Badminton Asian Cup

Not to be confused with Badminton Asia Cup.

The Badminton Asian Cup was an Asian continental championship in the five individual disciplines in badminton.[1] It was held in 1991, 1994, 1995 and 1996. From 1997 a team competition called the Asia Cup followed. The Asian Cup Individual championship featured the best players in Asia with the aim of further strengthening and consolidating Asian development in the world badminton. This prestigious invitation event witnessed the best players in Asia to compete for the prize money of US$100,000, one of the richest purses in Asian badminton event.[2]

Venues

Yeat Edition City Country
1991 I Jakarta  Indonesia
1994 II Beijing  China
1995 III Qingdao  China
1996 IV Seoul  South Korea

Winners

Year Men's singles Women's singles Men's doubles Women's doubles Mixed doubles
1991 Malaysia Rashid Sidek China Tang Jiuhong Malaysia Cheah Soon Kit
Malaysia Soo Beng Kiang 		South Korea Hwang Hye-young
South Korea Chung So-young 		South Korea Shon Jin-hwan
South Korea Gil Young-ah
1994 China Dong Jiong China Ye Zhaoying Indonesia Ricky Subagja
Indonesia Rexy Mainaky 		South Korea Jang Hye-ock
South Korea Chung So-young 		China Liu Jianjun
China Ge Fei
1995 Indonesia Joko Suprianto South Korea Bang Soo-hyun China Huang Zhanzhong
China Jiang Xin 		China Ge Fei
China Gu Jun 		China Liu Jianjun
China Sun Man
1996 Malaysia Rashid Sidek China Zhang Ning South Korea Yoo Yong-sung
South Korea Kim Dong-moon 		South Korea Jang Hye-ock
South Korea Chung So-young 		South Korea Park Joo-bong
South Korea Ra Kyung-min

Performances by nation

Nation MS WS MD WD XD Total
1  China 1 3 1 1 2 8
2  South Korea 1 1 3 2 7
3  Malaysia 2 1 3
4  Indonesia 1 1 2

References

  1. ^ "The History Of Badminton. Where Badminton Started". www.athleticscholarships.net. Retrieved 2020-12-08.
  2. ^ "The Official Asian Badminton Confederation Website". 2006-01-07. Archived from the original on 2006-01-07. Retrieved 2020-12-08.