Section 1.1.       BWF Constitution – Effective Date 27 April 2026

Section 1.2.       Guidelines and Policies

Section 1.2.1. Guidelines for Council – Effective Date 30 August 2025
Section 1.2.2. Federation Rules and Procedures – Effective Date 9 November 2025
Section 1.2.3. Award Regulations
Section 1.2.4. Sustainability Policy
Section 1.2.5. General Data Privacy Policy
Section 1.2.6. Safeguarding Policy – Updated 14 November 2022
Section 1.2.7. Players Career and Entourage Policy
Section 1.2.8. Gender Equity & Diversity Policy – Updated 11 October 2019
Section 1.2.9. Interim Transgender Policy

Section 2.1.       Badminton Code of Ethics – Effective Date 9 November 2025

Section 2.2.       Codes of Conduct 

Section 2.2.1.       Electoral Code – Effective Date 9 November 2025
Section 2.2.2.       Elected Officials Code of Conduct – Effective Date 9 November 2025
Section 2.2.3.       Bidding Organisations Code of Conduct – Effective Date 9 November 2025
Section 2.2.4.       Players Code of Conduct
Section 2.2.5.       Technical Officials Code of Conduct – Effective Date 9 November 2025
Section 2.2.6.       Coaches and Educators Code of Conduct
Section 2.2.7.       Classifiers Code of Conduct

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 2.6.       Table of Offences and Penalties (Para badminton) 

Section 3.1.         BWF Judicial Procedures – Effective Date 9 November 2025
Section 3.2.         Complaint Procedures – Effective Date 19 July 2020
Section 3.3.         Whistleblower Policy 

Section 4.1             Laws of Badminton
Section 4.1             Laws of Badminton – effective 4 January 2027

Section 4.1.1.      Instructions to Technical Officials (ITTO)

Section 4.1.1.1. – Instructions to Para Badminton Technical Officials (PBITTO)

Section 4.1.2.      Variations in Court Equipment
Section 4.1.3.      Handicap Matches
Section 4.1.4.      Alternative Laws of Badminton
Section 4.1.4.      Alternative Laws of Badminton – effective 4 January 2027
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

Section 4.2             Rules of Airbadminton

Section 5.1.    General Competitions Regulations – updated 26 April 2026

Section 5.1.1.      Approved Member Association Player and Coach Clothing Advertising 2026 – updated 2 March 2026
Section 5.1.2.      Visual Guide to BWF Player Clothing Advertising Regulations

Section 5.2    Tournament Regulations

Section 5.2.1.      Major Events Tournament Regulations Table

Section 5.2.1.1.    Draw Format Tables – World Junior Team Championships
Section 5.2.1.2.    BWF World Junior Team Championships – updated 26 April 2026

Section 5.2.2       BWF World Tour Regulations
Section 5.2.3.      Junior Tournament Regulations

Section 5.3    Specific Tournament Regulation

Section 5.3.1.      Tournament Sanction Policy – updated 26 April 2026
Section 5.3.2.      Time Lines for Tournaments
Section 5.3.3.      Ranking Systems

Section 5.3.3.1.     World Ranking System – updated 26 April 2026
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 – updated 26 April 2026
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
Section 5.3.9.      Eligibility and Processing of Entries for World Championships – updated 26 April 2026

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 LA 2028 (ENG) – updated 12 May 2026

     Section 5.4.1.1.1 – OG – Qualifying Regulations for LA 2028 (FRE) – updated 12 May 2026

Section 5.4.1.2.  – OG – Regulations for Badminton Competition – Paris 2024
Section 5.4.1.3.  – OG – Statement of Badminton’s Requirement – Paris 2024
Section 5.4.1.4.  – OG – Badminton Specific Guidelines Regarding Authorised Identifications – Paris 2024 (ENG)
Section 5.4.1.4. – OG – Online Version – Badminton Specific Guidelines Regarding Authorised Identifications – Paris 2024 (ENG)
Section 5.4.1.4. – OG – Badminton Specific Guidelines Regarding Authorised Identifications – Paris 2024 (FRA)
Section 5.4.1.4. – OG – Online Version – Badminton Specific Guidelines Regarding Authorised Identifications – Paris 2024 (FRA)
Section 5.4.1.4. – OG – General Guidelines Regarding Authorised Identifications – Paris 2024 (ENG)
Section 5.4.1.5. – OG – NOC Team Apparel Guidelines Regarding Authorised Identifications – Paris 2024
Section 5.4.1.6. – OG – Guidelines Regarding Authorised Identifications – Paris 2024 (ENG)

Section 5.4.2.      Youth Olympic Games (YOG) 

Section 5.4.2.1.  – YOG –
Section 5.4.2.2.  – YOG – Regulations for Badminton Competition – Dakar 2026 – updated 27 April 2026
Section 5.4.2.3.  – YOG –
Section 5.4.2.4.  – YOG – Guidelines Regarding Authorised Identifications – Dakar 2026 – General

Section 5.4.2.4.1.    YOG – Guidelines Regarding Authorised Identifications – Dakar 2026 – Badminton Specific

Section 5.4.3.      Paralympic Games (PG) 

Section 5.4.3.1.  – PG – Qualifying Regulations for LA 2028 – effective 10 May 2026
Section 5.4.3.2.  – PG – Race to LA2028 Paralympic Ranking Regulations – effective 10 May 2026
Section 5.4.3.3.  – PG – Regulations for Badminton Competition – Paris 2024
Section 5.4.3.4.  – PG – Statement of Badminton’s Requirements – Paris 2024
Section 5.4.3.5.  – PG – Guidelines for Bipartite Process – LA 2028 – effective 10 May 2026
Section 5.4.3.6   – PG – NPC Team Apparel and Badminton Specific Guidelines Regarding Authorised Identifications – Paris 2024

Section 5.5    Para Badminton General Competitions Regulations 

Section 5.5.1.      Para Badminton Events Combination 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 – updated 26 April 2026
Section 5.5.7.      Explanation of Adjusted and Notional Ranking for Para Badminton
Section 5.5.8.      Summary of PBGCR Clothing Regulations
Section 5.5.9.      Para Badminton World Rankings Regulations
Section 5.5.10.    BWF Para Badminton World Circuit Regulations – updated 26 April 2026

Section 5.6    Miscellaneous Regulations

Section 5.6.1.    Participation Regulations for Players and Support Personnel with a Russian/Belarusian Passport 

Section 5.6.1.1. Administrative Process for Players and Support Personnel with a Russian Passport – updated 11 November 2025

Section 5.6.2.    Tournament Bidding Procedures