Badminton Asia

Badminton Asia
AbbreviationBadminton Asia
TypeSports federation
HeadquartersPetaling Jaya, Malaysia
Membership43 member associations
President
South Korea Kim Joong-soo
Websitewww.badmintonasia.org

Badminton Asia is the governing body of badminton in Asia. It is one of the five continental bodies under the flag of the Badminton World Federation. Established in 1959, it was headquartered in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia until it 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] At the Annual General Meeting in July 2006, the name of the confederation was changed from Asian Badminton Confederation to Badminton Asia Confederation.[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]

West (11)

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

Central (5)

  • Kazakhstan Kazakhstan
  • Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan
  • Tajikistan Tajikistan
  • Turkmenistan Turkmenistan
  • Uzbekistan Uzbekistan

South (8)

East (8)

Southeast (11)

Associate members

  • Oman Oman
  • Yemen Yemen

Tournaments

Tournament Latest Champions Next
Asia Championships 2025 Various 2026
Asia Team Championships 2024  China  India 2026
Asia Mixed Team Championships 2025  Indonesia 2027
  • Asia Junior Championships (1997–)
  • Asia U17 & U15 Championships (2006–)
  • Asia Para Championships (2008–)
  • Asia Senior Championships (2020–)

References

  1. ^ "Maldives to host Badminton Asia's main office". raajje.mv. Retrieved 10 June 2023.
  2. ^ "Badminton Asia HQ returning to Malaysia".
  3. ^ "Membership - BWF Corporate". BWF. Archived from the original on 2017-11-07. Retrieved 2017-01-23.
  4. ^ Badminton Asia Confederation - About Us Archived 2006-08-25 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ "Badminton Asia Reaches for Glory with New Look". Badminton Asia. Retrieved 12 January 2019.
  6. ^ "Badminton Asia".
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