2018 Badminton Asia Championships Explained


Dates:	24–29 April
Prize Money:	350000
Venue:	Wuhan Sports Center Gymnasium
Location:	Wuhan, China
Previous:	2017
Next:	2019

The 2018 Badminton Asia Championships, was a badminton tournament which took place at Wuhan Sports Center Gymnasium in China from 24 to 29 April 2018 and has a total purse of $350,000.

Tournament

The 2018 Badminton Asia Championships is the 37th edition of the Badminton Asia Championships. This tournament was hosted by the Chinese Badminton Association, with the sanctioned from the Badminton Asia.^[1]

Venue

This international tournament was hold at Wuhan Sports Center Gymnasium in Wuhan, China.^[1]

Point distribution

This tournament is graded based on the BWF points system for the BWF World Tour Super 500 event. Below is the table with the point distribution for each phase of the tournament.^[2]

width=75	Winner	width=75	Runner-up	width=75	3/4	width=75	5/8	width=75	9/16	width=75	17/32	width=75	33/64	width=75	65/128	width=75	129/256	width=75	257/512	width=75	513/1024
9,200	7,800	6,420	5,040	3,600	2,220	880	430	170	80	40

Prize money

The total prize money for this year tournament is US$350,000. Distribution of prize money is in accordance with BWF regulations.^[1]

Event	Winner	Finals	Semifinals	Quarterfinals	Last 16
Singles	$26,250	$13,300	$5,075	$2,100	$1,225
Doubles	$27,650	$13,300	$4,900	$2,537.50	$1,312.50

Medal summary

Medalists

Men's singles	Kento Momota	Chen Long	Lee Chong Wei
			H. S. Prannoy
Women's singles	Tai Tzu-ying	Chen Yufei	Saina Nehwal
			Sung Ji-hyun
Men's doubles	Li Junhui Liu Yuchen	Takeshi Kamura Keigo Sonoda	Huang Kaixiang Wang Yilü
			Liu Cheng Zhang Nan
Women's doubles	Yuki Fukushima Sayaka Hirota	Misaki Matsutomo Ayaka Takahashi	Della Destiara Haris Rizki Amelia Pradipta
			Kim So-yeong Kong Hee-yong
Mixed doubles	Wang Yilü Huang Dongping	Tontowi Ahmad Liliyana Natsir	Zheng Siwei Huang Yaqiong
			Zhang Nan Li Yinhui

Medal table

Group stage

Men's singles

Group A

Athlete	Pts	Pld	W	L	SF	SA	PF	PA
	2	1	2	0	4	0	84	55
	1	2	1	1	2	3	94	100
	0	2	0	2	1	4	83	106

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3
24 April 10:00	Hu Yun	2–0		21–16	21–14
24 April 12:00		1–2	Adnan Ebrahim	23–21	20–22	15–21
24 April 13:20	Hu Yun	2–0		21–15	21–10

Group B

Athlete	Pts	Pld	W	L	SF	SA	PF	PA
	2	1	2	0	4	0	84	50
	1	2	1	1	2	2	75	70
	0	2	0	2	0	4	55	84

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3
24 April 10:00	Bahaedeen Ahmad Alshannik	2–0		21–18	21–15
24 April 12:00		0–2	Jaspar Yu Woon Chai	15–21	13–21
24 April 13:20		2–0		21–17	21–10

Group C

Athlete	Pts	Pld	W	L	SF	SA	PF	PA
	2	2	2	0	4	0	84	39
	1	2	1	1	2	2	65	63
	0	2	0	2	0	4	37	84

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3
24 April 10:00	Kantaphon Wangcharoen	2–0		21–14	21–9
24 April 12:00		0–2	Dmitriy Panarin	16–21	5–21
24 April 13:20	Kantaphon Wangcharoen	2–0		21–5	21–11

Group D

Athlete	Pts	Pld	W	L	SF	SA	PF	PA
	2	2	2	0	4	2	111	107
	1	2	1	1	3	2	95	84
Artyom Savatyugin	0	2	0	2	1	4	79	94

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3
24 April 10:00	Ratnajit Tamang	2–1		17–21	21–16	21–16
24 April 11:20	Ratnajit Tamang	2–1	Artyom Savatyugin	21–18	10–21	21–15
24 April 12:40	Artyom Savatyugin	0–2	Pui Pang Fong	16–21	9–21

Women's singles

Group A

Athlete	Pts	Pld	W	L	SF	SA	PF	PA
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	1	1	1	0	2	0	42	13
	0	1	0	1	0	2	13	42

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3
24 April		no match
24 April		no match
24 April 10:40		0–2	Jeon Ju-i	6–21	7–21

Group B

Athlete	Pts	Pld	W	L	SF	SA	PF	PA
	1	1	1	0	2	0	42	11
	0	1	0	1	0	2	11	42
	Withdrawn

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3
24 April		w/o	Fathimath Nabaaha Abdul Razzaq
24 April		w/o	Nguyễn Thùy Linh
24 April 11:20		0–2	Nguyễn Thùy Linh	7–21	4–21

Group C

Athlete	Pts	Pld	W	L	SF	SA	PF	PA
	2	2	2	0	4	0	84	38
	1	2	1	1	2	2	85	49
	0	2	0	2	0	4	53	85

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3
24 April 10:40	Sri Krisha Pruya Kudaravalli	2–0		21–12	22–20
24 April 12:00	Yeo Jia Min	2–0		21–10	21–11
24 April 14:00		0–2	Yeo Jia Min	6–21	11–21

Group D

Athlete	Pts	Pld	W	L	SF	SA	PF	PA
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	1	1	1	0	2	0	42	12
	0	1	0	1	0	2	12	42

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3
24 April		no match
24 April		no match
24 April 11:20		0–2	Grace Chua Hui Zhen	3–21	9–21

Men's doubles

Group A

Athlete	Pts	Pld	W	L	SF	SA	PF	PA
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Amrullo Bakhshullaev Artyom Savatyugin	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Group B

Athlete	Pts	Pld	W	L	SF	SA	PF	PA
	1	1	1	0	2	0	42	24
	0	1	0	1	0	2	24	42
	Withdrawn

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3
24 April 11:20		w/o	Leong Iok Chong Pui Pang Fong
24 April 12:40		w/o	Dinuka Karunaratne Niluka Karunaratne
24 April 14:00	Dinuka Karunaratne Niluka Karunaratne	2–0		21–13	21–11

Group C

Athlete	Pts	Pld	W	L	SF	SA	PF	PA
	2	2	2	0	4	2	84	56
	1	2	1	1	2	2	75	76
	0	2	0	2	0	4	55	84

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3
24 April 10:40		0–2	Angga Pratama Rian Agung Saputro	19–21	14–21
24 April 13:20		0–2	Angga Pratama Rian Agung Saputro	6–21	15–21
24 April 14:40	Danny Bawa Chrisnanta Terry Hee Yong Kai	2–0		21–19	21–15

Group D

Athlete	Pts	Pld	W	L	SF	SA	PF	PA
	2	2	2	0	4	0	84	36
	1	2	1	1	2	3	78	91
	0	2	0	2	1	4	72	104

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3
24 April 10:00	Mohammad Ahsan Hendra Setiawan	2–0		21–8	21–15
24 April 12:40	Dipesh Dhami Ratnajit Tamang	2–1		20–22	21–8	21–19
24 April 14:00	Mohammad Ahsan Hendra Setiawan	2–0		21–9	21–7

Women's doubles

Group D

Mixed doubles

Group D

Athlete	Pts	Pld	W	L	SF	SA	PF	PA
	colspan="8"
	Withdrawn

Men's singles

Seeds

Srikanth Kidambi (quarterfinals)
Son Wan-ho (quarterfinals)
Chen Long (final)
Shi Yuqi (second round)
Lee Chong Wei (semifinals)
Lin Dan (first round)
Chou Tien-chen (quarterfinals)
Ng Ka Long (quarterfinals)

Top half

Section 2

Bottom half

Section 4

Women's singles

Seeds

Tai Tzu-ying (champion)
Akane Yamaguchi (withdrew)
P. V. Sindhu (quarterfinals)
Ratchanok Intanon (second round)
Nozomi Okuhara (first round)
Chen Yufei (final)
Sung Ji-hyun (semifinals)
He Bingjiao (quarterfinals)

Top half

Section 2

Bottom half

Section 4

Men's doubles

Seeds

Li Junhui / Liu Yuchen (champions)
Liu Cheng / Zhang Nan (semifinals)
Takeshi Kamura / Keigo Sonoda (final)
Chen Hung-ling / Wang Chi-lin (first round)
Lee Jhe-huei / Lee Yang (quarterfinals)
Takuto Inoue / Yuki Kaneko (quarterfinals)
Fajar Alfian / Muhammad Rian Ardianto (second round)
Goh V Shem / Tan Wee Kiong (quarterfinals)

Top half

Section 2

Bottom half

Section 4

Women's doubles

Seeds

Chen Qingchen / Jia Yifan (second round)
Misaki Matsutomo / Ayaka Takahashi (final)
Yuki Fukushima / Sayaka Hirota (champions)
Shiho Tanaka / Koharu Yonemoto (first round)
Greysia Polii / Apriyani Rahayu (quarterfinals)
Lee So-hee / Shin Seung-chan (first round)
Jongkolphan Kititharakul / Rawinda Prajongjai (quarterfinals)
Du Yue / Li Yinhui (quarterfinals)

Top half

Section 2

Bottom half

Section 4

Mixed doubles

Seeds

Tontowi Ahmad / Liliyana Natsir (final)
Wang Yilü / Huang Dongping (champions)
Tang Chun Man / Tse Ying Suet (quarterfinals)
Seo Seung-jae / Kim Ha-na (first round)
Zheng Siwei / Huang Yaqiong (semifinals)
Goh Soon Huat / Shevon Jemie Lai (second round)
Tan Kian Meng / Lai Pei Jing (first round)
Dechapol Puavaranukroh / Sapsiree Taerattanachai (quarterfinals)

Top half

Section 2

Bottom half

Section 4

External links

Tournament Link

Notes and References

Web site: Prospectus Badminton Asia Championships 2018. Badminton Asia. 22 March 2018.
Web site: World Ranking System . . 22 March 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180127141620/http://system.bwf.website/documents/folder_1_81/folder_1_82/New-Regulations-2018/5.3.3.1%20World%20Ranking%20System.pdf . 27 January 2018 . dead .