The Badminton Asia Championships (formerly Asian Badminton Championships until 2006) is a tournament organized by governing body Badminton Asia to crown the best badminton players in Asia.

The tournament started in 1962 and is held annually since 1991. The event had rotated between team and individual competitions before the team event became null since 1994.

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. Some of the top players were also willing to pull out from the tournament since the competitiveness of the event was low.

**Aasia meistrivõistlused naistele**

Sulgpalli Aasia meistrivõistlused on sulgpalli turniir, mida korraldab Aasia Sulgpalliliit (BADMINTON ASIA). Turniiri peetakse igal aastal alates 1962. aastast ning selles osalevad Aasia Sulgpalliliidu liikmesriikide naissportlased.

Turniir koosneb viiest distsipliinist: naissoost üksikmäng, naissoost paarismäng, segatud paarismäng, naissoost võistkond ja segavõistkond.

Aasia meistrivõistlused on üks prestiižsemaid sulgpalli turniire maailmas ning tiitli eest võistlevad Aasia parimad naissportlased.

Turniiri on korduvalt võitnud Hiina, Indoneesia ja Jaapan. Praegune naissoost üksikmängu meister on Hiina sportlane Chen Yufei.