From Badminton Asia Championships (former Asian Badminton Championships until 2006) is a tournament organized by 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 invalid since 1994 . [1]
By the convention i 2003 is there however, a controversy when China decided to withdraw from the tournament at the last minute. Head coach Li Yongbo said the tournament did not award any placement points for summer Olympics i 2004 and wanted to give its players more time to rest. [2] Some of the top players were also willing to withdraw from the tournament as the competitiveness was low.
The table below provides an overview of all host cities and countries at the Asian Championships. The Asian Badminton Championships in 1988 were unofficial because the championships were conducted as invitational championships (invitation competition). [3]
The men’s team competition started in 1962 and played at the end of 1993. In 2016, Badminton Asia decided to create a new team championship for men and women, which also serves as a qualifying tournament for Thomas and Uber Cup finals. [4] Another new team tournament using mixed team format, named as Badminton Asia Mixed Team Championship (also known as Tong Yun Kai Cup [5] ), was launched in 2017. [6] Both championships are biennial and therefore follow the same pattern as the Thomas & Uber Cup finals and the Sudirman Cup.
List of players who have won Asian championships and also won BWF World Championships for to become both Asian champion and world champion.
