2012 Asian Junior Badminton Championships – Boys singles explained

2012 Asian Junior Badminton Championships – Boys singles
Dates:	–
Number Edition:	15
Venue:	Gimcheon Indoor Stadium
Location:	Gimcheon, South Korea
Previous:	2011
Next:	2013

The Boys' Singles tournament of the 2012 Asian Junior Badminton Championships was held from July 3–7 in Gimcheon, South Korea.^[1] The defending champion of the last edition was Zulfadli Zulkiffli from Malaysia.^[2] The top seeded Sameer Verma of India had lost in the semifinals to third seeded Kento Momota of Japan,^[3] while the second seeded Shesar Hiren Rhustavito from Indonesia, lost to Yuki Kaneko of Japan in fourth round.^[4] Momota finally emerged as the champion after beat Malaysian player Soong Joo Ven in the finals with the score 21–13, 22–20.^[5]

Seeded

1. Sameer Verma (semi-finals)
2. Shesar Hiren Rhustavito (fourth round)
3. Kento Momota (champion)
4. Thammasin Sitthikom (second round)
5. Khosit Phetpradab (quarter-finals)
6. Soong Joo Ven (finals)
7. C. Rohit Yadav (fourth round)
8. Arief Gifar Ramadhan (third round)
9. Ng Ka Long (quarter-finals)
10. Wang Tzu-wei (quarter-finals)
11. Panji Akbar Sudrajat (semi-finals)
12. Pratul Joshi (second round)
13. Tan Kian Meng (second round)
14. Nonpakorn Nantatheero (fourth round)
15. Heo Kwang-hee (third round)
16. Jung Jae-wook (second round)

Draw

Top Half

Section 4

Bottom Half

Section 8

External links

• Main Draw

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2012 김천아시아주니어배드민턴선수권대회 . 배드민턴데일리 . 22 June 2012 . 13 July 2018 . Korean.
2. News: Wei Loon . Ng . Fresh from lifting Asian junior title, Zulfadli eyes world crown next . . 15 July 2011 . 13 July 2018.
3. News: Shuttler Sindhu wins Asia Under-19 Championship . . 7 July 2012 . 13 July 2018.
4. News: (Asia Junior Championships) Panji Melesat ke Semifinal . . 6 July 2012 . 13 July 2018 . Indonesian.
5. News: Momota becomes 2nd Japanese Asia Champ after Tago . BadPaL . 13 July 2018 . Japanese.