{"id":201340,"date":"2017-05-27T13:45:19","date_gmt":"2017-05-27T16:45:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dicaseducacaofisica.info\/historia-do-badminton\/"},"modified":"2025-07-02T20:09:25","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T23:09:25","slug":"historia-do-badminton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dicaseducacaofisica.info\/en\/historia-do-badminton\/","title":{"rendered":"The History of Badminton in the World and in Brazil"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_81 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-light-blue ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">\u00cdndice<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dicaseducacaofisica.info\/en\/historia-do-badminton\/#Introduction_The_History_of_Badminton\" >Introduction: The History of Badminton<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dicaseducacaofisica.info\/en\/historia-do-badminton\/#Early_Badminton\" >Early Badminton<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dicaseducacaofisica.info\/en\/historia-do-badminton\/#The_origin_of_todays_badminton\" >The origin of today&#8217;s badminton<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dicaseducacaofisica.info\/en\/historia-do-badminton\/#Badmintons_arrival_in_Europe\" >Badminton&#8217;s arrival in Europe<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dicaseducacaofisica.info\/en\/historia-do-badminton\/#The_origin_of_the_name_Badminton\" >The origin of the name Badminton<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dicaseducacaofisica.info\/en\/historia-do-badminton\/#The_First_Badminton_Championship\" >The First Badminton Championship<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dicaseducacaofisica.info\/en\/historia-do-badminton\/#Creation_of_the_International_Badminton_Federation\" >Creation of the International Badminton Federation<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-8\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dicaseducacaofisica.info\/en\/historia-do-badminton\/#From_IBF_to_BWF\" >From IBF to BWF<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-9\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dicaseducacaofisica.info\/en\/historia-do-badminton\/#Badminton_at_the_Olympic_Games\" >Badminton at the Olympic Games<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-10\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dicaseducacaofisica.info\/en\/historia-do-badminton\/#Chinese_domination_and_Asian_supremacy\" >Chinese domination and Asian supremacy<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-11\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dicaseducacaofisica.info\/en\/historia-do-badminton\/#Badminton_at_the_Pan_Amarican_Games\" >Badminton at the Pan Amarican Games<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-12\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dicaseducacaofisica.info\/en\/historia-do-badminton\/#Badminton_History_Video\" >Badminton History Video<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-13\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dicaseducacaofisica.info\/en\/historia-do-badminton\/#Badminton_in_Brazil\" >Badminton in Brazil<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-14\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dicaseducacaofisica.info\/en\/historia-do-badminton\/#Creation_of_the_Brazilian_Badminton_Confederation\" >Creation of the Brazilian Badminton Confederation<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-15\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dicaseducacaofisica.info\/en\/historia-do-badminton\/#Brazilian_badminton_results\" >Brazilian badminton results<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-16\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dicaseducacaofisica.info\/en\/historia-do-badminton\/#More_about_Badminton\" >More about Badminton<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Introduction_The_History_of_Badminton\"><\/span>Introduction: The History of Badminton<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dicaseducacaofisica.info\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dicas Educa\u00e7\u00e3o F\u00edsica<\/a> has prepared for you an illustrated summary of the history of badminton, a sport that is now an Olympic discipline and is gaining more and more players in Brazil. We&#8217;ll talk about the origins of badminton, how and where it came about and its development throughout history, as well as the emergence of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dicaseducacaofisica.info\/en\/sports\/badminton-en\/\">badminton<\/a> in Brazil. <\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Early_Badminton\"><\/span>Early Badminton<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dicaseducacaofisica.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/badminton-primitivo.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dicaseducacaofisica.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/badminton-primitivo.jpg\" alt=\"Origin of Badminton\" width=\"600\" height=\"392\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A game very similar to today&#8217;s Badminton called Battledore and Shuttlecock was played in the 17th century by civilizations in Europe and Asia. The game was played by two people who hit an object, which today is called a &#8220;shuttlecock&#8221;, with the aim of keeping it in the air without it falling to the ground. <\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_origin_of_todays_badminton\"><\/span>The origin of today&#8217;s badminton<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The origin of Badminton today is most likely in India. There it was called Poona or Poonah, because it was born in the city of Pune, where it was very popular. <\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Badmintons_arrival_in_Europe\"><\/span>Badminton&#8217;s arrival in Europe<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>British military officers serving in India got to know the game Poona. Poona, unlike Battledore and Shuttlecock, was played with a net separating the players. On their return to England, the British officers took with them equipment from the new game they had learned about in India.  <\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_origin_of_the_name_Badminton\"><\/span>The origin of the name Badminton<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>In 1870, the Duke of Beaufort presented the new game brought from India to his guests at his estate called &#8220;Badminton House&#8221;, which is why the new game came to be known as the game of &#8220;Badminton&#8221;.<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<dl id=\"attachment_2020\">\n<dt><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dicaseducacaofisica.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/origem-nome-badminton.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dicaseducacaofisica.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/origem-nome-badminton.jpg\" alt=\"The origin of the name \"Badminton\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"409\"><\/a><\/dt>\n<dd>The Badminton House<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_First_Badminton_Championship\"><\/span>The First Badminton Championship<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The first badminton championship in history took place in 1898 in the English town of Guilford, and the &#8220;All England Open Badminton Championship&#8221; still takes place today. Initially, the championship was only for doubles teams. In 1900, singles matches were added to the championship.  <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dicaseducacaofisica.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/primeiros-campeonatos-badminton.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dicaseducacaofisica.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/primeiros-campeonatos-badminton.jpg\" alt=\"The first badminton championship in history\" width=\"600\" height=\"422\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Creation_of_the_International_Badminton_Federation\"><\/span>Creation of the International Badminton Federation<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The Badminton World Federation (IBF) was founded in 1934 and had nine member countries: Canada, Denmark, Scotland, France, the Netherlands, England, New Zealand and Wales. India and the United States joined in 1936. Brazil joined the IBF in 1991 through the Federa\u00e7\u00e3o Paulista de Badminton.  <\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"From_IBF_to_BWF\"><\/span>From IBF to BWF<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>The International Badminton Federation (IBF) is currently called <span lang=\"zxx\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bwfbadminton.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Badminton Word Federation<\/a><\/span> (BWF) or Badminton World Federation. It now has 176 member countries and is currently based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Badminton_at_the_Olympic_Games\"><\/span>Badminton at the Olympic Games<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Badminton was a &#8220;demonstration sport&#8221; at the Munich Games in 1972, but it wasn&#8217;t until the Barcelona Games in 1992 that it was officially introduced as an Olympic discipline. In Barcelona, only doubles and singles tournaments were played. Mixed doubles tournaments were introduced at the Atlanta Games in 1996.  <\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Chinese_domination_and_Asian_supremacy\"><\/span>Chinese domination and Asian supremacy<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>China has dominated the Olympic badminton tournaments, winning 38 medals (16 of them gold); South Korea and Indonesia won 18 medals each.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dicaseducacaofisica.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/badminton-limpiadas.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dicaseducacaofisica.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/badminton-limpiadas.jpg\" alt=\"The History of Badminton at the Olympic Games\" width=\"600\" height=\"398\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Badminton_at_the_Pan_Amarican_Games\"><\/span>Badminton at the Pan Amarican Games<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Badminton was included in the Pan American Games in 1995, in Mar del Plata, Argentina. The categories were: Men&#8217;s Singles, Women&#8217;s Singles, Men&#8217;s Doubles, Women&#8217;s Doubles and Mixed Doubles. <\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Badminton_History_Video\"><\/span>Badminton History Video<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Okay, we haven&#8217;t forgotten about you who like video content. Watch the video below.  <\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Badminton_in_Brazil\"><\/span>Badminton in Brazil<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Badminton in Brazil has a very long history. In 2011, a survey was carried out in Santos, where it was found that badminton was first practiced in Brazil in 1938 at the Clube dos Ingleses. However, it took a long time for badminton to become a competitive sport in Brazil. It was only in 1984 that the first S\u00e3o Paulo Badminton Cup was held.  <\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Creation_of_the_Brazilian_Badminton_Confederation\"><\/span>Creation of the Brazilian Badminton Confederation<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>A <span lang=\"zxx\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.badminton.org.br\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Brazilian Badminton Confederation<\/a><\/span> (CBBd) was founded in 1993. The founding federations were the Federa\u00e7\u00e3o Paulista de Badminton, Federa\u00e7\u00e3o de Badminton de Bras\u00edlia and Federa\u00e7\u00e3o Catarinense de Bras\u00edlia. Today, the CBBd has 21 state federations.  <\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Brazilian_badminton_results\"><\/span>Brazilian badminton results<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>in 1985 won the II South American Championship held in Buenos Aires, Argentina;<\/li>\n<li>In 1990, Brazil won 2nd place in the IV South American Badminton Championship;<\/li>\n<li>In 1993, Brazil won a bronze medal at the Pan American Games in Guatemala;<\/li>\n<li>In 1994, the CBBd became affiliated to the Brazilian Olympic Committee;<\/li>\n<li>In 2007, at the Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil won its first bronze medal, with athletes Guilherme Pardo and Guilheme Kumasaka.<\/li>\n<li>In 2011, at the Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Brazil won its first medal in the singles with Daniel Paiola<\/li>\n<li>In 2015, Brazil won three medals at the Pan American Games in Toronto\n<ul>\n<li>\n<ul>\n<li>Women&#8217;s Doubles: Silver medal with Lohaynny Vicente and Luana Vicente<\/li>\n<li>Men&#8217;s Doubles: Silver medal with Daniel Paiola and Hugo Arthuso<\/li>\n<li>In the Mixed Doubles: Bronze medal with Alex Tjong and Lohaynny Vicente<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"More_about_Badminton\"><\/span>More about Badminton<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>VIDEO: <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/SfGmLGvWY1A\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">History of Badminton<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dicaseducacaofisica.info\/como-se-joga-badminton\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Learn<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dicaseducacaofisica.info\/como-se-joga-badminton\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> How to Play Badminton<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dicaseducacaofisica.info\/quadra-de-badminton-medidas-e-regras\/\">Badminton court<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dicaseducacaofisica.info\/regras-do-badminton-resumidas\/\">Basic Badminton Rules<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dicaseducacaofisica.info\/badminton-historia-regras-fundamentos\/\">History, Rules and Fundamentals of Badminton<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Introduction: The History of Badminton Dicas Educa\u00e7\u00e3o F\u00edsica has prepared for you an illustrated summary of the history of badminton, a sport that is now an Olympic discipline and is gaining more and more players in Brazil. We&#8217;ll talk about the origins of badminton, how and where it came about and its development throughout history,&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dicaseducacaofisica.info\/en\/historia-do-badminton\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">The History of Badminton in the World and in Brazil<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[413,411],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-201340","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-badminton-en","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dicaseducacaofisica.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201340","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dicaseducacaofisica.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dicaseducacaofisica.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dicaseducacaofisica.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dicaseducacaofisica.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=201340"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.dicaseducacaofisica.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201340\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":201344,"href":"https:\/\/www.dicaseducacaofisica.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201340\/revisions\/201344"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dicaseducacaofisica.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=201340"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dicaseducacaofisica.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=201340"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dicaseducacaofisica.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=201340"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}