Badminton Asia

Badminton Asia
Abbreviation Badminton Asia
Type Sports federation
Headquarters Petaling Jaya, Malaysia
Membership
43 member associations
President
Indonesia Anton Aditya Subowo
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 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]

The recently held Badminton Asia Extraordinary General Meeting October 16, 2015 in Kuwait which unveils the new logo for the Confederation, and Badminton Asia Confederation (BAC) will now be known as Badminton Asia as it charts the new era and a more dynamic Confederation which recognises all members as of equal importance and every member has a role to play for Asia.

Member associations

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

Tournaments

References

  1. "Membership - BWF Corporate". BWF. Retrieved 2017-01-23.
  2. Badminton Asia Confederation - About Us Archived 2006-08-25 at the Wayback Machine.
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