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Asia: Badminton Asia Confederation (BAC) Africa: Badminton Confederation of Africa (BCA) Americas: Badminton Pan Am (North America and South America belong to the same confederation; BPA) Europe: Badminton Europe (BE) Oceania: Badminton Oceania (BO) Unaffiliated: Canada: Badminton Canada; America: USA Badminton; Philippines: Philippine ...
The Badminton World Federation, aka BWF, 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 .
Badminton Confederation Africa (BCA) is the governing body of badminton in Africa. It is one of the 5 continental bodies under the flag of the Badminton World Federation. It now has 46 member countries and 2 associate members. [2] It was formerly called the Badminton Confederation of Africa.
Badminton in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (1 P) ... Badminton in South Africa (2 C, 5 P) Badminton in South Korea (3 C, 3 P) Badminton in the Soviet Union (1 ...
Badminton in Africa (3 C, 3 P) Badminton in Asia (6 C, 1 P) E. Badminton in Europe (10 C, 3 P) N. Badminton in North America (5 C, ...
The primary origin of jianzi is an ancient Chinese game called Cuju, from the Han dynasty (202 BC – 9 AD, 25–220 AD). Jianzi is played on a badminton court using inner or outer lines in different competition settings. It can also be played artistically, among a circle of players in a street or park, with the objective to keep the shuttle ...
American colonisation and Christian missionary activities introduced basketball into the Philippines and China, where it became one of their most popular sports. [15] [16] Baseball became popular in East Asia through American contact in the mid-19th century, and further grew after Japan colonised parts of the region, as Japanese colonies increasingly played their coloniser's sport as a way to ...
Badminton made its debut in the African Games in 2003. The first six nations to compete in badminton at the Games were Nigeria, Egypt, South Africa, Kenya, Mauritius and Seychelles. Six main events were held, which were men's singles, women's singles, men's doubles, women's doubles, mixed doubles and the mixed team event. [1]