Asian Weightlifting Championships

The Asian Weightlifting Championships is a weightlifting championship organised by the Asian Weightlifting Federation for competitors from the Asian countries. It has been held since 1971 for men and 1988 for women. In 2008 the championships provided the official qualification for Asian competitors in the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

List of Tournaments

Year Edition Venue M W 1969 1 1970 2 Bangkok, Thailand 1971 3 Manila, Philippines 1972 4 1973 5 Tel Aviv, Israel 1974 6 Tehran, Iran 1975 7 1976 8 Bangkok, Thailand 1977 9 Baghdad, Iraq 1978 10 Bangkok, Thailand 1979 11 Tokyo, Japan 1980 12 Seoul, South Korea 1981 13 Nagoya, Japan 1982 14 New Delhi, India 1983 15 Damascus, Syria 1984 16 Tabriz, Iran 1985 17 Jiangxi, China 1986 18 Seoul, South Korea 1987 19 Ageo, Japan

Year Edition Venue M W 1988 20 Shilong, China 1 Jakarta, Indonesia 1989 21 Tehran, Iran 2 Shanghai, China 1990 22 3 Beijing, China 1991 23 Kamisu, Japan 4 Manado, Indonesia 1992 24 Fuzhou, China 5 Chiang Mai, Thailand 1993 25 Tabriz, Iran 6 Shilong, China 1994 26 7 Hiroshima, Japan 1995 27 8 Pusan, South Korea 1996 28 9 Yachiyo, Japan 1997 29 10 Yangzhou, China 1998 30 11 Bangkok, Thailand 1999 31 12 Wuhan, China 2000 32 13 Osaka, Japan 2001 33 14 Jeonju, South Korea 2002 34 15 Busan, South Korea 2003 35 16 Qinhuangdao, China

Year Edition Venue M W 2004 36 17 Almaty, Kazakhstan 2005 37 18 Dubai, United Arab Emirates 2007 38 19 Tai'an, China 2008 39 20 Kanazawa, Japan 2009 40 21 Taldykorgan, Kazakhstan 2010 41 22 Guangzhou, China 2011 42 23 Tongling, China 2012 43 24 Pyeongtaek, South Korea 2013 44 25 Astana, Kazakhstan 2015 45 26 Phuket, Thailand 2016 46 27 Samarkand, Uzbekistan

• The weightlifting tournaments held during Asian Games are counted as Asian Weightlifting Championships of the corresponding year.

Team Ranking

Men

Year	Date	City and host country	1	2	3
2011	April 13–17	Tongling, China	China 600	Kazakhstan 534	Iran 515
2012	April 24–30	Pyeongtaek, South Korea	Iran 501	South Korea 500	Kazakhstan 441
2013	June 21-26	Astana, Kazakhstan	India 472	Chinese Taipei 470	Vietnam 454
2015	September 3-12	Phuket, Thailand	China 516	Thailand 510	Iran 499

Women

Year	Date	City and host country	1	2	3
2011	April 13–17	Tongling, China	China 576	Japan 273	Kazakhstan 269
2012	April 24–30	Pyeongtaek, South Korea	China 544	Kazakhstan 432	South Korea 417
2013	June 21-26	Astana, Kazakhstan	Chinese Taipei 513	North Korea 465	Vietnam 464
2015	September 3-12	Phuket, Thailand	China 510	Thailand 487	North Korea 293

External links

• Official AWF site