Badminton Association of Malaysia
The Badminton Association of Malaysia is the supreme national administrative organization in the sport of badminton in Malaysia. The association was founded in its present form in 1964, has its precursor, however, in the Malayan Badminton Association, founded on 11 November 1934.
History
However, the formation of the Association in 1964 is not the beginning of the Badminton activities in the area of present-day Malaysia. Badminton was first played there already in the 1920s, first on the tea parties of the " Towkays " ( businessmen ). This was followed by friendlies and provincial comparisons. In 1934 founded the provinces Perak, Penang, Selangor and Singapore, the Malaysian Badminton Association. 1937 followed by the launch of the Malaysian Open, one of the oldest badminton tournaments in Asia. Shortly after the second World War, Malaya was one of the leading nations in the men's badminton. After a drop in quality in the 1960s and 1970s made it clear that Malaysian men in the 1980s back to the absolute world's best, while women in Muslim Malaysia inferior to men somewhat in comparison to the leading nations in badminton. With the Sidek Serve a Badminton technique has been named after a Malaysian brothers.
The dressing was a member of the Badminton World Federation, then known as International Badminton Federation and in 1959 also a founding member of the continental governing body Badminton Asia Confederation, at that time still under the name of Asian Badminton Confederation under the corporate name.
Significant Events, Tournaments and Leagues
- Malaysian Open
- Malaysia International
- Malaysian Championship
- Kedah Open
- Pahang Open
- Perak Open
- Penang Open
- Selangor Open
- Leong Sin Nam Trophy men's team competition
- Permaisuri Trophy, Women's Team Competition