2000 Asian Junior Badminton Championships
# 2000 Asian Junior Badminton Championships

The 2000 Asian Junior Badminton Championships were held in Nishiyama Park Gymnasium, Kyoto, Japan from 21–27 July and organized by the Kyoto Badminton Association. 21 countries competed at this competition, and in the end of the tournament, China clinched all the titles.

## Seeded

In the team event, Indonesia and China were the first seeded in the boys' and girls' team event. Shoji Sato was the first seeded in the boys' singles, and at the boys' doubles he also first seeded with Sho Sasaki. Wei Yan, Zhao Tingting/Li Yujia, and Sang Yang/Zhang Yawen from China were seeded first in the girls' singles, girls' doubles and mixed doubles respectively.

## Results

### Semifinals

| Category | Winner | Runner-up | Score |
| - | - | - | - |
| Boys' singles | Lin Dan | Qiu Bohui | Walkover |
| Boys' singles | Sony Dwi Kuncoro | Jackaphan Thanat | 10–15, 15–2, 17–16 |
| Girls' singles | Wei Yan | Park Hyo-sun | 11–7, 13–10 |
| Girls' singles | Yu Jin | Wang Rong | 8–11, 11–3, 11–7 |
| Boys' doubles | Jung Jae-sung Lee Jae-jin | Cao Chen Xie Zhongbo | 15–1, 17–16 |
| Boys' doubles | Sang Yang Zheng Bo | Hendra Aprida Gunawan Bambang Saifulloh | 7–15, 15–2, 15–12 |
| Girls' doubles | Li Yujia Zhao Tingting | Hwang Yu-mi Joo Hyun-hee | 15–9, 15–5 |
| Girls' doubles | Wei Yili Zhang Yawen | Kim So-yeon Jung Yeon-kyung | 15–7, 15–2 |
| Mixed doubles | Sang Yang Zhang Yawen | Lee Jae-jin Hwang Yu-mi | 15–8, 14–17, 17–14 |
| Mixed doubles | Zheng Bo Wei Yili | Tsai Chia-hsin Cheng Wen-hsing | 15–3, 15–5 |

### Finals

| Category | Winners | Runners-up | Score |
| - | - | - | - |
| Boys' singles | Lin Dan | Sony Dwi Kuncoro | 15–12, 15–5 |
| Girls' singles | Yu Jin | Wei Yan | 11–5, 11–3 |
| Boys' doubles | Sang Yang Zheng Bo | Jung Jae-sung Lee Jae-jin | 17–16, 11–15, 15–12 |
| Girls' doubles | Wei Yili Zhang Yawen | Li Yujia Zhao Tingting | 15–3, 15–12 |
| Mixed doubles | Zheng Bo Wei Yili | Sang Yang Zhang Yawen | Walkover |

## Medalists

In the boys' singles final, Lin Dan beat the Indonesian player Sony Dwi Kuncoro with the score 15–12, 15–5. Sang Yang and Zheng Bo won the boys' doubles title after defeat the Korean pair Lee Jae-jin and Jung Jae-sung in the rubber game with the score 17–16, 11–15, 15–12. Zheng Bo also won the mixed doubles title with Wei Yili, after the first seeded retired in the final match. while Wei also won the girls' doubles title with Zhang Yawen beat their compatriot Zhao Tingting and Li Yujia, 15–12, 15–5. The girls' singles title goes to Yu Jin who beat the top seeded Wei Yan with the score 15–5 and 15–3. China also secures the boys' and girls' team event after beat the Indonesia men's team and South Korea women's team with the score 3–0 respectively.

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - |
| Boys' teams | China Bao Chunlai Cao Chen Lin Dan Qiu Bohui Sang Yang Xie Zhongbo Zheng Bo Zhu Weilun | Indonesia Taufiq Hidayat Akbar Ardiansyah Hendra Aprida Gunawan Markis Kido Sony Dwi Kuncoro Anggun Nugroho Tri Heru Pamungkas Yan Peter Bambang Saifulloh | South Korea Jang Young-soo Jung Jae-sung Jung Jin-chul Kang Hyung-ki Kim Sang-soo Lee Jae-jin Lee Seung-yoon |
| Boys' teams | China Bao Chunlai Cao Chen Lin Dan Qiu Bohui Sang Yang Xie Zhongbo Zheng Bo Zhu Weilun | Indonesia Taufiq Hidayat Akbar Ardiansyah Hendra Aprida Gunawan Markis Kido Sony Dwi Kuncoro Anggun Nugroho Tri Heru Pamungkas Yan Peter Bambang Saifulloh | Malaysia Gan Teik Chai Yogendran Khrishnan Kuan Beng Hong Lee Chong Wei Lin Woon Fui Tan Chin Lee Mohd Fairuzizuan Mohd Tazari |
| Girls' teams | China Lei Minji Li Yujia Wang Rong Wei Yan Wei Yili Yu Jin Zhang Yawen Zhao Tingting | South Korea Hwang Yu-mi Joo Hyun-hee Jun Jae-youn Jung Yeon-kyung Kim So-yeon Lee Jong-boon Park Hyo-sun Seo Yoon-hee Si Jin-sun | Chinese Taipei Cheng Hsiao-yun Cheng Wen-hsing Cheng Pei-ju Chien Hsiu-lin Chien Yu-chin |
| Girls' teams | China Lei Minji Li Yujia Wang Rong Wei Yan Wei Yili Yu Jin Zhang Yawen Zhao Tingting | South Korea Hwang Yu-mi Joo Hyun-hee Jun Jae-youn Jung Yeon-kyung Kim So-yeon Lee Jong-boon Park Hyo-sun Seo Yoon-hee Si Jin-sun | Japan Aki Akao Marika Hirooka Tomomi Matsuda Kumiko Ogura Reiko Shiota |
| Boys' singles | Lin Dan | Sony Dwi Kuncoro | Qiu Bohui |
| Boys' singles | Lin Dan | Sony Dwi Kuncoro | Jackaphan Thanat |
| Girls' singles | Yu Jin | Wei Yan | Park Hyo-sun |
| Girls' singles | Yu Jin | Wei Yan | Wang Rong |
| Boys' doubles | Sang Yang Zheng Bo | Jung Jae-sung Lee Jae-jin | Cao Chen Xie Zhongbo |
| Boys' doubles | Sang Yang Zheng Bo | Jung Jae-sung Lee Jae-jin | Hendra Aprida Gunawan Bambang Saifulloh |
| Girls' doubles | Wei Yili Zhang Yawen | Li Yujia Zhao Tingting | Jung Yeon-kyung Kim So-yeon |
| Girls' doubles | Wei Yili Zhang Yawen | Li Yujia Zhao Tingting | Hwang Yu-mi Joo Hyun-hee |
| Mixed doubles | Zheng Bo Wei Yili | Sang Yang Zhang Yawen | Lee Jae-jin Hwang Yu-mi |
| Mixed doubles | Zheng Bo Wei Yili | Sang Yang Zhang Yawen | Tsai Chia-hsin Cheng Wen-hsing |

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | China (CHN) | 7 | 3 | 3 | 13 |
| 2 | South Korea (KOR) | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 3 | Indonesia (INA) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Chinese Taipei (TPE) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 5 | Japan (JPN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 5 | Malaysia (MAS) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 5 | Thailand (THA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (7 entries) | Totals (7 entries) | 7 | 7 | 14 | 28 |
