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 Men's team Yang Yang Li Yongbo Tian Bingyi Xiong Guobao Zhou Jincan Zhang Qiang Zhang Qingwu 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 AGroup BGroup CGroup D
Group stage
Group A TeamQualification1220100 +10200 +20 2Knockout stage221155010100 13202010−10220−18 0
Group B TeamQualification1330141 +13284 +243Knockout stage2321105 +52210 +1223312411−7924−1514303213−11427−230
Group C TeamQualification1330150 +15300 +303Knockout stage232187 +11714 +323312510−51322−914303213−11528−230
Group D TeamQualification1 (H)330150 +15301 +293Knockout stage232196 +31915 +42331269−31318−514303015−15230−280
Knockout stage Bracket
Semi-finals
Razif Sidek suffered a stomach injury in third match.
Third place
Final China vs Indonesia
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