The 1994 Championships were dominated by Canada's Johnny Huang, Men's Singles champion in 1991, who was undefeated in the Team event, and went on to win all three individual titles — the Men's Singles against Alan Cooke (ENG), the Men's Doubles with Joe Ng, and the Mixed Doubles with Barbara Chiu — indeed a unique achievement.
Despite Huang's three wins in the Men's Team final, England won 5-3. The Hong Kong ladies, as expected, won the Women's Team event for the 3rd successive Championships, but they lost the Doubles to Andrea Holt and Lisa Lomas of England 3-1 in the final.
Most memorable match of the whole Championships was Alan Cooke (ENG) versus Joe Ng (CAN), with Alan winning the fisr game 27-25 after saving 11 game points, he then lost the next two games, won the 4th at 19, and had to save 3 match points before winning the 5th. Cooke, emotionally drained, lost 0-3 to Huang in the final.
The expected challenge to Chai Po Wa's superiority, in the Women's Singles from Neo-Singaporean Jing Junhong, evaporated when, after Jing winning the first game 23-21, Chai came back to win the next three games capturing the title for the 3rd successive Championships.
The non-arrival of the African teams caused problems with scheduling of the Team events, and resulted in the BGM deciding that for future Championships only teams for whom firm E.T.A.'s have been notified, would be included in the Team draws.
Results at a Glance:
Men's Team Champion - England
Women's Team Champion - Hong Kong
Men's Singles Champion - Johnny Huang (Canada)
Women's Singles Champion - Chai Po Wa (Hong Kong)
Men's Doubles Champion - Johnny Huang / Gideon Joe Ng (Canada)
Women's Doubles Champion - Chai Po Wa / Chan Tan Lui (Hong Kong)
Mixed Doubles Champion - Johnny Huang / Barbara Chiu (Cananda)
Canada - 3 titles
Hong Kong - 3 titles
England - 1 title
Johnny Huang (Canada) - 3 titles (Men's Singles, Men's Doubles, Mixed Doubles)
Chai Po Wa (Hong Kong) - 3 titles (Women's Team, Women's Singles, Women's Doubles)
Chan Tan Lui (Hong Kong) - 2 titles (Women's Team, Women's Doubles)
The 12th Championships returned to Singapore Badminton Hall where it had all started in 1971. Hong Kong women had been dominant since 1989 and continued to be so in Singapore; in addition their men won the Team event and the Men's Singles. Of the seven titles at stake, only the Men's Doubles, won by England, eluded them.
England's Alan Cooke reserves his best form for the Commonwealth — champion in 1989, and finalist in 1985 and 1994 — Cooke reached the Men's Singles final once again, but not before an epic semi-final win over Lo Chuen Tsung (HKG) 3-2.
Chan Kong Wah, finalist as long ago as 1983 in Kuala Lumpur, undefeated in the team event was taken to 21-19 in the 5th by Sule Olaleye (NGR) in the quarter-finals. He also dropped a game in the semi-finals to Carl Prean (ENG), and the first game in the final against Cooke, but came back to win the title 3-1.
Chai Po Wa (HKG) defeated Singapore's Jing Junhong 3-0 to win the title for a record fourth successive time, and together with Chan Tan Lui won the Women's Doubles for the fourth successive time.
Men's Doubles was won by Carl Prean and Andrew Eden (ENG) from Fatai Adeyemo and Segun Toriola (NGR). Nigeria had arrived, without entering, too late for the Team events, but competed in the individual events.
The very high humidity and lack of air conditioning in the Badminton Hall necessitated a relaxation of ITTF rules concerning toweling and drinking during the matches.
Results at a Glance:
Men's Team Champion - Hong Kong
Women's Team Champion - Hong Kong
Men's Singles Champion - Chan Kong Wah (Hong Kong)
Women's Singles Champion - Chai Po Wa (Hong Kong)
Men's Doubles Champion - Carl Prean / Andrew Eden (England)
Women's Doubles Champion - Chai Po Wa / Chan Tan Lui (Hong Kong)
Mixed Doubles Champion - Lo Chuen Tsung / Chai Po Wa (Hong Kong)
Hong Kong - 6 titles
England - 1 title
Chai Po Wa (Hong Kong) - 4 titles (Women's Team, Women's Singles, Women's Doubles, Mixed Doubles)
Chan Kong Wah (Hong Kong) - 2 titles (Men's Team, Men's Singles)
Chan Tan Lui (Hong Kong) - 2 titles (Women's Team, Women's Doubles)
Lo Chuen Tsung (Hong Kong) - 2 titles (Men's Team, Mixed Doubles)