Tokyo: Japan unveiled its bid for the 2019 Badminton World Federation (BWF) World Championships as the world’s top players continue the countdown to the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games.
According to Kyodo News, the Nippon Badminton Association have already contacted BWF to inform them of their interest in staging the event. BWF will decide the host nation for the 2019 world meet on May 2016.
Choosing a city to organize World Championships a year before they host the Olympics has become the norm to BWF. Previously, London also hosted the 2011 World Championships at Wembley Arena in London as a test event for the 2012 London Olympics.
If Japan is chosen, it would be the first time the World Championships would be played on the land of the rising sun.
The International Olympic Committee (IOC)’s Executive Board (EB) has confirmed on June 2015 that the venue locations for badminton at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 will be relocate to Musashino Forest Sports Centre, which is currently under construction and is already hosting modern pentathlon events during the 2020 Games.
