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1976 Asian Invitational Badminton Championships

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1976 Asian Invitational Badminton Championships
Tournament details
Dates24 – 28 March
Edition1
VenueIndoor Stadium Huamark
LocationBangkok, Thailand
1977 Hong Kong

The 1976 Asian Invitational Badminton Championships which was the first edition of Asian Invitational Championships took place in the month of March in Bangkok, Thailand.[1] The individual competitions except Mixed doubles were conducted.[2][3] At the end of day, Indonesia took titles from two disciplines, Men's singles and Men's doubles competitions while China won Women's singles and Malaysia secured Women's doubles title.[4][5]

Medalists

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Discipline Gold Silver Bronze
Men's singles Indonesia Iie Sumirat China Hou Jiachang China Tang Xianhu
Women's singles China Liang Qiuxia Indonesia Verawaty Fadjrin China Chen Yuniang
Men's doubles Indonesia Ade Chandra
Indonesia Christian Hadinata
China Luan Jin
China Tang Xianhu
Thailand Bandid Jaiyen
Thailand Pichai Kongsiritaworn
Women's doubles Malaysia Rosalind Singha Ang
Malaysia Sylvia Ng
Thailand Kingmanee Thongkam
Thailand Sirisriro Patama
China Fu Chune
China Liang Qiuxia

Men's singles

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Semifinal Final
          
China Tang Xianhu 9 15 6
Indonesia Iie Sumirat 15 12 15
Indonesia Iie Sumirat 12 15 18
China Hou Jiachang 15 8 15
China Luan Jin 2 5
China Hou Jiachang 15 15 Third place
China Tang Xianhu 15 15
China Luan Jin 5 2

Women's singles

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Semifinal Final
          
China Liang Qiuxia 11 11
Malaysia Sylvia Ng 2 4
China Liang Qiuxia 8 11 11
Indonesia Verawaty Fadjrin 11 0 5
China Chen Yuniang 3 9
Indonesia Verawaty Fadjrin 11 12 Third place
Malaysia Sylvia Ng 4 6
China Chen Yuniang 11 11

Men's doubles

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Semi-finals Final
          
Indonesia Ade Chandra
Indonesia Christian Hadinata
15 15
Thailand Bandid Jaiyen
Thailand Pichai Kongsiritaworn
8 3
Indonesia Ade Chandra
Indonesia Christian Hadinata
15 15
China Luan Jin
China Tang Xianhu
8 10
Thailand Pornchai Sakuntaniyom
Thailand Preecha Sopajaree
17 10 4
China Luan Jin
China Tang Xianhu
16 15 15 Third place
Thailand Bandid Jaiyen
Thailand Pichai Kongsiritaworn
Thailand Pornchai Sakuntaniyom
Thailand Preecha Sopajaree

Women's doubles

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Semi-finals Final
          
Malaysia Rosalind Singha Ang
Malaysia Sylvia Ng
15 15
Thailand Porntip Buntanon
Thailand Suleeporn Jittariyakul
5 3
Malaysia Rosalind Singha Ang
Malaysia Sylvia Ng
15 18
Thailand Kingmanee Thongkam
Thailand Sirisriro Patama
9 14
China Fu Chune
China Liang Qiuxia
14 8
Thailand Kingmanee Thongkam
Thailand Sirisriro Patama
18 15 Third place
Thailand Porntip Buntanon
Thailand Suleeporn Jittariyakul
7 11
China Fu Chune
China Liang Qiuxia
15 15

References

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  1. ^ "Shock for China's no. 1, Big triumph for Thai girls". The Straits Times. 25 March 1976. p. 29.
  2. ^ "Tang, Hou in last eight". The Straits Times. 26 March 1976. p. 31.
  3. ^ "More shocks for China's shuttle stars". The Straits Times. 27 March 1976. p. 39.
  4. ^ "Sumirat scores shock victory over Tang". The Straits Times. 28 March 1976. p. 30.
  5. ^ "Sizzling win by Sumirat". The Straits Times. 29 March 1976. p. 24.