[1] At the 2003 event however, there is a controversy when China decided to pull out from the tournament at the last minute.

Head coach Li Yongbo said that the tournament did not award any ranking points for the 2004 Summer Olympics event and wanted to give his players more time to rest.

The table below gives an overview of all host cities and countries of the Asia Championships.

Below is the list of the most ever successful players in the Badminton Asia Championships, with 3 or more gold medals.

China has been the most successful and the only country to achieve a full slate of golds which they did in 2011.