Fédération Française de Badminton (FFBaD)
The badminton federation in France · French Badminton Federation
The Fédération Française de Badminton (FFBaD) is France's delegated national governing body for badminton, with roots in a first federation created on 18 January 1934 (dissolved under the Vichy regime in 1941, then run as a commission/committee inside the French Tennis Federation) before being re-declared as an independent federation in the Journal Officiel on 8 December 1978 and reconstituted at a general assembly on 28 February 1979. It is organised regionally through 12 regional leagues and 89 departmental committees overseeing around 2,000 affiliated clubs, and as of the 2025-2026 season reports about 242,000 licensed players. Besides badminton it also represents related disciplines racketlon, plumfoot and crossminton in France. It runs individual and interclub national championships, is a member of the Badminton Europe Confederation and the BWF, and operates an online licensee portal (MyFFBaD).
Getting a licence
A licence is needed to play official badminton competitions in France.
A licence, obtained through an affiliated club and accompanied by required medical clearance/insurance (via GENERALI from September 2025), is mandatory to play in one of FFBaD's roughly 2,000 clubs; new registrations and renewals are done through an online form and the MyFFBaD member portal. No specific price was found on the pages read.
Competitions and rankings
From the federation’s own website and its international federation, checked in September 2026.
The other racket-sport federations in France
The badminton federation in other countries
Morocco · FRMBad
United Kingdom
United States · USAB
Spain · FESBA
Italy · FIBa
Germany · DBV
Netherlands
Belgium · RBBF
Portugal · FPB
Sweden
Denmark · DBF
Ireland
United Arab Emirates
Saudi Arabia · SBF
Qatar · QTF
Kuwait
Egypt · EBF
Canada · BCan
Mexico · FeMeBa
Argentina · FEBARA
Australia · BA
India · BAI
Philippines · PBAD
Malaysia · BAM
Singapore · SBA