The Marlboro Asian Badminton Championships 1987 took place in the month of December in Semarang, Indonesia.^[1] Only men's team competition were conducted. At the end of day, China won the championships beating Indonesia in the final while South Korea won the bronze medal playoff defeating Malaysian team.^[2][3]

Medalists

Discipline	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's team	China Yang Yang Li Yongbo Tian Bingyi Xiong Guobao Zhou Jincan Zhang Qiang Zhang Qingwu	Indonesia Eddy Kurniawan Eddy Hartono Alan Budikusuma Liem Swie King Joko Suprianto Bobby Ertanto Indra Gunawan	South Korea Chung Byung-yun Lee Deuk-choon Sung Han-kuk Park Sung-bae Lee Sang-bok Park Joo-bong Kim Moon-soo

Semifinals

China V/s South Korea

China 3	Semarang 22 December 1987		South Korea 0
1 2 3 1 Yang Yang Park Sung-bae 11 15 15 4 17 16   2 Xiong Guobao Sung Han-kook 15 6 15 2     3 Tian Bingyi / Li Yongbo Park Joo-bong / Kim Moon-soo 3 15 15 12 15 1

Malaysia V/s Indonesia

Malaysia 0	Kuala Lumpur 22 December 1987		Indonesia 3
1 2 3 1 Foo Kok Keong Alan Budikusuma 14 17 15 9 5 15   2 Kwan Yoke Meng Joko Suprianto 4 15 3 15     3 Jalani Sidek / Razif Sidek Eddy Hartono / Liem Swie King 15 9 11 15 1 8

• Razif Sidek suffered a stomach injury in third match.

Bronze medal tie

Malaysia V/s South Korea

Malaysia 0	Semarang 23 December 1987		South Korea 5
1 2 3 1 Foo Kok Keong Park Sung-bae 5 15 10 15     2 Kwan Yoke Meng Sung Han-kook 3 15 10 15     3 Jalani Sidek / Wong Tat Meng Park Joo-bong / Kim Moon-soo 6 15 5 15     4 Ong Beng Teong / Cheah Soon Kit Lee Deuk-choon / Lee Sang-bok 8 15 15 4 6 15   5 Wong Tat Meng Chung Byung-yun 9 15 10 15

Final

China V/s Indonesia

China 3	Kuala Lumpur 23 December 1987		Indonesia 2
1 2 3 1 Yang Yang Eddy Kurniawan 12 15 15 3 15 4   2 Xiong Guobao Alan Budikusuma 17 18 13 15     3 Tian Bingyi / Li Yongbo Eddy Hartono / Liem Swie King 15 13 15 5     4 Zhang Qiang / Zhou Jincan Bobby Ertanto / Indra Gunawan 17 16 11 15 10 15   5 Zhang Qingwu Joko Suprianto 15 8 15 12