performance by nations

Pos	Nation	MS	WS	MD	WD	XD	Total
1	16	23	6	23	15	83
2	2	4	14	8	9	37
3	10	3	10	4	8	35
4	8	7	2.5	17.5
5	2	1	1	4	8
6	4	2	6
7	1	1	1	1	4
8	3	3
9	1	1	0.5	2.5
10	1	1	2
Total	40	40	40	40	38	198

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.

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
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	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
Men's Doubles	Kim Dong-moon	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, 2019
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, 2022	2018, 2019, 2022
Men's Singles	Kento Momota	2018, 2019	2018, 2019
Women's Singles	Akane Yamaguchi	2019	2021, 2022
Women's Doubles	Chen Qingchen	2019, 2022	2017, 2021, 2022, 2023
Women's Doubles	Jia Yifan	2019, 2022	2017, 2021, 2022, 2023
Mixed Doubles	Zheng Siwei	2022	2018, 2019, 2022
Men's Singles	Kunlavut Vitidsarn	2025	2023
Men's Doubles	Aaron Chia	2025	2022
Men's Doubles	Soh Wooi Yik	2025	2022
Women's Doubles	Liu Shengshu	2025	2025
Women's Doubles	Tan Ning	2025	2025
Women's Singles	An Se-young	2026	2023
Men's Doubles	Kim Won-ho	2026	2025
Men's Doubles	Seo Seung-jae	2026	2023, 2025
Men's Singles	Shi Yuqi	2026	2025

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	Kim Dong-moon	2	4	6
2	Ge Fei	4	1	5
Ye Zhaoying	5	5
Lee Yong-dae	4	1	5
Ra Kyung-min	1	4	5
6	Gu Jun	4	4
Lin Dan	4	4
Yu Yang	3	1	4
Zhao Yunlei	1	3	4
Park Joo-bong	2	2	4
Lee Hyo-jung	3	1	4
Yoo Yeon-seong	4	4
13	Wang Xiaoli	3	3
Wang Yihan	3	3
Yang Wei	3	3
Zhang Nan	3	3
Angela Bairstow	1	1	1	3
Wang Chen	3	3
Sony Dwi Kuncoro	3	3
Taufik Hidayat	3	3
Tri Kusharjanto	2	1	3
Ha Tae-kwon	3	3
Lee Kyung-won	3	3
Tai Tzu-ying	3	3

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.

Rank	Country	62	65	69	71	76	83	85	87	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	17	18	19	22	23	24	25	26	Total
1	\| \| \| \| \| 3 \| 3 \| 2 \| \| \| \| 2 \| \| 4 \| 3 \| 1 \| 4 \| 3 \| 3 \| 1 \| 3 \| 3 \| \| \| \| 1 \| 3 \| 2 \| 3 \| 3 \| 5 \| 4 \| 3 \| 2 \| 2 \| 2 \| 3 \| 2 \| 2 \| 3 \| 1 \| 3 \| 2 \| 2 \| 83
2	\| \| \| 1 \| \| \| 2 \| 2 \| \| \| 3 \| \| \| \| 1 \| \| \| 2 \| 2 \| 1 \| 1 \| 1 \| 2 \| 3 \| 1 \| \| \| 2 \| 1 \| 1 \| \| 1 \| 2 \| 2 \| 1 \| 1 \| \| \| \| \| \| 1 \| \| 3 \| 37
3	\| 2 \| \| 1 \| 4 \| 2 \| \| \| \| \| 1 \| 1 \| \| \| \| 4 \| 1 \| \| \| 3 \| 1 \| 1 \| 2 \| 2 \| 2 \| 1 \| 1 \| 1 \| 1 \| \| \| \| \| \| 1 \| \| \| \| \| 1 \| 1 \| 1 \| \| \| 35
4	\| 3 \| 0.5 \| 1 \| 1 \| \| \| \| \| \| 1 \| 2 \| \| 1 \| 1 \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| 2 \| 1 \| \| \| 1 \| \| \| \| \| \| 1 \| \| \| \| 1 \| \| \| 1 \| \| 17.5
5	\| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| 1 \| 1 \| 2 \| 3 \| \| 1 \| \| \| \| 8
6	\| \| \| 1 \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| 1 \| \| 1 \| 1 \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| 1 \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| 1 \| \| 6
7	\| \| 1 \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| 1 \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| 1 \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| 1 \| \| 4
8	\| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| 1 \| 1 \| \| \| 1 \| \| \| \| 3
9	\| \| 2.5 \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| 2.5
10	\| \| 1 \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| 1 \| \| \| \| 2

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.
China won on superior of silver medal of one silver medal to Chinese Taipei, India, Indonesia, and Japan none, thus, China became overall winner.

Men's singles

Rank	Country	62	65	69	71	76	83	85	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	19	22	23	24	25	26	Total
1	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	16
2	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	10
3	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	8
4	X	X	2
X	X	2
6	X	1
X	1

Women's singles

Rank	Country	62	65	69	71	76	83	85	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	19	22	23	24	25	26	Total
1	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	23
2	X	X	X	X	4
X	X	X	X	4
4	X	X	X	3
X	X	X	3
6	X	1
X	1
X	1

Men's doubles

Rank	Country	62	65	69	71	76	83	85	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	19	22	23	24	25	26	Total
1	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	14
2	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	10
3	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	7
4	X	X	X	X	X	X	6
5	X	1
X	1
X	1

Women's doubles

Rank	Country	62	65	69	71	76	83	85	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	19	22	23	24	25	26	Total
1	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	23
2	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	8
3	X	X	X	X	4
X	X	X	X	4
5	X	1

Mixed doubles

Rank	Country	62	65	69	71	76	83	85	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	19	22	23	24	25	26	Total
1	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	15
2	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	9
3	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	8
4	X	\	X	2.5
5	X	X	2
6	X	1
7	\	0.5

Unofficial championships

In addition to official championships, a few invitational Asian championships were also conducted.

Year	Number	Host City	Events
1976	I	Bangkok, Thailand	4
1977	II	Hong Kong
1978	III	Peking, China
1980	IV	Bangkok, Thailand
1988	V	Bandar Lampung, Indonesia
Year	Men's singles	Women's singles	Men's doubles	Women's doubles	Mixed doubles
1976 (I)	Iie Sumirat	Liang Qiuxia	Ade Chandra Christian Hadinata	Sylvia Ng Rosalind Singha Ang	Not held
1977	Yu Yaodong	Tjun Tjun Johan Wahjudi	Liang Qiuxia Liu Xia
1978	Liu Xia	Lin Shiquan Tang Xianhu	Sirisriro Patama Kingmanee Thongkam
1980	Han Jian	Song Youping	Li Zhifeng Yang Kesen	Li Lingwei San Yanqin
1988	Xiong Guobao	Tang Jiuhong	Zhang Qiang Zhou Jincan	Verawaty Fajrin Yanti Kusmiati

Note

References

External links

Historical Results of Asia Championships