Badminton Asia Championships
- Badminton Asia Championships
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 Confederation 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. [cite web |url=http://www.jvc-abc.com/html/background.html |title=Event Overview of the Asian Badminton Championships |archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20010710221455/www.jvc-abc.com/html/background.html |archivedate=2001-07-10 ]
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. [ [http://www.sportsonline.com.cn/GB/channel12/125/20031015/181694.html 亚洲羽锦赛今日开打 中国队因故退出] zh icon] Some of the top players also willing to pull out from the tournament since the competitiveness of the event low.
Location of the Asia Championships
The table below gives an overview of all host cities and countries of the Asia Championships.
Past winners
Individual competition
Team competition
References
External links
* [http://www.badmintonasia.org/news_results.aspx?tn_id=10 Historical Results of Asia Championships]
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