Badminton History

Badminton in India

Game is adopted by British army officers

The name "battledore and shuttlecock" gets changed to Badminton

First open badminton tournament held at Guildford, England

First Official World Badminton Tournament

Badminton Becomes an Olympic Sport

The World Badminton Federation introduces the Badminton Super series events to further promote the sport

OSIM was contracted as a title sponsor in the super series tournaments

The first Badminton super series premier attracted the highest prize money in badminton tournament history at 1.2m USD

$20 million tripartite contract for sponsorship of the World Grand Prix Finals, giving STAR TV the exclusive telveision rights to the WGP

WHBC partners with WBF for next four years

WBF introduces Hawk-eye for line-calling, shuttle speed and other insight into badminton matches

Badminton rackets from wooden to aluminum to carbon-fiber composite materials. They went from an oval shape to a tear drop shape. Strings were originally made out of animal guts and eventually developed to synthetic materials like nylon. The grips have also moved towards synthetic materials.

Throughout the development of Badminton, new careers have popped up. Some include social media producer, medical practitioners, sports scientist

Badminton players get more agile and athletic. Their technique is better and shots became more precise. Deception also became more important.