A list of 100 badminton tournament names written by Wheel of Teams on 2026-10-14 and filed in five groups. They are our own suggestions. Every name carries a word of the game (the shuttle or birdie, its feathers, a smash, a clear, a drop, a lift, a rally, the serve, the racquet, the net) and names the event, not a team. The terms were looked up on 2026-10-14 in the English Wikipedia's Badminton article (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Badminton), text under CC BY-SA 4.0. No name was taken from a championship, a federation, a tour, a club or a maker of racquets or shuttles. Each name was also looked up in the English Wikipedia on 2026-10-14, as an article title and as an exact phrase in the text of its articles, and every name that stood there as an event, a trophy, a programme or a title was dropped; that look-up does not find a local event. Compared by script the same day with every other list on this site: no name is repeated. Nothing was checked against a trademark register, so a local tournament may share a name by coincidence. Licence: own work
How it works
All 100 badminton tournament names carry a word of the game, the shuttle, a birdie, a smash, the net, and name the event, not a team. They run from a club championship to a net strung across the back garden.
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Five sets, hall to back garden
Shuttle and smash puns is the first set in the menu: Birdie Has Landed Open, Drop of a Hat Challenge. Doubles and pairs events has Twin Racquets Open. School and club events has Borrowed Racquets Open and Inter-House Shuttle Shield. Backyard and family events has Clothesline Net Showdown, and Charity and fundraiser events has Net Proceeds Benefit.
The badminton in the names
The shuttlecock, shuttle or birdie for short, is sixteen feathers in a cork base, or a synthetic copy. A clear sends it high to the back of the court; a drop shot falls sharply just over the net. Games go to 21 and a match is the best of three. Battledore and shuttlecock is the older game badminton grew from.
Questions and answers
What is a good name for a badminton tournament?
Shuttle Stop Classic, Battledore Classic and Birdie Call Invitational say badminton at once. For a club try Club vs. Club Shuttle Challenge or Conference Shuttle Trophy; for a school, Inter-House Shuttle Shield.
What are funny badminton tournament names?
Birdie Has Landed Open, Smash Mob Open, Free as a Birdie Invitational and Make a Racquet Invitational are in Shuttle and smash puns, a set of 29 on the shuttle, the shots and the racquet.
What do I call a doubles badminton tournament?
Twin Racquets Open, Two by Two Shuttle Bash and Doubles Till Dusk Cup are in Doubles and pairs events, 14 names. Random Partner Racquet Cup and Switch Partners Shuttle Cup suit a draw where partners change.
What are names for a backyard badminton tournament?
Clothesline Net Showdown, Barefoot Shuttle Classic, Fireflies and Feathers Classic and Birdie in the Tree Trophy are in Backyard and family events, a set of 22. Badminton is often played casually outdoors, in a yard or on a beach.