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Asian Championships 2026

19 to 25 October 2026Tashkent, Uzbekistan

Champions

Men's singles champion

Tomokazu Harimoto

Beat Li Tianyang 3-2 in the final1-11, 9-11, 11-7, 11-8, 11-7

Women's singles champion

Chen Yi

Beat Miwa Harimoto 3-0 in the final11-5, 11-8, 11-6

Men's doubles champions

Lin Shidong / Huang Youzheng

Beat Wen Ruibo / Yuan Licen 3-1 in the final

Women's doubles champions

Kuai Man / Wang Yidi

Beat Miwa Harimoto / Hina Hayata in the final

Mixed doubles champions

Sora Matsushima / Miwa Harimoto

Beat Huang Youzheng / Chen Yi in the final

Men's team champions

China

Beat South Korea 3-0 in the final

Women's team champions

Japan

Beat China 3-2 in the final

How it was won

China and Japan shared all seven titles in Tashkent, four to three. Tomokazu Harimoto came from two games down to beat Li Tianyang for the men's singles title, denying China a clean sweep of the men's events.

Chen Yi beat Miwa Harimoto 3-0 in the women's final, and Japan's women came from 2-1 down to beat China 3-2 in the team final, with Honoka Hashimoto winning the decider. Miwa Harimoto reached three finals and won the mixed doubles with Sora Matsushima.

China's men beat South Korea 3-0 in the team final. The Koreans, without Lim Jonghoon or Jang Woojin, had knocked out Japan 3-1 in the semi-finals. The championships also decided Asian qualifying places for the 2027 World Championships.

Results

Asian Championships, Tashkent
Men's singles final
Tomokazu HarimotoJPN
32
Li TianyangCHN

Final result

Points per game
Game12345
Tomokazu Harimoto19111111
Li Tianyang1111787
Women's singles final
Chen YiCHN
30
Miwa HarimotoJPN

Final result

Points per game
Game123
Chen Yi111111
Miwa Harimoto586

More results

Men's team final China CHN 3–0 South Korea KOR
Women's team final Japan JPN 3–2 China CHN
Men's doubles final Lin Shidong / Huang Youzheng CHN 3–1 Wen Ruibo / Yuan Licen CHN
Semi-final Tomokazu Harimoto JPN 3–0 Wen Ruibo CHN 11–511–711–5
Semi-final Li Tianyang CHN 3–2 Kuo Guan-hong TPE 11–1311–77–1111–211–6
Men's team semi-final South Korea KOR 3–1 Japan JPN

Watch

Tomokazu Harimoto vs Li Tianyang, men's singles finalVideo: TT11TV
Tomokazu Harimoto vs Wen Ruibo, semi-finalVideo: TT11TV
Li Tianyang vs Kuo Guan-hong, semi-finalVideo: TT11TV
Zhou Qihao vs Kang Dong-soo, men's team finalVideo: TT11TV
Park Gyu-hyun vs Sora Matsushima, men's team semi-finalVideo: TT11TV
Tomokazu Harimoto vs Kang Dong-soo, men's team semi-finalVideo: TT11TV

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