1976 Asian Invitational Badminton Championships

Not to be confused with 1976 Asian Badminton Championships.

1976 Asian Invitational Badminton Championships

Tournament details
Dates	24 – 28 March
Edition	1
Venue	Indoor Stadium Huamark
Location	Bangkok, Thailand
1977 Hong Kong →

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]}

Medalists

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

	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

	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

	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

	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

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.