Badminton Association of Malaysia

Badminton Association of Malaysia

Abbreviation	BAM
Formation	1964
Type	Sports federation
Headquarters	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
President	Tan Sri Mohd Al-Amin Abdul Majid (acting)^[1]
Website	http://bam.org.my/

The Badminton Association of Malaysia or BAM (Malaysian Language: Persatuan Badminton Malaysia) is the governing body of badminton in Malaysia. The association was founded in 1964. Nevertheless, the history of Malaysian badminton starts much earlier. Already in 1934 an association was founded by the provinces Perak, Penang, Selangor, Johore and Singapore.

BAM is registered with the Sports Commissioner of Malaysia under the Sports Development Act 1997 of the Laws of Malaysia. The association was founded in 1964 and has 15 states as their members.^[2]

History of Formation

1809: Badminton brought to Malaya by officers of the East India Company in Penang
Early 1900s: Promoted by British through mission schools especially in Penang, Melaka, Ipoh, Kuala Lumpur and Singapore
1925: Penang becomes first state to form its own state badminton association (Penang Badminton Association)
1929: Perak forms its own state badminton association
1934: Badminton Association of Malaya officially formed on 11 November, J.L. Woods of Perak becomes first President of BAM
1964: Badminton Association of Malaysia is formed ^[2]

Tournaments

Malaysia Open
Malaysian National Badminton Championships
PROTON National Circuit Kuala Lumpur Open

Past Presidents

1934-1937 : John L. Woods
1947-1949 : Lim Chuan Geok
1949 : Heah Joo Seang
1950-1953 : Khoo Teik Foo
1954-1959 : Heah Joo Seang
1960 : Low Hoot Yeang
1961-1985 : Khir Johari
1985-1993 : Elyas Omar
1993-2000 : Abdullah Fadzil Che Wan
2000-2013 : Mohd Nadzmi Mohd Salleh

References

↑ KNG ZHENG GUAN (28 March 2016). "BAM sign sponsorship worth RM24mil with Celcom". The Star Online. Retrieved 22 April 2016.
1 2 "Badminton Association of Malaysia". Linked In. Retrieved 22 April 2016.

External links

National members of the Badminton World Federation

Africa (BCA)	ALG BOT BDI CMR CAF CGO CIV COD EGY GEQ ERI ETH GHA KEN LES MAD MAW MTN MRI MOR MOZ NAM NGR SEY SLE SOM RSA STH SUD SWZ TAN TOG TUN UGA ZAM ZIM

Asia (BAC)	AFG BHR BAN BTN BRU CAM CHN HKG IND INA IRN IRQ JPN JOR KAZ KOR KWT KGZ LAO LBN LKA MAC MAS MDV MNG MMR NPL PAK PLE PRK PAK PHL QAT SIN SYR THA TLS TKM TPE UZB VNM

Europe (BE)	ALB ARM AUT AZE BEL BLR BIH BGR CRO CYP CZE DEN ENG ESP EST FIN FRA FRO GEO GER GIB GRC GRL HUN ISL IRL ISR ITA LVA LIE LTU LUX MDA MKD MLT MNE NED NOR POL POR ROU RUS SCO SRB SVK SVN SUI SWE TUR UKR WAL

Oceania (BO)	AUS COK FJI KIR NRU NZL NFK WSM TAH TGA TUV

Americas (BPA)	ARG ABW BRB BMU BRA CAN CYM CHI COL CRI CUB CUR DOM ECU SLV FLK GRD GTM GUY HND JAM MEX PAN PER PRI LCA SUR TTO USA URY VEN

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