List of international sport 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.
- See also: Multi-sport event and List of professional sports leagues
[edit] Federations recognized by the International Olympic Committee (founded in 1894)
[edit] Association of Summer Olympic International Federations -ASOIF- (founded in 1983)
- Archery: International Archery Federation (FITA) web
- Association football: Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) web
- Athletics (track and field) and cross country running: International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) web
- Badminton: Badminton World Federation (BWF) web
- Baseball: International Baseball Federation (IBAF) web
- Basketball: Fédération Internationale de Basketball (FIBA) web
- Boxing (amateur): International Boxing Association (AIBA) web
- Canoeing: International Canoeing 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
- Softball: International Softball Federation (ISF) web
- Swimming, diving, synchronized swimming and water polo: Fédération internationale de Natation (FINA) 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
[edit] Association of International Olympic Winter Sports Federations -AIOWF-
- 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 International de Luge de Course (FIL) web
- Skiing (including Alpine, Nordic combined, cross country, freestyle, ski jumping and snowboarding): Fédération Internationale de Ski (FIS) web
[edit] Association of the IOC Recognised International Sports Federations -ARISF- (founded in 1983)
- 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
- Pelota Vasca: Fédération Internationale de Pelote Basque (FIPB) web
- Boules: 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]
- Cue sports (including carom billiards, pocket billiards/pool, and snooker): World Confederation of Billiard Sports (WCBS) web
- DanceSport: International DanceSport Federation (IDSF) web
- Golf: International Golf Federation (IGF) web (A member of ARISF but not AGFIS)
- Karate: World Karate Federation (WKF) web
- Korfball: International Korfball Federation (IKF) web
- Life saving: International Life Saving Federation (ILSF) web
- Motorcycle sport: Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme (FIM) web
- Mountaineering and climbing: 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
- Sumo: International Sumo Federation (ISF) web
- Surfing: 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
[edit] General Association of International Sports Federations -AGFIS- (founded in 1967)
The federations which are a member of the IOC (ASOIF or AIOWF) are members of the AGFIS.
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)
- Bodybuilding: International Federation of Bodybuilding & Fitness (IFBB) web
- Casting: International Casting Sport Federation (ICSF) web
- Commonwealth Games: Commonwealth Games Federation
- Cricket: International Cricket Council (ICC) web
- Draughts: World Draughts Federation (FMJD) web
- European Broadcasting: European Broadcasting Union
- Fistball: International Fistball Association (IFA) web
- Floorball: International Floorball Federation (IFF) 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)
- Labour Sport: Confédération Sportive Internationale du Travail
- Maccabi: Maccabi World Union
- Masters Games: International Masters Games Association
- Military Sport: 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
- Cerebral Palsy International Sport and Recreation Association
- International Blind Sports Federation
- International Sports Federation for Persons with Intellectual Disability
- International Wheelchair and Amputee Sports Federation
- 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
- Sled dog racing
- Soft Tennis: International Soft Tennis Federation (ISTF) web
- Special Olympics: Special Olympics, Inc.
- Sports Chiropratic: Fédération Internationale de Chiropratique du Sport
- 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: Fédération Internationale du Sport Universitaire
- World Games: International World Games Association
[edit] Other 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
- Auto racing: Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) web
- Bocce: Confederazione Boccistica Internazionale (CBI) website in Italian
- Bowling (Canadian five-pin): Canadian 5 Pin Bowlers Association (C5PBA) web
- Bowls: World Bowls (WB) web
- Carom: Union Mondiale de Billard (UMB) web
- Cheerleading : International Cheerleading Federation web
- Croquet: World Croquet Federation (WCF) web
- Darts: World Darts Federation (WDF) web
- Foosball: International Table Soccer Federation (ITSF) web
- Dragon boat racing: International Dragon Boat Federation (IDBF) web
- Fives: Rugby Fives Association (RFA) web
- 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)
- 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
- Kickboxing: World Federation of Kickboxing (WFK) web
- Kickboxing, Muay Thai and San Shou: International Kickboxing Federation (IKF) web
- Lacrosse (men's): International Lacrosse Federation (ILF) web
- Lacrosse (women's): International Federation of Women's Lacrosse Associations (IFWLA) web
- Mixed martial arts: International Sport Combat Federation (ISCF) 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
- Pétanque: Fédération Internationale de Pétanque et Jeu Provençal (FIPJP) web
- Pigeon racing: Royal Pigeon Racing Association (RPRA) web
- Pool: World Pool-Billiard Association (WPA) web
- Rounders: National Rounders Association (NRA) web
- Rock-It-Ball: International Rock-It-Ball Federation (IRIBF) web
- Rugby league: Rugby League International Federation (RLIF) web
- Shinty: Camanachd Association web
- Skibobbing: International Skibob Federation (FISB) web
- Snooker: International Billiards and Snooker Federation (IBSF) web
- Table hockey: International Table Hockey Federation (ITHF) web
- Table Soccer: International Table Soccer Federation (ITSF) web
- Ultimate: World Flying Disc Federation (WFDF) web
[edit] 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.
