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Badminton World Federation (BWF)
	; BWF Logo;
Abbreviation	; BWF
Formation	; 1934
Type	; Sports federation;
Headquarters	; Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia;
Membership	; 176 member associations
President	; Poul-Erik Høyer Larsen;
Website	; BWFBadminton.org;

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 (IBF) 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).^[1]

Its head office was located in Cheltenham, UK since its founding, but on 1 October 2005, was relocated to Kuala Lumpur.^[2] Its current president is Poul-Erik Høyer Larsen.^[3]

Continental federations

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:^[4]

Region		Confederation	Members
	Asia	Badminton Asia Confederation (BAC)	41
	Europe	Badminton Europe (BE)	51
	Americas	Badminton Pan Am (BPA)	33
	Africa	Badminton Confederation of Africa (BCA)	37
	Oceania	Badminton Oceania (BO)	14
Total			176

Presidents

Below is the list of presidents since 1934:^[5]

No.	Years	Name
1	1934–1955	George Alan Thomas
2	1955–1957	John Plunkett-Dillon
3	1957–1959	Brigadier Bruce Hay
4	1959–1961	ACJ van Vossen
5	1961–1963	John McCallum
6	1963–1965	Nils Peder Kristensen
7	1965–1969	David Bloomer
8	1969–1971	Humphrey Chilton
9	1971–1974	Ferry Sonneville
10	1974–1976	Stuart Wyatt
11	1976–1981	Stellan Mohlin
12	1981–1984	Craig Reedie
13	1984–1986	Poul-Erik Nielsen
14	1986–1990	Ian Palmer
15	1990–1993	Arthur Jones
16	1993–2001	Lu Shengrong
17	2001–2005	Korn Dabbaransi
18	2005–2013	Kang Young-Joong
19	2013–	Poul-Erik Høyer Larsen

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

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

Olympic Games in co-operation with International Olympic Committee

World Championships

World Junior Championships

Para-Badminton World Championships

Thomas Cup

Uber Cup

Sudirman Cup

World Senior Championships ^[6]

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.

Grade 2

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

Level 1: BWF World Tour Finals

Level 2: BWF World Tour Super 1000

Level 3: BWF World Tour Super 750

Level 4: BWF World Tour Super 500

Level 5: BWF World Tour Super 300

Level 6: BWF Tour Super 100

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

Super Series Premier

Super Series

Grand Prix Gold

Grand Prix

Grade 3

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

International Challenge

International Series

Future Series

Awards

The BWF bestows special honours onto players, umpires, sponsors and other individuals for their achievement in badminton or for their contributions to badminton.^[7]

Lifetime Achievement

Hall of Fame

Herbert Scheele Trophy

Distinguished Service

Meritorius Service

Certificate of Commendation

Eddy Choong Player of the Year (hiatus since 2008)

Best Male and Female Player of the Year

Eddy Choong Most Promising Player of the Year

Women in Badminton

Logo

The logo of the organisation was unveiled in June 2007 and officially launched at the 2007 Sudirman Cup in Glasgow, Scotland. It was designed by Indonesian Aboeb Luthfy as part of the three months contest launched by the federation.^[8] BWF launched new logo during 2012 Thomas & Uber Cup.^[9]

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Old logo while the organisation was named "International Badminton Federation"

Logo used between 2007–2012

Publications

World Badminton (Journal)

The IBF Handbook

References

^ "Madrid Welcomes Badminton World Federation". BadmintonAsia.org. 29 September 2006. Archived from the original on 28 July 2012. Retrieved 11 March 2012.

^ "BWF Council / Executive Board". BWF. Retrieved 11 March 2012.

^ Leung, Edwin (18 May 2013). "Poul-Erik Hoyer Wins BWF Presidential Election". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 18 May 2013.

^ "BWF Members by Continental Confederation". BWF. Retrieved 11 March 2012.

^ "IBF/BWF Office Baerers (since 1934)". BWF. Retrieved 11 March 2012.

^ "World Senior Championships". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 23 February 2017.

^ "Awards". BWF. Retrieved 11 March 2012.

^ Lacroix, Yves (15 June 2007). "EXCLUSIVE – BWF Unveils New Logo Today". Badzine. Retrieved 11 March 2012.

^ "BWF rebrand and launch new logo: Modern, Strong, Efficient". Badminton World Federation. 26 May 2012. Retrieved 1 June 2012.

External links

Official fans website

Official corporate website

[1] "Madrid Welcomes Badminton World Federation". BadmintonAsia.org. 29 September 2006. Archived from the original on 28 July 2012. Retrieved 11 March 2012.

[2] "BWF Council / Executive Board". BWF. Retrieved 11 March 2012.

[3] Leung, Edwin (18 May 2013). "Poul-Erik Hoyer Wins BWF Presidential Election". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 18 May 2013.

[4] "BWF Members by Continental Confederation". BWF. Retrieved 11 March 2012.

[5] "IBF/BWF Office Baerers (since 1934)". BWF. Retrieved 11 March 2012.

[6] "World Senior Championships". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 23 February 2017.

[7] "Awards". BWF. Retrieved 11 March 2012.

[8] Lacroix, Yves (15 June 2007). "EXCLUSIVE – BWF Unveils New Logo Today". Badzine. Retrieved 11 March 2012.

[9] "BWF rebrand and launch new logo: Modern, Strong, Efficient". Badminton World Federation. 26 May 2012. Retrieved 1 June 2012.

v t e National members of the Badminton World Federation
Africa (BCA)	ALG BOT BDI CMR CAF CGO CIV COD EGY GEQ ERI ETH GHA KEN LES MAD MAW MTN MRI MOR MOZ NAM NGR SEY SLE SOM RSA STH SUD SWZ TAN TOG TUN UGA ZAM ZIM
Asia (BAC)	AFG BHR BAN BTN BRU CAM CHN HKG IND INA IRN IRQ JPN JOR KAZ KOR KWT KGZ LAO LBN LKA MAC MAS MDV MNG MMR NPL PAK PLE PRK PAK PHL QAT SIN SYR THA TLS TKM TPE UZB VNM
Europe (BE)	ALB ARM AUT AZE BEL BLR BIH BGR CRO CYP CZE DEN ENG ESP EST FIN FRA FRO GEO GER GIB GRC GRL HUN ISL IRL ISR ITA LVA LIE LTU LUX MDA MKD MLT MNE NED NOR POL POR ROU RUS SCO SRB SVK SVN SUI SWE TUR UKR WAL
Oceania (BO)	AUS COK FJI KIR NRU NZL NFK WSM TAH TGA TUV
Americas (BPA)	ARG ABW BRB BMU BRA CAN CYM CHI COL CRI CUB CUR DOM ECU SLV FLK GRD GTM GUY HND JAM MEX PAN PER PRI LCA SUR TTO USA URY VEN
Pinnacle Events Olympic Games World Championships World Junior Championships Thomas Cup Uber Cup Sudirman Cup

v t e International badminton
Thomas_Cup Uber_Cup Sudirman_Cup World_Championships Para_World_Championships World_Junior_Championships Olympics World_Cup_(defunct) World_Grand_Prix_Finals_(defunct) World_Ranking World_Junior_Ranking Hall_of_Fame *Teams"> BWF Thomas Cup Uber Cup Sudirman Cup World Championships Para World Championships World Junior Championships Olympics World Cup (defunct) World Grand Prix Finals (defunct) World Ranking World Junior Ranking Hall of Fame Teams
Africa	BCA – African Championships
Asia	BA – Asia Championships Junior Championships
Europe	BE – European Championships Junior Championships
Oceania	BO – Oceania Championships
Americas	BPA – Pan Am Championships Junior Championships
Games	All-Africa Games Asian Games Commonwealth Games Deaflympics East Asian Games Island Games Pan American Games Pan Arab Games Southeast Asian Games Universiade World Games (defunct)

v t e International sports federations
ASOIF (28) Summer Olympics Federations	FINA (aquatic sports) WA (archery) IAAF (athletics) BWF (badminton) FIBA (basketball) AIBA (boxing) ICF (canoeing) UCI (cycling) FEI (equestrianism) FIE (fencing) FIFA (football/soccer) IGF (golf) FIG (gymnastics) IHF (handball) FIH (field hockey) IJF (judo) UIPM (modern pentathlon) FISA (rowing) WR (rugby union) WS (sailing) ISSF (shooting) ITTF (table tennis) WT (taekwondo) ITF (tennis) ITU (triathlon) FIVB (volleyball) IWF (weightlifting) UWW (wrestling)
AIOWF (7) Winter Olympics Federations	IBU (biathlon) IBSF (bobsleigh and skeleton) WCF (curling) IIHF (ice hockey) FIL (luge) ISU (skating sports) FIS (skiing sports)
ARISF (39) Others recognised by IOC	FAI (air sports) IFAF (american football) FIA (auto racing) FIB (bandy) WBSC (baseball and softball) FIPV (basque pelota) WCBS (billiards sports) CMSB (boules) WB (bowling) WBF (bridge) ICU (cheer) FIDE (chess) UIAA (mountaineering) ICC (cricket) WDSF (dance sport) FMJD (draughts) IFF (floorball) WFDF (flying disc) WKF (karate) IKF (korfball) ILSF (life saving) FIM (motorcycle sport) IFMA (muay Thai) INF (netball) IOF (orienteering) FIP (polo) UIM (powerboating) IRF (racquetball) FIRS (roller sports) ISMF (ski mountaineering) IFSC (sports climbing) WSF (squash) IFS (sumo) ISA (surfing) TWIF (tug-of-war) CMAS (underwater sports) FISU (university sports) IWWF (waterski and wakeboard) IWUF (wushu)
Others in GAISF (21)	IAF (aikido) IFBB (body building) ICSF (casting) WDF (darts) IDBF (dragon boat) IFA (fistball) IGF (go) IFI (ice stock sport) JJIF (ju-jitsu) FIK (kendo) WAKO (kickboxing) FIL (lacrosse) WMF (minigolf) IPF (powerlifting) FIAS (sambo) FISav (savate) ISTAF (sepaktakraw) ISFF (sleddog) ISTF (soft tennis) CIPS (sport fishing)
GAISF observer members (9)	WAF (arm wrestling) WDA (dodgeball) FIFG (footgolf) IUKL (kettlebell lifting) IFP (poker) IPSF (pole dance) ITSF (table football/soccer) RLIF (rugby league) IPF (padel)
Others (20)	ARI (australian rules football) IBA (bodyboarding) PBA (bowls) IBJJF (Brazilian jiu-jitsu) IFBA (broomball) WCF (croquet) IGAA (gaelic football and hurling) IKF (kabaddi) IMMAF (mixed martial arts) WMRA (mountain running) IPSC (practical shooting) IQA (quidditch) IFMAR (radio-controlled racing) IRF (rogaining) WSSF (snowshoe running) ISF (skyrunning) WSSA (sport stacking) ITPF (tent pegging) FIT (touch football) ITRA (trail running) IAU (ultra running)
International Olympic Committee International World Games Association Global Association of International Sports Federations

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