The 2016 Badminton Asia Team Championships officially crowned the best male and female national badminton teams in Asia and at the same time worked as the Asian qualification event towards the 2016 Thomas & Uber Cup finals. 26 teams, consisting of 14 men's teams and 12 women's teams entered the tournament.
Competition format
The competition begins with a group stage: all participating teams are divided into four groups of two or three teams each. Each team plays each other once, with the top two teams advancing to the knockout stage. A match is won by the team that first wins three games. The eight teams that qualify will be drawn and compete in a knockout format until the final.
Tie-breaker
Team ranking within a group is determined based on the following criteria: number of wins; match difference; game difference; and points difference. If two teams are tied after a criterion is applied, the winner of the match between the two teams will be ranked higher. A draw will be held to determine ranking if there are still teams tied after all criteria are applied.[2]
Hosting
In January 2016, Hyderabad was selected over Bangkok in the bidding process for the first ever Badminton Asia Team Championships.[3]
The draw was held on 2 February 2016, at the tournament venue. The men's team group stage consisted of two groups with three teams and two groups with four teams. The women's team group stage consisted of four groups each with three teams.
