The 1996 Badminton Asian Cup was the fourth edition of Badminton Asian Cup.^[1] It was held in Seoul, South Korea from 19 to 23 June with total prize money of US$130,000. Host South Korea dominated by winning all the doubles disciplines, while Singles titles were shared between China and Malaysia.^[2][3][4]

Medalists

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's singles	Rashid Sidek	Luo Yigang	Xie Yangchun
			Ong Ewe Hock
Women's singles	Zhang Ning	Zeng Yaqiong	Somharuthai Jaroensiri
			Lidya Djaelawijaya
Men's doubles	Kim Dong-moon Yoo Yong-sung	Tony Gunawan Rudy Wijaya	Ade Sutrisna Candra Wijaya
			Liu Yong Zhang Wei
Women's doubles	Chung So-young Jang Hye-ock	Indarti Issolina Deyana Lomban	Tomomi Matsuo Masako Sakamoto
			Gao Qian Zhang Jin
Mixed doubles	Park Joo-bong Ra Kyung-min	Kang Kyung-jin Kim Mee-hyang	Liu Yong Gao Qian
			Sandiarto Indarti Issolina

Medal table

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

Results

Semifinals

Discipline[5]	Winner	Runner-up	Score
Men's singles	Rashid Sidek	Xie Yangchun	15–2, 15–11
	Luo Yigang	Ong Ewe Hock	15–12, 18–13
Women's singles	Zhang Ning	Somharuthai Jaroensiri	11–2, 11–4
	Zeng Yaqiong	Lidya Djaelawijaya	11–4, 11–0
Men's doubles	Kim Dong-moon Yoo Yong-sung	Candra Wijaya Ade Sutrisna	15–11, 15–6
	Tony Gunawan Rudy Wijaya	Liu Yong Zhang Wei	15–9, 15–6
Women's doubles	Indarti Issolina Deyana Lomban	Tomomi Matsuo Masako Sakamoto	15–8, 15–12
	Chung So-young Jang Hye-ock	Gao Qian Zhang Jin	15–1, 15–3
Mixed doubles	Park Joo-bong Ra Kyung-min	Liu Yong Gao Qian	15–5, 15–4
	Kang Kyung-jin Kim Mee-hyang	Sandiarto Indarti Issolina	15–12, 15–11

Finals

Discipline	Winner	Finalist	Score
Men's singles	Rashid Sidek	Luo Yigang	18–14, 15–5
Women's singles	Zhang Ning	Zeng Yaqiong	5–11, 11–2, 11–6
Men's doubles	Kim Dong-moon Yoo Yong-sung	Tony Gunawan Rudy Wijaya	15–10, 15–8
Women's doubles	Chung So-young Jang Hye-ock	Indarti Issolina Deyana Lomban	15–7, 15–8
Mixed doubles	Park Joo-bong Ra Kyung-min	Kang Kyung-jin Kim Mee-hyang	15–6, 15–8

Sources

• "World Badminton Archives - Ciba Asia Cup 1996". 23 June 2021.