# 1989 Asian Badminton Championships

The 1989 Asian Badminton Championships was the 9th edition of Badminton Asia Championships. It took place from December 18 to December 23, 1993 in Shanghai, China. Only the team competition for men's teams was held. Chinese Men's team won the crown.

## Medalists

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Men's team | China Wu Wenkai Li Yongbo Tian Bingyi Xiong Guobao Huang Zhanzhong Zheng Yumin Zhao Jianhua Liu Jun | Indonesia Aryono Miranat Richard Mainaky Alan Budikusuma Bagus Setiadi Imay Hendra Joko Suprianto Icuk Sugiarto Hermawan Susanto | South Korea Choi Sang-bum Pyun Kwang-min Sung Han-kuk Shon Jin-hwan Kwak Chan-ho Park Joo-bong Kim Moon-soo Kim Hak-kyun |
| Men's team | Malaysia Rashid Sidek Jalani Sidek Wong Tat Meng Ong Ewe Chye Cheah Soon Kit Soo Beng Kiang Kwan Yoke Meng |

## Tournament
### Venue

The tournament was held at the Shanghai Indoor Stadium in Shanghai, China.

### 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.
* Preliminary round
| Group 1 | Group 2 |
| Bangladesh North Korea Pakistan Sri Lanka | Hong Kong Iran Nepal Singapore |
* Second round
| Group A | Group B | Group C | Group D |
| Indonesia Japan Group 1 runner-up | India Malaysia Group 1 winner | South Korea Chinese Taipei Group 2 winner | China Thailand Group 2 runner-up |

## Group stage

All times are China Standard Time (UTC+08:00).

### Preliminary round
#### Group 1

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | MF | MA | MD | GF | GA | GD | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Sri Lanka | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | Second round |
| 2 | North Korea | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Second round |
| 3 | Pakistan | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 4 | Bangladesh | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |

#### Group 2

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | MF | MA | MD | GF | GA | GD | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Hong Kong | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | Second round |
| 2 | Singapore | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Second round |
| 3 | Iran | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 4 | Nepal | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |

### Second round
#### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | MF | MA | MD | GF | GA | GD | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Indonesia | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Semi-finals |
| 2 | Japan | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 3 | North Korea | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |

#### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | MF | MA | MD | GF | GA | GD | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Malaysia | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Semi-finals |
| 2 | India | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 3 | Sri Lanka | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |

#### Group C

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | MF | MA | MD | GF | GA | GD | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | South Korea | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Semi-finals |
| 2 | Chinese Taipei | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 3 | Hong Kong | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |

#### Group D

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | MF | MA | MD | GF | GA | GD | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | China | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Semi-finals |
| 2 | Thailand | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 3 | Singapore | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |

## Knockout stage
### Bracket

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| 16 February | 16 February |
| China | 4 |
| China | 4 | 17 February | 17 February |
| South Korea | 1 | 17 February | 17 February |
| South Korea | 1 | China | 5 |
| 16 February | 16 February | | China | 5 |
| 16 February | 16 February | Indonesia | 0 |
| Malaysia | 0 | Indonesia | 0 |
| Indonesia | 5 | | |