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.
Amendments to the BWF constitution were approved at the BWF virtual AGM 2020 of 18 July. The tracked version can be download above.
In November 2020, the Council approved the Principles of Qualification for Grade 1 Tournaments 2021. This document can be downloaded above.
The BWF Statutes consists of five chapters with numbered sections. See below for the current Statutes by chapter.
BWF STATUTES
Section 1.1. BWF Constitution – Updated 30 January 2021
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 – Updated 23 November 2020
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. Players Career and Entourage Policy
Section 1.2.8. 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 – Effective Date 19 July 2020
Section 2.2.2. Elected Officials Code of Conduct – Effective Date 19 July 2020
Section 2.2.3. Bidding Organisations Code of Conduct – Effective Date 19 July 2020
Section 2.2.4. Players Code of Conduct – Effective Date 19 July 2020
Section 2.2.5. Technical Officials Code of Conduct – Effective Date 19 July 2020
Section 2.2.6. Coaches and Educators Code of Conduct – Effective Date 19 July 2020
Section 2.2.7. Classifiers Code of Conduct – Effective Date 19 July 2020
Section 2.3. Anti-Doping Regulations – Effective Date 01 January 2021
Section 2.4. Code on The Prevention Of The Manipulation Of Competitions – Effective Date 19 July 2020
Section 2.5. Table of Offences and Penalties
Section 2.5.1. Special Table of Offences and Penalties Relating to breaches of COVID 19 Safety Protocols
Section 2.6. Table of Offences and Penalties (Para badminton)
Section 3.1. BWF Judicial Procedures – Updated 22 November 2020
Section 3.2. Complaint Procedures – Effective Date 19 July 2020
Section 4.1. Laws of Badminton
Section 4.1.1. Instructions to Technical Officials (ITTO) – Updated 24 November 2020
Section 4.1.2. Variations in Court Equipment
Section 4.1.3. Handicap Matches – Updated 24 November 2020
Section 4.1.4. Alternative Laws of Badminton
Section 4.1.5. Vocabulary
Section 4.1.6. Imperial Measurements
Section 4.1.7. Additional Equipment for Para badminton
Section 4.1.8. Instant Review System – Updated 24 November 2020
Please note: Principles of Qualification for Grade 1 Tournaments 2021
Section 5.1. General Competitions Regulations – Updated 24 November 2020
Section 5.1.1. Approved Member Association Player Clothing Advertising 2021 – Updated 29 January 2021
Section 5.1.2. Visual Guide to BWF Player Clothing Advertising Regulations – Upload Date – 4 February 2021
Section 5.2 Tournament Regulations
Section 5.2.1. Major Events Tournament Regulations Table – Updated 24 November 2020
Section 5.2.2. BWF World Tour Regulations – Updated 24 November 2020
Section 5.2.3. Junior Tournament Regulations – Updated 24 November 2020
Section 5.3 Specific Tournament Regulation
Section 5.3.1. Tournament Sanction Policy – Updated 24 November 2020
Please See: Announcement of 21 December 2020 on Adjusted Prize Money for 2021
Section 5.3.2. Time Lines for Tournaments
Section 5.3.3. Ranking Systems
Section 5.3.3.1. World Ranking System – Updated 24 November 2020
Section 5.3.3.2. World Junior Ranking System – Updated 24 November 2020
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
Section 5.3.7. Summary GCR 21 & 23 – Clothing
Section 5.3.8. Technical Diagrams and Tables – Seeding and Byes – Updated 24 November 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) – Revised 1 March 2021
Section 5.4.1.2. – OG – Regulations for Badminton Competition – Tokyo 2020 – Revised 1 March 2021
Section 5.4.1.3. – OG – Statement of Badminton’s Requirement – Tokyo 2020
Section 5.4.1.4. – OG – Guidelines Regarding Authorised Identifications – Tokyo 2020
Section 5.4.1.5. – OG – Badminton Specific Guidelines Regarding Authorised Identifications – Tokyo 2020
Section 5.4.1.6. – OG – Badminton Specific Guidelines Regarding Authorised Identifications – Visual – 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 – Badminton Qualification Guidelines – Revised 27 May 2020
Section 5.4.3.2. – PG – Race to Tokyo Paralympic Ranking Regulations – Revised 27 May 2020
Section 5.4.3.3. – PG – Regulations for Badminton Competition
Section 5.4.3.4. – PG – Statement of Badminton’s Requirements – Tokyo 2020
Section 5.4.3.5. – PG – Guidelines for Bipartite Process – Revised 27 May 2020
Section 5.5 Para badminton General Competitions Regulations – Updated 24 November 2020
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
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