The 1991 Badminton Asian Cup was the first edition of Badminton Asian Cup. It was held in Istora Senayan indoor stadium, Jakarta, Indonesia from 18 to 22 December with total prize money of US$100,000.^[1] The main sponsor of this tournament was Cathay Pacific.^[2] Malaysian team won titles in Men's singles and doubles event, while South Korea won Women's doubles and Mixed doubles disciplines.^[3] Chinese Tang won the Women's singles title.^[4][5]

Medalists

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's singles	Rashid Sidek	Bambang Suprianto	Joko Suprianto
			Fung Permadi
Women's singles	Tang Jiuhong	Bang Soo-hyun	Somharuthai Jaroensiri
			Yuliani Sentosa
Men's doubles	Cheah Soon Kit Soo Beng Kiang	Rexy Mainaky Ricky Subagja	Chen Hongyong Chen Kang
			Huang Zhanzhong Zheng Yumin
Women's doubles	Chung So-young Hwang Hye-young	Kimiko Jinnai Hisako Mori	Erma Sulistianingsih Rosiana Tendean
			Yao Fen Lin Yanfen
Mixed doubles	Shon Jin-hwan Gil Young-ah	Aryono Miranat Eliza Nathanael	Ong Ewe Chye Tan Sui Hoon
			Siripong Siripool Ladawan Mulasartsatorn

Results

Semifinals

Discipline	Winner	Finalist	Score
Men's singles	Rashid Sidek	Joko Suprianto	15–8, 6–15, 18–14
	Bambang Suprianto	Fung Permadi	15–7, 15–11
Women's singles	Tang Jiuhong	Somharuthai Jaroensiri	11–5, 11–9
	Bang Soo-hyun	Yuliani Sentosa	6–11, 11–8, 11–4
Men's doubles	Cheah Soon Kit Soo Beng Kiang	Chen Hongyong Chen Kang	15–5, 15–8
	Rexy Mainaky Ricky Subagja	Huang Zhanzhong Zheng Yumin	15–4, 15–8
Women's doubles	Chung So-young Hwang Hye-young	Erma Sulistianingsih Rosiana Tendean	15–3, 5–15, 15–11
	Kimiko Jinnai Hisako Mori	Yao Fen Lin Yanfen	10–15, 17–14, 15–1
Mixed doubles	Shon Jin-hwan Gil Young-ah	Ong Ewe Chye Tan Sui Hoon	15–4, 15–4
	Aryono Miranat Eliza Nathanael	Siripong Siripool Ladawan Mulasartsatorn	11–15, 17–14, 15–12

Finals

Discipline	Winner	Finalist	Score
Men's singles	Rashid Sidek	Bambang Suprianto	15–10, 15–11
Women's singles	Tang Jiuhong	Bang Soo-hyun	11–7, 6–11, 11–4
Men's doubles	Cheah Soon Kit Soo Beng Kiang	Rexy Mainaky Ricky Subagja	17–16, 15–5
Women's doubles	Chung So-young Hwang Hye-young	Kimiko Jinnai Hisako Mori	15–13, 15–1
Mixed doubles	Shon Jin-hwan Gil Young-ah	Aryono Miranat Eliza Nathanael	15–5, 8–15, 15–7

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	South Korea (KOR)	2	1	0	3
2	Malaysia (MAS)	2	0	1	3
3	China (CHN)	1	0	3	4
4	Indonesia (INA)	0	3	4	7
5	Japan (JPN)	0	1	0	1
6	Thailand (THA)	0	0	2	2
Totals (6 entries)		5	5	10	20