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The Badminton World Federation, aka BWF, is the international governing body for the sport of badminton approved by the International Olympic Committee.It was founded on 5 July 1934 as the International Badminton Federation with nine member nations: Canada, Denmark, England, France, Ireland, Netherlands, New Zealand, Scotland and Wales.
The BWF World Championships, aka the World Badminton Championships, is a badminton tournament organized by the Badminton World Federation. [1] It's the most prestigious badminton competition, offering the most ranking points , along with the Summer Olympics badminton events introduced in 1992. [ 2 ]
The union with the International Badminton Federation was brought into being following the decision of Taiwan to change the name of its organization to the Chinese Taipei Badminton Association and a promise from South African Badminton Union not to participate in the Thomas and Uber Cups or IBF World Championships. Relatively minor changes in ...
The India national badminton team represents India in international badminton team tournaments. It is governed by the Badminton Association of India. [2] The men's team won the Thomas Cup in 2022, while the women's team have been semifinalists twice at the Uber Cup in 2014 and 2016.
The Kenya International is an annual open international badminton tournament held in Kenya. This tournament is organized by the Kenya Badminton Association, with the sanctioned by the Badminton Confederation of Africa (BCA) and Badminton World Federation (BWF).
The Suriname International Badminton Tournament is now held annually in Paramaribo since 2008, and is hosted by the Surinamese Badminton Association also sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) and the Badminton Pan America (Badminton Pan Am)
The Mauritius International is an annual feature international badminton tournament held in Mauritius organized by Mauritius Badminton Association (MBA) and sanctioned by BWF. [1] [2] The tournament for most part and in recent years has been an International Series rated event, but in 2012 and 2013, rated as Future Series event.
The Badminton Association of England (BAE) published these rules in 1893 and officially launched the sport at a house called "Dunbar" [c] in Portsmouth on 13 September. [12] The BAE started the first badminton competition, the All England Open Badminton Championships for gentlemen's doubles, ladies' doubles, and mixed doubles, in 1899. [5]