Badminton Europe

Badminton Europe Confederation
Abbreviation BEC
Formation 27 September 1967
Type Sports federation
Headquarters Brøndby, Denmark
Membership 51 member associations
President Tom Bacher
Website http://www.badmintoneurope.com/

Badminton Europe (BE) is the governing body of badminton in Europe. It is one of the 5 continental bodies under the flag of the Badminton World Federation (BWF). It now has 51 member associations.[1] It was founded on 27 September 1967.

On its annual meeting held on April 8, 2006 the members decided to change the name from European Badminton Union, to Badminton Europe Confederation. The officially used acronym is now BEC.

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Presidents

No. Name Country Years
1 Hans Peter Kuntz  Switzerland 1967-1968
2 Stellan Mohlin  Sweden 1969-1977
3 Herman Valken  Netherlands 1977-1982
4 Heinrich Barge  West Germany 1982-1984
5 Stan Mitchell  United Kingdom 1984-1992
6 Torsten Berg  Denmark 1992-2004
7 Tom Bacher  Denmark 2004-2010
8 Poul-Erik Høyer  Denmark 2010-

Member associations

Badminton Europe
Albania Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus
Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus
Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia Faroe Islands
Finland France Georgia Germany Gibraltar
Greece Greenland Hungary Iceland Ireland
Israel Italy Latvia Liechtenstein Lithuania
Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Montenegro
Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal Romania
Russia Scotland Serbia Slovak Republic Slovenia
Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine
Wales

Tournaments

References

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