2020 Badminton Asia Team Championships
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| Dates | 11–16 February | ||
| Edition | 3 | ||
| Venue | Rizal Memorial Coliseum | ||
| Location | Manila, Philippines | ||
| Champions | |||
| Men's teams |  Indonesia | ||
| Women's teams |  Japan | ||
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| Events | ||
| Men's team | Women's team | |
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| Men | Women | |
The 2020 Badminton Asia Team Championships (also known as the 2020 Smart Badminton Asia Manila Team Championship due to sponsorship reasons)[1] was the third edition of Badminton Asia Team Championships, staged at the Rizal Memorial Coliseum in Manila, Philippines, from 11 to 16 February 2020.[2] This championships was organized by the Badminton Asia with Philippine Badminton Association as host organiser and sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation.[3] This tournament served as the Asian qualifiers for the 2020 Thomas & Uber Cup in Denmark. Competitors could also accumulate points as part of qualification process for 2020 Summer Olympics badminton tournament in Tokyo. Indonesia and Japan were the defending champions on men's and women's category respectively. They both successfully defended their title.[1][4]
Background
[edit]The 2020 Badminton Asia Team Championships officially crowned the best male and female national badminton teams in Asia and at the same time served as the Asian qualification event towards the 2020 Thomas & Uber Cup finals. Twenty-four teams, consisting of 12 men's teams and 12 women's teams entered the tournament.[5] China and Hong Kong withdrew from the tournament due to the Philippine government's ban on foreigners regardless of nationality from visiting the host country from China due to concerns over the COVID-19 pandemic.[6]
Competition format
[edit]The competition begins with a group stage: all participating teams are divided into four groups of two or three teams each. Each team plays each other once, with the top two teams advancing to the knockout stage. A match is won by the team that first wins three games. The eight teams that qualify will be drawn and compete in a knockout format until the final.[3]
- Tie-breaker
Team ranking within a group is determined based on the following criteria: number of wins; match difference; game difference; and points difference. If two teams are tied after a criterion is applied, the winner of the match between the two teams will be ranked higher. A draw will be held to determine ranking if there are still teams tied after all criteria are applied.[7]
Hosting
[edit]On 10 January 2020, Badminton Asia announced that the Philippines were set to host the Badminton Asia Team Championships in Manila and will be using the Rizal Memorial Coliseum as the venue for the entire tournament.[8][9]
Schedule
[edit]| Day, Date | Time | Phase | |
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| Tuesday, 11 February | 10:00 | Group Stage | |
| 16:00 | |||
| Wednesday, 12 February | 10:00 | Group Stage | |
| 16:00 | |||
| Thursday, 13 February | 10:00 | Group Stage | |
| 16:00 | |||
| Friday, 14 February | 10:00 | Quarter-finals | |
| 16:00 | |||
| Saturday, 15 February | 10:00 | Semi-finals | |
| 16:00 | |||
| Sunday, 26 February | 10:00 | Finals | |
| 16:00 | |||
| Note: All times are in Philippines Standard Time (UTC+08:00) | |||
Teams
[edit]The tournament will feature 10 teams competing in the men's category and 9 teams in the women's category.
| Nation | Men's | Women's | Nation | Men's | Women's |
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 Chinese Taipei |
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 Singapore |
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 South Korea |
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 Kazakhstan |
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 Thailand |
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Draw
[edit]Seedings
[edit]The seeding was based on team ranking on 21 January 2020.[10]
- Men's team
- Women's team
Drawn groups
[edit]The draw was held on 29 January 2020, at the Century Park Hotel in Manila.[11] Both men's and women's team group stage consist of four groups with three teams.
However, due to the withdrawal of China and Hong Kong, the men's tournament groups were re-drawn on 10 February 2020.[12] No redrawing was made for the women's tournament despite the withdrawal of India.[13]
- Men's team
| Group A | Group B | Group C | Group D |
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| Indonesia (1) South Korea (7)
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India (5) Malaysia (6) Kazakhstan
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Chinese Taipei (4) Singapore Philippines
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Japan (2) Thailand (8)
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- Women's team
| Group W | Group X | Group Y | Group Z |
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| Japan (1) Malaysia (8)
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South Korea (3) Kazakhstan
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Thailand (4) Indonesia (5) Philippines
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Chinese Taipei (6) Singapore
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Medal summary
[edit]Medal table
[edit]* Host nation (Philippines)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 | Japan | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | Indonesia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 |  Malaysia | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | South Korea | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | India | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Thailand | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (6 entries) | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | |
Medalists
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b "Indonesia takes Asian Badminton Team Championships three-peat". Tiebreaker Times. 16 February 2020. Retrieved 17 February 2020.
- ^ "The Philippines to host 2020 Badminton Asia Championships". ABS-CBN Sports. 10 January 2020. Archived from the original on January 11, 2020. Retrieved 10 January 2020.
- ^ a b "Badminton Asia Team Championships 2020 Prospectus". Badminton Asia. Retrieved 13 February 2020.
- ^ Valderrama, Aeron Paul (16 February 2020). "Japan remains queen of Asian Badminton Team Championship". Tiebreaker Times. Retrieved 17 February 2020.
- ^ "Badminton Asia Team Championships 2020 - Participating Member Association". Badminton Asia. Retrieved 15 January 2020.
- ^ Chan, Kin-wa (8 February 2020). "Coronavirus outbreak: Hong Kong badminton team look to Europe after the Philippines forces them to find alternative training camps". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
- ^ "BWF Statutes, Section 5.1: General Competition Regulations" (PDF). BWF Corporate. Badminton World Federation. 8 November 2025. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 November 2025. Retrieved 10 January 2026.
- ^ Lozada, Bong (2020-01-10). "Philippines hosts 2020 Badminton Asia Championships". INQUIRER.net. Retrieved 2026-05-06.
- ^ Times, Tiebreaker (2020-01-10). "Philippines to host 2020 Badminton Asia Team Championships". Tiebreaker Times. Retrieved 2026-05-06.
- ^ Team seeding
- ^ "Host Philippines receives favorable draw in 2020 Badminton Asia Manila Team Championships". ABS-CBN News. 30 January 2020. Archived from the original on January 30, 2020. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
- ^ Boopathy, K.M. (9 February 2020). "Virus takes shine off Asia badminton meet". New Straits Times. New Straits Times Press (M) Bhd. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
- ^ "Redraw For Men's Badminton Asia Manila Team Championships". Badminton Asia. 10 February 2020. Retrieved 12 February 2020.