Nippon Badminton Kyōkai

The Nippon Badminton Kyōkai ( Japanese 日本 バ ド ミ ン ト ン 協会 , English Nippon Badminton Association , NBA for short) is the highest national administrative organization in the sport of badminton in Japan . The association was founded in March 1946 .

history

Badminton was first played in Japan shortly after the First World War . There was badminton activity in Yokohama in the 1930s, where a club in the YMCA was formed in 1937. Five years after the founding of the Japanese Association, he became a member of the Badminton World Federation , then known as the International Badminton Federation , in March 1952 . In 1959, the NBA also became a founding member of the continental umbrella organization Badminton Asia Confederation , then still operating under the name Asian Badminton Confederation . The Japanese championships have been held since 1947, the Japan Open since the 1970s.

Major events, tournaments and leagues

• Japan Open
• Japanese badminton league
• Japanese badminton championship
• Japanese Adult Badminton Championship
• Japanese elementary school badminton championship
• Japanese Junior Badminton Championship
• Japanese Badminton Teachers' Championship
• Japanese team badminton championship
• Japanese high school badminton championship
• Japanese Middle School Badminton Championship
• Japanese Senior Badminton Championship
• Japanese student badminton championship
• Osaka International
• Akita Masters

Great personalities

• Tamisuke Watanuki , President
• Hirotoshi Honda , past president

Web links

• Association website (Japanese)

credentials

• Pat Davis: The Encyclopaedia of Badminton . Robert Hale, London, 1987, p. 88, ISBN 0-7090-2796-6 .