German Badminton Association

German Badminton Association
Deutscher Badminton-Verband

Formation	18 January 1953
Type	National Sport Association
Headquarters	Mülheim, Nordrhein-Westfalen[1]
President	Ralf Michaelis[2]
Affiliations	BEC, BWF
Website	badminton.de

German Badminton Association (DBV, German: Deutscher Badminton-Verband) is the national governing body for the sport of badminton in Germany. The association consists of state badminton associations from 16 states of Germany.^[3]

History

The association was founded in 1953 by representatives of 14 West German badminton clubs during the first German National Badminton Championships held in Wiesbaden.^[4] It is also the founding members of Badminton Europe in 1967. As West Germany and East Germany reunified, the East German Badminton Federation (Deutsche Federball-Verband/DFV) also merged with DBV in 1991.

Tournaments

• German Open, an annual open tournament that attracts the world's elite players.
• SaarLorLux Open (known as Bitburger Open until 2017), an annual tournament held in Saarbrücken since 1988.
• German Junior
• Badminton Bundesliga

References

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National members of the Badminton World Federation

Africa (BCA)

• ALG
• BEN
• BDI
• BOT
• BUR
• CAF
• CGO
• CIV
• CMR
• COD
• EGY
• ERI
• ETH
• GEQ
• GUI
• GHA
• KEN
• LES
• LBA
• MAD
• MAR
• MAW
• MTN
• MRI
• MOZ
• NAM
• NIG
• NGR
• SEY
• SLE
• SOM
• RSA
• SHN
• SUD
• SWZ
• TAN
• TOG
• TUN
• UGA
• ZAM
• ZIM

Asia (BAC)

• AFG
• BRN
• BAN
• BHU
• BRU
• CAM
• CHN
• HKG
• IND
• INA
• IRI
• IRQ
• JPN
• JOR
• KAZ
• KOR
• KSA
• KUW
• KGZ
• LAO
• LBN
• MAC
• MAS
• MDV
• MGL
• MYA
• NEP
• PAK
• PLE
• PRK
• PHI
• QAT
• SGP
• SRI
• SYR
• THA
• TLS
• TJK
• TKM
• TPE
• UAE
• UZB
• VIE

Europe (BE)

• ALB
• ARM
• AUT
• AZE
• BEL
• BLR
• BIH
• BUL
• CRO
• CYP
• CZE
• DEN
• ENG
• ESP
• EST
• FIN
• FRA
• FRO
• GEO
• GER
• GIB
• GRE
• GRL
• HUN
• ISL
• IRL
• ISR
• ITA
• LAT
• LIE
• LTU
• LUX
• MDA
• MKD
• MLT
• MNE
• NED
• NOR
• POL
• POR
• ROU
• RUS
• SCO
• SRB
• SVK
• SLO
• SUI
• SWE
• TUR
• UKR
• WAL

Oceania (BO)

• AUS
• COK
• FIJ
• GUM
• KIR
• NRU
• NZL
• NFK
• PNG
• SAM
• SOL
• TAH
• TGA
• TUV

Americas (BPA)

• ARG
• ARU
• BAR
• BER
• BOL
• BRA
• CAN
• CAY
• CHI
• COL
• CRC
• CUB
• CUW
• DOM
• ECU
• ESA
• FLK
• GRN
• GUA
• GUY
• HON
• JAM
• MEX
• PAN
• PAR
• PER
• PUR
• LCA
• SUR
• TTO
• USA
• URU
• VEN

• Pinnacle Events
  • Olympic Games
  • World Championships
  • World Junior Championships
  • Thomas Cup
  • Uber Cup
  • Sudirman Cup

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