The Badminton Players Federation (BPF) is an independent organisation of badminton which was founded in 1972 by Danish World Champion Steen Fladberg with the mission of creating a more profitable structure in the badminton arena, to make the sport more enjoyable and to promote badminton.
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The BPF membership includes players from 46 nations and the current state office is in Copenhagen, Denmark.
The organisation was established to:
- create a professional tour for top badminton players so that they could play professionally,
- increase the awareness of the sport and to voice the opinions of players,
- maintain the standard of badminton.