Badminton World Federation

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Badminton World Federation
AbbreviationBWF
Formation1934;90 years ago (1934)
Type Sports federation
Headquarters Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Membership
194 member associations
President
Poul-Erik Høyer Larsen
Revenue (2019)
US$25.79 million [1]
Expenses (2019)US$28.27 million [1]
Website www.bwfbadminton.org OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg

The Badminton World Federation (BWF) is the international governing body for the sport of badminton recognised by the International Olympic Committee (IOC). It was founded in 1934 as the International Badminton Federation (IBF) with nine member nations (Canada, Denmark, England, France, Ireland, Netherlands, New Zealand, Scotland and Wales). In 1981 the IBF merged with the World Badminton Federation, and on 24 September 2006, at the Extraordinary General Meeting in Madrid, the name of the organization was changed to Badminton World Federation (BWF). [2]

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When the BWF was founded (as the IBF), its head office was located in Cheltenham, UK. The head office was relocated to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on October 1, 2005. [3] Poul-Erik Høyer Larsen is the current president. [4] The BWF currently has 176 member nations around the world, organized into 5 continental confederations.

Continental federations

Map of the World with five Confederations International Badminton Federation member nations.svg
Map of the World with five Confederations

The BWF works in co-operation with regional governing bodies to promote and develop the sport of badminton around the world, they are: [5]

RegionConfederationMembers
   Asia Badminton Asia (BA)43
   Europe Badminton Europe (BE)54
   Americas Badminton Pan America (BPA)37
   Africa Badminton Confederation of Africa (BCA)44
   Oceania Badminton Oceania (BO)16
Total194

Presidents

Below is the list of presidents since 1934: [6]

No.YearsNameCountry
11934–1955 George Alan Thomas Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom
21955–1957 John Plunkett-Dillon Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland
31957–1959Brigadier Bruce Hay Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom
41959–1961 A. C. J. van Vossen Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
51961–1963 John McCallum Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland
61963–1965 Nils Peder Kristensen Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark
71965–1969 David Bloomer Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom
81969–1971 Humphrey Chilton Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom
91971–1974 Ferry Sonneville Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia
101974–1976 Stuart Wyatt Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom
111976–1981 Stellan Mohlin Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
121981–1984 Craig Reedie Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom
131984–1986 Poul-Erik Nielsen Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark
141986–1990 Ian Palmer Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
151990–1993 Arthur Jones Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom
161993–2001 Lu Shengrong Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
172001–2005 Korn Dabbaransi Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand
182005–2013 Kang Young-Joong Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea
192013– Poul-Erik Høyer Larsen Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark

Rankings

The BWF World Ranking and BWF World Junior Ranking are introduced to determine the strength of the players. BWF World Ranking is used for determining the qualification for entry and seeding for the BWF-sanctioned tournament. The points awarded is based on the final results of each tournament participated for the past 52 weeks. Junior Ranking consists of players under 19 years old.

Tournaments

Grade 1 (S-Tier)

The BWF regularly organises seven major international badminton events and two events for para-badminton:

Major tournaments:

Other major tournaments:

Para major tournaments:

Event(s) are no longer held regularly:

Grade 2 (A-Tier)

Grade 2 tournaments, known as BWF World Tour was sanctioned into six levels with different world ranking points awarded, as order they are:

The events that were formerly held from 2007 to 2017 are:

Grade 3 (B-Tier)

Grade 3 tournaments, known as Continental Circuit was sanctioned into three levels with different world ranking points awarded, as order they are:

Awards

The BWF bestows special honours onto players, umpires, sponsors, and other individuals for their achievement in badminton or for their contributions to badminton. [8]

Over the years, the organization has had several logos. Originally it used the IBF logo. As the BWF, a new logo was adopted in 2007. [9] In 2012 it adopted a new, streamlined logo. [10]

Publications

See also

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