Badminton Denmark is the national

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. The organization represents 649 clubs as of 2018. The highest authority in Badminton Denmark is the

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where each member club is represented. The board of directors' duty is to ensure the organisation moves in the direction that the assembly decided. There is an administration that runs the organisation day-to-day. The organization maintains the rules of badminton for Denmark, usually in line with those of the Badminton World Federation. Badminton Denmark operates two elite centers where elite players can go to train under the supervision of such greats as

Morten Frost Morten Frost or Morten Frost Hansen (born 4 April 1958) is a former badminton player and later coach, who represented Denmark. As a player, he spent twelve years in the top three of the world rankings. Badminton career During his career, Frost w ...

and

Thomas Stuer-Lauridsen Thomas Stuer-Lauridsen (born 29 April 1971) is a Danish badminton player. Career Stuer-Lauridsen won bronze in the 1992 Olympic Games. He also played at the 1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI ...

. There is also a center for the development of youth players run by

Lotte Olsen Lotte Olsen (born 23 November 1966) is a retired female badminton player from Denmark, who won a silver medal at the 1993 IBF World Championships and competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics. She won several international tournaments, and four Danish ...

. In addition to overseeing the national club competitions and running the national championship tournaments (including youth and senior championships), Badminton Denmark organises international tournaments.

History

Badminton Denmark was established on 15 January 1930 as Denmark's Badminton Union ( da, Dansk Badminton Union) by representatives from Skovshoved, Copenhagen BK, Neyes BK, Helsingør BK, Stubbekøbing IF and Roskilde BK. In order to avoid confusion with Danish Football Association ( da, Dansk Boldspil Union) which also uses the initial DBU, the name was later changed to Danish Badminton Federation ( da, Dansk Badminton Forbund).

Tournaments

Denmark Open The Denmark Open, or formerly known as Danish Open, is an annual badminton tournament held in Denmark and organized by Badminton Denmark. The Denmark Open was part of the BWF Super Series Premier from 2011 to 2017. BWF categorised it as one o ...

, an annual open tournament that attracts the world's elite players. *

Copenhagen Masters The Copenhagen Masters is a high-ranking tournament in badminton. It is an invitation tournament held annually since 1993 in the week between Christmas and New Year in Copenhagen Copenhagen ( or .; da, København ) is the capital and mos ...

, an annual invitational tournament played between

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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 p ...

1930 establishments in Denmark