The South American Badminton Championships are a series of tournaments organized by the South American Badminton Confederation (CONSUBAD; Confederación Sudamericana de Bádminton) exclusively for South American badminton member countries to crown the best badminton players in South America. The inaugural edition of the tournament was held in 1984 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.[1]
Member countries are Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, French Guiana, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela. Former member was Uruguay. The council of the CONSUBA is now headed by President Raimundo Lizama of Chile, supported by Vice-President Chung Lee Kao of Paraguay and Secretary Alejandro Almada of Argentina.[2]