Official Para-Badminton Classifications (Impairment Groupings)
Para-Badminton, like other para-sports, uses a classification system to ensure that players with a similar level of impairment compete against each other.
The Badminton World Federation recognizes six classification groups, as listed below:
| Physical Disability Classifications | ||
| Group | Classification Name | Typical Examples of Impairment Types |
| Wheelchair | WH1 | Spinal injury causing impairment to upper limbs/trunk |
| Scoliosis | ||
| Multiple Sclerosis | ||
| WH2 | Spinal Injury causing lower impairment to upper limbs/trunk | |
| Spina Bifida | ||
| Above knee amputation necessitating use of a wheelchair | ||
| Standing | SL3 | Single Above Knee amputation |
| Double Below Knee amputation | ||
| Cerebral Palsy | ||
| SL4 | Single Below Knee amputation | |
| Cerebral Palsy | ||
| Hip dysplasia | ||
| Leg length difference (of minimum 7cm) | ||
| SU5 | Upper limb amputation | |
| Upper limb impairment – e.g brachial plexus injury | ||
| Short Stature | SS6 | Short Stature/dwarf condition – e.g. achondraplasia |
Sourced from: http://www.badminton.ca/page/31481/Classification