|
Pan American Para-Badminton Championships
The Pan American Para-Badminton Championships is a tournament organized by the Para Badminton World Federation (PBWF) which has now merged with the BWF. This tournament is hosted to crown the best para-badminton players in the Americas. The inaugural edition of the tournament was hosted in Curitiba, Brazil in 2010. Championships Individual championships The table below states all the host cities (and their countries) of the Pan American Championships. Past winners 2010 Curitiba 2013 Guatemala City 2014 Havana 2016 Medellín 2018 Lima 2022 Cali See also * Pan American Badminton Championships * Pan Am Junior Badminton Championships Note References {{Badminton competitions Pan Am Badminton Championships, * Sports competitions in the Americas, Para-badminton International badminton competitions, Americas Recurring sporting events established in 2010 b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Badminton World Federation
The Badminton World Federation (BWF) is the international governing body for the sport of badminton recognised by the International Olympic Committee (IOC). It was founded in 1934 as the International Badminton Federation (IBF) 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 the Extraordinary General Meeting in Madrid, the name of the organization was changed to Badminton World Federation (BWF). When the BWF was founded (as the IBF), its head office was located in Cheltenham, UK. The head office was relocated to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on October 1, 2005. Poul-Erik Høyer Larsen is the current president. The BWF currently has 176 member nations around the world, organized into 5 continental confederations. Continental federations The BWF works in co-operation with regional governing bodies to promote and develop the sport ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |