Summary
The 2016 Badminton Asia Junior Championships is the 19th edition of the Asia continental junior championships to crown the best U-19 badminton players across Asia. This tournament was held in Bangkok, Thailand, between 9 and 17 July 2016.[1] The championships consists of mixed team and individual events. There were 19 countries with over 250 players participating in this edition.[2]
| Tournament details | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Dates | 9–17 July 2016 | ||
| Edition | 19 | ||
| Venue | CPB Badminton and Sports Science Training Center | ||
| Location | Bangkok, Thailand | ||
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Venue edit
This tournament was held at CPB Badminton and Sports Science Training Center.[1]
Seed edit
The defending champion, China, was the top seeds in the mixed team event followed by Thailand and Indonesia. In the individual event, The host country Thai boys' Kantaphon Wangcharoen, and girls' Pornpawee Chochuwong were the top seeds. China's pairs He Jiting / Tan Qiang and He Jiting / Du Yue were the top seeding in the boys' and mixed doubles respectively, while the girls' doubles goes to Indonesian pair Apriani Rahayu and Jauza Fadhila Sugiarto.[3]
- Mixed team
- Boys' singles
Kantaphon Wangcharoen
Chirag Sen
Koki Watanabe
Lee Zii Jia- Pachaarapol Nipornram
- Korakrit Laotrakul
Lee Chia-hao
Sun Feixiang
- Girls' singles
- Boys' doubles
- He Jiting / Tan Qiang
- Pakin Kuna-Anuvit / Natthapat Trinkajee
- Han Chengkai / Zhou Haodong
Andika Ramadiansyah / Rinov Rivaldy- Warit Sarapat / Panachai Worasaktyanan
- Ooi Zi Heng / Soh Wooi Yik
- Krishna Prasad Garaga / Dhruv Kapila
- Fan Qiuyue / Ren Xiangyu
- Girls' doubles
- Apriani Rahayu / Jauza Fadhila Sugiarto
Ng Tsz Yau / Yeung Nga Ting- Du Yue / Xu Ya
- Mychelle Crhystine Bandaso / Serena Kani
- Mixed doubles
- He Jiting / Du Yue
- Pakin Kuna-Anuvit / Kwanchanok Sudjaipraparat
- Rinov Rivaldy / Apriani Rahayu
- Pachaarapol Nipornram / Ruethaichanok Laisuan
Medalists edit
In the mixed team event, China retain the title for the fourth consecutive time.[4] China also made a clean sweep of all the individual titles.[5]
Medal table edit
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  China (CHN) | 6 | 2 | 4 | 12 |
| 2 |  South Korea (KOR) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 |  Indonesia (INA) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 |  Chinese Taipei (TPE) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 |  Japan (JPN) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
 Thailand (THA) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 7 |  India (IND) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Malaysia (MAS) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (8 entries) | 6 | 6 | 12 | 24 | |
References edit
- ^ a b "Asian Junior Badminton Championships in Thailand". Thai Tribune. Retrieved 25 December 2017.
- ^ "SCG Badminton Asia Junior Championships 2016 seeding". Badminton Asia. Retrieved 25 December 2017.
- ^ "Thai singles players are topseeds in Asian Junior Championships". Badminton Asia. Retrieved 25 December 2017.
- ^ "Asian Juniors 2016 – China over Korea again". Badzine.net. Retrieved 25 December 2017.
- ^ "China dominates Badminton Asia Junior Championships". Badminton Asia. Retrieved 25 December 2017.
External links edit
- Team Event at Tournamentsoftware.com
- Individual Event at Tournamentsoftware.com