Historical Win! Badminton India Ensures Ever First Medal in Asia Mixed Team Championships

Updated: Feb 18, 2023

Team India enters Semifinals of Asia Mixed Team Badminton Championships 2023. Since the inception in 2017, after 6 years of patience, India ensures a medal in Asia Mixed Team Badminton Championships 2023 by beating Chinese Taipei in a 3-2 thriller Quarterfinals.

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Indian never crosses the group stage of the previous editions 2017 Vietnam and 2019 Hong Kong. 2021 Wuhan, China was canceled due to pandemic threats.

Is India going to make another history by entering into the maiden finals of any form of Asia Team Championships?

Mixed Team Championships Medal Tally as on Dec 2021

Japan

1 Gold 1 Silver

China

1 Gold 1 Bronze

South Korea

1 Silver 1 Bronze

Hong Kong

1 Bronze

Indonesia

1 Bronze

Thailand

1 Bronze

After winning the Uber Cup 2022, now again Badminton India emerges as a tough Asian contingent by entering into the semifinals of the Asia Mixed Team Championships with Korea, Thailand, and China, and is going to face China. We have to wait for another day to see whether India is going to make another history by entering into the maiden finals of any form Asian Team Championships.

Except Korea & Indonesia Knockout match, remaining are ended in a thriller 5th match. Former Champion Japan was expelled by Thailand as 3 2. And an another former champion China was challenged by the Malaysian Team.

In all decider quarter finals, India registered a complete team brilliance to stop the Chinese Taipei's journey.

XD

Ishaan BHATNAGAR

Tanisha CRASTO

LEE Chun Hei Reginald

NG Tsz Yau

24-26 17-21

MS

Lakshya SEN

NG Ka Long Angus

22-20 19-21 18-21

MD

Dhruv KAPILA Chirag SHETTY

TANG Chun ManYEUNG Shing Choi

20-22 21-16 21-11

WS

PUSARLA V. Sindhu

Saloni Samirbhai MEHTA

16-21 21-7 21-9

WD

Treesa JOLLY Gayatri Gopichand PULLELA-NG Tsz YauNG Win

21 13 21 12

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India never entered in any of the Asian Team Championships including Men's, Women’s or Mixed Team. Only two medals India won are Bronze Medals of 2016 and 2020 Men's Team Championships.