Badminton World Federation

The Badminton World Federation (BWF) is the international sports governing body sanctioned by the International Olympic Committee for badminton. It was founded on 5 July 1934 as the International Badminton Federation, with nine member nations: Canada, Denmark, England, France, Ireland, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Scotland, and Wales. The IBF merged with the World Badminton Federation in 1981 and renamed itself the Badminton World Federation in 2006.

When the BWF was founded, its head office was located in Cheltenham, UK. It relocated to Kuala Lumpur in 2005. KhunyingPatama Leeswadtrakul of Thailand is the current president. The BWF has 202 member national associations organised into five continental confederations.