Asian Team Squash Championships Winners List: Pakistan Have 15 Men's Titles, Last in 2016

Pakistan have won the men's Asian Team Squash Championships 15 times, more than every other country put together. But their last title was in 2016. Malaysia won in 2021 and 2024, India in 2022 and Hong Kong in 2018. Pakistan's men play a home semi-final in Islamabad at 5 pm on Friday 6 November 2026, chasing a first title in ten years.

We went through the champion and runner-up of every edition since the first one in Karachi in 1981. Below is the full men's winners list, the title count, the women's winners, Pakistan's record on home soil and what the Islamabad semi-final means.

Pakistan have 15 of the 22 men's titles

The men's event has been played 22 times before 2026. Pakistan won 15, Malaysia 5, and Hong Kong and India 1 each. Pakistan won the first nine editions in a row, from 1981 to 1998.

The championship is a team event. Each tie is three individual matches, and the side that wins two of them takes the tie. It is usually held every two years.

Every men's champion since 1981

The list below runs from the latest edition back to the first. Pakistan's only gap in the first 20 years was 2000, when Malaysia beat them in the final in Hong Kong.

Pakistan won four in a row from 2010 to 2016, beating Malaysia, India, Malaysia again and Hong Kong in the finals. Since then they have reached one final, in 2018, and lost it to Hong Kong.

Malaysia are the only country to win the men's title more than once apart from Pakistan. Their five wins came in 2000, 2006, 2008, 2021 and 2024. Kuwait have reached two finals, in 2008 and 2022, but have not won. Cheongju in Korea hosted twice in that time, in 2018 and 2022.

Pakistan have never lost a home edition

Pakistan hosted the first edition in Karachi in 1981 and the 1992 edition in Peshawar, and won both. The 2026 event at the Mushaf Squash Complex in Islamabad is the third time Pakistan have hosted, and the Pakistan Squash Federation runs it.

This year Pakistan's men topped Pool A without dropping a match, beating Uzbekistan 3-0 and Korea 3-0, as our report on Pakistan's 3-0 win over Korea shows. Their semi-final opponent depends on the last Pool B tie, Malaysia v Iran on 5 November.

Pakistan's women are still chasing a first title

The women's event started in 1986. Malaysia have won it 11 times, Hong Kong 5, Singapore 3 and India once. Pakistan's women have never won it, and they lost 3-0 to Hong Kong in their first tie this week.

What Pakistan need to win in Islamabad

Pakistan's men are two wins from a 16th title. Here is the path from here:

1. Win the semi-final at 5 pm on Friday 6 November against the Pool B runner-up.
2. Win the final at 3 pm on Saturday 7 November, the last day of the event.
3. Beat Malaysia if they meet. Malaysia hold the last title and beat Pakistan in the Asian Games final in October, as our Asian Games squash final report covers.
4. Keep Noor Zaman fresh. He has played top string in both pool ties and is Pakistan's highest-ranked player, as our PSA rankings page shows.

The schedule and both Pakistan squads are on our page about the Asian Team Squash Championships 2026 schedule.

Common questions

How many times have Pakistan won the Asian Team Squash Championships?

15 times in the men's event, from 1981 to 2016. Pakistan's women have not won it.

When did Pakistan last win the Asian Team Squash Championships?

In 2016 in New Taipei City, beating Hong Kong in the final. They lost the 2018 final to Hong Kong.

Who won the last Asian Team Squash Championships?

Malaysia won both the men's and women's titles in Dalian, China, in 2024. Hong Kong were runners-up in both.

Where is the 2026 Asian Team Squash Championships?

At the Mushaf Squash Complex, Aabpara, Islamabad, from 3 to 7 November 2026, hosted by the Pakistan Squash Federation.

When is Pakistan's semi-final?

At 5 pm on Friday 6 November 2026 in Islamabad. The opponent is the runner-up of Pool B.

Has the event been held in Pakistan before?

Yes, twice: Karachi in 1981 and Peshawar in 1992. Pakistan won both times.

How we verified this

What we checked, where we read it, and what we could not confirm.

We compiled the winners lists on 5 November 2026 from the championship's edition-by-edition records. The 2026 dates, venue, host and Pakistan's results come from the official draw linked by the Asian Squash Federation, as read for our live reports this week. Title counts and the home record are our own from the lists. The semi-final opponent was not known when we wrote this.