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Formation | 18 January 1953 |
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Type | National Sport Association |
Headquarters | Mülheim, Nordrhein-Westfalen [1] |
President | Ralf Michaelis [2] |
Affiliations | BEC, BWF |
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German Badminton Association (DBV, German: Deutscher Badminton-Verband) is the national governing body for the sport of badminton in Germany. The association consists of state badminton associations from 16 states of Germany. [3]
The association was founded in 1953 by representatives of 14 West German badminton clubs during the first German National Badminton Championships held in Wiesbaden. [4] It is also the founding members of Badminton Europe in 1967. As West Germany and East Germany reunified, the East German Badminton Federation (Deutsche Federball-Verband/DFV) also merged with DBV in 1991.