Badminton Asia Confederation

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Badminton Asia Confederation (BAC)
Abbreviation BAC
Type Sports federation
Headquarters Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Membership 41 member associations
President Japan Katsuto Momii
Website www.badmintonasia.org

The Badminton Asia Confederation (BAC) is the governing body of badminton in Asia. It is one of the 5 continental bodies under the flag of the Badminton World Federation (BWF). The confederation was established in 1959, headquartered in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. It aims to maintain Asia as the benchmark for world badminton in many years to come. It now has 41 member states.[1]

It had decided in the Annual General Meeting on July 16, 2006 that the confederation name was changed from Asian Badminton Confederation to Badminton Asia Confederation.[2]

Member associations

  • Afghanistan Afghanistan
  • Bahrain Bahrain
  • Bangladesh Bangladesh
  • Bhutan Bhutan
  • Brunei Brunei
  • Cambodia Cambodia
  • China China
  • Chinese Taipei Chinese Taipei
  • North Korea DPR of Korea
  • Hong Kong Hong Kong
  • India India
  • Indonesia Indonesia
  • Iran Iran
  • Iraq Iraq
  • Japan Japan
  • Jordan Jordan
  • Kazakhstan Kazakhstan
  • South Korea Korea
  • Kuwait Kuwait
  • Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan
  • Laos Laos
  • Lebanon Lebanon
  • Macau Macau
  • Malaysia Malaysia
  • Maldives Maldives
  • Mongolia Mongolia
  • Myanmar Myanmar
  • Nepal Nepal
  • Pakistan Pakistan
  • Palestinian territories Palestine
  • Qatar Qatar
  • Philippines Philippines
  • Singapore Singapore
  • Sri Lanka Sri Lanka
  • Syria Syria
  • Tajikistan Tajikistan
  • Thailand Thailand
  • East Timor Timor Leste
  • Turkmenistan Turkmenistan
  • Uzbekistan Uzbekistan
  • Vietnam Vietnam

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