Asia Championships

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.

**Asiatisk Mesterskab i Badminton**

Asiatisk Mesterskab i Badminton er et årligt badmintonmesterskab for elitebadmintonspillere fra Asien og Oceanien. Turneringen arrangeres af Badminton Asia Confederation (BAC) og er en af de mest prestigefyldte badmintonbegivenheder i verden.

Mesterskabet afvikles i henhold til Thomas Cup og Uber Cup-formatet, hvor hold fra forskellige lande konkurrerer i herresingle, damesingle, herredouble og damedouble. Turneringen blev afholdt første gang i 1991 og har været afholdt hvert år siden da.

Vinderen af Asiatisk Mesterskab i Badminton kvalificerer sig til at repræsentere Asien ved Badminton World Cup. Turneringen er også en vigtig chance for spillere til at samle verdensranglistepoint og forberede sig til andre internationale turneringer.

I de seneste år har Kina domineret Asiatisk Mesterskab i Badminton, og har vundet flere holdtitler end noget andet land. Andre stærke hold, der ofte klarer sig godt i turneringen, er Indonesien, Japan, Sydkorea og Indien.