The 2026 Badminton Asia Team Championships (officially known as the Tsingtao Badminton Asia Team Championships 2026 for sponsorship reasons) was the sixth edition of the Badminton Asia Team Championships. The tournament was organised by Badminton Asia and took place at the Qingdao Conson Gymnasium in Qingdao, China, from 3 to 8 February 2026. It served as the Asian qualifiers for the 2026 Thomas & Uber Cup to be held in Horsens, Denmark.
Background The 2026 Badminton Asia Team Championships crowned the top male and female national badminton teams in Asia and has also served as the Asian qualification event for the 2026 Thomas & Uber Cup. It is sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation. China and India were the defending champions of the men's and women's categories, respectively.
Competition format The competition begins with a group stage: all participating teams are divided into four groups of two or three teams each. Each team plays each other once, with the top two teams advancing to the knockout stage. A match is won by the team that first wins three games. The eight teams that qualify will be drawn and compete in a knockout format until the final. Tie-breaker Team ranking within a group is determined based on the following criteria: number of wins; match difference; game difference; and points difference. If two teams are tied after a criterion is applied, the winner of the match between the two teams will be ranked higher. A draw will be held to determine ranking if there are still teams tied after all criteria are applied.
Hosting China will be hosting the Badminton Asia Team Championships for the first time ever, with Qingdao selected as the host city. They previously hosted the 2025 Badminton Asia Mixed Team Championships at the same venue.
Schedule Day, Date Time Phase Tuesday, 3 February 11.00 Group Stage 17.00 Wednesday, 4 February 11.00 Group Stage 17.00 Thursday, 5 February 11.00 Group Stage 17.00 Friday, 6 February 10.00 Quarter-finals 17.00 Saturday, 7 February 10.00 Semi-finals 17.00 Sunday, 8 February 09.30 Finals 18.00 Note: All times are in China Standard Time (UTC+08:00)
Teams
Participating members The tournament will feature 12 teams competing in the men's category and 11 teams in the women's category. Nation Men's Women's Nation Men's Women's
Draw Seedings Seeding was determined based on the world team rankings released on January 6, 2025.
Men's team
Women's team
Drawn groups The draw was held on 9 January 2026. Both the men's and women's team group stages consist of 4 groups: A, B, C, and D (men's) and W, X, Y, and Z (women's). All groups consist of 3 teams except for group W (2 teams).
+ Men's teamGroup AGroup BGroup CGroup D (1, H) (3) (4) (2) + Women's teamGroup WGroup XGroup YGroup Z (1, H) (3) (4) (2)
Medal summary Medal tally
Medalists Men's team Takuro HokiYugo KobayashiKakeru KumagaiHiroki NishiKenta NishimotoTakumi NomuraYudai OkimotoYuichi ShimogamiYushi TanakaKoki Watanabe Chen JuntingDong TianyaoHe JitingHu KeyuanHu Zhe'anLin XiangyiLiu JunrongRen XiangyuWang ZhengxingZhu Xuanchen Cho Hyeon-wooCho Song-hyunChoi Ji-hoonJin YongKang Min-hyukKi Dong-juKim Won-hoPark Sang-yongSeo Seung-jaeYoo Tae-bin Muhammad Rian ArdiantoLeo Rolly CarnandoAnthony Sinisuka GintingRahmat HidayatRaymond IndraNikolaus JoaquinBagas MaulanaRichie Duta RichardoPrahdiska Bagas ShujiwoZaki Ubaidillah Women's team An Se-youngBaek Ha-naKim Ga-eunKim Hye-jeongKim Min-jiKong Hee-yongLee Seo-jinLee So-heeLee Yeon-wooPark Ga-eun Chen FanshutianGao FangjieHan QianxiJia YifanLiu JiayueLuo YiWang TinggeXu WenjingYuan AnqiZhang Shuxian Chang Ching-huiChiu Pin-chianHsu Wen-chiHsu Ya-chingHsu Yin-huiLin Hsiang-tiLin Jhih-yunSung Shuo-yunSung Yu-hsuanYang Ching-tun Febriana Dwipuji KusumaAmallia Cahaya PratiwiNi Kadek Dhinda Amartya PratiwiMeilysa Trias Puspita SariMutiara Ayu PuspitasariSiti Fadia Silva RamadhantiRachel Allessya RoseFebi SetianingrumEster Nurumi Tri WardoyoThalita Ramadhani Wiryawan
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