| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country |  Malaysia |
| City | Johor Bahru |
| Venue(s) | Bandaraya Stadium |
| Dates | March 28 – April 2, 2006 |
The 2006 Asian Badminton Championships was the 25th edition of the Asian Badminton Championships. It was held in Johor Bahru, Malaysia from March 28 to April 2, 2006 as a four-star tournament.
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's singles | Lee Chong Wei |  Boonsak Ponsana |  Park Sung-hwan |
 Chen Yu | |||
| Women's singles |  Wang Chen |  Kaori Mori | Jiang Yanjiao |
| Chen Li | |||
| Men's doubles | Choong Tan Fook and Lee Wan Wah | Hoon Thien How and Tan Boon Heong |  Luluk Hadiyanto and Alvent Yulianto |
| Hwang Ji-man and Jung Tae-keuk | |||
| Women's doubles | Du Jing and Yu Yang |  Cheng Wen-hsing and Chien Yu-chin | Pan Pan and Tian Qing |
| Lim Pek Siah and Joanne Quay | |||
| Mixed doubles | Nova Widianto and Liliyana Natsir | Sudket Prapakamol and Saralee Thungthongkam | Zhang Wei and Yu Yang |
 Hendri Kurniawan Saputra and Li Yujia |
| Pos | Country |  |  |  | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Malaysia | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 2 | China | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 |
| 3 | Indonesia | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | Hong Kong | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Thailand | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | Japan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Chinese Taipei | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 8 | South Korea | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 9 | Singapore | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||||||
| Lee Chong Wei | 21 | 21 | |||||||||||
| Park Sung-hwan | 15 | 15 | |||||||||||
| Lee Chong Wei | 21 | 21 | |||||||||||
| Boonsak Ponsana | 12 | 16 | |||||||||||
| Chen Yu | 22 | 13 | |||||||||||
| Boonsak Ponsana | 24 | 21 | |||||||||||
| Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||||||
| Wang Chen | 21 | 21 | |||||||||||
| Jiang Yanjiao | 17 | 18 | |||||||||||
| Wang Chen | 21 | 9 | 21 | ||||||||||
| Kaori Mori | 14 | 21 | 13 | ||||||||||
| Chen Li | 17 | 19 | |||||||||||
| Kaori Mori | 21 | 21 | |||||||||||
| Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||||||
| Choong Tan Fook Lee Wan Wah | 21 | 18 | 21 | ||||||||||
| Luluk Hadiyanto Alvent Yulianto | 14 | 21 | 15 | ||||||||||
| Choong Tan Fook Lee Wan Wah | 17 | 21 | 21 | ||||||||||
| Hoon Thien How Tan Boon Heong | 21 | 11 | 12 | ||||||||||
| Hoon Thien How Tan Boon Heong | 21 | 21 | |||||||||||
| Hwang Ji-man Jung Tae-keuk | 19 | 18 | |||||||||||
| Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||||||
| Cheng Wen-hsing Chien Yu-chin | 21 | 21 | |||||||||||
| Joanne Quay Lim Pek Siah | 9 | 15 | |||||||||||
| Cheng Wen-hsing Chien Yu-chin | 11 | 16 | |||||||||||
| Du Jing Yu Yang | 21 | 21 | |||||||||||
| Du Jing Yu Yang | w | / | o | ||||||||||
| Pan Pan Tian Qing | |||||||||||||
| Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||||||
| Nova Widianto Liliyana Natsir | 21 | 21 | |||||||||||
| Zhang Wei Yu Yang | 9 | 9 | |||||||||||
| Nova Widianto Liliyana Natsir | 21 | 21 | 21 | ||||||||||
| Sudket Prapakamol Saralee Thungthongkam | 16 | 23 | 14 | ||||||||||
| Hendri Kurniawan Saputra Li Yujia | 21 | 19 | 9 | ||||||||||
| Sudket Prapakamol Saralee Thungthongkam | 14 | 21 | 21 | ||||||||||
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