Badminton Asia is the governing body of badminton in Asia. It is one of the five continental bodies under the flag of the Badminton World Federation. Established in 1959, it was headquartered in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia until it moved to Maldives briefly in 2021. In 2023, it was announced that it would be moved back to Malaysia. It aims to maintain Asia as the benchmark for world badminton in many years to come. It now has 43 member federations. At the Annual General Meeting in July 2006, the name of the confederation was changed from Asian Badminton Confederation to Badminton Asia Confederation.Badminton Asia Confederation - About Us

During Badminton Asia Extraordinary General Meeting on 16 October 2015 in Kuwait, the organization re-branded itself by unveiling the new logo for the confederation renaming the organization as Badminton Asia.

Member associations Zones:

West (11) Bahrain Iran Iraq Jordan Kuwait Lebanon Palestine Qatar Saudi Arabia Syria United Arab Emirates

Central (5) Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Tajikistan Turkmenistan Uzbekistan

South (8) Afghanistan Bangladesh Bhutan India Maldives Nepal Pakistan Sri Lanka

East (8) China Hong Kong Japan Macau Mongolia North Korea South Korea Chinese Taipei

Southeast (11) Brunei Cambodia Indonesia Laos Malaysia Myanmar Philippines Singapore Thailand Timor Leste Vietnam

Associate members Oman Yemen

Tournaments TournamentLatestChampionsNextAsia Championships2025Various2026Asia Team Championships2024 2026Asia Mixed Team Championships20252027

Asia Junior Championships (1997–) Asia U17 & U15 Championships (2006–) Asia Para Championships (2008–) Asia Senior Championships (2020–)

References

External links Official website Badminton Asia Confederation - Tag Archive - Sports247.My