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 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
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
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.

External links

• Official AWF site