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Badminton is an Olympic sport played with a racket and a shuttlecock.
The shuttle, which can be made of nylon or feathers, is hit back and forth over a net with the rackets.
The players stand on opposite sides of a net and hit a shuttlecock over the net.
The goal is to hit the shuttlecock over the net as hard and as many times as possible without it hitting the ground.
The player or team with the most points wins the game.
Badminton is played in a hall, so that there is no hindrance from wind and other weather conditions.
There are five different disciplines.
In Asian countries (including China, Vietnam, Indonesia and Malaysia) badminton is played en masse.
Among the Western countries, Denmark and Great Britain are especially countries with considerable achievements in the field of badminton sport.
Badminton has been part of the Olympic Games since 1992. Before that it was an Olympic demonstration sport twice; in 1972 and 1988.
Nationally recognized badminton bodies are in the Netherlands: the Badminton Netherlands (BN), and in Belgium: the Belgian Badminton Federation (Badminton Vlaanderen (BV) and Ligue Francophone Belge de Badminton (LFBB) together).
The highest international body is the Badminton World Federation (BWF) (Badminton World Federation), based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
