ELIGIBILITY

Currently enrolled students (full-time and/or part time, undergraduate and/or graduate) are eligible to participate. 
 

MEMBERSHIP FEES

There are no membership fees required to join the IBA.  However, any team that qualifies for and wants to participate in an IBA Regional Championships must be/become a collegiate club member of USA Badminton. 
 

FORMATS for MEN'S/WOMEN'S TEAM MATCHES

Men's Teams and Women's Teams may choose from four match formats.  Click here for more information.
 

FORMATS for MIXED TEAM MATCHES

Mixed Teams may choose from five match formats. 
Click here for more information.
 

CONCURRENT MATCHES

Teams may use results from Mixed Team matches to count toward Men's Team and/or Women's Team results, and vice versa.  Both teams must agree beforehand which matches will be used for concurrent results. 

Please email dgobbie@iun.edu if you have any questions about Concurrent Matches. 
 

SEASONS

IBA Men's Team matches, IBA Women's Team matches and IBA Mixed Team matches may be played during the fall semester and spring semester. 

The IBA Men's Team Championship, the IBA Women's Team Championship and the IBA Mixed Team Championship will be held in April or May each year.
 

COACHING

Coaching is permitted during matches (between points and on change of sides) as long as it does not interfere with play.  Each team is allowed a maximum of two coaches: the team's head coach, and an assistant coach.. The assistant coach may be a player who is designated by the head coach.  If the head coach designates a player to assist with coaching, this must be announced during the team introductions.  If a team does not have a head coach, a faculty member or student (full-time or part-time) may serve as the head coach.  A currently enrolled student who is serving as the head coach may also compete in a match.

REPORTING RESULTS

For all dual matches, both the winning and losing team will submit results to the IBA via email.  Only matches played according to the IBA formats will count towards the two-match minimum requirement, be posted on the Results page, and be used for rankings.

SHUTTLES

Home teams must provide IBF-approved feather shuttles for home matches.  Visiting teams must bring their own shuttles for warm-ups.

SCHEDULING

Teams will schedule their own home and away matches, and may choose to play as many or as few matches as they want.  Teams are encouraged to play matches across regions.

RANKINGS

All IBA member teams that play at least one dual match against other IBA member teams will be ranked during the school year.

TOURNAMENTS

Any IBA member team may host a Men's Team, Women's Team and /or Mixed Team tournament anytime of the year.  Results from matches played at these tournaments will be included in the IBA rankings.
 

FINAL RANKINGS

At the end of each school year, final rankings will only include those teams that have played at least two matches against other IBA-member teams during that school year.  Teams that have not played the minimum number of matches will be listed under "Insufficient Data."
 

IBA CHAMPIONSHIPS

The four highest-ranked teams in each region (those that have played at least two matches against IBA member schools) will automatically qualify for their respective IBA Regional Championship. 

Entry fees for IBA Regional Championships will be determined each year.  All schools participating in IBA Regional Championships must be collegiate club members of USA Badminton. 

IBA MEN'S TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP INFORMATION

IBA WOMEN'S TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP INFORMATION

IBA MIXED TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP INFORMATION