Tournament details | |||
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Dates | 16–23 February 2014 | ||
Edition | 17 | ||
Venue | Taipei Gymnasium | ||
Location | Taipei, Taiwan | ||
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The 2014 Badminton Asia Junior Championships is an Asia continental junior championships to crown the best U-19 badminton players across Asia. It was held in Taipei, Taiwan from February 16 to February 23, 2014. This is the second time for this event has been held in Taipei after being hosted by the city in 2001. This year, over 250 top badminton players from more than 20 different countries participated in the competition. [1]
The 2014 Badminton Asia Junior Championships organized by the Chinese Taipei Badminton Association and Badminton Asia Confederation. This tournament consists of mixed team competition, which was held from 16 – 19 February , as well as the five individual events started from 19–23 February. [2]
This tournament was held at Taipei Gymnasium. [3]
In the mixed team event, China defended their title by sweeping South Korea 3–0 in the final. Japan and Chinese Taipei team finished in the semi-finals. [4] In the individuals event, China secured four titles, by winning the boys' singles, boys' doubles, girls' doubles and mixed doubles. The girls' singles title goes to Japanese player. [5]
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | China (CHN) | 5 | 2 | 2 | 9 |
2 | Japan (JPN) | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
3 | South Korea (KOR) | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
4 | Chinese Taipei (TPE) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Hong Kong (HKG) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Indonesia (INA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Singapore (SIN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Thailand (THA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (8 entries) | 6 | 6 | 12 | 24 |
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