The Badminton Asia Championship 2024 (officially known as the Bank of Ningbo Badminton Asia Championship 2024) is a badminton tournament to be held at the Ningbo Olympic Sports Center Gymnasium, Ningbo, China, from 9 to 14 April 2024 and has a total prize pool of US$450,000.
Badminton Asia Championship 2024 is the 41st edition of Badminton Asia Championship 2024. The tournament was organized by the Chinese Badminton Association with approval from Asia Badminton.
The prestigious Badminton Asia Championships holds the distinction of being a Badminton World Federation (BWF) Super 1000 event, providing players with an opportunity to secure crucial world ranking points
Many of the world’s best badminton players will be in action for the Badminton Asia Championships 2024 in Ningbo, People’s Republic of China from April 9-14.
Across five badminton events, of the top 100 players or pairs (top 20 in each event), 89 come from Asia. They will face each other once more for continental jactitation rights in one of the last major events to award Olympic qualification ranking points.
With the ranking points window closing at the end of April, performances at the continental championships could make or break players’ expectance of qualifying for Paris 2024.
But who are the stars to watch at Badminton Asia Championship 2024?
As National Olympic Committees have exclusive authority to represent their respective teams at the Olympic Games, athletes’ participation in Paris 2024 depends on their selection of NOCs to represent their delegations.
Badminton Asia Championship 2024: Tough test for top singles players
The men’s singles draw has hurled up some interesting matchups. While top seeds usually have the easiest draws on paper, China’s Shi Yuki can’t thank her lucky stars.
Shi, the world number two, will face India’s world number 13 Laksh Sen in the first round, with a potential last-16 clash against world number 12 Nishimoto Kenta or world number 10 Loh Ken Yu, the 2021 world champion.
World No. 3 and second seed Anthony Ginting had an easy draw on paper, his first opponent being India’s No. 27 Kidambi Srikanth. But Kidambi is a former world number one in his own right and won’t be a walkover.
Ginting’s compatriot Jonathan Christie, seeded third, will face a much simpler match in theory, with one of the four qualifiers drawn for one game, while Malaysia’s Lee Ji Jia faces Indian prospect Priyanshu Rajawat.
Women’s top seed Ahn Seong of Korea Republic faces a thrilling clash with resurgent Okuhara Nozomi in the first round. Okuhara, a former world number one and 2016 Olympic bronze medallist, had an injury-plagued start to 2022 but has reached three finals, winning two, of his last eight World Tour events through the end of 2023.
Olympic champion Chen Yufei will fancy her possibility in the other half of the draw against world number 16 Supanida Kathethong of Thailand, while the third, fourth and fifth seeds – Tai Tzu-ying, Yamaguchi Akane and He Bingjiao respectively – will each face qualifiers.
Badminton Asia Championship 2024 Schedule:
The game will last for six days:
Tuesday 9th April – Qualification, 32 rounds
Wednesday 10 April – Round of 32
Thursday 11th April – Round of 16
Friday 12th April – Quarter Finals
Saturday 13th April – Semi Finals
Sunday 14th April – Final
The exact order of play will be announced before each day.
How to Watch Badminton Asia Championship 2024 Live:
The Badminton Asia Championship 2024 will be streamed live on YouTube, as well as broadcast on various TV partners.
Astro Arena and Astro SuperSport 4 in Malaysia will telecast the match. In Singapore, SPOTV is expected to carry the subsequent rounds of the event.
You can also keep up to date with all the work from Ningbo with Olympics.com’s daily round-ups.