# Associations and the Early Game · Badminton Level 9: Master

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The All England Championships, the founding of the IBF, its nine founding members, the IBF and the WBF, reunification in 1981, the move to Kuala Lumpur, the BWF name, the five continental confederations, the IOC and Olympic recognition, and the World Championships.

## Test 1: The All England Championships

- The English association's championship began in 1899. (Source: General badminton reference)
- The most prestigious early event. (Source: General badminton reference)
- England, now in Birmingham. (Source: General badminton reference)
- Birmingham's arena. (Source: General badminton reference)
- Indonesia's Rudy Hartono, 1968-1974 and 1976. (Source: General badminton reference)
- India's first All England champion. (Source: General badminton reference)
- Gopichand in 2001. (Source: General badminton reference)
- 1899, 1968, 1980, 2001. (Source: General badminton reference)
- 1899, 1949, 1977. (Source: General badminton reference)
- Hartono's run. (Source: General badminton reference)

## Test 2: The founding of the IBF

- The manual: 1934. (Source: BWF Coaches' Manual L1, Module 1)
- Nine national associations. (Source: BWF Coaches' Manual L1, Module 1)
- One world body. (Source: BWF Coaches' Manual L1, Module 1)
- Denmark was among the nine. (Source: BWF Coaches' Manual L1, Module 1)
- The founders came from Europe, Canada and New Zealand. (Source: BWF Coaches' Manual L1, Module 1)
- Renamed BWF. (Source: BWF Coaches' Manual L1, Module 1)
- 1934 to 2024. (Source: General badminton reference)
- The manual's alphabetical list. (Source: BWF Coaches' Manual L1, Module 1)
- The rest of the list. (Source: BWF Coaches' Manual L1, Module 1)
- Nine founding members. (Source: BWF Coaches' Manual L1, Module 1)

## Test 3: The nine founding members

- New Zealand was a founder. (Source: BWF Coaches' Manual L1, Module 1)
- Canada was a founder. (Source: BWF Coaches' Manual L1, Module 1)
- Four home nations. (Source: BWF Coaches' Manual L1, Module 1)
- France and the Netherlands. (Source: BWF Coaches' Manual L1, Module 1)
- Associations formed later. (Source: General badminton reference)
- Canada. (Source: BWF Coaches' Manual L1, Module 1)
- New Zealand. (Source: BWF Coaches' Manual L1, Module 1)
- Roughly west to east. (Source: General badminton reference)
- The federation grew. (Source: General badminton reference)
- No Asian founders. (Source: BWF Coaches' Manual L1, Module 1)

## Test 4: The IBF and the WBF

- A breakaway federation. (Source: General badminton reference)
- China was outside the IBF then. (Source: General badminton reference)
- Political disputes. (Source: General badminton reference)
- Divided competitions. (Source: General badminton reference)
- May 1981. (Source: General badminton reference)
- Sudirman helped broker the reunification. (Source: General badminton reference)
- Unity before Olympic entry. (Source: General badminton reference)
- 1934, 1978, 1981, 1992. (Source: General badminton reference)
- Split to reunion. (Source: General badminton reference)
- Reunification. (Source: General badminton reference)

## Test 5: Headquarters and the BWF name

- Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. (Source: BWF Coaches' Manual L1, Module 3)
- Malaysia. (Source: BWF Coaches' Manual L1, Module 3)
- Renamed in 2006. (Source: BWF Coaches' Manual L1, Module 1)
- Where the game is biggest. (Source: General badminton reference)
- The name. (Source: BWF Coaches' Manual L1, Module 1)
- Renamed in 2006. (Source: BWF Coaches' Manual L1, Module 1)
- The manual's address. (Source: BWF Coaches' Manual L1, Module 3)
- 1934, 1981, 2006. (Source: BWF Coaches' Manual L1, Module 1)
- In order. (Source: BWF Coaches' Manual L1, Module 1)
- BWF headquarters. (Source: BWF Coaches' Manual L1, Module 3)

## Test 6: The continental confederations

- One per Olympic ring. (Source: BWF Coaches' Manual L1, Module 1)
- Continental regions. (Source: BWF Coaches' Manual L1, Module 1)
- Badminton Europe. (Source: BWF Coaches' Manual L1, Module 1)
- Pan America. (Source: BWF Coaches' Manual L1, Module 1)
- Regional work. (Source: BWF Coaches' Manual L1, Module 1)
- Oceania. (Source: BWF Coaches' Manual L1, Module 1)
- National associations. (Source: BWF Coaches' Manual L1, Module 1)
- As the manual lists them. (Source: BWF Coaches' Manual L1, Module 1)
- Growing size. (Source: BWF Coaches' Manual L1, Module 1)
- Five confederations. (Source: BWF Coaches' Manual L1, Module 1)

## Test 7: Badminton and the Olympics

- Demonstration in 1972. (Source: General badminton reference)
- Again in 1988. (Source: General badminton reference)
- Since 1992. (Source: BWF Coaches' Manual L1, Module 1)
- Gold, silver and bronze in five events. (Source: BWF Coaches' Manual L1, Module 1)
- Mixed from Atlanta. (Source: Olympedia, Olympic badminton results)
- From Tokyo. (Source: BWF Coaches' Manual L1, Module 1)
- Profile and support. (Source: General badminton reference)
- 1972, 1988, 1992, 1996. (Source: General badminton reference)
- Olympics first, Paralympics later. (Source: BWF Coaches' Manual L1, Module 1)
- Barcelona 1992. (Source: BWF Coaches' Manual L1, Module 1)

## Test 8: The World Championships

- Malmö, 1977. (Source: General badminton reference)
- Malmö, Sweden. (Source: General badminton reference)
- Sweden. (Source: General badminton reference)
- Official world champions. (Source: General badminton reference)
- Places are limited. (Source: General badminton reference)
- No world event yet. (Source: General badminton reference)
- The All England. (Source: General badminton reference)
- 1899, 1977, 1992. (Source: General badminton reference)
- 1977, 2014, 2025. (Source: General badminton reference)
- The first worlds. (Source: General badminton reference)

## Test 9: The Thomas Cup's beginnings

- An English champion and IBF president. (Source: General badminton reference)
- The first edition. (Source: General badminton reference)
- Malaya won the first three. (Source: General badminton reference)
- War delayed it. (Source: General badminton reference)
- Men's teams. (Source: General badminton reference)
- Malaya's first three wins. (Source: General badminton reference)
- Champion and administrator. (Source: General badminton reference)
- 1949, 1957, 1989. (Source: General badminton reference)
- Three in a row. (Source: General badminton reference)
- The Thomas Cup. (Source: General badminton reference)

## Test 10: Early stars

- Indonesian. (Source: General badminton reference)
- Eight titles. (Source: General badminton reference)
- Morten Frost. (Source: General badminton reference)
- Liem Swie King. (Source: General badminton reference)
- Lasting dominance. (Source: General badminton reference)
- Hartono. (Source: General badminton reference)
- Gopichand's academy in Hyderabad. (Source: General badminton reference)
- 1968, 1980, 2001. (Source: General badminton reference)
- 1960s-70s, 1980s, 2000s. (Source: General badminton reference)
- Padukone and Gopichand. (Source: General badminton reference)

Sources: BWF Coaches' Manual Level 1 (2017), BWF regulations and history, Olympedia; original questions authored, nothing reproduced. Numbered rules belong to the Rules category (Badminton - Laws of Badminton).

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