Badminton World Federation

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The Badminton World Federation (BWF) is the international governing body for the sport of badminton. Founded in 1934 as the International Badminton Federation with nine member nations (Canada, Denmark, England, France, Ireland, Netherlands, New Zealand, Scotland and Wales), the BWF has since expanded to achieve international recognition. On September 24, 2006, at the Extraordinary General Meeting in Madrid, it was decided to adopt the new name Badminton World Federation (BWF).^[1] While the name change is official, it has not yet been fully implemented in practical terms.

Its head office has been located in Cheltenham, UK since its founding, but on October 1, 2005, it is now located in Kuala Lumpur. Its current president is Kang Young Joong.^[2]

Contents 1 Regional Confederations 2 Tournaments 3 Awards 4 References 5 External links

[edit] Regional Confederations

The BWF works in cooperation with regional governing bodies to promote and develop the sport of badminton around the world, they are:^[3]

	Region	Confederation	Short	Members
	Asia	Badminton Asia Confederation	BAC	39
	Europe	Badminton Europe	BE	50
	Americas	Pan American Badminton Confederation	PABC	29
	Africa	Africa Badminton Federation	ABF	31
	Oceania	Oceania Badminton Confederation	OBC	8
Total				157

[edit] Tournaments

The BWF regularly organizes six major international badminton events:

• Olympic Games in cooperation with International Olympic Committee
• World Championships
• World Junior Championships
• Thomas Cup
• Uber Cup
• Sudirman Cup

Two events are no longer held regularly:

• World Cup was suspended since 1997. However, the BWF revived the event in 2005 (with China as host) but only as an invitational tournament. China swept gold in all 5 categories.
• World Grand Prix has been on hiatus since 2000.

[edit] Awards

The BWF bestows special honours onto players, umpires, sponsors and other individuals for their achievement in badminton or for their contributions to badminton.

• Hall of Fame
• Herbert Scheele Trophy
• Distinguished Service
• Meritorius Service
• Certificate of Commendation
• Eddy Choong Player of the Year

[edit] References

1. ^ "New Name", BWF (formerly IBF) press release announcing name change, September 24, 2006.
2. ^ BWF Council - President and Executive Board
3. ^ Member Associations

[edit] External links

• Official Website

International badminton v • d • e
BWF | Thomas Cup | Uber Cup | Sudirman Cup | World Championships | World Junior Championships | World Senior Championships | World Cup | World Grand Prix (defunct) | Olympic Games | Commonwealth Games | Asian Games | Pan American Games | Teams
Asia: BAC – Asia Championships      Europe: BE – European Championships      Americas: PABC – Pan Am Championships      Africa: ABF – African Championships      Oceania: OBC – Oceania Championships