USA Badminton (USAB) is the national

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for the

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of badminton in the United States. There are currently 66 badminton clubs registered .

History

The American Badminton Association was founded in 1936 when Donald Wilbur, Robert McMillan, Donald Richardson, and Phillip Richardson decided to unite various badminton groups in the country. The name was later changed to United States Badminton Association in 1978 and later changed to its present name in 1996. USA Badminton used to train its elite players at national training center in

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, but they relocated to Anaheim in early 2017. In 2021, US Senator

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, Ranking Member of the

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, warned the leadership of USA Badminton about its potential criminal violations amid allegations that it sought to conceal claims of

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and was obstructing an investigation by the

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Tournaments

U.S. Open Badminton Championships The U.S. Open Badminton Championships is an annual badminton tournament first held in when the American Badminton Association (now USA Badminton) opened the U.S. National Badminton Championships to foreign competition. During the 1950s and 1960s ...

, an annual open tournament first held in 1954. * U.S. International, an international tournament sponsored by K&D Graphics and Yonex *

USA International The USA International is an international badminton tournament held in United States since 1998. This tournament formerly known as ''Miami PanAm International'' or ''Southern PanAm Classic'' and belongs to Badminton Pan Am The Badminton Pan Am (BP ...

, a discontinued tournament formerly known as ''Miami PanAm International''.

References

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Badminton Badminton is a racquet sport played using racquets to hit a shuttlecock across a net. Although it may be played with larger teams, the most common forms of the game are "singles" (with one player per side) and "doubles" (with two players pe ...

1936 establishments in the United States