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Badminton World Federation (BWF)

2012 BWF logo.svg
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]




Contents






  • 1 Continental federations


  • 2 Presidents


  • 3 Rankings


  • 4 Tournaments


    • 4.1 Grade 1


    • 4.2 Grade 2


    • 4.3 Grade 3




  • 5 Awards


  • 6 Logo


  • 7 Publications


  • 8 See also


  • 9 References


  • 10 External links





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)
 47
  
Europe
Badminton Europe (BE)
 53
  
Americas
Badminton Pan Am (BPA)
 38
  
Africa
Badminton Confederation of Africa (BCA)
 42
  
Oceania
Badminton Oceania (BO)
 14
Total
 194


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


Main article: BWF World Ranking

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





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



See also


  • World Badminton Federation


References





  1. ^ "Madrid Welcomes Badminton World Federation". BadmintonAsia.org. 29 September 2006. Archived from the original on 28 July 2012. Retrieved 11 March 2012..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}


  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.




External links



  • Official fans website

  • Official corporate website












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