International Badminton Federation
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Image:International Badminton Federation member nations.PNG The International Badminton Federation (IBF) is the international governing body for the sport of badminton. Founded in 1934 with nine member nations (Canada, Denmark, England, France, Ireland, Netherlands, New Zealand, Scotland and Wales), the IBF has since expanded to achieve international recognition. On September 24, 2006, at the Extraordinary General Meeting in Madrid, it was decided to adopt the new name Badminton World Federation (BWF). While the name change is official, it has not yet been fully implemented in practical terms.
The IBF works in cooperation with regional governing bodies, which are the Asian Badminton Confederation, European Badminton Union, Oceania Badminton Confederation, Pan American Badminton Confederation and Africa Badminton Federation, to promote and develop the sport of badminton around the world.
Its head office has been located in Cheltenham, UK since its founding, but on October 1, 2005, it is now located in Kuala Lumpur.
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[edit] IBF Members
There are currently 151 IBF member nations. Geographically, there are 39 from Asia, 49 from Europe, 26 from the Americas, 30 from Africa, and 7 from Oceania.
[edit] Tournaments
The IBF regularly organizes six major international badminton events:
- Olympic Games in cooperation with International Olympic Committee
- World Championships
- World Junior Championships
- Thomas Cup
- Uber Cup
- Sudirman Cup
Two events are no longer held regularly:
- World Cup was suspended since 1997. However, the IBF revived the event in 2005 (with China as host) but only as an invitational tournament. China swept gold in all 5 categories.
- World Grand Prix has been on hiatus since 2000.
[edit] Awards
The IBF bestows special honours onto players, umpires, sponsors and other individuals for their achievement in badminton or for their contributions to badminton.
- Hall of Fame
- Herbert Scheele Trophy
- Distinguished Service
- Meritorius Service
- Certificate of Commendation
- Eddy Choong Player of the Year
[edit] External links
- Official Website until new WBF site.
- "New Name", WBF (formerly IBF) press release announcing name change, September 24, 2006.
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| International badminton – individual | |
| Olympic | World Championships | World Junior Championships | World Cup | World Grand Prix (defunct) | |
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