Asian Squash Championship

The squash -Asienmeisterschaften are the continental championships in Asia in squash. They are played both individually and with a team and take place every two years.

history

The men's competitions were held for the first time in 1981, the women's competitions in 1986. The record winner in the individual is Ong Beng Hee with four titles for men and Nicol David with eight titles for women , both from Malaysia . In the team competitions, Pakistan is the leading nation with 13 men's titles, and Malaysia is again the leading nation for women with seven titles.

All competitions were held at the same time in a single event until 2010. The Malaysian capital Kuala Lumpur has been the most frequent host to date . Since the individual competitions, in contrast to the team competitions, were held in 2011 instead of 2012, contrary to the two-year cycle, the host country also differed for the first time. The 2011 singles took place in Penang , Malaysia , while the team titles were awarded in Kuwait City .

The host of the championships is the Asian Squash Federation .

Asian champion

singles

Men's

Record winner:

• Ong Beng Hee : 4 titles (2000-2006)

year	winner	Final opponent	venue
2019	Saurav Ghosal	Leo Au	Kuala Lumpur
2017	Max Lee	Saurav Ghosal	Chennai
2015	Leo Au	Abdullah Al Muzayen	Kuwait City
2013	Aamir Atlas Khan	Abdullah Al Muzayen	Islamabad
2011	Mohd Nafiizwan Adnan	Ong Beng Hee	Penang
2010	Mohd Azlan Iskandar	Aamir Atlas Khan	Chennai
2008	Mohd Azlan Iskandar	Ong Beng Hee	Kuwait City
2006	Ong Beng Hee	Mohd Azlan Iskandar	Taiwan
2004	Ong Beng Hee	Mansoor Zaman	Kuala Lumpur
2002	Ong Beng Hee	Mansoor Zaman	Kuala Lumpur
2000	Ong Beng Hee	Mansoor Zaman	Hong Kong
1998	Zarak Jahan Khan	Kenneth Low	Kuala Lumpur
1996	Me Zaman Gul	Abdul Faheem Khan	Amman
1994	Zarak Jahan Khan	Me Zaman Gul	Kuala Lumpur
1992	Abdul Faheem Khan	Zubair Jahan Khan	Peshawar
1990	Me Zaman Gul	Farhan Samiullah	Calcutta
1988	Jahangir Khan	Umar Hayat Khan	Kuwait City
1986	Qamar Zaman	Umar Hayat Khan	Kuala Lumpur
1984	Qamar Zaman	Maqsood Ahmed	Amman
1981	Jahangir Khan	Qamar Zaman	Karachi

Ladies

Record winners:

• Nicol David : 9 tracks (1998-2011, 2015)
• Mah Li Lian : 4 tracks (1988–1994)
• Joshna Chinappa : 2 titles (2017, 2019)

year	Winner	Final opponent	venue
2019	Joshna Chinappa	Annie Au	Kuala Lumpur
2017	Joshna Chinappa	Dipika Pallikal	Chennai
2015	Nicol David	Annie Au	Kuwait City
2013	Annie Au	Low Wee Wern	Islamabad
2011	Nicol David	Annie Au	Penang
2010	Nicol David	Rebecca Chiu	Chennai
2008	Nicol David	Rebecca Chiu	Kuwait City
2006	Nicol David	Rebecca Chiu	Taiwan
2004	Nicol David	Sharon Wee	Kuala Lumpur
2002	Nicol David	Rebecca Chiu	Kuala Lumpur
2000	Nicol David	Rebecca Chiu	Hong Kong
1998	Nicol David	Sandra Wu	Kuala Lumpur
1996	Leong Siu Lynn	Misha Grewal	Amman
1994	Mah Li Lian	Sandra Wu	Kuala Lumpur
1992	Mah Li Lian	Sandra Wu	Peshawar
1990	Mah Li Lian	Dawn Olsen	Calcutta
1988	Mah Li Lian	Dawn Olsen	Kuwait City
1986	Julie Hawkes	Teresa Brooke	Kuala Lumpur

team

Men's

Ranking of the Asian champions nations :

•  Pakistan : 15 titles (1981–1998, 2002, 2004, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016)
•  Malaysia : 3 tracks (2000, 2006, 2008)
•  Hong Kong : 1 track (2018)

year	winner	2nd place	3rd place	4th Place	venue
2018	Hong Kong	Pakistan	Malaysia Iran	-	Cheongju
2016	Pakistan	Hong Kong	Japan India	-	Taipei
2014	Pakistan	Malaysia	Kuwait India	-	Hong Kong
2012	Pakistan	India	Kuwait Malaysia	-	Kuwait City
2010	Pakistan	Malaysia	India	Kuwait	Chennai
2008	Malaysia	Kuwait	Pakistan	India	Kuwait City
2006	Malaysia	Pakistan	Kuwait	India	Taiwan
2004	Pakistan	Malaysia	India	Kuwait	Kuala Lumpur
2002	Pakistan	Malaysia	Hong Kong	India	Kuala Lumpur
2000	Malaysia	Pakistan	Hong Kong	India	Hong Kong
1998	Pakistan	Malaysia	Hong Kong	India	Kuala Lumpur
1996	Pakistan	Hong Kong	Malaysia	Jordan	Amman
1994	Pakistan	Malaysia	Hong Kong	India	Kuala Lumpur
1992	Pakistan	Hong Kong	Malaysia	Singapore	Peshawar
1990	Pakistan	Singapore	India	Kuwait	Calcutta
1988	Pakistan	Singapore	Malaysia	Jordan	Kuwait City
1986	Pakistan	Singapore	India	Malaysia	Kuala Lumpur
1984	Pakistan	Singapore	India	Malaysia	Amman
1981	Pakistan	India	Singapore	Malaysia	Karachi

Ladies

Ranking of the Asian champions nations :

•  Malaysia : 9 titles (1992, 1996, 1998, 2002–2008, 2014, 2016)
•  Hong Kong : 4 tracks (1986, 2000, 2010, 2018)
•  Singapore : 3 tracks (1988, 1990, 1994)
•  India : 1 track (2012)

year	winner	2nd place	3rd place	4th Place	venue
2018	Hong Kong	South Korea	Japan Malaysia	-	Cheongju
2016	Malaysia	India	Japan Hong Kong	-	Taipei
2014	Malaysia	Hong Kong	Japan India	-	Hong Kong
2012	India	Hong Kong	Malaysia South Korea	-	Kuwait City
2010	Hong Kong	India	Malaysia	South Korea	Chennai
2008	Malaysia	Hong Kong	Japan	South Korea	Kuwait City
2006	Malaysia	Hong Kong	Japan	South Korea	Taiwan
2004	Malaysia	Hong Kong	Japan	India	Kuala Lumpur
2002	Malaysia	India	Hong Kong	Japan	Kuala Lumpur
2000	Hong Kong	Malaysia	Japan	Singapore	Hong Kong
1998	Malaysia	Singapore	Hong Kong	Japan	Kuala Lumpur
1996	Malaysia	Hong Kong	Singapore	India	Amman
1994	Singapore	Malaysia	Japan	Hong Kong	Kuala Lumpur
1992	Malaysia	Singapore	India	Sri Lanka	Peshawar
1990	Singapore	Hong Kong	India	Malaysia	Calcutta
1988	Singapore	Hong Kong	Malaysia	Bahrain	Kuwait City
1986	Hong Kong	Singapore	Japan	Malaysia	Kuala Lumpur

Web links

• Official website of the Asian Squash Federation