Year | Edition | Venue | M | W | 1957 | 1 | | Tehran, Iran | 1964 | 2 | | Tokyo, Japan | 1965 | 3 | | Tehran, Iran | 1971 | 4 | | Manila, Philippines | 1973 | | | Tel Aviv, Israel | 1974[a] | | | Tehran, Iran | 1976 | 8 | | Bangkok, Thailand | 1977 | 9 | | Baghdad, Iraq | 1978[a] | 10 | | Bangkok, Thailand | 1979 | 11 | | Tokyo, Japan | 1980 | 12 | | Seoul, South Korea | 1981 | 13 | | Nagoya, Japan | 1982[a] | 14 | | New Delhi, India | 1983 | 15 | | Damascus, Syria | 1984 | 16 | | Tabriz, Iran | 1985 | 17 | | Jiangxi, China | 1986[a] | 18 | | Seoul, South Korea | 1987 | 19 | | Ageo, Japan | 1988 | 20 | | Shilong, China | | 1 | Jakarta, Indonesia | 1989 | 21 | | Tehran, Iran | | 2 | Shanghai, China | 1990[a] | 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[a] | 26 | 7 | Hiroshima, Japan | 1995 | 27 | 8 | Busan, South Korea | 1996 | 28 | 9 | Yachiyo, Japan | 1997 | 29 | 10 | Yangzhou, China | 1998[a] | 30 | 11 | Bangkok, Thailand | | Year | Edition | Venue | M | W | 1999 | 31 | 12 | Wuhan, China | 2000 | 32 | 13 | Osaka, Japan | 2001 | 33 | 14 | Jeonju, South Korea | 2002[a] | 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[a] | 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 | Tashkent, Uzbekistan | 2017 | 47 | 28 | Ashgabat, Turkmenistan | 2019 | 48 | 29 | Ningbo, China | 2020[b] | 49 | 30 | Tashkent, Uzbekistan | 2022 | 50 | 31 | Manama, Bahrain | 2023 | 51 | 32 | Jinju, South Korea | 2024 | 52 | 33 | Tashkent, Uzbekistan | |