Dear USAB members, Please review the following TENTATIVE Junior Tournament Schedule for 2021-2022. Be aware that dates or locations may change due to the ever-changing situation of the pandemic and other factors and ensure that any flights you schedule have REFUNDABLE TICKETS. Check the updated Junior Tournament Schedule and USA Badminton emails
On Sunday, the U.S. had players in three finals at the Guatemala International Series 2021 held in Guatemala City, Guatemala. In women’s doubles, Francesca Corbett and Allison Lee represented the U.S. against Guatemala’s Gonzalez Ana Pamela and Karolina Orellana Ardon. Corbett and Lee won 21-12 and 21-4 to claim a
USA Badminton is reaching out to our member compliant clubs for expressions of interest to host the Adult National Championships on December 3-5th, 2021. The Adult National Championships will be the selection event for the Pan Am Male & Female Cup continental championships to be held February 17-20, 2022 in
On the final day of the I Mexican International Challenge 2021 in Aguascalientes, Mexico, the U.S. had a mixed doubles and men’s doubles pair competing in the finals. Vinson Chiu and Jennie Gai represented the U.S. in mixed doubles against Mexico’s No. 1 seed Luis Armando Montoya Navarro and Vanessa
Photo Credit: BadmintonPhoto On Sunday, September 4th, 2021, the U.S.A. will have two doubles pairs competing in the finals at the I Mexican International Challenge 2021 in Aguascalientes, Mexico. U.S.A. Mixed doubles pair Vinson Chiu and Jennie Gai will represent the U.S. against Mexico’s No. 1 seed Luis Armando Montoya
USA Badminton is reaching out to our interested member compliant clubs for applications to hold the in-person assessment(s) for the BWF Level 1 Coaching Certificate in the month of OCTOBER. Requirements – * 4 days.* 3/4 courts for 8 hours per day.* Classroom space (one of the badminton courts could also be
Dear USAB Members, We are writing to you to give you three significant updates regarding USAB’s membership management system, SafeSport’s new certification platform and NCSI for background checks. Membership Management System: Effective September 1, 2021, USAB no longer uses SimplyCompete for any member management or tournament registration services. USAB is in the
Dear USAB Members, We are writing to inform you of changes to the SafeSport certification process that affect USA Badminton (USAB) as well as all other National Governing Bodies (NGBs) of the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee (USOPC). The U.S. Center for SafeSport (USCSS) is migrating the certification records of
BWF has announced that the World Junior Championships originally set to be hosted in China in October 2021 have been postponed with no replacement dates or locations set. Click here to see the full tournament calendar update released by the BWF today.
Photo Credit: BadmintonPhoto On Saturday, U.S. women’s singles player Iris Wang faced Denmark’s No. 1 seed and World No. 27, Line Christophersen, in the semifinals at the Victor Denmark Masters 2021. Wang, who was the No. 3 seed in the tournament, was able to pull the match to three games
Dear USAB members, We have decided that the World Junior Championships selection event, after much deliberation and in consideration of the recent outbreak of the Delta variation of COVID, will be canceled. Three clubs expressed interest in hosting the event by the deadline. Only one of the applications was from a USAB
On the sixth day of play at Musashino Forest Sport Plaza for Tokyo 2020, women’s singles player Beiwen Zhang faced China’s He Bing Jiao, who had entered the tournament as the No. 8 seed. The first game was tight between the two before Zhang began to open up a slight
