How it was won
China did not send a team to the Asian Championships in Doha, and Japan and South Korea shared the titles. Japan won four: Hina Hayata took the women's singles, the mixed doubles with Shunsuke Togami and the women's team title, and Togami and Yukiya Uda won the men's doubles.
South Korea won the other three. Lee Sangsu beat Chinese Taipei's Chuang Chih-Yuan in the men's singles final, Jeon Jihee and Shin Yubin won the women's doubles, and the men beat Chinese Taipei in the team final. Shin, who also reached the women's singles final, finished with a medal in three events.