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 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]

Badminton Asia
AbbreviationBadminton Asia
TypeSports federation
HeadquartersMalé, Maldives
Membership
43 member associations
President
Kim Joong-soo
Websitewww.badmintonasia.org

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
  • State of 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)

  • Afghanistan Afghanistan
  • Bangladesh Bangladesh
  • Bhutan Bhutan
  • India India
  • Maldives Maldives
  • Nepal Nepal
  • Pakistan Pakistan
  • Sri Lanka Sri Lanka

East (8)

  • China China
  • Hong Kong Hong Kong
  • Japan Japan
  • Macau Macau
  • Mongolia Mongolia
  • North Korea North Korea
  • South Korea South Korea
  • Chinese Taipei Chinese Taipei

Southeast (11)

  • Brunei Brunei
  • Cambodia Cambodia
  • Indonesia Indonesia
  • Laos Laos
  • Malaysia Malaysia
  • Myanmar Myanmar
  • Philippines Philippines
  • Singapore Singapore
  • Thailand Thailand
  • East Timor Timor Leste
  • Vietnam Vietnam

Associate members
  • Oman Oman
  • Yemen Yemen

Tournaments

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. 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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