Badminton World Federation

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The Badminton World Federation (BWF) is the international governing body for the sport of badminton. 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 achieve international recognition. On September 24, 2006, at the Extraordinary General Meeting in Madrid, it was decided to adopt the new name Badminton World Federation (BWF).^[1]

Its head office has been located in Cheltenham, UK since its founding, but on October 1, 2005, it is now located in Kuala Lumpur. Its current president is Kang Young Joong.^[2]

1 Regional Confederations
2 Presidents
3 Tournaments
4 Awards
5 Logo
6 See also
7 References
8 External links

[edit] Regional Confederations

The BWF works in cooperation with regional governing bodies to promote and develop the sport of badminton around the world, they are:^[3]

Map of the World with five confederations

	Region	Confederation	Short	Members
	Asia	Badminton Asia Confederation	BAC	39
	Europe	Badminton Europe	BE	51
	Americas	Badminton Pan Am	BPA	30
	Africa	Badminton Confederation of Africa	BAC	31
	Oceania	Badminton Oceania	BO	8
Total				159

[edit] Presidents

No.	Years	Name	Country
1	1934 – 1955	George Alan Thomas	United Kingdom
2	1955 – 1957	J. Plunkett-Dillon	Ireland
3	1957 – 1959	R. Bruce Hay	United Kingdom
4	1959 – 1961	A. C. J. van Vossen	Netherlands
5	1961 – 1963	J. D. M. McCallum	Ireland
6	1963 – 1965	N. P. Kristensen	Denmark
7	1965 – 1969	D. L. Bloomer	United Kingdom
8	1969 – 1971	H. F. Chilton	United Kingdom
9	1971 – 1974	Ferry A. Sonneville	Indonesia
10	1974 – 1976	S. Wyatt	United Kingdom
11	1976 – 1981	S. Mohlin	Sweden
12	1981 – 1984	C. C. Reedie	United Kingdom
13	1984 – 1986	P. E. Nielsen	Denmark
14	1986 – 1990	I. D. Palmer	New Zealand
15	1990 – 1993	A. E. Jones	United Kingdom
16	1993 – 2001	Lu Shengrong	China
17	2001 – 2005	Korn Dabbaransi	Thailand
18	2005 – 2009	Kang Young Joong	South Korea

[edit] Tournaments

The BWF regularly organizes six major international badminton events:

Olympic Games in cooperation with International 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 (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.

[edit] Awards

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