Badminton Europe

Badminton Europe
Abbreviation BE
Formation 27 September 1967
Type Sports federation
Headquarters Brøndby, Denmark
Membership
 51 member associations
President
 Belgium Gregory Verpoorten
Website http://badmintoneurope.com/Cms/

Badminton Europe (BE) is the governing body of badminton in Europe. It is one of the five continental bodies under the flag of the Badminton World Federation (BWF). It now has 51 member associations. It was founded on 27 September 1967 in Frankfurt, Germany.[1]

On its annual meeting held on April 8, 2006 the members decided to change the name from European Badminton Union, to Badminton Europe.

Presidents

No. Years Name
1 1967–1968 Switzerland Hans Peter Kuntz
2 1969–1977 Sweden Stellan Mohlin
3 1977–1982 Netherlands Herman Valken
4 1982–1984 West Germany Heinrich Barge
5 1984–1992 United Kingdom Stan Mitchell
6 1992–2004 Denmark Torsten Berg
7 2004–2010 Denmark Tom Bacher
8 2010–2014 Denmark Poul-Erik Høyer
9 2014–present Belgium Gregory Verpoorten[2]

Member associations

  • Albania Albania
  • Armenia Armenia
  • Austria Austria
  • Azerbaijan Azerbaijan
  • Belarus Belarus
  • Belgium Belgium
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • Bulgaria Bulgaria
  • Croatia Croatia
  • Cyprus Cyprus
  • Czech Republic Czech Republic
  • Denmark Denmark
  • England England
  • Estonia Estonia
  • Faroe Islands Faroe Islands
  • Finland Finland
  • France France
  • Georgia (country) Georgia
  • Germany Germany
  • Gibraltar Gibraltar
  • Greece Greece
  • Greenland Greenland
  • Hungary Hungary
  • Iceland Iceland
  • Republic of Ireland Ireland
  • Israel Israel
  • Italy Italy
  • Latvia Latvia
  • Liechtenstein Liechtenstein
  • Lithuania Lithuania
  • Luxembourg Luxembourg
  • Republic of Macedonia Macedonia
  • Malta Malta
  • Moldova Moldova
  • Montenegro Montenegro
  • Netherlands Netherlands
  • Norway Norway
  • Poland Poland
  • Portugal Portugal
  • Romania Romania
  • Russia Russia
  • Scotland Scotland
  • Serbia Serbia
  • Slovakia Slovak Republic
  • Slovenia Slovenia
  • Spain Spain
  • Sweden Sweden
  • Switzerland Switzerland
  • Turkey Turkey
  • Ukraine Ukraine
  • Wales Wales

Tournaments

Two events were discontinued, they are:

References

  1. ↑ "Badminton Europe Confederation". Badminton Europe. Retrieved 2012-03-11.
  2. ↑ Europe "New President Elected" Check |url= value (help). Retrieved 2015-01-09.

External links

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