10-505: BWF may refer to: Sports organisations [ edit ] Badminton [ edit ] Badminton World Federation , an international governing body for badminton Professional wrestling [ edit ] Brazilian Wrestling Federation , a Brazilian Professional wrestling promotion. British Wrestling Federation, a 1960s alliance of independent UK professional wrestling promotions led by Paul Lincoln British Wrestling Federation,
20-439: A 1980s/1990s UK professional wrestling promotion owned by Orig Williams Other [ edit ] Barrow/Walney Island Airfield IATA airport code Biblical Witness Fellowship , an evangelical renewal movement Broadcast Wave Format , an extension of the popular WAV audio format Burroughs Wellcome Fund Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with
30-437: A new, streamlined logo. The BWF and Octagon developed a rule that women badminton players must wear dresses or skirts "to ensure attractive presentation." It was included in the official rulebook in 2011, but was dropped before it was supposed to go into effect in 2012. Para-badminton Para-badminton is a variant of badminton for athletes with a range of physical disabilities. Badminton World Federation (BWF)
40-720: Is the international governing body for the sport of badminton approved by the International Olympic Committee . It was founded on 5 July 1934 as the International Badminton Federation with nine member nations: Canada , Denmark , England , France , Ireland , Netherlands , New Zealand , Scotland and Wales . In 1981, the IBF merged with the World Badminton Federation , and on 24 September 2006, at
50-652: Is the main governing body for para-badminton starting from June 2011. The sport was governed by Para Badminton World Federation (PBWF) until a unanimous decision to join BWF during a meeting in Dortmund in June 2011. Players are classified to six different classes determined by BWF: BWF organizes the bi-annual Para-badminton World Championships in odd numbered years and continental championships in even numbered years. Para-badminton also features in other multi sports events like
60-698: The Extraordinary General Meeting in Madrid , the name of the organization was changed to Badminton World Federation . When the BWF was founded, its head office was located in Cheltenham , UK. It was then relocated to Kuala Lumpur , Malaysia on October 1, 2005. Poul-Erik Høyer Larsen is the current president. The BWF has 201 member nations around the world, organized into 5 continental confederations. The BWF works in co-operation with regional governing bodies to promote and develop
70-554: The past 52 weeks. Junior Ranking consists of players under 19 years old. The BWF regularly organises seven major international badminton events and two events for para-badminton : Major tournaments: Other major tournaments: Para major tournaments: Event(s) are no longer held regularly: Grade 2 tournaments, known as BWF World Tour was sanctioned into six levels with different world ranking points awarded, as order they are: The events that were formerly held from 2007 to 2017 are: Grade 3 tournaments, known as Continental Circuit
80-474: The sport of badminton around the world, they are: Below is the list of presidents since 1934: The BWF World Ranking and BWF World Junior Ranking are introduced to determine the strength of the players. BWF World Ranking is used for determining the qualification for entry and seeding for the BWF-sanctioned tournament. The points awarded is based on the final results of each tournament participated for
90-496: The title BWF . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=BWF&oldid=1077998054 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Badminton World Federation The Badminton World Federation , aka BWF ,
100-418: Was sanctioned into three levels with different world ranking points awarded, as order they are: The BWF bestows special honours onto players, umpires, sponsors, and other individuals for their achievement in badminton or for their contributions to badminton. Over the years, the organization has had several logos. Originally it used the IBF logo. As the BWF, a new logo was adopted in 2007. In 2012 it adopted
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