Deutscher Badminton-Verband (DBV)
The badminton federation in Germany · German Badminton Association
The Deutscher Badminton-Verband (DBV), a registered association (e.V.), was founded on 18 January 1953 with 14 participating clubs; in 1991 the former East German Deutscher Federball-Verband (DFV) merged into it as five additional Landesverbände (state associations). DBV is organised through these regional Landesverbände, runs the national three-tier club league (1. Bundesliga, 2. Bundesliga Nord and Süd), national individual championships (Deutsche Meisterschaft, German Junior) and rankings (DBV-Ranglisten), fields national teams, and hosts international BWF World Tour events (German Open, HYLO Open). It also runs recreational/breitensport, women's sport, school sport and disability-sport programmes, coach and referee education, and opened Germany's first badminton museum, in Bonn, in August 2026.
Getting a licence
Players take part through membership of a club affiliated to one of DBV's regional Landesverbände; no separate national online licence purchase, tier structure or price was found on the pages read within budget.
Competitions and rankings
From the federation’s own website and its international federation, checked in September 2026.
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