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 – Updated 20 October 2021
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 – Updated 23 May 2021

Section 4.1.1.      Instructions to Technical Officials (ITTO) – Updated 20 October 2021
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 20 October 2021
Section 4.1.6.      Imperial Measurements
Section 4.1.7.      Additional Equipment for Para badminton
Section 4.1.8.      Instant Review System

Please note: Principles of Qualification for Grade 1 Tournaments 2021

Section 5.1.    General Competitions Regulations – Updated 20 October 2021

Section 5.1.1.      Approved Member Association Player and Coach Clothing Advertising 2022 – Updated 4 January 2022
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
Section 5.2.2.      BWF World Tour Regulations
Section 5.2.3.      Junior Tournament Regulations – Updated 20 October 2021

Section 5.3    Specific Tournament Regulation

Section 5.3.1.      Tournament Sanction Policy
Please See: Announcement of 21 December 2020 on Adjusted Prize Money for 2021
Section 5.3.2.      Time Lines for Tournaments – Updated 20 October 2021
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
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

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 – updated 15 March 2021
Section 5.4.3.2.  – PG – Race to Tokyo Paralympic Ranking Regulations – updated 15 March 2021
Section 5.4.3.3.  – PG – Regulations for Badminton Competition – upated 15 March 2021
Section 5.4.3.4.  – PG – Statement of Badminton’s Requirements – Tokyo 2020
Section 5.4.3.5.  – PG – Guidelines for Bipartite Process – updated 15 March 2021

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
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