Thomas Cup Thomas Cup The Thomas Cup, sometimes called the World Men's Team Championships, is an international badminton competition among teams representing member nations of the Badminton World Federation (BWF), the sport's global governing body. The championships have been conducted every two years since the 1982 tournament, amended from being conducted every three years since the first tournament held in 1948–1949. The final phase of the tournament involves twelve teams competing at venues within a host nation and is played concurrently with the final phase of the world women's team championships, the Uber Cup (first held in 1956–1957). Since 1984 the two
Pan Am Badminton Championships Championships have a Grand Prix status. Pan Am Badminton Championships The Pan Am Badminton Championships is a tournament organized since 1977 by the Badminton Pan Am (BPA) to crown the best badminton players in the Americas. The tournament was held every two years from 1977 until 2007. It is now organized annually, except once every four years when the Pan Am Games multi-sports event is held. Badminton is part of the Pan Am Games since 1995. Since then, 2007 was the only year both events (the Pan Am Badminton Championships and the Pan Am Games) were held simultaneously in the