The 2020 Badminton Asia Team Championships officially crowned the best male and female national badminton teams in Asia and at the same time served as the Asian qualification event towards the 2020 Thomas & Uber Cup finals. Twenty-four teams, consisting of 12 men's teams and 12 women's teams entered the tournament.[5]China and Hong Kong withdrew from the tournament due to the Philippine government's ban on foreigners regardless of nationality from visiting the host country from China due to concerns over the COVID-19 pandemic.[6]
The draw was held on 29 January 2020, at the Century Park Hotel in Manila.[8] Both men's and women's team group stage consist of four groups with three teams.
However, due to the withdrawal of China and Hong Kong, the men's tournament groups were re-drawn on 10 February 2020.[9] No redrawing was made for the women's tournament despite the withdrawal of India.[10]