International School Sport Federation
| Abbreviation | ISF |
|---|---|
| Formation | 1972 |
| Type | Sport federation |
| Purpose | Education through sport |
| Headquarters | Antwerp, Belgium |
Official language | French, English, German, Spanish[1] |
President | Laurent Petrynka |
Secretary General/CEO | Coolen Jan |
| Website | http://www.isfsports.org/ |
The International School Sport Federation (ISF) is an international sports governing body for school sport. Founded in 1972 with 21 signatory nations (all European), the federation has been organising international competitions to encourage education through sport and student athletes. It has 86 member nations from five continents.[2] It is a member of SportAccord and is recognised by the International Olympic Committee.[3][4][5] It is based in Antwerp, Belgium.[6]
The ISF limits itself to activities with school children between the ages of 14 to 18 (roughly contiguous with high school age).[2] This distinguishes its role from the longer-established International University Sports Federation, which governs student sport from the ages of 17 to 25.[7][8]
There are 25 recognised ISF sports, each of which has its own championship once every two years.[9] They are called the ISF World Schools Championship (ISF WSC). The first official ISF championships were in football and volleyball, which both took place in 1972, athletics, basketball, handball and skiing championships followed a year later.
The foremost competition held by the ISF is the Gymnasiade – a biennial multi-sport event first held in 1974 in Wiesbaden, Germany that features athletics, gymnastics and swimming events. Among their other major events are continental games such as the Pan-American School Games, Euro Schools Football, Asian School Games.
History
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Around the mid 1960s, international sporting contests between schools has been increasing. Besides occasional and haphazard meetings between two or more schools, tournaments were beginning to be organised regularly in different disciplines: in handball from 1963, in volleyball from 1969, in football one year later and from 1971 also in basketball. Each of these annual tournaments produced basic regulations and a standing committee.
The large number of international competitions requiring eliminating heats at the national level soon gave rise to a desire to co-ordinate these events, within a specific International Federation. To help promote this idea, the Federal Minister of Education and Arts of the Republic of Austria convened a Conference at Raach in the Autumn of 1971. Here the conditions were discussed for setting up a European School Sport Federation.
After very lengthy debates, the project was approved. However, bearing future development possibilities in mind, the ISF was not limited to European countries alone. A Provisional Committee, the members of which were chosen from among the 21 nations present, was set up, and the meeting of the constituent General Assembly was fixed for 4 June 1972 at Beaufort/Luxembourg. This meeting adopted the Statutes and proceeded to elect the members of the first Executive Committee.[10]
Philosophy
The ISF aims to promote the school sport and to stimulate the establishment of national organisations of school sport. It rejects the interference of any outside influence on the national associations of school sport. It is ready, however, to respond to all demands of information and moral support. The ISF pursues these objectives without any discrimination on political, religious and ethnical grounds.
Structure
General Assembly
The General Assembly brings together ISF’s school sport federation members which meet every two years. In the assembly, members elect Executive Committee members for a four-year period, and approves the budget and the programme proposed by the Executive Committee. The most recent General Assembly was held in May 2016 at Marmaris, Turkey.
Management Committee
The Management Committee consists of the President, the Deputy President, the Vice-President, the Secretary General, the Treasurer and the Sports Director. It meets periodically when convened by the President, to carry out the business of the ISF between meetings of the Executive Committee. Twice a year, the Management Committee meets with the Continental Presidents.
| FUNCTION | NAME | COUNTRY |
|---|---|---|
| President | PETRYNKA Laurent | France |
| Deputy President | DASKALAKIS Stelios | Greece |
| Vice-President | AGUIAR Robson | Brazil |
| Secretary General/CEO | COOLEN Jan | Belgium |
| Treasurer | FUSENIG Guy | Luxembourg |
| Sports Director | KEVER Norbert | Belgium |
Executive Committee
The Executive Committee is composed of 21 members. It meets twice a year to take the decisions necessary for the proper functioning of ISF.
Committees
Committees assist and advise the Executive Committee in the overall administration of the ISF. The Committees include:
| Youth Council | Responsible for implementing projects approaching the interest of our athletes |
| Advisory Council | Studies the decisions of the ISF and give advices on its actions. |
| Educational Commission | Proposes the educational programme within the ISF events. |
| Disciplinary Committee | Preserves the integrity and reputation of ISF and ISF events, and contributes to ensure the security of the ISF athletes. |
| Technical Commissions | In charge of monitoring the preparation of competitions from technical point of view, drawing up the competition programme and ensures the good running of the event. |
World Events
Gymnasiade
- Main Article :Gymnasiade
ISF World School Summer Games / Summer High School Games
| Edition | Year | City | Country | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1974 | Wiesbaden |  West Germany
|
23–28 September |
| 2 | 1976 | Orléans |  France
|
21–27 June |
| 3 | 1978 | Izmir |  Turkey
|
18–24 July |
| 4 | 1980 | Turin |  Italy
|
1 - 7 June |
| 5 | 1982 | Lille | France
|
1 - 6 June |
| 6 | 1984 | Florence | Italy
|
5 - 9 June |
| 7 | 1986 | Nice | France
|
2 - 7 June |
| 8 | 1988 | Barcelona |  Spain
|
3–9 June |
| 9 | 1990 | Bruges |  Flanders
|
20–27 May |
| 10 | 1994 | Nicosia |  Cyprus
|
14–21 May |
| 11 | 1998 | Shanghai |  China
|
12 -19 October |
| 12 | 2002 | Caen | France
|
27 May - 3 June |
| 13 | 2006 | Athens/Thessaloniki |  Greece
|
26 June – 3 July |
| 14 | 2009 | Doha |  Qatar
|
7 – 12 December |
| 15 | 2013 | Brasília |  Brazil
|
28 November – 4 December |
| 16 | 2016 | Trabzon | Turkey
|
11–18 July |
| 17 | 2018 | Rabat |  Morocco
|
2 - 9 May |
- 2016 consist of 10 sports :
- Athletics
- Gymnastics
- Articstic Gymnastics
- Rhythmic Gymnastics
- Aerobic Gymnastics
- Swimming
- Archery
- Fencing
- Judo
- Karate
- Wrestling
- Chess
- Tennis
ISF World School Winter Games / Winter High School Games
- World School Winter Games consist of :
- World School Alpine Skiing Championship
- World School Biathlon Championship
- World School Curling Championship
- World School Figure Skating Championship
- World School Ski Freestyle Championship
- World School Ski Jumping Championship
- World School Snowboard Championship
| Edition | Year | City | Country | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2018 | Grenoble | France
|
5 - 10 February |
Source : [11]
ISF World School Combat Games
- 2017 World School Combat Games consist of 4 combat sports : Judo, Karate, Taekwondo and Wrestling. Boxing added them from 2019.
- In 2017 World School Combat Games, was compete 300 athletes from 6 countries (India,China, Russia, Brazil, UAE and France).
- World School Combat Games consist of :
- World School Boxing Championship
- World School Judo Championship
- World School Karate Championship
- World School Taekwondo Championship
- World School Wrestling Championship
| Edition | Year | City | Country | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2017 | Agra |  India
|
7–14 July |
| 2 | 2019 | Budapest |  Hungary
|
TBD |
2017 Medal Table :
| 1 | India |
42 | 27 | 9 | 79 |
| 2 | Brazil |
20 | 12 | 6 | 38 |
| 3 |  Russia |
12 | 13 | 2 | 27 |
| 4 | China |
10 | 11 | 8 | 29 |
| 5 | France |
1 | 4 | 7 | 12 |
| 6 |  United Arab Emirates |
0 | 3 | 5 | 8 |
| Total | 85 | 70 | 37 | 192 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Source : [12]
ISF World School Championships
- Main Article :World School Championships
- Until 2017, only 20 Sports have a separate World School Championship (WSC). Other sports exist in Games (Summer , Winter or Combat) and havent separate WSC.
Source : [13]
Reginal Events
Pan American School Games
| Edition | Year | City | Country | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2013 | |||
| 2 | 2015 | |||
| 3 | 2017 | Aracaju | Brazil
|
6 - 13 June |
Source : [14]
ISF European School Championships
ISF American School Championships
ISF Asian School Championships
Members
Sports
References
- ^ Charter. ISF. Retrieved on 2014-04-01.
- ^ a b The International Charter of School Sport at the Heart of the ISF. ISF. Retrieved on 2014-04-01.
- ^ About ISF Archived 2014-07-29 at the Wayback Machine. ISF. Retrieved on 2014-04-01.
- ^ Organisations recognised by the International Olympic Committee. Olympic.org. Retrieved on 2014-04-01.
- ^ Members. SportAccord. Retrieved on 2014-04-01.
- ^ Contact. ISF. Retrieved on 2014-04-01.
- ^ FISU Today. FISU. Retrieved on 2014-04-01.
- ^ Li, Ming et al. "International School Sport", pgs. 291–2. International Sport Management (2012). Human Kinetics. ISBN 978-0-7360-8273-0.
- ^ Sports. ISF. Retrieved on 2014-04-01.
- ^ "History of ISF". ISF official website. Archived from the original on 2016-07-06.
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