1993 Asian Badminton Championships

1993 Asian Badminton Championships

Tournament details
Edition	12
Venue	Queen Elizabeth Stadium
Location	Hong Kong
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The 1993 Asian Badminton Championships (officially, Seiko Asian Badminton Men's Team Championships) was the 12th edition of Badminton Asia Championships. It took place from March 31 to April 4, 1993 at the Queen Elizabeth Stadium in Hong Kong. Only the team competition for men's teams was held. Indonesian Men's team won the crown.

Men's team medalists

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's team[1][2]	Indonesia Imay Hendra Bagus Setiadi Ardy Wiranata Alan Budikusuma Hermawan Susanto Rexy Mainaky Ricky Subagja Heryanto Arbi	China Chen Kang Wang Zhengwen Zheng Yumin Huang Zhanzhong Wu Wenkai Liu Jun Chen Hongyong Deng Xiaojian	Malaysia Foo Kok Keong Cheah Soon Kit Soo Beng Kiang Yong Hock Kin Yap Yee Guan Yap Yee Hup Ong Ewe Hock Pang Chen
	Chinese Taipei Lin Wei-chen Horng Shin-jeng Huang Chuan-chen Liu En-hung Lee Mou-chou Chang Jeng-shyuang Yang Shih-jeng Ger Shin-ming[3]

Tournament

Venue

The tournament was held at the Queen Elizabeth Stadium in Hong Kong.

Teams

A total of 18 countries participated in the competition. Eight teams will compete in Division 1 and the remaining teams will compete in Division 2. Due to the withdrawal of Iran and Myanmar, the competition format for Division 2 was later changed from group elimination to knockout rounds.

Division 1  China  Indonesia  Hong Kong (hosts)  Japan  South Korea  Malaysia  Chinese Taipei  Thailand

Division 2  Bangladesh  Brunei  India  Iran (withdrew)  Macau  Myanmar (withdrew)    Nepal  Philippines  Sri Lanka  Syria

Draw

The draw was announced in March 1993. A total of eight countries were set to compete in the first division of the men's team championships. The team consists of two groups, Group A and Group B. The two teams that finish top of each group will qualify for the knockout stage.

Group A	Group B
China  Japan  Malaysia  Hong Kong	Indonesia  South Korea  Chinese Taipei  Thailand

Division 1

Group stage

All times are Hong Kong Time (UTC+08:00).

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	MF	MA	MD	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	China	2	2	0	15	0	+15	28	2	+26	3	Knockout stage
2	Malaysia	2	1	1	10	5	+5	21	10	+11	2
3	Hong Kong (H)	2	0	2	4	11	−7	10	23	−13	1
4	Japan	2	0	2	1	14	−13	4	28	−24	0

China 5	Queen Elizabeth Stadium 31 March 1993		Hong Kong 0
1 2 3 1 Wu Wenkai Chan Kin Ngai 15 12 15 7     2 Chen Hongyong / Chen Kang Chan Siu Kwong / Ng Pak Kum 15 11 15 10     3 Liu Jun Wong Wai Lap 18 16 15 3     4 Huang Zhanzhong / Zheng Yumin Wong Wai Lap / Chow Kin Man 15 4 15 10     5 Wan Zhengwen Ng Liang Hua 15 1 11 15 15 9

Malaysia 5	Queen Elizabeth Stadium 31 March 1993		Japan 0
1 2 3 1 Foo Kok Keong Kazuhiro Shimogami 15 1 15 7     2 Cheah Soon Kit / Soo Beng Kiang Fumihiko Machida / Koji Miya 15 4 15 5     3 Yong Hock Kin Hideaki Motoyama 15 11 15 10     4 Yap Yee Guan / Yap Yee Hup Takuya Katayama / Yuzo Kubota 15 3 15 8     5 Pang Chen Seiichi Watanabe 7 15 15 4 15 7

China 5	Queen Elizabeth Stadium 1 April 1993		Japan 0
1 2 3 1 Liu Jun Kazuhiro Shimogami 15 7 15 2     2 Chen Hongyong / Chen Kang Fumihiko Machida / Koji Miya 15 12 15 8     3 Wan Zhengwen Hideaki Motoyama 15 5 15 2     4 Huang Zhanzhong / Zheng Yumin Takuya Katayama / Yuzo Kubota 15 8 15 6     5 Deng Xiaojian Seiichi Watanabe 15 7 15 8

Malaysia 5	Queen Elizabeth Stadium 1 April 1993		Hong Kong 0
1 2 3 1 Foo Kok Keong Wong Wai Lap 12 15 15 3 15 9   2 Cheah Soon Kit / Soo Beng Kiang Chan Siu Kwong / Chow Kin Man 15 6 15 4     3 Yong Hock Kin Ng Liang Hua 18 3 15 7     4 Yap Yee Guan / Yap Yee Hup Chan Kin Ngai / Ng Pak Kum 15 3 15 11     5 Ong Ewe Hock Tam Kai Chuen 15 9 15 10

Malaysia 0	Queen Elizabeth Stadium 2 April 1993		China 5
1 2 3 1 Yong Hock Kin Wu Wenkai 12 15 10 15     2 Yap Yee Guan / Yap Yee Hup Chen Hongyong / Chen Kang 8 15 11 15     3 Pang Chen Liu Jun 3 15 5 15     4 Cheah Soon Kit / Ong Ewe Hock Huang Zhanzhong / Zheng Yumin         w/o 5 Ong Ewe Hock Wan Zhengwen 15 7 4 15 16 18

Hong Kong 4	Queen Elizabeth Stadium 2 April 1993		Japan 1
1 2 3 1 Chan Kin Ngai Kazuhiro Shimogami 15 1 15 0     2 Chan Siu Kwong / Ng Pak Kum Fumihiko Machida / Koji Miya 1 15 7 15     3 Wong Wai Lap Hideaki Motoyama 15 2 15 8     4 Chan Kin Ngai / Chow Kin Man Takuya Katayama / Seiichi Watanabe 15 10 4 15 15 9   5 Ng Liang Hua Fumihiko Machida 15 9 15 13

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	MF	MA	MD	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Indonesia	2	2	0	15	0	+15	30	0	+30	3	Knockout stage
2	Chinese Taipei	2	1	1	7	8	−1	15	18	−3	2
3	South Korea	2	0	2	6	9	−3	14	20	−6	1
4	Thailand	2	0	2	1	14	−13	6	27	−21	0

South Korea 2	Queen Elizabeth Stadium 31 March 1993		Chinese Taipei 3
1 2 3 1 Park Sung-woo Lee Mou-chou 15 4 15 1     2 Ha Tae-kwon / Yoo Yong-sung Horng Shin-jeng / Huang Chuan-chen 18 17 11 15 7 15   3 Lee Yong-sun Lin Wei-chen 15 8 15 2     4 Lee Suk-ho / Nam Chul-hwan Ger Shin-ming / Yang Shih-jeng 15 12 1 15 4 15   5 Yoo Yong-sung Liu En-hung 5 15 10 15

Indonesia 5	Queen Elizabeth Stadium 31 March 1993		Thailand 0
1 2 3 1 Alan Budikusuma Teeranun Chiangta 15 4 18 14     2 Rexy Mainaky / Ricky Subagja Pramote Teerawiwatana / Sakrapee Thongsari 15 0 15 5     3 Ardy Wiranata Thaweesak Koetsriphan 15 3 15 3     4 Imay Hendra / Bagus Setiadi Monthon Bumphenkeitikul / Khunakorn Sudhisodhi 15 6 15 5     5 Hermawan Susanto Kasemsak Chatujinda 15 4 18 13

South Korea 4	Queen Elizabeth Stadium 1 April 1993		Thailand 1
1 2 3 1 Park Sung-woo Sompol Kukasemkij 15 12 15 5     2 Ha Tae-kwon / Yoo Yong-sung Pramote Teerawiwatana / Sakrapee Thongsari 7 15 9 15     3 Lee Yong-sun Teeranun Chiangta 15 10 15 6     4 Kim Dong-moon / Lee Suk-ho Kasemsak Chatujinda / Sompol Kukasemkij 17 14 10 15 15 10   5 Nam Chul-hwan Thaweesak Koetsriphan 15 11 7 15 15 8

Indonesia 5	Queen Elizabeth Stadium 1 April 1993		Chinese Taipei 0
1 2 3 1 Hariyanto Arbi Lin Wei-chen 15 4 15 6     2 Rexy Mainaky / Ricky Subagja Horng Shin-jeng / Huang Chuan-chen 15 0 15 3     3 Alan Budikusuma Liu En-hung 18 13 15 5     4 Imay Hendra / Hermawan Susanto Chang Jeng-shyuang / Lee Mou-chou 15 6 15 1     5 Ardy Wiranata Chang Jeng-shyuang 15 4 15 5

Thailand 1	Queen Elizabeth Stadium 2 April 1993		Chinese Taipei 4
1 2 3 1 Sompol Kukasemkij Lee Mou-chou 7 15 15 5 15 3   2 Pramote Teerawiwatana / Sakrapee Thongsari Ger Shin-ming / Yang Shih-jeng 9 15 13 15     3 Teeranun Chiangta Lin Wei-chen 14 17 12 15     4 Kasemsak Chatujinda / Sompol Kukasemkij Horng Shin-jeng / Huang Chuan-chen 7 15 5 15     5 Thaweesak Koetsriphan Liu En-hung 9 15 10 15

Indonesia 5	Queen Elizabeth Stadium 2 April 1993		South Korea 0
1 2 3 1 Hariyanto Arbi Park Sung-woo 15 7 15 6     2 Rexy Mainaky / Ricky Subagja Lee Suk-ho / Yoo Yong-sung 15 0 15 3     3 Alan Budikusuma Lee Yong-sun 15 8 15 6     4 Imay Hendra / Hermawan Susanto Kim Dong-moon / Nam Chul-hwan 15 11 15 8     5 Ardy Wiranata Ha Tae-kwon 15 7 15 3

Knockout stage

Bracket

	Semi-finals					Final
	China		4
	Chinese Taipei		1
						China		2
						Indonesia		3
	Malaysia		2
	Indonesia		3

Semi-finals

Malaysia 2	Queen Elizabeth Stadium 3 April 1993		Indonesia 3
1 2 3 1 Foo Kok Keong Heryanto Arbi 6 15 15 18     2 Soo Beng Kiang / Cheah Soon Kit Rexy Mainaky / Ricky Subagja 6 15 10 15     3 Yong Hock Kin Ardy Wiranata 12 15 4 15     4 Yap Yee Guan / Yap Yee Hup Imay Hendra / Bagus Setiadi         5 Ong Ewe Hock Hermawan Susanto 5 15 15 11 15 10

China 4	Queen Elizabeth Stadium 3 April 1993		Chinese Taipei 1
1 2 3 1 Wu Wenkai Lee Mou-chou 15 8 15 6     2 Zheng Yumin / Huang Zhanzhong Ger Shin-ming / Yang Shih-jeng 15 9 17 18 15 4   3 Liu Jun Liu En-hung 15 8 15 6     4 Wan Zhengwen Chang Jeng-shyuang 17 15 15 4     5 Liu Jun / Chen Kang Horng Shin-jeng / Huang Chuan-chen 11 15 5 15

Final Round

The championship winner was the team from Indonesia, ahead of China. In the final on April 4, 1993, the 25-year-old Chinese player Zheng Yumin collapsed in the fourth of five matches of the team fight when Indonesians were leading 2–0. He had to be given mouth-to-mouth breathing assistance and chest compressions before he was rushed to Hospital. Indonesia gave walkover for the last match and won by 3–2.^[4][5]

China 2	Queen Elizabeth Stadium 4 April 1993		Indonesia 3
1 2 3 1 Wu Wenkai Heryanto Arbi 3 15 8 15     2 Chen Hongyong / Chen Kang Rexy Mainaky / Ricky Subagja 15 12 18 13     3 Liu Jun Alan Budikusuma 6 15 18 17 4 15   4 Huang Zhanzhong / Zheng Yumin Imay Hendra / Hermawan Susanto 0 2       5 Wang Zhengwen Ardy Wiranata

Division 2

Bracket

	First round					Quarter-finals					Semi-finals					Final
						Sri Lanka		4
						Nepal		1
											Sri Lanka		0
	Brunei		0								Singapore		5
	Philippines		5			Philippines		0
						Singapore		5
																Singapore		0
																India		5
						Pakistan		4
	Macau		5			Macau		1
	Syria		0								Pakistan		0
											India		5
						Bangladesh		0
						India		5

Final

India 5	Queen Elizabeth Stadium 4 April 1993		Singapore 0
1 2 3 1 Rajeev Bagga Hamid Khan 15 11 15 5     2 Praveen Kumar You Kok Kiong 8 15 15 9 15 8   3 Ajay Kanwar / Vijaydeep Singh Hamid Khan / Lim Boon Leng 17 16 15 7     4 Rajeev Bagga / Praveen Kumar Patrick Lau / Lim Hong Han 10 10 18 15 15 8   5 George Thomas Tan Sian Peng 15 9 4 15 15 8

References

1. "Scoreline – Badminton". The New Paper. 1 April 1993. p. 30. Retrieved 29 December 2022 – via NewspaperSG.
2. Koh, Thomas (4 April 1993). "Singapore thrashed 5-0 in men's Division Two final". The Straits Times. p. 26. Retrieved 29 December 2022 – via NewspaperSG.
3. "Scoreline – Badminton". The New Paper. 3 April 1993. p. 48. Retrieved 29 December 2022 – via NewspaperSG.
4. "Pemain China rebah ketika dahului Indonesia". Berita Harian (in Malay). 5 April 1993. p. 9. Retrieved 29 December 2022 – via NewspaperSG.
5. "Scorecard – Badminton". The Business Times. 5 April 1993. p. 15. Retrieved 29 December 2022 – via NewspaperSG.

Sources

• "Indonesia Juara Dengan Kejutan". Kompas (in Indonesian). 5 April 1993. p. 1.