Westminster International University in Tashkent (WIUT) held a badminton tournament "WIUT Open Badminton Championship" among fans of this type of sports. More than 114 badminton players from eight countries took part in this tournament, which was held among men's and mixed doubles. Musharraf Gafurjanova, 3rd year student became the winner of "WIUT Open Badminton Championship 2022".

To popularize badminton among students, employees and partners, WIUT management formed amateur club at the end of 2009. The first Westminster Open tournament was held in 2010. Since then it has become a tradition to hold such tournaments.