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1978 Asian Invitational Badminton Championships

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1978 Asian Invitational Badminton Championships
Tournament details
Dates15 – 25 April
Edition3
VenueCapital Indoor Stadium
LocationPeking, People's Republic of China
1977 Hong Kong 1980 Bangkok

The 1978 Asian Invitational Badminton Championships which was the third edition of Asian Invitational Championships took place in the month of April in Peking, People's Republic of China.[1][2]

Description

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This Asian tourney was originally decided to be held in Singapore but was later given to China.[3] Tournament organised junior events as well which included Boys' singles & doubles as well as Girls' singles and doubles. Mixed doubles competitions were as usual not conducted. A total of 12 countries took part in this event which were China, India, Singapore, Iran, Japan, Malaysia, Indonesia, Hong Kong, Philippines, Thailand, Sri Lanka and Pakistan.

At the end of day, China won all the disciplines except Women's doubles doubles which was won by Thailand. Gold medals for Junior events were shared between Amy Chan of Hong Kong who won Girls' singles event, He Shangquan of China who won Boys' singles, Tay Hoe See & Judy Lee of Singapore who won Girls' doubles and the combination of Maung Maung & Win Mar of Burma who won the Boys' doubles discipline.[4][5]

Medalists

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Discipline Gold Silver Bronze
Men's singles China Yu Yaodong China Chen Tianlong China Luan Jin
Women's singles China Liu Xia China Zhang Ailing China Xu Rong
Men's doubles China Lin Shiquan
China Tang Xianhu
India Syed Modi
India Prakash Padukone
Pakistan Javed Iqbal
Pakistan Tariq Wadood
Women's doubles Thailand Thongkam Kingmanee
Thailand Sirisriro Patama
China Xu Rong
China Yu Jianghong

Men's singles

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Semifinal Final
          
China Yu Yaodong
China Luan Jin
China Yu Yaodong 12 15 15
China Chen Tianlong 15 13 10
Malaysia Saw Swee Leong
China Chen Tianlong Third place
China Luan Jin 15 15
Malaysia Saw Swee Leong 9 8

Women's singles

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Semifinal Final
          
China Liu Xia 11 11
China Xu Rong 5 0
China Liu Xia 11 11
China Zhang Ailing 2 7
China Yu Jianghong 4 9
China Zhang Ailing 11 12 Third place
China Xu Rong 11 11
China Yu Jianghong 5 8

Men's doubles

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Semi-finals Final
          
China Lin Shiquan
China Tang Xianhu
15 15
Pakistan Javed Iqbal
Pakistan Tariq Wadood
12 8
China Lin Shiquan
China Tang Xianhu
15 15
India Syed Modi
India Prakash Padukone
3 5
Singapore Kok Peng Hon
Singapore Tan Eng Han
10 5
India Syed Modi
India Prakash Padukone
15 15 Third place
Pakistan Javed Iqbal
Pakistan Tariq Wadood
15 9 18
Singapore Kok Peng Hon
Singapore Tan Eng Han
9 15 13

Women's doubles

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  • Bronze medal winners unknown
Semi-finals Final
          
Thailand Thongkam Kingmanee
Thailand Sirisriro Patama
15 15
Singapore Peh Ah Bee
China Zhang Ailing
8 12
Thailand Thongkam Kingmanee
Thailand Sirisriro Patama
15 15
China Xu Rong
China Yu Jianghong
9 12
Sri Lanka Nirmala Wickramatilaka
China Liu Xia
8 12
China Xu Rong
China Yu Jianghong
15 15 Third place
Sri Lanka Nirmala Wickramatilaka
China Liu Xia
Singapore Peh Ah Bee
China Zhang Ailing

References

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  1. ^ Pereira, Bernard (22 April 1978). "Ang:We need time to stage Asian Badminton Tourney". The Straits Times. p. 30. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
  2. ^ Robert, Godfrey (4 March 1978). "China sports group due next month". The Straits Times. p. 27. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
  3. ^ "Singapore to host 1978 ABC Tournament". The Straits Times. 29 July 1977. p. 30. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
  4. ^ "11 picked for Peking meet". New Nation. 14 March 1978. p. 18. Retrieved 7 February 2022.
  5. ^ "Singapore players all are winners". The Straits Times. 17 April 1978. Retrieved 14 January 2022.