| 1993 Asian Badminton Championships | |
| Venue: | Queen Elizabeth Stadium |
| Location: | Hong Kong |
| Date: | 31 March – 4 April |
| Number Edition: | 12 |
| Previous: | 1992 Kuala Lumpur |
| Next: | 1994 Shanghai |
The 1993 Asian Badminton Championships (officially, Seiko Asian Badminton Men's Team Championships) was the 12th edition of Badminton Asia Championships. It took place from March 31 to April 4, 1993 at the Queen Elizabeth Stadium in Hong Kong. Only the team competition for men's teams was held. Indonesian Men's team won the crown.
| Men's team[1] [2] | Imay Hendra Bagus Setiadi Ardy Wiranata Alan Budikusuma Hermawan Susanto Rexy Mainaky Ricky Subagja Heryanto Arbi | Chen Kang Wang Zhengwen Zheng Yumin Huang Zhanzhong Wu Wenkai Liu Jun Chen Hongyong Deng Xiaojian | Foo Kok Keong Cheah Soon Kit Soo Beng Kiang Yong Hock Kin Yap Yee Guan Yap Yee Hup Ong Ewe Hock Pang Chen |
| Lin Wei-chen Horng Shin-jeng Huang Chuan-chen Liu En-hung Lee Mou-chou Chang Jeng-shyuang Yang Shih-jeng Ger Shin-ming[3] |
The tournament was held at the Queen Elizabeth Stadium in Hong Kong.
A total of 18 countries participated in the competition. Eight teams will compete in Division 1 and the remaining teams will compete in Division 2. Due to the withdrawal of Iran and Myanmar, the competition format for Division 2 was later changed from group elimination to knockout rounds.Division 1
Division 2
The draw was announced in March 1993. A total of eight countries were set to compete in the first division of the men's team championships. The team consists of two groups, Group A and Group B. The two teams that finish top of each group will qualify for the knockout stage.
| Team | Qualification | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 0 | +15 | 28 | 2 | +26 | 3 | Knockout stage | |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | +5 | 21 | 10 | +11 | 2 | ||
| 3 | (H) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 11 | −7 | 10 | 23 | −13 | 1 | |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 14 | −13 | 4 | 28 | −24 | 0 |
| Team | Qualification | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 0 | +15 | 30 | 0 | +30 | 3 | Knockout stage | |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 8 | −1 | 15 | 18 | −3 | 2 | ||
| 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 9 | −3 | 14 | 20 | −6 | 1 | ||
| 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 14 | −13 | 6 | 27 | −21 | 0 |
The championship winner was the team from Indonesia, ahead of China. In the final on April 4, 1993, the 25-year-old Chinese player Zheng Yumin collapsed in the fourth of five matches of the team fight when Indonesians were leading 2–0. He had to be given mouth-to-mouth breathing assistance and chest compressions before he was rushed to Hospital. Indonesia gave walkover for the last match and won by 3–2.[4] [5]