International Badminton Federation
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| Abbreviation | BWF |
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| Formation | 1934 |
| Type | Sports federation |
| Headquarters | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |
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Membership
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176 member associations |
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President
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Poul-Erik Høyer Larsen |
| Website | www |
The Badminton World Federation (BWF) is the international governing body for the sport of badminton recognised by the International Olympic Committee IOC. 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 176 member nations around the world. On 24 September 2006, at the Extraordinary General Meeting in Madrid, it was decided to adopt the new name Badminton World Federation (BWF).
Its head office was located in Cheltenham, UK since its founding, but on 1 October 2005, was relocated to Kuala Lumpur. Its current president is Poul-Erik Høyer Larsen.
The BWF works in co-operation with regional governing bodies to promote and develop the sport of badminton around the world, they are:
Below is the list of presidents since 1934:
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.
The BWF regularly organises six major international badminton events and one event for para-badminton:
Two events are no longer held regularly:
BWF also sanctions the open events into seven categories with different World Ranking points awarded, as order they are:
The BWF bestows special honours onto players, umpires, sponsors and other individuals for their achievement in badminton or for their contributions to badminton.
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