2012 Asian Junior Badminton Championships

2012 Asian Junior Badminton Championships
Tournament details
Dates 30 June - 7 July 2012
Edition 15
Venue Gimcheon Indoor Stadium
Location Gimcheon, South Korea
2011 2013

The 2012 Asian Junior Badminton Championships is an Asia continental junior championships to crown the best U-19 badminton players across Asia. It was held in Gimcheon Indoor Stadium, Gimcheon, South Korea from June 30 to July 7, 2012.[1]

Tournament

The 2013 Asian Junior Badminton Championships organized by the Gyeongbuk Badminton Association, Badminton Korea Association, and Badminton Asia Confederation.[1] The motto of this tournament is "Peace of Asia through shuttlecock". This tournament consists of mixed team competition, which was held from 30 June–3 July, as well as five individual events started from 3–7 July. More than 250 athletes from 20 countries participated in this tournament.[2]

Venue

This tournament was held at Gimcheon Indoor Stadium in Gimcheon, Gyeongbuk, South Korea.[2]

Medalists

In the mixed team event, Japan claim the title for the first time after defeat China with the score 3–0.[3] In the individuals event, South Korea ensure two titles after won the mixed and girls' doubles event. Japan, India, and Indonesia seize a title by winning the boys' singles, girls' singles and boys' doubles events respectively.[4]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Teams
 Japan  China  South Korea
 Malaysia
Boys singles
Japan Kento Momota Malaysia Soong Joo Ven Indonesia Panji Akbar Sudrajat
India Sameer Verma
Girls singles
India Pusarla Venkata Sindhu Japan Nozomi Okuhara Thailand Busanan Ongbumrungpan
Japan Akane Yamaguchi
Boys doubles
Indonesia Arya Maulana Aldiartama
Indonesia Edi Subaktiar
Chinese Taipei Wang Chi-lin
Chinese Taipei Wu Hsiao-lin
Indonesia Alfian Eko Prasetya
Indonesia Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo
Hong Kong Lee Chun Hei
Hong Kong Ng Ka Long
Girls doubles
South Korea Lee So-hee
South Korea Shin Seung-chan
China Yu Xiaohan
China Huang Yaqiong
China Chen Qingchen
China He Jiaxin
Malaysia Chow Mei Kuan
Malaysia Lee Meng Yean
Mixed doubles
South Korea Choi Sol-kyu
South Korea Chae Yoo-jung
China Wang Yilu
China Huang Dongping
Vietnam Do Tuan Duc
Vietnam Le Thu Huyen
China Liu Yuchen
China Chen Qingchen

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Japan (JPN)2114
2 South Korea (KOR)2013
3 Indonesia (INA)1023
4 India (IND)1012
5 China (CHN)0325
6 Malaysia (MAS)0123
7 Chinese Taipei (TPE)0101
8 Hong Kong (HKG)0011
 Thailand (THA)0011
 Vietnam (VIE)0011
Totals (10 nations)661224

References

  1. 1 2 Choi, Doo-cheol (27 June 2012). "아시아 배드민턴 유망주들의 대향연 - 2012 김천아시아주니어배드민턴선수권대회 -" (in Korean). 김천신문. Retrieved 12 July 2018.
  2. 1 2 Shim, Hyun-seop (29 June 2012). "아시아 배드민턴의 미래 김천으로" (in Korean). Badminton Korea. Retrieved 12 July 2018.
  3. Hearn, Don (3 July 2012). "Asian Juniors 2012 Team Final – Japan wins first team title". Badzine.net. Retrieved 12 July 2018.
  4. Sukumar, Dev (7 July 2012). "Sindhu makes history by winning Asian Junior title". Sportskeeda. Retrieved 12 July 2018.
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