Uber Cup Uber Cup The Uber Cup, sometimes called the World Team Championships for Women, is a major international badminton competition contested by women's national badminton teams. First held in 1956–1957 and contested at three year intervals, it has been contested every two years since 1984 when its scheduled times and venues were merged with those of Thomas Cup, the world men's team championship. The Uber Cup is named after a former British women's badminton player, Betty Uber, who in 1950 had the idea of hosting a women's event similar to the men's. She also made the draw for the 1956–1957 inaugural
Turkish Badminton Federation – 2004, the federation was governed by A. Faik İmamoğlu, serving for two terms. Since 2004 Murat Özmekik has been the federation's president. The federation organizes the Turkish National Badminton Championships, the Turkiye International and the Turkish Badminton League. After the first tournament with 24 teams from 11 regions, 8 teams won the right to compete at Turkish Badminton League. Today the federation organizes the following leagues in Turkey: Turkey participated for the first time at the Olympics in 2012 with Neslihan Yiğit, who was eliminated in the women's singles group stage. Turkish Badminton Federation The Turkish Badminton Federation (,