# 1987 Asian Badminton Championships

The Marlboro Asian Badminton Championships 1987 took place in the month of December in Semarang, Indonesia. Only men's team competition were conducted. At the end of day, China won the championships beating Indonesia in the final while South Korea won the bronze medal playoff defeating Malaysian team.

## Medalists

| Discipline | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Men's team | China Yang Yang Li Yongbo Tian Bingyi Xiong Guobao Zhou Jincan Zhang Qiang Zhang Qingwu | Indonesia Eddy Kurniawan Eddy Hartono Alan Budikusuma Liem Swie King Joko Suprianto Bobby Ertanto Rudy Gunawan | South Korea Chung Byung-yun Lee Deuk-choon Sung Han-kuk Park Sung-bae Lee Sang-bok Park Joo-bong Kim Moon-soo |

## Tournament
### Venue

The tournament was held at the Goa Stadium in Semarang, Indonesia.

### Draw

The draw was revealed on 23 November 1989. A total of 16 countries entered the tournament. Eight countries will compete in the preliminary round which will feature two groups, Group 1 and Group 2. The winner and runner-up of their group will advance to the second round which features four groups, Group A, Group B, Group C and Group D. Group winners in the second round will advance to the knockout stage.
| Group A | Group B | Group C | Group D |
| China Hong Kong Singapore | South Korea Japan Nepal Sri Lanka | Burma India Malaysia Pakistan | Indonesia Philippines Thailand Chinese Taipei |

## Group stage

All times are West Indonesia Time (UTC+07:00).

### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | MF | MA | MD | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | China | 2 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 0 | +10 | 20 | 0 | +20 | 2 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | Singapore | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 1 | |
| 3 | Hong Kong | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10 | −10 | 2 | 20 | −18 | 0 | |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | MF | MA | MD | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | South Korea | 3 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 1 | +13 | 28 | 4 | +24 | 3 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | Japan | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 5 | +5 | 22 | 10 | +12 | 2 | |
| 3 | Sri Lanka | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 11 | −7 | 9 | 24 | −15 | 1 | |
| 4 | Nepal | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 13 | −11 | 4 | 27 | −23 | 0 | |

### Group C

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | MF | MA | MD | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Malaysia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 0 | +15 | 30 | 0 | +30 | 3 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | India | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 7 | +1 | 17 | 14 | +3 | 2 | |
| 3 | Burma | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 10 | −5 | 13 | 22 | −9 | 1 | |
| 4 | Pakistan | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 13 | −11 | 5 | 28 | −23 | 0 | |

### Group D

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | MF | MA | MD | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Indonesia (H) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 0 | +15 | 30 | 1 | +29 | 3 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | Thailand | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 19 | 15 | +4 | 2 | |
| 3 | Chinese Taipei | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | −3 | 13 | 18 | −5 | 1 | |
| 4 | Philippines | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 15 | −15 | 2 | 30 | −28 | 0 | |

## Knockout stage
### Bracket

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final | Final |
| China | China | 3 | | | |
| South Korea | South Korea | 0 | | | |
| South Korea | South Korea | 0 | China | China | 3 |
| | | | Indonesia | Indonesia | 2 |
| Malaysia | Malaysia | 0 | Indonesia | Indonesia | 2 |
| Indonesia | Indonesia | 3 | Third place | Third place | Third place |
| | | | South Korea | South Korea | 5 |
| | | | Malaysia | Malaysia | 0 |

### Semi-finals

* Razif Sidek suffered a stomach injury in third match.