BWF ANNUAL REPORT 2017 1 1934 – 2017 ANNUAL REPORT2017 REPORT & FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2017 NOTICE & AGENDA - 2018 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING EXCELLENCE | INNOVATION | ENTERTAINMENT | LEADERSHIP | INTEGRITY | UNIVERSALITY BWF ANNUAL REPORT 2017 1 TABLE OF CONTENTS OFFICERS 2 PRESIDENT’S REVIEW 2017 4 SECRETARY GENERAL’S REPORT 8 ENHANCING BADMINTONS FUTURE 12 UPGRADING OUR SPORT 16 ENHANCING OUR SCORING SYSTEM 17 PROPOSED SCORING SYSTEM 19 FOCUSING ON OUR PLAYERS 21 RESEARCH AND STATISTICS 22 COMMITTEE / COMMISSION REPORTS 24 1. EVENTS COMMITTEE 24 - TECHNICAL OFFICIALS 28 - ATHLETES’ COMMISSION 30 - RESULTS 2017 PODIUM FINISHES 32 - TOTAL BWF SUDIRMAN CUP 2017 32 - TOTAL BWF WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 2017 33 - DUBAI WORLD SUPERSERIES FINALS 2017 34 - BWF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS 2017 35 - BWF WORLD SENIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS 2017 37 2. PARA-BADMINTON COMMITTEE 38 - PARA-BADMINTON WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 2017 42 - PARA-BADMINTON ATHLETES’ COMMISSION 44 3. DEVELOPMENT & SPORT FOR ALL COMMITTEE 46 4. IOC / INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS COMMITTEE 50 5. MARKETING COMMITTEE 52 6. COMMUNICATIONS & MEDIA COMMITTEE 54 7. ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE 56 - AWARDS – CELEBRATING EXCELLENCE 58 9. FINANCE COMMITTEE 60 AUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 2017 62 BUDGET 86 MEMBERS 90 NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 2018 92 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT 100 BADMINTON WORLD FEDERATION Unit 1, Level 29 Naza Tower 10 Persiaran KLCC 50088 Kuala Lumpur Telsadfsadf +603 2631 9188 Fax +603 2631 9688 [email protected] © Badminton World Federation Cover: TOTAL BWF World Championships 2017 - Women’s Singles Final 2 BWF ANNUAL REPORT 2017 OFFICERS MEMBERS Battushig Batbold David Cabello Robbert de Kock Jassem Kanso Lim Teong Kiat PRESIDENT & Khunying Patama Leeswadtrakul (IOC Member) CHAIR OF COUNCIL Emma Mason Moosa Nashid Poul-Erik Høyer - IOC Member Nora Perry Koen Ridder (from 25 May 2017) Danlami Zama Sanchi Sergey Shakhray Wayne Somers DEPUTY PRESIDENT & Nigel Skelt DEPUTY CHAIR OF COUNCIL Tang Jiu Hong Peter Tarcala Gustavo Salazar Etienne Thobois Ng Yoke Weng Chipo Zumburani VICE PRESIDENTS MEMBERS Dagmawit Girmay Berhane - IOC Member Geraldine Brown Paul Kurzo (Until 20 May 2017) Anton Subowo Vishu Tolan Raj Gaya Gregory Verpoorten Akhilesh Das Gupta (passed away 12 April 2017) Mehdi Karbasian Li Lingwei – IOC Member Ranjit de Silva Yuhan Tan (till 24 May 2017) HONORARY LIFE VICE-PRESIDENTS Tom Bacher (Passed away 4 Oct 2017) Dr Kang Young Joong Stellan Mohlin Sir Craig C. Reedie – IOC Member Jeffrey Robson Mme Lu Shengrong Justian Suhandinata Charoen Wattanasin BWF ANNUAL REPORT 2017 3 Team Korea Surdiman Cup 2017 Winners 4 BWF ANNUAL REPORT 2017 PRESIDENT’S REVIEW POUL-ERIK HØYER – PRESIDENT 2017 HIGHLIGHTS INTRODUCTION COUNCIL ELECTIONS The Annual Meeting of Saturday 20 May 2017, ushered in a Council equally enthusiastic and committed as the previous Council to our vision of popularising badminton globally. It was a great honour to be re-elected President of the BWF for another four year term (2017-2021), encompassing the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Our Deputy President Gustavo Salazar Delgado and BWF Vice-President – Para-Badminton, Paul Kurzo were also re-elected unopposed while 11 sitting Council members were re- elected. Unfortunately Gustavo Salazar decided in June to take a leave of absence due to personal circumstances. There were some new faces on Council, and I was pleased to welcome Tang Jiu Hong (China), Moosa Nashid (Maldives), Battushig Batbold (Mongolia), Danlami Zama Sanchi (Nigeria), Emma Mason (Scotland), Robbert de Kock (Switzerland) and Khunying Patama Leeswadtrakul (Thailand) as well as incoming Chair of the BWF Athletes’ Commission, Koen Ridder (Netherlands), to the BWF Council which also includes the five continental vice-presidents. The Council represents the diversity of our badminton communities, Following the Olympic highs of 2016, the Badminton World Federation and I was really pleased to note that the election results meant that we buckled down for a year of consolidation as we continued to had a record seven women – representing four of our five continental enhance all areas of our work. This included the areas of governance, confederations. I must congratulate Khunying Patama Leeswadstrakul administration, commercial and media rights, development of who became a member of the IOC in September 2017. This is a great the sport, athlete support and services, the presentation of our honor for Khunying Patama, and for the whole BWF family. tournaments, showcasing star quality players and the integrity of badminton. As we build on the important achievements of the 2013-2017 cycle, I wish to take this opportunity to thank all those who served 2017 saw us take a number of strategic decisions which will enhance on the previous BWF Council as well as to thank our 189 Member our business in the coming years as our sport maintains and intensifies Associations for the confidence which they have placed in me and the its upward trajectory in a competitive global sports marketplace. BWF Council (2017 – 2021). Whilst this report reflects on 2017 and the really great achievements And finally, the AGM confirmed Justian Suhandinata as Honorary for BWF and our sport, we must remain forward thinking and to Life Vice President. Justian’s passion for, and commitment to innovate and enhance what we do. We must be ready to seize on the development of badminton has a long history at the national, opportunities that bring new possibilities for badminton in order to continental and world level and he has held many leadership roles in optimize our competitive advantage in a global sports market. In this badminton for more than 40 years. It was very fitting that we honoured report, we will also share our vision to enhance badminton’s future. Justian in this way. BWF ANNUAL REPORT 2017 5 TRIBUTE and Grand Prix tournaments together with all those at International Challenge and Series levels. All these tournaments make up the At this point, I wish to pause in tribute and to acknowledge two BWF important pathways for players to compete regionally and globally. colleagues who passed away in 2017. For major events, I wish to thank in particular, Gold Coast City and BWF Council member, Dr. Akhilesh Das Gupta, passed away suddenly Badminton Australia for hosting an amazing TOTAL BWF Sudirman in April. He was President of the Badminton Association of India and Cup 2017 – including the BWF Annual General Meeting, Member’s he spearheaded badminton’s rise in popularity and prominence in Forum and Gala Dinner. In equal measure, I wish to applaud Glasgow his homeland, with players such as Saina Nehwal, Pusarla V Sindhu, and BADMINTONscotland for graciously staging the TOTAL BWF Kashyap Parupalli and Kidambi Srikanth reaching the sport’s starry World Championships 2017 and the World Coaching Conference in heights. While his visionary leadership will be missed, we trust his partnership with BWF. legacy will be an inspiration to generations of Indian players and administrators to come. All hosts are acknowledged and thanked for the superb delivery of our I wish to also remember fondly, Tom Bacher, BWF Honorary Life Vice major tournaments. My sincere thanks to: President who passed away in early October 2017. Tom was well known to many of you for his long and distinguished career, 24 years • Badminton Australia - TOTAL BWF Sudirman Cup - Gold Coast. of which were spent on the BWF Council in a range of roles including vice-president. As I said late last year “Tom Bacher has made an • Badminton Scotland - TOTAL BWF World Championships - invaluable contribution to badminton’s global development as a Glasgow. business and a sustainable financial entity. His visionary service and • Badminton Indonesia - YONEX-SUNRISE BWF World Junior leadership have been to the benefit of generations of players who now make a living from badminton”, Championships - Yogjakarta. • Badminton Association of India - MANORAMA BWF World Senior Championships - Cochin. TOURNAMENTS • Korea Badminton Association for the Disabled - BWF Para- Badminton World Championships - Ulsan. The backbone of our business is the international circuit of tournaments and 2017 was another exceptional year for the sport in • Falcon and Associates/Dubai Sports Council - Dubai World this regard. The wide range of BWF sanctioned tournaments hosted in Superseries Finals - Dubai. 2017 generated hundreds of millions of views by fans, tens of millions in commercial and media rights revenue and millions of dollars in prize money for players. Firstly, I wish to thank all the hosts of tournaments who provide the best possible conditions for our players to compete. Thank you to the hosts of BWF Major Events, BWF World Superseries, Gold Grand Prix 6 BWF ANNUAL REPORT 2017 Sincere appreciation also goes to the hosts of all 13 legs of the MetLife After some testing and gathering feedback from various stakeholders, BWF World Superseries which started with the Yonex All England the BWF Council is convinced it is time to change badminton’s scoring Open Badminton Championships and concluded with the Dubai World system: time to bring in new peaks, more excitement and increase Superseries Finals – the last of our four season finales in the United broadcast and fan appeal. At the BWF Annual General Meeting on Arab Emirates. The warm hospitality as well as the efficiency and 19 May 2018, the BWF Council will formally propose changes to the enthusiasm with which each of you undertook hosting these signature technical regulations to address this and two other considerations: tournaments have been the collective hallmark of the Series. • A new and enhanced scoring system to increase the excitement of the sport at the top level and to shorten the length of matches CORPORATE, COMMERCIAL - based on best of 5 games to 11. & MEDIA PARTNERS • A reduction in on-court coaching – introducing time-out options for players. Our corporate partners are key to our success, without whom we • A service-law change with a fixed height for serves to improve the would not be able to present badminton to such a high standard.