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| Dates | 24 – 28 March | ||
| Edition | 1 | ||
| Venue | Indoor Stadium Huamark | ||
| Location | Bangkok, Thailand | ||
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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]
| 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 |
| 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 | |||||||||||
| 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 | |||||||||||
| 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 | |||||||||||||
| 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 | |||||||||||
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