1991 Badminton Asian Cup

Badminton championships

Asian Cup 1991Tournament information

Location| Istora Senayan, Jakarta, Indonesia
Dates| December 18–December 22

1994 ->

The 1991 Badminton Asian Cup was the first edition of Badminton Asian Cup. It was held in Istora Senayan indoor stadium, Jakarta, Indonesia from 18 to 22 December with total prize money of US$100,000.[1] The main sponsor of this tournament was Cathay Pacific.[2] Malaysian team won titles in Men's singles and doubles event, while South Korea won Women's doubles and Mixed doubles disciplines.[3] Chinese Tang won the Women's singles title.[4][5]

## Medalists

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Event  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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Men's singles  |  Rashid Sidek |  Bambang Suprianto |  Joko Suprianto
Fung Permadi
Women's singles  |  Tang Jiuhong |  Bang Soo-hyun |  Somharuthai Jaroensiri
Yuliani Sentosa
Men's doubles  |  Cheah Soon Kit
Soo Beng Kiang |  Rexy Mainaky
Ricky Subagja |  Chen Hongyong
Chen Kang
Huang Zhanzhong
Zheng Yumin
Women's doubles  |  Chung So-young
Hwang Hye-young |  Kimiko Jinnai
Hisako Mori |  Erma Sulistianingsih
Rosiana Tendean
Yao Fen
Lin Yanfen
Mixed doubles  |  Shon Jin-hwan
Gil Young-ah |  Aryono Miranat
Eliza Nathanael |  Ong Ewe Chye
Tan Sui Hoon
Siripong Siripool
Ladawan Mulasartsatorn

## Results

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### Semifinals

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Discipline  | Winner  | Finalist  | Score

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Men's singles  |  Rashid Sidek |  Joko Suprianto | 15–8, 6–15, 18–14
Bambang Suprianto |  Fung Permadi | 15–7, 15–11
Women's singles  |  Tang Jiuhong |  Somharuthai Jaroensiri | 11–5, 11–9
Bang Soo-hyun |  Yuliani Sentosa | 6–11, 11–8, 11–4
Men's doubles  |  Cheah Soon Kit
Soo Beng Kiang |  Chen Hongyong
Chen Kang | 15–5, 15–8
Rexy Mainaky
Ricky Subagja |  Huang Zhanzhong
Zheng Yumin | 15–4, 15–8
Women's doubles  |  Chung So-young
Hwang Hye-young |  Erma Sulistianingsih
Rosiana Tendean | 15–3, 5–15, 15–11
Kimiko Jinnai
Hisako Mori |  Yao Fen
Lin Yanfen | 10–15, 17–14, 15–1
Mixed doubles  |  Shon Jin-hwan
Gil Young-ah |  Ong Ewe Chye
Tan Sui Hoon | 15–4, 15–4
Aryono Miranat
Eliza Nathanael |  Siripong Siripool
Ladawan Mulasartsatorn | 11–15, 17–14, 15–12

### Finals

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Discipline  | Winner  | Finalist  | Score

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Men's singles  |  Rashid Sidek |  Bambang Suprianto | 15–10, 15–11
Women's singles  |  Tang Jiuhong |  Bang Soo-hyun | 11–7, 6–11, 11–4
Men's doubles  |  Cheah Soon Kit
Soo Beng Kiang |  Rexy Mainaky
Ricky Subagja | 17–16, 15–5
Women's doubles  |  Chung So-young
Hwang Hye-young |  Kimiko Jinnai
Hisako Mori | 15–13, 15–1
Mixed doubles  |  Shon Jin-hwan
Gil Young-ah |  Aryono Miranat
Eliza Nathanael | 15–5, 8–15, 15–7

## Medal table

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Rank| Nation| Gold| Silver| Bronze| Total

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1|  South Korea| 2| 1| 0| 3
2|  Malaysia (MAS)| 2| 0| 1| 3
3|  China (CHN)| 1| 0| 3| 4
4|  Indonesia (INA)| 0| 3| 4| 7
5|  Japan| 0| 1| 0| 1
6|  Thailand (THA)| 0| 0| 2| 2
Totals (6 entries)| 5| 5| 10| 20

## References

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1. ^ "The Official Asian Badminton Confederation Website". 2006-01-07. Archived from the original on 2006-01-07. Retrieved 2020-12-08.
2. ^ "Bulu Tangkis Piala Asia Cathay Pacific:Tiga Putra Indonesia Lolos Semifinal Tunggal". Kompas (in Indonesian). 21 December 1991. p. 15.
3. ^ "Bulu Tangkis Piala Asia Cathay Pacific:Bambang Suprianto Dan Ricky/Rexy Ke Final". Kompas (in Indonesian). 22 December 1991. p. 1.
4. ^ "Badminton/Asian Cup: Rashid downs Joko". New Straits Times. 22 December 1991. p. 17.
5. ^ "Bulu Tangkis Piala Asia Cathay Pacific:Tanpa Gelar di Kandang Sendiri". Kompas (in Indonesian). 23 December 1991. p. 1.