Statutes
The BWF Statutes is the complete set of rules. This includes the BWF constitution, guidelines, policies, the code of ethics, codes of conduct, judicial procedures, laws of badminton and all technical regulations for the sport of badminton.
Changes to the BWF constitution are approved by a general meeting of the membership. The current constitution is in Chapter 1 below. The amendments approved at the EGMs / AGMs are archived in the download section – see above.
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 Procedures – 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 – Updated 28 February 2022
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 2.3. 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 – Updated 28 February 2022
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) – Updated 28 February 2022
Section 3.1. BWF Judicial Procedures – Updated 22 November 2020
Section 3.2. Complaint Procedures – Effective Date 19 July 2020
Section 3.3. Whistleblower Policy
Section 4.1. Laws of Badminton – Updated 7 May 2022
Section 4.1.1. Instructions to Technical Officials (ITTO)
Section 4.1.1.1. – Instruction 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 4.1.5. Vocabulary
Section 4.1.6. Imperial Measurements
Section 4.1.7. Additional Equipment for Para badminton
Section 4.1.8. Instant Review System
Section 5.1. General Competitions Regulations
Section 5.1.1. Approved Member Association Player and Coach Clothing Advertising 2022
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 5.2.2. BWF World Tour Regulations
Section 5.2.3. Junior Tournament Regulations
Section 5.3 Specific Tournament Regulation
Section 5.3.1. Tournament Sanction Policy
Section 5.3.2. Time Lines for Tournaments
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 Paris 2024 (ENG)
Section 5.4.1.1. – OG – Qualifying Regulation for Paris 2024 (FRE)
The Paris 2024 version of the following Sections will be updated soon
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
Section 5.4.3.2. – PG – Race to Tokyo Paralympic Ranking 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 5.4.3.5. – PG – Guidelines for Bipartite Process
Section 5.4.4. Parapan American Games (PPG)
Section 5.4.4.1. – PGG – Badminton Qualification Guidelines
Section 5.5 Para badminton General Competitions Regulations – Updated 10 May 2022
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 – Updated 10 May 2022
Section 5.5.10. BWF Para Badminton World Circuit Regulations – Updated 10 May 2022