1977 Asian Invitational Badminton Championships

The 1977 Asian Invitational Badminton Championships which was the second edition of Asian Invitational Championships took place in the month of February in Hong Kong.[1] The individual competitions except Mixed doubles were conducted.[2] A total of thirteen Asian countries took part in this event.[3] At the end of day, China won all the disciplines except Men's doubles which was won by Indonesia.[4][5]

1977 Asian Invitational Badminton Championships
Tournament details
Dates23 – 27 February
Edition2
LocationHong Kong
1976 Bangkok 1978 Peking

Medalists

Discipline Gold Silver Bronze
Men's singles China Yu Yaodong China Luan Jin China Lin Shiquan
Women's singles China Liang Qiuxia China Liu Xia Japan Saori Kondo
Men's doubles Indonesia Johan Wahjudi
Indonesia Tjun Tjun
Indonesia Ade Chandra
Indonesia Christian Hadinata
China Yao Ximing
China Sun Zhian
Women's doubles China Liang Qiuxia
China Liu Xia
Japan Mikiko Takada
Japan Atsuko Tokuda
Malaysia Rosalind Singha Ang
Malaysia Sylvia Ng

Men's singles

Semifinal Final
          
China Yu Yaodong 15 15
China Lin Shiquan 5 9
China Yu Yaodong 15 15
China Luan Jin 6 8
China Yao Ximing 4 6
China Luan Jin 15 15 Third place
China Lin Shiquan 15 15
China Yao Ximing 5 9

Women's singles

Semifinal Final
          
China Liang Qiuxia 11 11
Japan Saori Kondo 7 3
China Liang Qiuxia 11 11
China Liu Xia 5 7
South Korea Park Ok-yun 3 1
China Liu Xia 11 11 Third place
Japan Saori Kondo 11 6 11
South Korea Park Ok-yun 1 11 3

Men's doubles

Semi-finals Final
          
Indonesia Ade Chandra
Indonesia Christian Hadinata
18 15
China Yao Ximing
China Sun Zhian
17 7
Indonesia Ade Chandra
Indonesia Christian Hadinata
17 2 5
Indonesia Johan Wahjudi
Indonesia Tjun Tjun
14 15 15
China Hou Jiachang
China Yu Yaodong
11 15 4
Indonesia Johan Wahjudi
Indonesia Tjun Tjun
15 8 15 Third place
China Yao Ximing
China Sun Zhian
w / o
China Hou Jiachang
China Yu Yaodong

Women's doubles

Semi-finals Final
          
Malaysia Rosalind Singha Ang
Malaysia Sylvia Ng
15 9 3
China Liang Qiuxia
China Liu Xia
7 15 15
China Liang Qiuxia
China Liu Xia
15 15
Japan Mikiko Takada
Japan Atsuko Tokuda
7 6
Japan Mikiko Takada
Japan Atsuko Tokuda
15 10 15
Thailand Kingmanee Thongkam
Thailand Sirisriro Patama
5 15 5 Third place
Malaysia Rosalind Singha Ang
Malaysia Sylvia Ng
15 15
Thailand Kingmanee Thongkam
Thailand Sirisriro Patama
7 3

References

  1. "Second seed Bandid beats Ahmad". The Straits Times. 24 February 1977. p. 23.
  2. "Swie King falls to China's Yu". The Straits Times. 25 February 1977. p. 21.
  3. "China are sure of winning men's title". The Straits Times. 26 February 1977. p. 22.
  4. "Liang and Liu make it an all Chinese final". The Straits Times. 27 February 1977. p. 30.
  5. "Yu and Liang are Asia's no. 1". The Straits Times. 28 February 1977. p. 24.
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