Major Badminton Locations

When most people think of major locations in badminton and the best badminton players, they think of the Asian countries, mainly China. This is true, but there are other countries that have high ranking badminton players and good badminton facilities to make these players world class.

For example, Denmark are the 4th best badminton team in the world (at the moment) with two players ranked in the top 10 players in the world for singles, and one pair in the top 10 men's doubles, women's doubles and mixed doubles. Germany have a pair in the mixed doubles ranked within the top 10, and Spain have a player ranked within the top 10 of the women's singles.


Yes, players from countries like China, Indonesia, Malaysia, South Korea and Japan usually dominate tournaments and other competitions but that doesn't mean that other countries shouldn't be ruled out.


The main advantage that Asian countries have over other countries is the fact that the government found the sport, which is not the case in countries such as Ireland, which means that the players don't need to worry about the costs of accommodation and transport, all they have to concentrate on is the competition itself.
Honestly, I don't see why, in most European countries, that badminton is such an underrated sport. If countries actually had some funding for badminton like they fund other sports, the competition would be a lot more fierce and there would be more countries that would be able to produce world class badminton players.