As Sportspodium is a mutli-sporting discipline, and will cater for all sports in due time and we have already covered Soccer statistics, we believe it is only fair to cover the sport of Badminton second, as it is the second most played sport in the world.
Badminton
Badminton is all about speed, agility, stamina and power, but it is also very key to have the mental fitness as the game is also known as the physical chess game. The International Badminton Federation was founded in 1934 and it is now known as the Badminton World Federation.
Countries / Regions represented in the BWF
According to Wikipedia:
Badminton had its debut at the 1992 Summer Olympics and has been contested in 6 Olympiads. 63 different nations have appeared in the Olympic badminton competitions, with 19 appearing all 6 times. It is governed by the Badminton World Federation.
Which countries were represented in the Olympics
If we look at the table below and see how many countries are represented at the Olympics, we should understand why it is the second most played sport in the world.
The BWF organises annual events which can be classified at the 7 major international badminton events and one for para-badminton.
International Events
- Olympic Games in co-operation with International Olympic Committee
- World Championships
- World Junior Championships
- Para-Badminton World Championships
- Thomas Cup
- Uber Cup
- Sudirman Cup
- World Senior Championships
Open Events
- Super Series Premier of Premier
- Super Series Premier
- Super Series
- Grand Prix Gold
- Grand Prix
- International Challenge
- International Series
- Future Series
Awards for Badmintin
- Lifetime Achievement
- Hall of Fame
- Herbert Scheele Trophy
- Distinguished Service
- Meritorius Service
- Certificate of Commendation
- Eddy Choong Player of the Year (hiatus since 2008)
- Best Male and Female Player of the Year
- Eddy Choong Most Promising Player of the Year
- Women in Badminton
I was very surprised to see Badminton is the second most played sport in the world, only after soccer/football and thank you very much to Wikipedia for a great source of information over the various pages.
Content Sources
Wikipedia Badminton World Federation
Wikipedia - Badminton
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The second! I didn't know it..
Me neither until last week :) Thanks for the comment @greensmile.
With u on that one lol
Definitely would not have expected it to be second. I'm a huge fan of playing the game and actually took a class on it in high-school (I won the class tournament #humblebrag). So much fun to play and can be great competitively or in a more recreational sense.
DAmn no one from my place have been at Olympics .
But it's amazing sport, like we see many people around the world love that :)
Where are you from? Maybe you should enter the next Olympics, as you will probably get in the team in your country if nobody is playing :) Hae you seen the movie Cool Runnings of the guys from Jamaica who entered the Bob Sleigh team ?
Latvia, but we do have badminton players. :) Actually i played badminton before a little time, but is always fun to play. :)
We here to win not to just take a part, as they used to say.
I know story about Jamaica team, it was great ha ha
we have already amazing two bobsleigh teams here :)
I would've never thought badminton was so popular among so many sports ans so many countries. I'm from Trinidad & Tobago, the popular sports in my country are soccer, cricket and track & field. I noticed someone from my country represented us at the 1996 Olympics which was our only ever Olympic appearance in that sport, that's cool. Thanks for providing the data and enlightening us about the popularity of the sport.
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Whahaha great comment.
Very well written post! As an avid player, I can say that badminton deserves to much more recognition. So much fun and one of the most tiring sports out there!
Love this post, I use to play badminton for many years :0) a great sport. Interesting reading. Thx for sharing
It is a great pleasure @saffisara :)
Thx :0)
Are you sure that this is really the second most played sport? I the second one is table tennis.
Hi @steemfluencer, I have researched quite a lot on the internet and most sites indicate that Table Tennis is only number 8 most played and also the 8th most watched Olympic Sport. There is no one site or federation source which clearly stand out. I worked from various sources. The bottom line is that both Table Tennis and Badminton is in the top 10. Apparently Volleyball is number 3 :)
Thanks for the comment.
Hey, that's pretty awesome. I wasn't aware it's N8. I'm impressed by the time you invest for researching your facts.
Thanks a lot :)
:)
Wow, i didn't know it was second to soccer. In my country it isn't a very popular sport.
I also did not know until last week :) So we learn new things every day. Thanks for the comment @thedevilape
The second most played? In what aspect? Why are there no figures on how many people actually play? Im having a hard time to believe...for every 22 people, you need just 1 football. For those same people, you would need 11 shuttles and 22 rackets...thats why i just cant believe it
Hi @thephotoguide, apologies I did not add the usual disclaimer which I normally add. I have researched quite a lot on the internet and most sites indicate that Badminton is the second most played sport as well as the second most watched Olympic sport. It is difficult to find final number. If w bear in mind that it is extensively played in India, Asia and more specifically China, it might be why. Thanks for the comment :)
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Nice for sharin I'dlike to learn this sport :D
Thanks for the comment :)
Thank you for the comment @illithas
In my country it's very uncommon, thanks for the info! (Im from Mexico)
Thanks @briantec01. I see that Mexico had a tiny bit of representation at the Olympics since 2008. Maybe you should enter and become an Olympian :)
I love that you are giving some much needed exposure to badmiton! Keep on so people can appreciate less popular athletes who works just as hard as popular tennis athletes. How about squash next ??
Hi @janus27 thanks for a great comment. I will definitely consider squash as I love playing it. Do you play as well? Thanks for the comment and followed.
@sportspodium - I love badminton. I play for fitness. My wife plays Masters (veterans) tournaments and my son is an accomplished player as well. I used to play with the group in TUKS university. Nice to see your post. It will help bring awareness about this great sport. Good to see the picture of P.V. Sindhu figure in this post. Upvoted.
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This is cool. I haven't played badminton in years! I didn't know that pro-badminton was so popular. I'd like to watch a badminton tournament.
Great post my man!
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I'm resteeming these creators and I just added you.I'm not asking for a follow you/follow me. I'm only interested in following/followers who are actually engaged in this subject and these sports. Articles/Posts on how-to practice, to tournament reporting, to playing and everything in between... These are the posts I'll resteem.
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I do not agree with this opinion. The top 5 are soccor, basketball, tennis, golf and F1.
WOW Badmington .... that is a surprise. I presume this is not taking into account runners that does not compete in terms of overall participation. Surely that is far larger than Badminton? Fascinating and learnt something today.
That's INSANE! I would of never thought Badminton would be the #2 played sport. Thanks for sharing with the community this was very interesting.
It is an amazing sport, but not all that big in SA. Enjoyed you great article. Please follow me.
The Third! Korea is one of the strongest Badminton team in the world with other Asian Countries. I am playing badminton for over 10 years since my high school, and I think it is the best sport for short time work out because many of quick movement.