1976 Asian Invitational Badminton Championships

The 1976 Asian Invitational Badminton Championships which was the first edition of Asian Invitational Championships took place in the month of March in Bangkok, Thailand.[1] The individual competitions except Mixed doubles were conducted.[2][3] At the end of day, Indonesia took titles from two disciplines, Men's singles and Men's doubles competitions while China won Women's singles and Malaysia secured Women's doubles title.[4][5]

1976 Asian Invitational Badminton Championships
Tournament details
Dates24 – 28 March
Edition1
VenueIndoor Stadium Huamark
LocationBangkok, Thailand
1977 Hong Kong

Medalists

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Discipline Gold Silver Bronze
Men's singles   Iie Sumirat   Hou Jiachang   Tang Xianhu
Women's singles   Liang Qiuxia   Verawaty Fadjrin   Chen Yuniang
Men's doubles   Ade Chandra
  Christian Hadinata
  Luan Jin
  Tang Xianhu
  Bandid Jaiyen
  Pichai Kongsiritaworn
Women's doubles   Rosalind Singha Ang
  Sylvia Ng
  Kingmanee Thongkam
  Sirisriro Patama
  Fu Chune
  Liang Qiuxia

Men's singles

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Semifinal Final
          
  Tang Xianhu 9 15 6
  Iie Sumirat 15 12 15
  Iie Sumirat 12 15 18
  Hou Jiachang 15 8 15
  Luan Jin 2 5
  Hou Jiachang 15 15 Third place
  Tang Xianhu 15 15
  Luan Jin 5 2

Women's singles

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Semifinal Final
          
  Liang Qiuxia 11 11
  Sylvia Ng 2 4
  Liang Qiuxia 8 11 11
  Verawaty Fadjrin 11 0 5
  Chen Yuniang 3 9
  Verawaty Fadjrin 11 12 Third place
  Sylvia Ng 4 6
  Chen Yuniang 11 11

Men's doubles

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Semi-finals Final
          
  Ade Chandra
  Christian Hadinata
15 15
  Bandid Jaiyen
  Pichai Kongsiritaworn
8 3
  Ade Chandra
  Christian Hadinata
15 15
  Luan Jin
  Tang Xianhu
8 10
  Pornchai Sakuntaniyom
  Preecha Sopajaree
17 10 4
  Luan Jin
  Tang Xianhu
16 15 15 Third place
  Bandid Jaiyen
  Pichai Kongsiritaworn
  Pornchai Sakuntaniyom
  Preecha Sopajaree

Women's doubles

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Semi-finals Final
          
  Rosalind Singha Ang
  Sylvia Ng
15 15
  Porntip Buntanon
  Suleeporn Jittariyakul
5 3
  Rosalind Singha Ang
  Sylvia Ng
15 18
  Kingmanee Thongkam
  Sirisriro Patama
9 14
  Fu Chune
  Liang Qiuxia
14 8
  Kingmanee Thongkam
  Sirisriro Patama
18 15 Third place
  Porntip Buntanon
  Suleeporn Jittariyakul
7 11
  Fu Chune
  Liang Qiuxia
15 15

References

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  1. ^ "Shock for China's no. 1, Big triumph for Thai girls". The Straits Times. 25 March 1976. p. 29.
  2. ^ "Tang, Hou in last eight". The Straits Times. 26 March 1976. p. 31.
  3. ^ "More shocks for China's shuttle stars". The Straits Times. 27 March 1976. p. 39.
  4. ^ "Sumirat scores shock victory over Tang". The Straits Times. 28 March 1976. p. 30.
  5. ^ "Sizzling win by Sumirat". The Straits Times. 29 March 1976. p. 24.