List of international sports federations
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This is a list of international sports federations, each of which serves as a non-governmental governing body for a given sport and administers its sport at a world level, most often crafting rules, promoting the sport to prospective spectators and fans, developing prospective players, and organizing world or continental championships.
Federations recognized by the IOC (67)
ASOIF (26)
- Association football: Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) web
- Aquatics (swimming, diving, synchronized swimming, water polo and open water swimming): Fédération Internationale de Natation (FINA) web
- Archery: International Archery Federation (FITA) web
- Athletics (covering track and field, road running, cross country running and racewalking): International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) web
- Badminton: Badminton World Federation (BWF) web
- Basketball: Fédération Internationale de Basketball (FIBA) web
- Boxing (amateur): International Boxing Association (AIBA) web
- Canoeing: International Canoe Federation (ICF) web
- Cycling: Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI / ICU) web
- Equestrianism: Fédération Équestre Internationale (FEI) web
- Fencing: Fédération Internationale d'Escrime (FIE) web
- Gymnastics, (including rhythmic gymnastics, sports acrobatics, sports aerobics, trampolining and tumbling): Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique (FIG / IFG) web
- Handball (team): International Handball Federation (IHF) web
- Hockey (field): International Hockey Federation (FIH) web
- Judo: International Judo Federation (IJF) web
- Modern pentathlon: Union Internationale de Pentathlon Moderne (UIPM) web
- Rowing: Fédération Internationale des Sociétés d'Aviron (FISA) web
- Sailing: International Sailing Federation (ISAF) web
- Shooting: International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) web
- Table tennis: International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) web
- Taekwondo: World Taekwondo Federation (WTF) web
- Tennis: International Tennis Federation (ITF) web
- Triathlon: International Triathlon Union (ITU) web
- Volleyball and Beach volleyball: Fédération Internationale de Volleyball (FIVB) web
- Weightlifting: International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) web
- Wrestling: Fédération Internationale des Luttes Associées (FILA) web
AIOWF (7)
- Biathlon: International Biathlon Union (IBU) web
- Bobsleigh and skeleton: Fédération Internationale de Bobsleigh et de Tobogganing (FIBT) web
- Curling: World Curling Federation (WCF) web
- Hockey (ice): International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) web
- Ice skating (including figure skating, speed skating, and Short-track speed skating): International Skating Union (ISU) web
- Luge: Fédération Internationale de Luge de Course (FIL) web
- Skiing (including Alpine, Nordic combined, cross country, freestyle, ski jumping and snowboarding): Fédération Internationale de Ski (FIS) web
ARISF (31)
- Air sports (including aerobatics, air racing, ballooning, gliding, hang gliding, and parachuting/skydiving): Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI) web
- Bandy: Federation of International Bandy (FIB) web
- Basque pelota: Fédération Internationale de Pelota Vasca (FIPV) web
- Billard sports (including carom billiards, pocket billiards/pool, and snooker): World Confederation of Billiard Sports (WCBS) web
- Boules sports: Confédération Mondiale des Sports de Boules (CMSB) web;
- Bowling (Ten-pin): Fédération Internationale des Quilleurs (FIQ) web
- Bridge: World Bridge Federation (WBF) web
- Chess: Fédération Internationale des Échecs (FIDE) web [1][2][3]
- Cricket: International Cricket Council (ICC) [4] web
- DanceSport: International DanceSport Federation (IDSF) web
- Floorball: International Floorball Federation (IFF) web
- Golf: International Golf Federation (IGF) web (Compared to other ARISFs, the IGF governs very little of its sport. See the IGF article for more details.)
- Karate: World Karate Federation (WKF) web
- Life saving: International Life Saving Federation (ILSF) web
- Motorcycle sport: Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme (FIM) web
- Mountaineering: Union Internationale des Associations d'Alpinisme (UIAA) web
- Netball: International Federation of Netball Associations (IFNA) web
- Orienteering: International Orienteering Federation (IOF) web
- Polo: Federation of International Polo (FIP) web
- Powerboating: Union Internationale Motonautique (UIM) web
- Racquetball: International Racquetball Federation (IRF) web
- Roller skating (including roller racing, rink hockey and artistic): International Roller Sports Federation (FIRS) web
- Rugby union: International Rugby Board (IRB) web
- Squash: World Squash Federation (WSF) web
- Sports climbing: International Federation of Sport Climbing (IFSC) web (a member of ARISF but not AGFIS)
- Sumo: International Sumo Federation (ISF) web
- Surfing and bodyboarding: International Surfing Association (ISA) web
- Tug-of-war: Tug-of-War International Federation (TWIF) web
- Underwater sports and finswimming: Confederation Mondiale des Activités Subaquatiques (CMAS) web
- Water skiing: International Water Ski Federation (IWSF) web
- Wushu: International Wushu Federation (IWUF) web
Others (4)
- Baseball:[5] International Baseball Federation (IBAF) web
- eSports:[6] International eSports Federation (IeSF) [1]
- Softball:[5] International Softball Federation (ISF) web
- Wargames:[7] International Wargames Federation (IWF) [2]
SportAccord (GAISF)
Federations which are members of the IOC (ASOIF,AIOWF and ARISF) are members of SportAccord, formerly known as General Association of International Sports Federations (GAISF).
And furthermore, several other federations which aren't a IOC's member are members of the AGFIS, even if this is not a governing body of a sport.
- Aikido: International Aikido Federation (IAF) web
- Football (American): International Federation of American Football (IFAF)web
- Bodybuilding: International Federation of Bodybuilding & Fitness (IFBB) web
- Casting: International Casting Sport Federation (ICSF) web
- Commonwealth Games: Commonwealth Games Federation
- Draughts: World Draughts Federation (FMJD) web
- Fistball: International Fistball Association (IFA) web
- Flying disc: World Flying Disc Federation (WFDF) web
- Go: International Go Federation (IGF) web
- Ju-jitsu: Ju-Jitsu International Federation (JJIF) web
- Kendo: International Kendo Federation (IKF) web
- Kickboxing: World Association of Kickboxing Organizations (WAKO) web
- Kung Fu: International Kung Fu Federation (IKF) [3]
- Labour Sport: Confédération Sportive Internationale du Travail
- Maccabi: Maccabi World Union
- Masters Games: International Masters Games Association
- Military Sports: International Military Sports Council (Conseil International du Sport Militaire)
- Miniature golf: World Minigolfsport Federation (WMF) web
- Muay Thai: International Federation of Muaythai Amateur
- Panathlon: Panathlon International
- Paralympic: International Paralympic Committee
- Powerlifting: International Powerlifting Federation (IPF) web
- Sambo: Federation International of Amateur Sambo (FIAS)
- School Sport: International School Sport Federation
- Sepak Takraw: International Sepaktakraw Federation (ISTAF) web
- Ski mountaineering: International Ski Mountianeering Federation (ISMF) web
- Sled dog racing
- Soft Tennis: International Soft Tennis Federation (ISTF) web
- Special Olympics: Special Olympics, Inc.
- Sports Chiropractic: Fédération Internationale de Chiropratique du Sport; or International Federation of Sports Chiropractic
- Sports Facilities: International Association for Sports and Leisure Facilities
- Fishing: International Confederation of Sports Fishing (CIPS) web
- Sports for the Deaf: International Committee of Sports for the Deaf
- Sports Press: Association Internationale de la Presse Sportive
- Timekeepers: Fédération Internationale des Chronométreurs
- University Sports: Federation Internationale du Sport Universitaire
- World Games: International World Games Association
Other international sport federations
- Airsoft Practical Shooting : International Airsoft Practical Shooting (IAPS) web
- Amateur Radio Direction Finding and High Speed Telegraphy: International Amateur Radio Union (IARU) web
- Australian rules football: AFL Commission
- Auto racing: Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) web
- Bowling (Canadian five-pin): Canadian 5 Pin Bowlers Association (C5PBA) web
- Broomball: International Federation of Broomball Associations (IFBA) web
- Boxing: World Professional Boxing Federation (WPBF) web
- Croquet: World Croquet Federation (WCF) web
- Darts: World Darts Federation (WDF) web
- Electronic sports: International e-Sports Federation (IEF)
- Foosball: International Table Soccer Federation (ITSF) web
- Dragon boat racing: International Dragon Boat Federation (IDBF) web
- Fives: Rugby Fives Association (RFA) web
- Football (arena): Gridiron Enterprises
- Arena football is a proprietary sport owned by Gridiron Enterprises, a for-profit company.
- Football (Gaelic): Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA)
- Goalball: International Blind Sports Federation (IBSA) web
- Golf: Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews (R&A); United States Golf Association (USGA)
- Greyhound racing: American Greyhound Track Operators Association (AGTOA) web, National Greyhound Racing Club (NGRC) web
- Handball (court): Irish Handball Council web, United States Handball Association (USHA) web
- Harness horse racing: Harness Horsemen International (HHI), European Trotting Union (UET)
- Horse racing: International Racing Bureau (IRB) web
- Horseshoes: National Horseshoe Pitchers Association of America (NHPA) web
- Hurling: Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA)
- Intercrosse: Fédération Internationale d’Inter-Crosse (FIIC) web
- International game: International Ball game Confederation
- Jujutsu: World Ju-Jitsu Federation
- Kabaddi: World Kabaddi Federation (WKF) web
- Kabaddi: International Kabaddi Federation (IKF) web
- Kickboxing: World Federation of Kickboxing (WFK) web
- Kickboxing, Muay Thai and San Shou: International Kickboxing Federation (IKF) web
- Kung Fu: International Kung Fu Federation (IKF) web
- Lacrosse: Federation of International Lacrosse (FIL)
- This organisation was founded in August 2008 with the merger of the sport's two former governing bodies: the International Lacrosse Federation (ILF) (web), which governed the men's sport, and the International Federation of Women's Lacrosse Associations (IFWLA) (web), which governed the women's sport. As of November 2008, the FIL has no official web site.
- Mixed martial arts: International Sport Combat Federation (ISCF) web
- Modern Arnis: International Modern Arnis Federation (IMAF) web
- Mountainboarding: International Mountainboard Riders Association (IMRA) web
- Mountain running: World Mountain Running Association (WMRA) web
- Paddleball: National Paddleball Association (NPA) web
- Pesäpallo: Pesäpalloliitto web
- Pigeon racing: Royal Pigeon Racing Association (RPRA) web
- Poker: International Federation of Poker (IFP) web
- Practical shooting: International Practical Shooting Confederation (IPSC) web
- Racketlon: International Racketlon Federation (FIR) web
- Radio-controlled car: International Federation of Model Auto Racing (IFMAR) web
- Rafting: International Rafting Federation (IRF) web
- Rounders: National Rounders Association (NRA) web
- Rock-It-Ball: International Rock-It-Ball Federation (IRIBF) web
- Rope Skipping: World Rope Skipping Confederation (WRSC) [4]
- Rubik's cube: World Cube Association (WCA) web
- Rugby league: Rugby League International Federation (RLIF) web
- Shinty: Camanachd Association web
- Skibobbing: International Skibob Federation (FISB) web
- Table hockey: International Table Hockey Federation (ITHF) web
- Table Soccer: International Table Soccer Federation (ITSF) web
- Throwball: International Throwball Federation (ITF) web
- Boot throwing: International Bootthrowing Association (IBTA) web
Notes
- ^ Recognised Sports of the International Olympic Committee International Olympic Committee official website. Retrieved 2 May 2008.
- ^ International Federation for chess. International Olympic Committee official website. Retrieved 2 May 2008.
- ^ FIDE - Uniting the Chess World FIDE Official website. Retrieved 2 May 2008.
- ^ Cricket edges closer to Olympic roster by AFP. Retrieved on 13 FEB 2010.
- ^ a b As Baseball and Softball are currently (July 2009) not part of the Olympic program, there are also not listed as members of ASOIF, nor the IOC list of Summer Sports. They are, however, currently listed on the IOC's list of Recognized sports.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
eSports
was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Cite error: The named reference
Wargames
was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
See also
- International Olympic Committee (IOC)
- Association of Summer Olympic International Federations (ASOIF)
- Association of International Olympic Winter Sports Federations (AIOWF)
- Association of IOC Recognised International Sports Federations (ARISF)
- SportAccord (GAISF)
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