The Badminton Asia Confederation (BAC) is the governing body

Sport governing body

A sport governing body is a sports organization that has a regulatory or sanctioning function. Sport governing bodies come in various forms, and have a variety of regulatory functions. Examples of this can include disciplinary action for rule infractions and deciding on rule changes in the sport...

 of badminton

Badminton

Badminton is a racquet sport played by either two opposing players or two opposing pairs , who take positions on opposite halves of a rectangular court that is divided by a net. Players score points by striking a shuttlecock with their racquet so that it passes over the net and lands in their...

 in Asia

Asia

Asia is the world's largest and most populous continent, located primarily in the eastern and northern hemispheres. It covers 8.7% of the Earth's total surface area and with approximately 3.879 billion people, it hosts 60% of the world's current human population...

. It is one of the 5 continental bodies under the flag of the Badminton World Federation (BWF). The confederation was established in 1959, headquartered in Kuala Lumpur

Kuala Lumpur

Kuala Lumpur is the capital and the second largest city in Malaysia by population. The city proper, making up an area of , has a population of 1.4 million as of 2010. Greater Kuala Lumpur, also known as the Klang Valley, is an urban agglomeration of 7.2 million...

, Malaysia. It aims to maintain Asia as the benchmark for world badminton in many years to come. It now has 39 member states.

It had decided in the Annual General Meeting on July 16, 2006 that the confederation name was changed from Asian Badminton Confederation to Badminton Asia Confederation.

Member states

Badminton Asia Confederation
Afghanistan	Bahrain	Bangladesh	Bhutan	Brunei
Cambodia	China Chinese Badminton Association Chinese Badminton Association is a national non-governmental, non-profit sports organisation in China. It represents China in the Badminton World Federation and the Badminton Asia Confederation as well as the sport of badminton in the All-China Sports Federation.-External links:...	Chinese Taipei	DPR of Korea	East Timor
Hong Kong	India	Indonesia	Iran	Iraq
Japan	Jordan Jordan Badminton Federation The Jordan Badminton Federation was formed in 1996, it is the national governing body of Badminton in Jordan. The headquarters of the federation is located in Amman.-Affiliation:* Badminton World Federation* Badminton Asia Confederation...	Kazakhstan	Korea	Kuwait
Kyrgyzstan	Laos	Lebanon	Macau	Malaysia Badminton Association of Malaysia The Badminton Association of Malaysia or BAM is the governing body of badminton in Malaysia. The association was founded in 1964. Nevertheless the history of Malaysian badminton starts much earlier...
Maldives	Mongolia	Myanmar Myanmar Badminton Federation The Myanmar Badminton Federation is the badminton organization of Myanmar. It was founded in the late 1950s and later on it became a member of the Badminton World Federation and the Badminton Asia Confederation...	Nepal	Pakistan
Palestine	Philippines Philippine Badminton Association The Philippine Badminton Association is the national governing body for badminton in the Philippines.-External links:*...	Singapore	Sri Lanka	Syria
Thailand	Turkmenistan	Uzbekistan	Vietnam

Tournaments

• Asian Badminton Championships
• Asian Junior Badminton Championships
  Asian Junior Badminton Championships
  The Asian Junior Badminton Championships is a tournament organized by the Badminton Asia Confederation to crown the best junior badminton players in Asia.-Previous winners:-Team competition:...
  
  
• Asian Under-16 Mixed Team Events

External links

• Official BAC website