1978 WBF World Invitational Championships

The 1978 WBF World Invitational Badminton Championships sanctioned by former governing body World Badminton Federation (WBF) took place in the month of February in Hong Kong.^[1] This invitational tournament was held prior to the first official WBF World Championships which was held in Bangkok later in that year. The individual competitions were conducted.^[2] At the end of day, China won all the disciplines except Mixed doubles which was won by host Hong Kong.^[3][4]

Medalists[]

Discipline	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's singles
Women's singles	Liang Qiuxia
Men's doubles
Women's doubles	Liang Qiuxia	Han Aiping
Mixed doubles	Amy Chan

Semifinal results[]

Discipline	Winner	Runner-up	Score
Men's singles			15–13, 15–3
			15–11 retired
Women's singles	Liang Qiuxia		11–6, 11–6
			11–2, 11–2
Men's doubles			15–6, 15–4
			15–6, 15–7
Women's doubles	Liang Qiuxia		17–14, 15–6
	Han Aiping		18–13, 15–10
Mixed doubles			Walkover
	Amy Chan		15–10, 15–12

Final results[]

Discipline	Winner	Finalist	Score
Men's singles			18–13, 15–8
Women's singles	Liang Qiuxia		10–12, 11–8, 11–2
Men's doubles			15–7, 15–1
Women's doubles	Liang Qiuxia	Han Aiping	15–5, 15–7
Mixed doubles	Amy Chan		18–15, 15–11

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