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Badminton Oceania (BOC) is the governing body of badminton in Oceania. It is one of the 5 continental bodies under the flag of the Badminton World Federation (BWF). The confederation has 18 member countries.[1] Vanuatu is the newest member, which was granted membership in 2025. [2]

AbbreviationBOC
Members18 member associations
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Badminton Oceania
AbbreviationBOC
TypeSports federation
HeadquartersEllerslie, Auckland, New Zealand
Members18 member associations
Secretary General
New Zealand Julie Carrel
President
Australia Loke Poh Wong
Websitehttp://www.badmintonoceania.org/
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Former logo under the ex-organisation name

On the occasion of launching the new logo by Badminton Oceania, the organisation decided to change the name from Oceania Badminton Confederation to Badminton Oceania.[3]

Presidents

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Name Country Term
Heather Robson New Zealand 1987-2001
Don Stockins Australia 2001-2005
Robin Bryant Australia 2005-2007
Nigel Skelt New Zealand 2008-2011
Geraldine Brown Australia 2012-2022
Loke Poh Wong Australia 2022-2026
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Member associations

  1. Australia Australia
  2. Cook Islands Cook Islands
  3. Fiji Fiji
  4. Guam Guam
  5. Kiribati Kiribati
  6. Nauru Nauru
  7. New Zealand New Zealand
  8. Norfolk Island Norfolk Island
  9. Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea
  10. Samoa Samoa
  11. Solomon Islands Solomon Islands
  12. French Polynesia Tahiti
  13. Tonga Tonga
  14. Tuvalu Tuvalu
  15. Vanuatu Vanuatu
  16. New Caledonia New Caledonia (associated member)
  17. Northern Mariana Islands Northern Mariana (associated member)
  18. Wallis and Futuna Wallis and Futuna (associated member)[4]

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