[4] The international tournament was played at other locations until September 1972 when it was discontinued as part of the ILTF Independent Tour.
[1] The championships were held in the following locations throughout its run in Bangalore, Calcutta, Colombo, Lahore, Manila, New Delhi, Poona and Singapore.
[1] The ILTF Independent Tour,[1] a series of worldwide tournaments not part of the men's Grand Prix Circuit or women's the WTA Tour In July 1971 at an annual general meeting of the ILTF it was decided to change the format of the open international championships and make it a closed Asian only team event.
[3] The ILTF provided the finances to stage the event that was to be held from 20 to 26 February 1972 at King's Park, Kowloon in then what was British Hong Kong.
[3] Thirteen countries were invited to send teams including Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Ian, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam.