It is played without any net and has no prescribed playground, so it can be executed on tennis courts, streets, beaches, fields or gyms.

From 1 January 2016 the name of the racket sport has been changed from Speed Badminton to Crossminton.

By 2018 the ICO already had 26 members - national federations from Europe, America, Asia and Africa.

The special shuttlecock and the idea of the game were invented in 2001 in Berlin by Bill Brandes.

The inventor first named his new sport "shuttleball", but soon the game was renamed "speed badminton".

Originally, the idea of the inventor was to create an outdoor variant of badminton, so he changed the ball to be smaller and heavier (today called speeder).

The analogy of badminton now exists only in a technical way: there is no net and the game tempo is faster.

The ball is called a speeder and is heavier than a conventional badminton shuttlecock, meaning it can be used up to wind force 4.

Crossminton can be played on half of a tennis court which can easily be modified with elastic lines.

After every set, there is a change of ends to guarantee equal opportunities concerning wind and lighting conditions.

René Lewicki Björn Karlsson Per Hjalmarson Robi Titovšek Ágnes Darnyik Jasmina Keber Jennifer Greune Alexandra Kacviňská Per Hjalmarson Severin Wirth Ágnes Darnyik Lucia Syč-Kriváňová Jennifer Greune Alexandra Kacviňská Marcin Ociepa Per Hjalmarson Ágnes Darnyik Marta Soltys Jennifer Greune Jasmina Keber Per Hjalmarson David Zimmermanns Marta Soltys Verena Horn Rebecca Nielsen Jasmina Keber David Zimmermanns Per Hjalmarson Franziska Ottrembka Julie Guyot Rebecca Nielsen Ágnes Darnyik Sönke Kaatz David Zimmermanns Ágnes Darnyik Franziska Ottrembka Rebecca Nielsen Tamara Lukáčová Daniel Knoflíček David Zimmermanns Anja Rolfes Marta Urbanik Rebecca Nielsen Paula Barković David Zimmermanns Daniel Knoflíček Danaja Knez Anja Rolfes Akihiko Nishimura

Severin Wirth Daniel Knoflíček Danaja Knez Tereza Šimková Akihiko Nishimura

There are only five 1000 points tournaments every year, chosen by the ICO based on the applications sent by member federations.

By participating in international ICO tournaments the players receive ranking points based on their results.