Badminton history

1. History timeline of Philippine badminton
Badminton was
introduced in
the Philippines
by British and
American.
1950
Philippines is the
21st member
country of the
IBF or
International
Badminton
Federation
PBA or Philippine
Badminton
Association
became the first
international
badminton group
1952
Jonny Yan and
Stephen Cheng
were the
country’s first
doubles
champion at the
Hong Kong Open.
1962
1920 1966 1981
The Philippine
team achieved its
first team
championship in
the men’s division
during the 1966
triangular meet in
Vietnam.
The Philippine
badminton team
participated in
the ASEAN games
for the first time.
The Philippines
made its first
appearance in the
Thomas cup
competitions.
1984
Melvin Llanes the
first Philippine
champion at the
prince Asian
championship for
the 16 – under
age group.
Weena Lim and
kennie Asuncion
were the first
Philippine entry to
win gold medal in
Australia
international
championship.
Weena Lim
became the first
Philippine
badminton player
to qualify and
participated in the
1996 Atlanta
Olympic games.
Weena Lim and
kennie Asuncion
were the first
Philippine bronze
medalist in
Jakarta Sea
games.
The Philippine
hosted the Asian
preliminaries of
the thomas cup
and uber cup both
world’s men’s and
women’s team
championship.
Kennevic Asuncion
Became the first
bronze medalist in
the men’s singles
and kennie
Asuncion in the
mixed doubles at
the Bangkok open.
Kennevic and kennie
Asuncion were the first
Philippine players to
qualify and participate
in both men’s single and
mixed doubles
individual events at the
13th world
championship held in
Birmingham England.
1992 1995 1996 1997 1998 2001 2003