Technical Officials (TOs) are a critical part of the game and the BWF is committed to developing and maintaining skilled and well qualified TOs for its signature events and for the sport at the international level.

The BWF is also committed to developing training materials / guidelines for referees, umpires and line judges and ensuring fair and transparent processes of assessment,nomination for BWF major tournaments.

The coordination and management of TOs for the BWF is the responsibility of the Sport Committee, supported by the Technical Officials Commission and the staff in the Sport Department.

Technical Officials

The BWF has two levels of Referees and Umpires together with an Assessment Panel for each.

Referees

• BWF Certificated Referees            
• BWF Accredited Referees    
• Referee Assessment Panel     

Umpires

• BWF Certificated Umpires            
• BWF Accredited Umpires   
• Umpires Assessment Panel          

Line Judges

There is currently no Accredited / Certificated categories for Line Judges. All invitations for Line Judges are sent to Member Associations, who then nominate Line Judges for BWF events, copying in their respective Continental Confederation. These nominations are forwarded to the Sport Committee who make appointments for the events.

Key Staff Contact

Noridah Jamil, Event Executive:noridah@internationalbadminton.org