1977 Asian Invitational Badminton Championships Explained

1977 Asian Invitational Badminton Championships
Dates:23 – 27 February
Number Edition:2
Location:Hong Kong
Previous:1976 Bangkok
Next:1978 Peking

The 1977 Asian Invitational Badminton Championships which was the second edition of Asian Invitational Championships took place in the month of February in Hong Kong.[1] The individual competitions except Mixed doubles were conducted.[2] A total of thirteen Asian countries took part in this event.[3] At the end of day, China won all the disciplines except Men's doubles which was won by Indonesia.[4] [5]

Medalists

Men's singles Yu Yaodong Luan Jin Lin Shiquan
Women's singles Liang Qiuxia Liu Xia Saori Kondo
Men's doubles Johan Wahjudi
Tjun Tjun
Ade Chandra
Christian Hadinata
Women's doubles Liang Qiuxia
Liu Xia

Notes and References

  1. News: Second seed Bandid beats Ahmad. The Straits Times . 24 February 1977 . 23.
  2. News: Swie King falls to China's Yu. The Straits Times. 25 February 1977. 21.
  3. News: China are sure of winning men's title. The Straits Times . 26 February 1977 . 22.
  4. News: Liang and Liu make it an all Chinese final. The Straits Times. 27 February 1977. 30.
  5. News: Yu and Liang are Asia's no. 1. The Straits Times. 28 February 1977. 24.