2026 Badminton Asia Championships

2026 Badminton Asia Championships
Tournament details
Dates	7–12 April 2026
Edition	43rd
Venue	Ningbo Olympic Sports Center Gymnasium
Location	Ningbo, China
Champions
Men's singles	Shi Yuqi
Women's singles	An Se-young
Men's doubles	Kim Won-ho; Seo Seung-jae
Women's doubles	Li Yijing; Luo Xumin
Mixed doubles	Kim Jae-hyeon; Jang Ha-jeong
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The 2026 Badminton Asia Championships (officially known as the Bank of Ningbo Badminton Asia Championships 2026 for sponsorship reasons) was the 43rd edition of the Badminton Asia Championships.^[1] The tournament was organised by Badminton Asia and took place at the Ningbo Olympic Sports Center Gymnasium, Ningbo, China, from 7 to 12 April 2026 and had a total prize of US$550,000.

Tournament

The 2026 Badminton Asia Championships was the 43rd edition of the Badminton Asia Championships. This tournament was organized by Badminton Asia and hosted by the Chinese Badminton Association.^[2]

Venue

This tournament was held at the Ningbo Olympic Sports Center Gymnasium in Ningbo, Zhejiang, China.^[2]

Point distribution

Below is the point distribution table for each phase of the tournament based on the BWF points system for the Badminton Asia Championships, which is equivalent to a BWF World Tour Super 1000.^[3]

Winner	Runner-up	3/4	5/8	9/16	17/32	33/64
12,000	10,200	8,400	6,600	4,800	3,000	1,200

Prize pool

The total prize money is US$550,000 with the distribution of the prize money in accordance with BWF regulations.^[2]

Event	Winner	Finalist	Semi-finals	Quarter-finals	Last 16	Last 32
Singles	$38,500	$18,700	$7,700	$3,025	$1,650	$550
Doubles	$40,700	$19,250	$7,700	$3,437.50	$1,787.50	$550

Medal Summary

Medalists

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's singles	Shi Yuqi	Ayush Shetty	Kunlavut Vitidsarn
Men's singles	Shi Yuqi	Ayush Shetty	Chou Tien-chen
Women's singles	An Se-young	Wang Zhiyi	Sim Yu-jin
Women's singles	An Se-young	Wang Zhiyi	Akane Yamaguchi
Men's doubles	Kim Won-ho Seo Seung-jae	Kang Min-hyuk Ki Dong-ju	He Jiting Ren Xiangyu
Men's doubles	Kim Won-ho Seo Seung-jae	Kang Min-hyuk Ki Dong-ju	Fajar Alfian Muhammad Shohibul Fikri
Women's doubles	Li Yijing Luo Xumin	Liu Shengshu Tan Ning	Amallia Cahaya Pratiwi Siti Fadia Silva Ramadhanti
Women's doubles	Li Yijing Luo Xumin	Liu Shengshu Tan Ning	Yuki Fukushima Mayu Matsumoto
Mixed doubles	Kim Jae-hyeon Jang Ha-jeong	Dechapol Puavaranukroh Supissara Paewsampran	Feng Yanzhe Huang Dongping
Mixed doubles	Kim Jae-hyeon Jang Ha-jeong	Dechapol Puavaranukroh Supissara Paewsampran	Yuta Watanabe Maya Taguchi

Medal table

* Host nation (China)

Qualification

Final standings

Group	Men's singles	Women's singles	Men's doubles	Women's doubles	Mixed doubles
A	Zaki Ubaidillah	Mikaela Joy De Guzman	Nguyễn Đinh Hoàng Trần Đình Mạnh	Lee Seo-jin Lee Yeon-woo	Hung Kuei Chun Tsang Hiu Yan
B	Nguyễn Hải Đăng	Lo Sin Yan	He Jiting Ren Xiangyu	Phạm Thị Diệu Ly Phạm Thị Khánh	Al-Amin Jumar Urmi Akter
C	Viren Nettasinghe	Fathimath Nabaaha Abdul Razzaq	Law Cheuk Him Yeung Shing Choi	Tay Andrea Jcqui Teo Eng Ker	Trần Đình Mạnh Phạm Thị Khánh
D	Clarence Villaflor	Prakriti Bharath	Solomon Jr. Padiz Julius Villabrille	Low Zi Yu Noraqilah Maisarah	Kim Jae-hyeon Jang Ha-jeong

Men's singles

Seeds

Kunlavut Vitidsarn (semi-finals)
Shi Yuqi (champion)
Jonatan Christie (quarter-finals)
Chou Tien-chen (semi-finals)
Li Shifeng (first round)
Lin Chun-yi (first round)
Kodai Naraoka (quarter-finals)
Loh Kean Yew (quarter-finals)

Finals

Semi-finals					Final

1	Kunlavut Vitidsarn	21	19	17

	Ayush Shetty	10	21	21
						Ayush Shetty	8	10

					2	Shi Yuqi	21	21
4	Chou Tien-chen	9	13

2	Shi Yuqi	21	21

Top half

Section 1

First round					Second round					Quarter-finals

1	K Vitidsarn	21	21

	Ng K L	14	18
					1	K Vitidsarn	8	21	21

						Y Tanaka	21	18	5
	Jeon H-j	17	16

	Y Tanaka	21	21
										1	K Vitidsarn	20	21	21

											Weng HY	22	9	9
6	Lin C-y

	Weng HY	w	/	o
						Weng HY	21	21

						Prannoy H. S.	12	19
B1	Nguyễn H Đ	22	12

	Prannoy H. S.	24	21

Section 2

First round					Second round				Quarter-finals

3	J Christie	21	21

	Leong J H	13	8
					3	J Christie	21	21

						Y Okimoto	18	13
	Y Okimoto	21	17	21

	J Teh	19	21	13
									3	J Christie	21	17

										A Shetty	23	21
5	Li SF	13	16

	A Shetty	21	21
						A Shetty	21	21

						Chi Y-j	16	12
	J Gunawan	15	16

	Chi Y-j	21	21

Bottom half

Section 3

First round					Second round					Quarter-finals

A1	Z Ubaidillah	21	14	18

	K Watanabe	15	21	21
						K Watanabe	20	21	15

					8	Loh K Y	22	15	21
	S Kidambi	21	9	11

8	Loh K Y	18	21	21
										8	Loh K Y	21	12	17

										4	Chou T-c	16	21	21
	Lu GZ	22	21

C1	V Nettasinghe	20	16
						Lu GZ

					4	Chou T-c	w	/	o
	Pan Teeraratsakul	15	17

4	Chou T-c	21	21

Section 4

First round					Second round				Quarter-finals

	A Farhan	21	14	21

	J Hoh	19	21	18
						A Farhan	16	17

					7	K Naraoka	21	21
D1	C Villaflor	9	14

7	K Naraoka	21	21
									7	K Naraoka	18	18

									2	Shi YQ	21	21
	Lee C Y	21	21

	L Sen	12	19
						Lee C Y	11	10

					2	Shi YQ	21	21
	Lee C-h	15	17

2	Shi YQ	21	21

Women's singles

Seeds

An Se-young (champion)
Wang Zhiyi (final)
Chen Yufei (withdrew)
Akane Yamaguchi (semi-finals)
Han Yue (first round)
Putri Kusuma Wardani (second round)
Ratchanok Intanon (first round)
Pornpawee Chochuwong (second round)

Finals

Semi-finals					Final

1	An Se-young	21	21

	Sim Yu-jin	14	9
					1	An Se-young	21	17	21

					2	Wang Zhiyi	12	21	18
4	Akane Yamaguchi	21	9	13

2	Wang Zhiyi	14	21	21

Top half

Section 1

First round					Second round				Quarter-finals

1	An S-y	21	21

	Yeo J M	15	10
					1	An S-y	21	21

						Nguyễn T L	7	6
	Nguyễn T L	21	21

	Huang Y-h	13	16
									1	An S-y	21	21

									SWM	T Miyazaki	16	10
SWM	T Miyazaki	21	21

PFQ	Goh J W	12	15
					SWM	T Miyazaki	21	21

						U Hooda	17	9
	S Katethong	25	8	18

	U Hooda	23	21	21

Section 2

First round					Second round					Quarter-finals

5	Han Y	21	10	15

	Sim Y-j	16	21	21
						Sim Y-j	21	21

						Letshanaa K	14	8
	Letshanaa K	21	21

	T Sharma	19	14
											Sim Y-j	21	21

											N Okuhara	18	11
8	P Chochuwong	21	21

	Lin H-t	18	15
					8	P Chochuwong	18	21	14

						N Okuhara	21	19	21
	N Okuhara	21	21

A1	M J de Guzman	13	9

Bottom half

Section 3

First round				Second round					Quarter-finals

	Sung S-y	13	11

	Gao FJ	21	21
					Gao FJ	18	21	21

				6	P K Wardani	21	12	17
D1	P Bharath	3	7

6	P K Wardani	21	21
										Gao FJ	23	11	13

									4	A Yamaguchi	21	21	21
	M Bansod	10	19

	B Ongbamrungphan	21	21
					B Ongbamrungphan	12	12

				4	A Yamaguchi	21	21
C1	F N Abdul Razzaq	5	9

4	A Yamaguchi	21	21

Section 4

First round					Second round					Quarter-finals

	R Gunji	22	21

B1	Lo S Y	20	15
						R Gunji	21	16	21

						Kim G-e	17	21	12
	Kim G-e	21	21

7	R Intanon	16	18
											R Gunji	13	15

										2	Wang ZY	21	21
	Wong L C	21	11	19

	P. V. Sindhu	15	21	21
						P. V. Sindhu	18	8

					2	Wang ZY	21	21
	Chiu P-c	16	12

2	Wang ZY	21	21

Men's doubles

Seeds

Kim Won-ho / Seo Seung-jae (champions)
Aaron Chia / Soh Wooi Yik (quarter-finals)
Liang Weikeng / Wang Chang (quarter-finals)
Satwiksairaj Rankireddy / Chirag Shetty (withdrew)
Fajar Alfian / Muhammad Shohibul Fikri (semi-finals)
Man Wei Chong / Tee Kai Wun (first round)
Goh Sze Fei / Nur Izzuddin (first round)
Takuro Hoki / Yugo Kobayashi (second round)

Finals

Semi-finals					Final

1	Kim Won-ho Seo Seung-jae	21	22

B1	He Jiting Ren Xiangyu	13	20
					1	Kim Won-ho Seo Seung-jae	21	21

						Kang Min-hyuk Ki Dong-ju	13	17
5	Fajar Alfian Muhammad Shohibul Fikri	13	21	16

	Kang Min-hyuk Ki Dong-ju	21	14	21

Top half

Section 1

First round					Second round					Quarter-finals

1	Kim W-h Seo S-j	21	21

	H Amsakarunan Arjun M. R.	15	7
					1	Kim W-h Seo S-j	21	25

						W Koh J Kubo	12	23
	Lee J-h Yang P-hs	21	15	16

	W Koh J Kubo	18	21	21
										1	Kim W-h Seo S-j	21	21

											A F Rayhan D A Wahyudi	18	16
7	Goh S F N Izzuddin	22	21	11

	C Charoenkitamorn W Thongsa-nga	24	18	21
						C Charoenkitamorn W Thongsa-nga	20	21	15

						A F Rayhan D A Wahyudi	22	15	21
	A F Rayhan D A Wahyudi	21	21

D1	S J Padiz J Villabrille	19	12

Section 2

First round					Second round					Quarter-finals

3	Liang WK Wang C	w	/	o

	Liu K-h Yang P-ha
					3	Liang WK Wang C	15	21	21

						K Kumagai H Nishi	21	15	14
	K Kumagai H Nishi	20	21	22

PFQ	P Sukphun Pak Teeraratsakul	22	17	20
										3	Liang WK Wang C	19	15

										B1	He JT Ren XY	21	21
6	Man W C Tee K W	18	18

B1	He JT Ren XY	21	21
					B1	He JT Ren XY	21	21

					PFQ	D Wee H Wong	14	10
	Hung K C Lui C W	21	24	19

PFQ	D Wee H Wong	18	26	21

Bottom half

Section 3

First round					Second round					Quarter-finals

	Lee F-c Lee F-j	21	17	22

	J Arif Yap R K	17	21	20
						Lee F-c Lee F-j	21	18	21

					SWM	S K Gutama M R Isfahani	14	21	15
	P Kaosamaang T Punpanich	9	12

SWM	S K Gutama M R Isfahani	21	21
											Lee F-c Lee F-j	15	18

										5	F Alfian M S Fikri	21	21
	Chen BY Liu Y	21	21

	T Nomura Y Shimogami	13	16
						Chen BY Liu Y	17	23

					5	F Alfian M S Fikri	21	25
	Dv Ayyappan Dh Ayyappan	12	9

5	F Alfian M S Fikri	21	21

Section 4

First round					Second round					Quarter-finals

	Kang M-h Ki D-j	21	15	25

	R Indra N Joaquin	11	21	23
						Kang M-h Ki D-j	21	19	21

					8	T Hoki Y Kobayashi	18	21	11
A1	Nguyễn Đ H Trần Đ M	12	10

8	T Hoki Y Kobayashi	21	21
											Kang M-h Ki D-j	21	26	21

										2	A Chia Soh W Y	19	28	13
C1	Law C H Yeung S C	15	16

	Hu KY Lin XY	21	21
						Hu KY Lin XY	20	19

					2	A Chia Soh W Y	22	21
	Chiu H-c Wang C-l	15	15

2	A Chia Soh W Y	21	21

Women's doubles

Seeds

Liu Shengshu / Tan Ning (final)
Pearly Tan / Thinaah Muralitharan (quarter-finals)
Baek Ha-na / Lee So-hee (second round)
Jia Yifan / Zhang Shuxian (second round)
Yuki Fukushima / Mayu Matsumoto (semi-finals)
Rin Iwanaga / Kie Nakanishi (quarter-finals)
Hsieh Pei-shan / Hung En-tzu (quarter-finals)
Li Yijing / Luo Xumin (champions)

Finals

Semi-finals				Final

1	Liu Shengshu Tan Ning	21	21

	Amallia Cahaya Pratiwi Siti Fadia Silva Ramadhanti	10	12
				1	Liu Shengshu Tan Ning	5^r

				8	Li Yijing Luo Xumin	8
5	Yuki Fukushima Mayu Matsumoto	17	17

8	Li Yijing Luo Xumin	21	21

Top half

Section 1

First round					Second round					Quarter-finals

1	Liu SS Tan N	21	21

	F D Kusuma M T Puspita Sari	11	19
					1	Liu SS Tan N	21	18	21

						H Mijad N Tungkasatan	13	21	10
	A Bhat S Gautam	10	10

	H Mijad N Tungkasatan	21	21
										1	Liu SS Tan N	21	21

										7	Hsieh P-s Hung E-t	14	13
7	Hsieh P-s Hung E-t	21	21

D1	Low Z Y N Maisarah	12	16
					7	Hsieh P-s Hung E-t	21	21

						Yeung N T Yeung P L	12	15
	A Igarashi C Shida	21	18	12

	Yeung N T Yeung P L	11	21	21

Section 2

First round					Second round				Quarter-finals

3	Baek H-n Lee S-h	21	21

	Hsu Y-c Sung Y-h	13	8
					3	Baek H-n Lee S-h	17	16

						A C Pratiwi S F Ramadhanti	21	21
	A C Pratiwi S F Ramadhanti	21	21

C1	Tay A J Teo E K	13	10
										A C Pratiwi S F Ramadhanti	21	21

									6	R Iwanaga K Nakanishi	12	16
6	R Iwanaga K Nakanishi	13	23	21

	Luo Y Wang TG	21	21	12
					6	R Iwanaga K Nakanishi	21	21

						Ong X Y C Ting	18	14
PFQ	Chong J Y V Ng	9	14

	Ong X Y C Ting	21	21

Bottom half

Section 3

First round					Second round					Quarter-finals

B1	Phạm T D L Phạm T K	15	21	13

	P Konjengbam S Mishra	21	17	21
						P Konjengbam S Mishra	10	13

					5	Y Fukushima M Matsumoto	21	21
	Lui L L Tsang H Y	9	17

5	Y Fukushima M Matsumoto	21	21
										5	Y Fukushima M Matsumoto	21	21

											R A Rose F Setianingrum	11	16
	R A Rose F Setianingrum	19	21	21

	Chang C-h Yang C-t	21	9	14
						R A Rose F Setianingrum	16	21	21

					4	Jia YF Zhang SX	21	19	9
A1	Lee S-j Lee Y-w	16	12

4	Jia YF Zhang SX	21	21

Section 4

First round				Second round					Quarter-finals

	R Hirokami S Hobara	21	21

PFQ	P Phatcharaphisutsin N Sukklad	11	4
					R Hirokami S Hobara	14	10

				8	Li YJ Luo XM	21	21
	K Selvam S Singhi	9	8

8	Li YJ Luo XM	21	21
									8	Li YJ Luo XM	21	21

									2	P Tan Thinaah M	13	15
	Hsu Y-h Lin J-y	21	21

	O Jongsathapornparn S Suwachai	12	13
					Hsu Y-h Lin J-y	19	21	22

				2	P Tan Thinaah M	21	19	24
	Fan K Y Yau M Y	14	11

2	P Tan Thinaah M	21	21

Mixed doubles

Seeds

Feng Yanzhe / Huang Dongping (semi-finals)
Jiang Zhenbang / Wei Yaxin (withdrew)
Dechapol Puavaranukroh / Supissara Paewsampran (final)
Chen Tang Jie / Toh Ee Wei (quarter-finals)
Tang Chun Man / Tse Ying Suet (first round)
Guo Xinwa / Chen Fanghui (quarter-finals)
Jafar Hidayatullah / Felisha Pasaribu (second round)
Goh Soon Huat / Shevon Jemie Lai (second round)

Finals

Semi-finals					Final

1	Feng Yanzhe Huang Dongping	19	21	20

3	Dechapol Puavaranukroh Supissara Paewsampran	21	18	22
					3	Dechapol Puavaranukroh Supissara Paewsampran

					D1	Kim Jae-hyeon Jang Ha-jeong	w	/	o
	Yuta Watanabe Maya Taguchi	18	11

D1	Kim Jae-hyeon Jang Ha-jeong	21	21

Top half

Section 1

First round					Second round					Quarter-finals

1	Feng YZ Huang DP	21	21

	Pak Teeraratsakul S Taerattanachai	5	13
					1	Feng YZ Huang DP	21	21

						A Syahnawi N V Marwah	10	15
	A Syahnawi N V Marwah	19	21	22

	A Koga N Saito	21	16	20
										1	Feng YZ Huang DP	21	21

											Chen C-k Hsu Y-h	10	18
8	Goh S H S J Lai	21	21

	R Kapoor R Gadde	13	19
					8	Goh S H S J Lai	21	15	16

						Chen C-k Hsu Y-h	10	21	21
B1	A Jumar U Akter	7	11

	Chen C-k Hsu Y-h	21	21

Section 2

First round				Second round				Quarter-finals

3	D Puavaranukroh S Paewsampran	21	21

	B Setiabudi M D Oktavianti	9	14
				3	D Puavaranukroh S Paewsampran	21	21

					Y Shimogami S Hobara	9	16
C1	Trần Đ M Phạm T K	5	4

	Y Shimogami S Hobara	21	21
								3	D Puavaranukroh S Paewsampran	19	21	21

								6	Guo XW Chen FH	21	17	15
6	Guo XW Chen FH	21	21

	Wu G-x Lee C-h	17	18
				6	Guo XW Chen FH	21	21

					Wong T C Lim C S	8	14
	Wong T C Lim C S	21	21

	A Surya A Pramuthesh	16	15

Bottom half

Section 3

First round					Second round					Quarter-finals

	Y Watanabe M Taguchi	21	21

A1	Hung K C Tsang H Y	8	16
						Y Watanabe M Taguchi	21	24

					SWM	Ye H-w N G Chan	19	22
	A Maulana I C Jamil	16	18

SWM	Ye H-w N G Chan	21	21
											Y Watanabe M Taguchi	26	21

											Yang P-hs Hu L-f	24	16
PFQ	Leong I C Ng W C	3	14

	Yang P-hs Hu L-f	21	21
						Yang P-hs Hu L-f	15	21	24

						Cheng X Zhang C	21	15	22
	Cheng X Zhang C	19	21	21

5	Tang C M Tse Y S	21	19	7

Section 4

First round					Second round					Quarter-finals

	Hoo P R Cheng S Y	14	6^r

D1	Kim J-h Jang H-j	21	9
					D1	Kim J-h Jang H-j	23	20	21

					7	J Hidayatullah F Pasaribu	21	22	10
PFQ	Chan Y C Ng T Y	9	21	15

7	J Hidayatullah F Pasaribu	21	15	21
										D1	Kim J-h Jang H-j	21	21

										4	Chen T J Toh E W	19	17
	P Horbanluekit B Aimsaard	14	21	15

	D Kapila T Crasto	21	11	21
						D Kapila T Crasto	13	14

					4	Chen T J Toh E W	21	21
	H Kawabe K Ishikawa	10	19

4	Chen T J Toh E W	21	21

References

↑ "Badminton schedule 2026: India to host World Championships; Asian Games on the cards - full BWF calendar". Olympics.com. 1 January 2026. Retrieved 7 January 2026.
1 2 3 "BANK OF NINGBO Badminton Asia Championships 2026" (PDF). Badminton Asia. Retrieved 26 March 2026.
↑ "World Ranking System" (PDF). Badminton World Federation. Archived (PDF) from the original on 10 May 2019. Retrieved 14 December 2022.

External links

Tournament link

[1] "Badminton schedule 2026: India to host World Championships; Asian Games on the cards - full BWF calendar". Olympics.com. 1 January 2026. Retrieved 7 January 2026.

[pros-2] 1 2 3 "BANK OF NINGBO Badminton Asia Championships 2026" (PDF). Badminton Asia. Retrieved 26 March 2026.

[3] "World Ranking System" (PDF). Badminton World Federation. Archived (PDF) from the original on 10 May 2019. Retrieved 14 December 2022.

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Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	South Korea	3	1	1	5
2	China*	2	2	2	6
3	Thailand	0	1	1	2
4	India	0	1	0	1
5	Japan	0	0	3	3
6	Indonesia	0	0	2	2
7	Chinese Taipei	0	0	1	1
Totals (7 entries)		5	5	10	20