[3] This tournament served as the Asian qualifiers for the 2020 Thomas & Uber Cup in Denmark.

Competitors could also accumulate points as part of qualification process for 2020 Summer Olympics badminton tournament in Tokyo.

[1][4] The 2020 Badminton Asia Team Championships officially crowned the best male and female national badminton teams in Asia and at the same time served as the Asian qualification event towards the 2020 Thomas & Uber Cup finals.

[5] China and Hong Kong withdrew from the tournament due to the Philippine government's ban on foreigners regardless of nationality from visiting the host country from China due to concerns over the COVID-19 pandemic.

However, due to the withdrawal of China and Hong Kong, the men's tournament groups were re-drawn on 10 February 2020.