- Badminton World Federation
The Badminton World Federation (BWF) is the international governing body for the
sport ofbadminton . Founded in 1934 as the International Badminton Federation with nine member nations (Canada ,Denmark ,England ,France ,Ireland ,Netherlands ,New Zealand ,Scotland andWales ), the BWF has since expanded to achieve international recognition. OnSeptember 24 ,2006 , at the Extraordinary General Meeting inMadrid , it was decided to adopt the new name Badminton World Federation (BWF). [ [http://www.internationalbadminton.org/news1.asp?pageid={142DC369-23C4-4F81-85A3-85123DADDFED} "New Name"] , BWF (formerly IBF) press release announcing name change, September 24, 2006.]Its head office has been located in
Cheltenham , UK since its founding, but onOctober 1 ,2005 , it is now located inKuala Lumpur . Its current president is Kang Young Joong. [ [http://www.internationalbadminton.org/council.html BWF Council - President and Executive Board] ]Regional Confederations
The BWF works in cooperation with regional governing bodies to promote and develop the sport of badminton around the world, they are: [ [http://www.internationalbadminton.org/member_associat.asp Member Associations] ]
Presidents
Tournaments
The BWF regularly organizes six major international badminton events:
*Olympic Games in cooperation withInternational Olympic Committee
*World Championships
*World Junior Championships
*Thomas Cup
*Uber Cup
*Sudirman Cup Two events are no longer held regularly:
*World Cup was suspended since 1997. However, the BWF revived the event in 2005 (withChina as host) but only as an invitational tournament. China swept gold in all 5 categories.
*World Grand Prix has been on hiatus since 2000.Awards
The BWF bestows special honours onto players, umpires, sponsors and other individuals for their achievement in badminton or for their contributions to badminton.
*Hall of Fame
*Herbert Scheele Trophy
*Distinguished Service
*Meritorius Service
*Certificate of Commendation
*Eddy Choong Player of the YearLogo
ee also
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World Badminton Federation References
External links
* [http://www.internationalbadminton.org/ Official Website]
* [http://www.badzine.info/content/view/378/ BWF Unveils New Logo]
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