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| Dates | 23 – 27 February | ||
| Edition | 2 | ||
| Location | Hong Kong | ||
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The 1977 Asian Invitational Badminton Championships which was the second edition of Asian Invitational Championships took place in the month of February in Hong Kong. [1] The individual competitions except Mixed doubles were conducted. [2] A total of thirteen Asian countries took part in this event. [3] At the end of day, China won all the disciplines except Men's doubles which was won by Indonesia. [4] [5]
| Discipline | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's singles |  Yu Yaodong | Luan Jin | Lin Shiquan |
| Women's singles | Liang Qiuxia | Liu Xia |  Saori Kondo |
| Men's doubles |  Johan Wahjudi Tjun Tjun | Ade Chandra Christian Hadinata | Yao Ximing Sun Zhian |
| Women's doubles | Liang Qiuxia Liu Xia | Mikiko Takada Atsuko Tokuda |  Rosalind Singha Ang Sylvia Ng |
| Semifinal | Final | ||||||||||||
| Yu Yaodong | 15 | 15 | |||||||||||
| Lin Shiquan | 5 | 9 | |||||||||||
| Yu Yaodong | 15 | 15 | |||||||||||
| Luan Jin | 6 | 8 | |||||||||||
| Yao Ximing | 4 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Luan Jin | 15 | 15 | Third place | ||||||||||
| Lin Shiquan | 15 | 15 | |||||||||||
| Yao Ximing | 5 | 9 | |||||||||||
| Semifinal | Final | ||||||||||||
| Liang Qiuxia | 11 | 11 | |||||||||||
| Saori Kondo | 7 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Liang Qiuxia | 11 | 11 | |||||||||||
| Liu Xia | 5 | 7 | |||||||||||
 Park Ok-yun | 3 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Liu Xia | 11 | 11 | Third place | ||||||||||
| Saori Kondo | 11 | 6 | 11 | ||||||||||
| Park Ok-yun | 1 | 11 | 3 | ||||||||||
| Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||||||
| Ade Chandra Christian Hadinata | 18 | 15 | |||||||||||
| Yao Ximing Sun Zhian | 17 | 7 | |||||||||||
| Ade Chandra Christian Hadinata | 17 | 2 | 5 | ||||||||||
| Johan Wahjudi Tjun Tjun | 14 | 15 | 15 | ||||||||||
| Hou Jiachang Yu Yaodong | 11 | 15 | 4 | ||||||||||
| Johan Wahjudi Tjun Tjun | 15 | 8 | 15 | Third place | |||||||||
| Yao Ximing Sun Zhian | w | / | o | ||||||||||
| Hou Jiachang Yu Yaodong | |||||||||||||
| Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||||||
| Rosalind Singha Ang Sylvia Ng | 15 | 9 | 3 | ||||||||||
| Liang Qiuxia Liu Xia | 7 | 15 | 15 | ||||||||||
| Liang Qiuxia Liu Xia | 15 | 15 | |||||||||||
| Mikiko Takada Atsuko Tokuda | 7 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Mikiko Takada Atsuko Tokuda | 15 | 10 | 15 | ||||||||||
 Kingmanee Thongkam Sirisriro Patama | 5 | 15 | 5 | Third place | |||||||||
| Rosalind Singha Ang Sylvia Ng | 15 | 15 | |||||||||||
| Kingmanee Thongkam Sirisriro Patama | 7 | 3 | |||||||||||
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