Badminton Asia Team Championships: All You Need To Know

The Badminton Asia Team Championships is a biennial team competition for both men and women in different categories. The upcoming edition will start on February 13 and conclude on February 18 with 15 and 11 teams participating in the men’s and women’s events respectively.

The tournament reserves booking for the Thomas Cup (men) and Uber Cup (women) team events scheduled from April 28 to May 5 in Chengdu, China. All four semifinalists in this continental team championship from both men's and women's events will qualify for the Thomas Cup and Uber Cup.

The format of the Asia Badminton Team Championship will be staged in group stage, quarterfinals, semifinals and final. A total of four groups are there for each category, and only two teams from each group will progress to the quarterfinal stage.

The group stage matches will be folded up in the first three days - February 13 to 15 - before the knockout stage will excite the viewers. All four quarterfinals are scheduled on February 16, two semifinals on February 17, and a final on February 18 for both men’s and women's events.

Badminton Asia Team Championships Draws Men:

Group A: China, India and Hong Kong (China)
Group B: Malaysia, Chinese Taipei, Kazakhstan, Brunei
Group C: Japan, Thailand, Singapore, Myanmar
Group D: Indonesia, Korea, United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia

Badminton Asia Team Championships Draws Women:

Group W: India, China
Group X: Indonesia, Hong Kong (China), Kazakhstan
Group Y: Malaysia, Thailand, United Arab Emirates
Group Z: Japan, Chinese Taipei, Singapore

Badminton Asia Team Championships Schedule

February 13, Tuesday:

Women Team Matches

Thailand vs United Arab Emirates, 6:30 AM

Japan vs Singapore, 9:00 AM

Indonesia vs Kazakhstan, 9:00 AM

Men Team Matches

China vs Hong Kong (China), 10:30 AM

Indonesia vs Korea, 10:30 AM

Japan vs Myanmar, 10:30 AM

Malaysia vs Brunei, 2:30 PM

Thailand vs Singapore, 2:30 PM

Chinese Taipei vs Kazakhstan, 2:30 PM

Korea vs United Arab Emirates, 2:30 PM

February 14, Wednesday

Women Team Matches

China vs India, 6:30 AM

Chinese Taipei vs Singapore, 6:30 AM

Malaysia vs United Arab Emirates, 6:30 AM

Hong Kong (China) vs Kazakhstan, 6:30 AM

Men Team Matches

Japan vs Singapore, 10:30 AM

India vs Hong Kong (China), 10:30 AM

Thailand vs Myanmar, 10:30 AM

Korea vs Saudi Arabia, 10:30 AM

Malaysia vs Kazakhstan, 2:30 PM

Chinese Taipei vs Brunei, 2:30 PM

Indonesia vs United Arab Emirate, 2:30 PM

February 15, Thursday

Women Team Matches

Japan vs Chinese Taipei, 6:30 AM

Indonesia vs Hong Kong (China), 6:30 AM

Thailand vs Malaysia, 6:30 AM

Men Team Matches

Indonesia vs Korea, 10:30 AM

Kazakhstan vs Brunei, 10:30 AM

China vs India, 10:30 AM

United Arab Emirates vs Saudi Arabia, 10:30 AM

Malaysia vs Chinese Taipei, 2:30 PM

Japan vs Thailand, 2:30 PM

Singapore vs Myanmar, 2:30 PM

February 16, Friday

Women’s Team Quarterfinals (4 courts), 7:30 AM

Men’s Team Quarterfinals (4 courts), 1:30 PM

February 17, Saturday

Women’s Team Semifinals (2 courts), 7:30 AM

Men’s Team Semifinals (2 courts), 1:30 PM

February 18, Sunday

Women’s Team Final, 7:30 AM

Men’s Team Final, 1:30 PM

(All Timings are mentioned in Indian Standard Timings)

Indian players in Badminton Asia Team Championship

Two-time Olympic medallist PV Sindhu and World Badminton bronze medallist HS Prannoy will lead the charge of India’s squads in women and men categories, respectively, in Shah Alam. Sindhu will return to action after a three-months gap when she suffered a knee injury at the French Open last year.

The women’s squad is bolstered with the presence of two top 25 ranked pairs of Ashwini Ponnappa-Tanisha Crasto and Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand. Ashmita Chaliha and Tanvi Sharma are the probables for the remaining two singles slots.

All eyes will be on the flamboyant pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty as the first men’s doubles pair. M.R Arjun and Dhruv Kapila are likely to be the second pair with reigning national champions Suraj Goala and Pruthvi Roy being the backup option. Lakshya Sen is once again likely to open the tie for India with Prannoy and Kidambi Srikanth playing in the singles with their valuable experience.

India Squads for Badminton Asia Team Championship Men: Prannoy HS, Lakshya Sen, Kidambi Srikanth, Chirag Sen, Satwiksairaj Rankireddy, Chirag Shetty, Dhruv Kapila, M.R. Arjun, Suraj Goala, Pruthvi Roy

India Squads for Badminton Asia Team Championship Women: PV Sindhu, Anmol Kharb, Tanvi Sharma, Ashmita Chaliha, Treesa Jolly, Gayatri Gopichand, Ashwini Ponnappa, Tanisha Crasto, Priya Devi Konjengbam, Shruti Mishra

Where to watch live streaming of the Badminton Asia Team Championship?

The Badminton Asia Team Championship don’t have any dedicated broadcast deals among top Indian broadcasters. However, the tournament will be live-streamed on the official YouTube channel of Badminton Asia Team Championships.