Statutes
The BWF Statutes consists of all the rules, regulations, guidelines and policies that cover governance, management and the technical elements of the sport. This includes the BWF constitution, guidelines, policies, the code of ethics, codes of conduct, judicial procedures, laws of badminton and all technical regulations for badminton.
The BWF Statutes consists of five chapters with numbered sections.
At its meeting on 18 and 19 February, the BWF approved a number of amendments to the Ethics / Integrity Regulations, and these come into effect on 23 May 2020. Download these above. You can see the amendments on three documents. There are many changes on the other two (Judicial Procedures / Code for Integrity of Matches) and are considered replacements of the existing regulations – Section 3.1 and Section 2.4 respectively).
BWF STATUTES
Section 1.1. BWF Constitution
Section 1.2. Guidelines and Policies
Section 1.2.1. Guidelines for Council, Executive Board and Committees
Section 1.2.2. Federation Rules and Procedures
Section 1.2.3. Award Regulations
Section 1.2.4. Environment Policy
Section 1.2.5. General Data Privacy Policy
Section 1.2.6. Vulnerable People Safeguarding Policy
Section 1.2.7. Complaint Guidelines and Procedures
Section 1.2.8. Players Career and Entourage Policy
Section 1.2.9. Gender Equity & Diversity Policy – Updated 11 October 2019
Section 2.1. Code of Ethics
Section 2.2. Codes of Conduct
Section 2.2.1. Candidates for Election Code of Conduct
Section 2.2.2. Elected Officials Code of Conduct
Section 2.2.3. Bidding Organisations Code of Conduct
Section 2.2.4. Players Code of Conduct
Section 2.2.5. Technical Officials Code of Conduct
Section 2.2.6. Coaches and Educators Code of Conduct
Section 2.2.7. Classifiers Code of Conduct
Section 2.2.8. Medical Personnel Code of Conduct
Section 2.3. Anti-Doping Regulations – Updated 1 March 2020
Section 2.4. Code of Conduct in Relation to Betting, Wagering and Irregular Match Results
Section 2.5. Table of Offences and Penalties
Section 2.6. Table of Offences and Penalties (Para badminton)
Section 3.1. BWF Judicial Procedures – Updated 11 October 2019
Section 4.1. Laws of Badminton
Section 4.1.1. Instructions to Technical Officials (ITTO) – Updated 19 February 2020
Section 4.1.2. Variations in Court Equipment
Section 4.1.3. Handicap Matches
Section 4.1.4. Alternative Laws of Badminton
Section 4.1.5. Vocabulary – Updated 19 February 2020
Section 4.1.6. Imperial Measurements
Section 4.1.7. Additional Equipment for Para badminton
Section 4.1.8. Instant Review System
Section 5.1. General Competitions Regulations
Section 5.1.1. Approved Member Association Player Clothing Advertising 2020 – Updated 5 March 2020
Section 5.2 Tournament Regulations
Section 5.2.1. Major Events Tournament Regulations Table
Section 5.2.2. BWF World Tour Regulations
Section 5.2.3. Junior Tournament Regulations – Updated 19 February 2020
Section 5.3 Specific Tournament Regulation
Section 5.3.1. Tournament Sanction Policy
Section 5.3.2. Time Lines for Tournaments – Updated 19 February 2020
Section 5.3.3. Ranking Systems
Section 5.3.3.1. World Ranking System
Section 5.3.3.2. World Junior Ranking System
Section 5.3.3.3. World Team Ranking System
Section 5.3.3.4. Explanation of Adjusted and Notional Ranking
Section 5.3.4. Specifications for international Standard Facilities
Section 5.3.5. Distribution of prize money (all level)
Section 5.3.6. Player Commitment Regulations – Updated 19 February 2020
Section 5.3.7. Summary GCR 21 & 23 – Clothing
Section 5.3.8. Technical Diagrams and Tables – Seeding and Byes – Updated 19 February 2020
Section 5.3.9. Eligibility and Processing of Entries for World Championships
Section 5.4 Multi-Sport Games and other Tournaments
Section 5.4.1. Olympic Games (OG)
Section 5.4.1.1. – OG – Qualifying Regulations for Tokyo 2020 (ENG)
Section 5.4.1.1. – OG – Qualifying Regulations for Tokyo 2020 (FRE)
Section 5.4.1.2. – OG – Regulations for Badminton Competition – Tokyo 2020
Section 5.4.1.3. – OG – Statement of Badminton’s Requirement – Tokyo 2020
Section 5.4.2. Youth Olympic Games (YOG)
Section 5.4.2.1. – YOG – Qualifying Regulations for Buenos Aires 2018
Section 5.4.2.2. – YOG – Regulations for Badminton Competition – Buenos Aires 2018
Section 5.4.2.3. – YOG – Statement of Badminton’s Requirement – Buenos Aires 2018
Section 5.4.2.4. – YOG – Guidelines Regarding Authorised Identifications – Buenos Aires 2018
Section 5.4.2.4.1. YOG – Appendix 1 – IF Specific Uniforms Guidelines
Section 5.4.3. Paralympic Games (PG)
Section 5.4.3.1. – PG – IPC Guidelines – Tokyo 2020 Qualification Guidelines
Section 5.4.3.2. – PG – Race to Tokyo Rankings Regulations
Section 5.4.3.3. – PG – Regulations for Badminton Competition
Section 5.4.3.4. – PG – Statement of Badminton’s Requirements – Tokyo 2020
Section 5.5 Para badminton General Competitions Regulations
Section 5.5.1. International Representation Chart
Section 5.5.2. Specifications for International Standard Para badminton Facilities
Section 5.5.3. Timelines for Para badminton Tournaments
Section 5.5.4. Tournament Sanction Policy
Section 5.5.5. Para badminton Classification Regulations – Updated 19 February 2020
Section 5.5.6. Regulations for Para badminton World / Continental Championships
Section 5.5.7. Explanation of Adjusted and Notional Ranking for Para badminton
Section 5.5.8. Summary of PBGCR Clothing Regulations
