Badminton Asia

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 Petaling Jaya, Malaysia. It aims to maintain Asia as the benchmark for world badminton in many years to come. It now has 43 member federations.[1] 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).[2]

Badminton Asia
AbbreviationBadminton Asia
TypeSports federation
HeadquartersPetaling Jaya, Malaysia
Membership
43 member associations
President
Anton Aditya Subowo
Websitewww.badmintonasia.org

During Badminton Asia Extraordinary General Meeting on 16 October 2015 in Kuwait, the organization rebranded itself by unveiling the new logo for the confederation renaming the organization as Badminton Asia.[3]

Member associations

Zones:[4]

West (11)

  • Bahrain
  • Iran
  • Iraq
  • Jordan
  • Kuwait
  • Lebanon
  • Palestine
  • Qatar
  • Saudi Arabia
  • Syria
  • United Arab Emirates

Central (5)

  • Kazakhstan
  • Kyrgyzstan
  • Tajikistan
  • Turkmenistan
  • Uzbekistan

South (8)

East (8)

Southeast (11)

Tournaments

Rankings

References

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