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 Yu Yaodong Luan Jin Lin Shih-chuan
Women's singles Liang Qiuxia Liu Xia Saori Kondo
Men's doubles Johan Wahjudi
Tjun Tjun
Ade Chandra
Christian Hadinata
Yao Ximing
Sun Zhian
Women's doubles Liang Qiuxia
Liu Xia
Mikiko Takada
Atsuko Tokuda
Rosalind Singha Ang
Sylvia Ng

Men's singles

Semifinal Final
          
Yu Yaodong 15 15
Lin Shih-chuan 5 9
Yu Yaodong 15 15
Luan Jin 6 8
Yao Ximing 4 6
Luan Jin 15 15 Third place
Lin Shih-chuan 15 15
Yao Ximing 5 9

Women's singles

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

Men's doubles

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

Women's doubles

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