Badminton Asia

Badminton Asia

Abbreviation	Badminton Asia
Type	Sports federation
Headquarters	Malé, Maldives
Membership	43 member associations
President	Kim Joong-soo
Website	www.badmintonasia.org

The Badminton Asia 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 until it was moved to Maldives briefly in 2021.^[1] In 2023, it was announced that it would be moved back to Malaysia.^[2] It aims to maintain Asia as the benchmark for world badminton in many years to come. It now has 43 member federations.^[3] It had decided in the Annual General Meeting on July 16, 2006 that the confederation name was changed from Asian Badminton Confederation (ABC) to Badminton Asia Confederation (BAC).^[4]

During Badminton Asia Extraordinary General Meeting on 16 October 2015 in Kuwait, the organization re-branded itself by unveiling the new logo for the confederation renaming the organization as Badminton Asia.^[5]

Member associations

Zones:^[6]

Associate members

• Oman
• Yemen

Tournaments

• Badminton Asia Championships from 1962.
• Badminton Asia Team Championships from 2016.
• Badminton Asia Mixed Team Championships from 2017.
• Badminton Asia Junior Championships (U19) from 1997.
• Badminton Asia Junior Championships (U17) and (U15) from 2006.
• Badminton Asia Para Championships from 2008.
• Badminton Asia Senior Championships from 2020.

References

External links

• Official website
• Badminton Asia Confederation - Tag Archive - Sports247.My Archived 2019-11-09 at the Wayback Machine

• v
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International badminton

• BWF
• Thomas Cup
• Uber Cup
• Sudirman Cup
• World Championships
• Para World Championships
• World Junior Championships
• World Senior Championships
• Olympics
• Youth Olympic
• Paralympics
• World University Badminton Championships
• World Cup (defunct)
• World Grand Prix Finals (defunct)
• World Ranking
• World Junior Ranking
• Hall of Fame
• Teams

Africa

• BCA – African Championships
• Team Championships
• African Para Championships

Asia

• BA – Asia Championships (Individual, Team, Mixed Team)
• Junior Championships
• Asian Para Championships

Europe

• BE – European Championships
• Men's and Women's Team Championships
• Mixed Team Championships
• Junior Championships
• Senior Championships
• European Para Championships

Oceania

• BO – Oceania Championships
• Oceania Para Championships

Americas

• BPA – Pan Am Championships
• Junior Championships
• Pan Am Para Championships

Games

• African Games
• Arab Games
• Asian Games
• Commonwealth Games
• Deaflympics
• East Asian Games
• European Games
• Island Games
• Pan American Games
• SEA Games
• South Asian Games
• World University Games
• World Games (defunct)