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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.
Some international sports federations, such as the International Swimming
Federation and the International Skating Union, may oversee multiple activities referred
to in common parlance as separate sports: FINA, for example governs swimming,
diving, synchronised swimming, and water polo as separate "disciplines" within the
single "sport" of Aquatics.
International sports federations form an integral part of the Olympic and Paralympic
movements. Each Olympic sport is represented by its respective international sports
federation, which in turn helps administer the events in its respective sport during the
Games. For a sport to become an Olympic sport, its international sports federation must
be recognized by the International Olympic Committee.[1]
Likewise, an international sports federation must be recognized by the International
Paralympic Committee for its sport to become a paralympic sport, though in the latter
case, several Paralympic Sports are governed by a dedicated committee of the
International Paralympic Committee itself, under the World Para branding, for example
track and field athletics for disabled athletes is governed by the IPC itself, under the
name "World Para Athletics". Other Paralympic sports are governed within the structure
of the able-bodied equivalent: for example, the UCI governs both able-bodied and
paralympic cycling.

Contents

 1Federations recognized by the International Olympic Committee (IOC)

 o 1.1Association of Summer Olympic International Federations (ASOIF)
o 1.2Association of International Olympic Winter Sports Federations (AIOWF)
o 1.3Association of the IOC Recognised International Sports Federations (ARISF)
 2Federations recognized by the International Paralympic Committee (IPC)
o 2.1Disability specific organizations
 3Global Association of International Sports Federations (GAISF)
 4Other international sports federations
 5See also
 6Notes and references
 7Further reading

Federations recognized by the International Olympic

Committee (IOC)[edit]
Association of Summer Olympic International Federations (ASOIF)
[edit]
The following are recognised by the Association of Summer Olympic International
Federations (ASOIF):

Sport Federation

Aquatics FINA (Fédération internationale de natation)

Archery World Archery Federation (WA)

World Athletics (formerly International Association of

Athletics
Athletics Federations; IAAF)

Badminton Badminton World Federation (BWF)

Basketball FIBA

International Boxing Association (formerly Association

Boxing (amateur)
Internationale de Boxe Amateur; AIBA)

Canoeing International Canoe Federation (ICF)

 Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) (or International Cycling
Cycling
Union, ICU)

International Federation for Equestrian Sports (Fédération

Equestrianism
Équestre Internationale, FEI)

Fencing Fédération Internationale d'Escrime (FIE)

Football/Soccer FIFA (Fédération Internationale de Football Association)

Golf International Golf Federation (IGF)

Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique (FIG)

Gymnastics
(International Gymnastics Federation, IFG)

Handball International Handball Federation (IHF)

Fédération Internationale de Hockey (FIH) (International

Field hockey
Hockey Federation)

Judo International Judo Federation (IJF)

Modern pentathlon Union Internationale de Pentathlon Moderne (UIPM)

Fédération Internationale des Sociétés d'Aviron (FISA)

Rowing
(International Rowing Federation)

Rugby union World Rugby (WR)

Sailing World Sailing

 Shooting sports International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF)

Table tennis International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF)

Taekwondo World Taekwondo (WT)

Tennis International Tennis Federation (ITF)

Triathlon International Triathlon Union (ITU)

Volleyball and beach
Fédération Internationale de Volleyball (FIVB)
volleyball

Weightlifting International Weightlifting Federation (IWF)

Wrestling United World Wrestling (UWW)

Association of International Olympic Winter Sports Federations

(AIOWF)[edit]
The following are recognized by the Association of International Olympic Winter
Sports Federations (AIOWF):

Sport Federation

International
Biathlon Biathlon
Union (IBU)

International
Bobsleigh and
Bobsleigh and skeleton
Skeleton
Federation (IBSF)
 World Curling
Curling
Federation (WCF)

International Ice
Ice hockey Hockey
Federation (IIHF)

International
Ice skating (including figure skating, speed skating, and short-track
Skating
speed skating)
Union (ISU)

Fédération
Internationale de
Luge
Luge de
Course (FIL)

Fédération
Skiing (including Alpine, Nordic combined, cross-country, freestyle,
Internationale de
and ski jumping) and snowboarding
Ski (FIS)

Association of the IOC Recognised International Sports

Federations (ARISF)[edit]
The following are recognised by the Association of the IOC Recognised
International Sports Federations (ARISF):[2]

Discipli
Sport Federation Federation
ne

Fédération
Air sports (including aerobatics, air
Aéronautique
racing, ballooning, gliding, hang
Internationale (FAI
gliding, and parachuting/skydiving)
)

American football International

Federation of
American
 Football (IFAF)

Fédération
Auto racing Internationale de
l'Automobile (FIA)

Federation of
Bandy International
Bandy (FIB)

World Baseball
Softball
Baseball, softball, and Baseball5[3]
Confederation (WB
SC)

Fédération
Internationale de
Basque pelota
Pelota
Vasca (FIPV)

Union Mondiale
Carom
de Billard (UMB)

World Pool-
World Billiard
Billiard sports (including carom Pool
Confederation of Association (WP
billiards, pocket billiards (pool),
Billiards A)
and snooker)
Sports (WCBS)

International
Billiards and
Snooker
Snooker
Federation (IBSF)

Boules sports Confédération Bocce Confederazione

Mondiale des Sports Boccistica
Internazionale (C
 BI)

Boule Fédération
lyonnais Internationale de
e Boules (FIB)
de Boules (CMSB)

Fédération
Pétanqu Internationale de
e Pétanque et Jeu
Provençal (FIPJP)

World Tenpin
Ten-pin Bowling
bowling Association (WT
BA)
World
Bowling
Bowling (WB)
World Ninepin
Nine-pin Bowling
bowling Association (WN
BA)

World Bridge
Bridge
Federation (WBF)

International Cheer
Cheerleading
Union (ICU)

Fédération
Chess Internationale des
Échecs (FIDE)[4][5][6]

Climbing and mountaineering Union
Internationale des
Associations
d'Alpinisme (UIAA
 )

International
Cricket Cricket
Council (ICC)[7]

World DanceSport
DanceSport
Federation (WDSF)

International
Floorball Floorball
Federation (IFF)

World Flying Disc

Flying disc
Federation (WFDF)

International
Ice stock sport Federation
IceStockSport (IFE)

World Karate
Karate
Federation (WKF)

World Association
of Kickboxing
Kickboxing
Organizations (WA
KO)

International
Korfball Korfball
Federation (IKF)

Lacrosse Federation of
International
 Lacrosse

International Life
Life saving Saving
Federation (ILS)

Fédération
Internationale de
Motorcycle sport
Motocyclisme (FIM
)

International
Federation of
Muaythai
Muaythai
Amateur (IFMA)

International
Netball Netball
Federation (INF)

International
Orienteering Orienteering
Federation (IOF)

Federation of
Polo International
Polo (FIP)

Union
Internationale
Powerboating
Motonautique (UIM
)

Racquetball International
Racquetball
 Federation (IRF)

Roller sports (including inline
hockey, roller racing, rink
hockey, roller World Skate (WS)
derby, skateboarding, and artistic
roller skating)

Fédération
Sambo Internationale de
Sambo (FIAS)

International Ski
Ski mountaineering Mountaineering
Federation (ISMF)

International
Sport climbing Federation of Sport
Climbing (IFSC)

World Squash
Squash
Federation (WSF)

International Sumo
Sumo
Federation (ISF)

International
Surfing and bodyboarding Surfing
Association (ISA)

Tug-of-War
Tug-of-war International
Federation (TWIF)

Underwater sports Confédération

 Mondiale des
Activités
Subaquatiques (CM
AS)

Fédération
Internationale du
University sports Sport
Universitaire (FISU
)

Water International
skiing and wakeboarding (includin Waterski &
g cable skiing and cable Wakeboard
wakeboarding) Federation (IWWF)

International Wushu
Wushu
Federation (IWUF)

Federations recognized by the International

Paralympic Committee (IPC)[edit]
There are 11 international federations recognized by the IPC, while the IPC
itself serves as the international federation for 10 sports. [8][9]
On 30 November 2016, the IPC adopted the "World Para" brand for all 10 of
the sports that it directly governs.[10]

Sport Federation

Alpine skiing World Para Alpine Skiing

Archery World Archery Federation (WA)

Athletics World Para Athletics

 Parabadminton World
Badminton Federation (PBWF) / Badminton World
Federation (BWF)[11]

Boccia International Sports

Boccia
Federation (BISFed)[12]

Cycling Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI)

International Federation for Equestrian

Equestrian
Sports (FEI)

Flying disc World Flying Disc Federation (WFDF)

Nordic skiing (including biathlon and cross-
World Para Nordic Skiing
country skiing)

Para Dance Sport[i] World Para Dance Sport

Para ice hockey[ii] World Para Ice Hockey

Powerlifting World Para Powerlifting

Rowing International Rowing Federation (FISA)

International Association for Disabled

Sailing
Sailing (IADS)

Shooting[iii] World Shooting Para Sport

Snowboarding World Para Snowboard

 Swimming World Para Swimming

International Table Tennis

Para table tennis
Federation (ITTF)

World Organization Volleyball for

Volleyball
Disabled (WOVD)

International Wheelchair Basketball

Wheelchair basketball
Federation (IWBF)

Wheelchair curling World Curling Federation (WCF)

International Wheelchair Rugby

Wheelchair rugby
Federation (IWRF)

Wheelchair tennis International Tennis Federation (ITF)

i
 At the time of the IPC's "World Para" rebranding, it changed the official name of
the sport from "wheelchair dance sport" to "Para dance sport". [10]
ii
 At the time of the IPC's "World Para" rebranding, it changed the official name of
the sport from "sledge hockey" to "Para ice hockey". [10]
iii
 At the time of the IPC's "World Para" rebranding, it changed the official name of
the sport to "shooting Para sport".[10]
Disability specific organizations[edit]

Sport Federation

Paralympic Cerebral Palsy International Sports and

sports for athletes with cerebral palsy Recreation Association (CPISRA)

International Federation of Cerebral Palsy

Football 7-a-side
Football (IFCPF)
Football 5-a-side International Blind Sports Federation (IBSA)

Goalball International Blind Sports Federation (IBSA)

Judo International Blind Sports Federation (IBSA)

International Wheelchair and Amputee Sports

Wheelchair fencing
Federation (IWAS)

For athletes with an intellectual

Inas
disability

Global Association of International

Sports Federations (GAISF)[edit]
Federations whose sports are either included in
the Olympic Games (ASOIF, AIOWF) or recognized by the
IOC (ARISF) are also members of the Global Association
of International Sports Federations (GAISF), formerly
known as SportAccord. Other members of GAISF (non-
IOC recognized) compose the Alliance of Independent
Recognized Members of Sport (AIMS).

Sport Federation

Aikido International Aikido Federation (IAF)

Arm wrestling World Armwrestling Federation (WAF)

Bodybuilding International Federation of Bodybuilding & Fitness (IFBB)

Casting International Casting Sport Federation (ICSF)

Darts World Darts Federation (WDF)

Dragon boat racing International Dragon Boat Federation (IDBF)

Draughts World Draughts Federation (FMJD)

Fishing International Confederation of Sport Fishing (CIPS)

Fistball International Fistball Association (IFA)

Go International Go Federation (IGF)

Sport Ju-Jitsu Ju-Jitsu International Federation (JJIF)

Kendo International Kendo Federation (IKF)

Miniature golf World Minigolfsport Federation (WMF)

Powerlifting International Powerlifting Federation (IPF)

Savate Federation Internationale de Savate (FISav)

Sepak takraw International Sepaktakraw Federation (ISTAF)

Sled dog sports International Federation of Sleddog Sports

Soft tennis International Soft Tennis Federation (ISTF)

Teqball International Federation of Teqball (FITEQ)

 Other than full members (composing ASOIF, AIOWF,
ARISF and AIMS), there are Associate members of
GAISF.

Sport Federation

Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF)

Masters Games International Masters Games Association (IMGA)

International Committee of Mediterranean Games (ICMG or

Mediterranean Games
CIJM)

Military World Games Conseil International du Sport Militaire (CISM)

World Mind Sports

International Mind Sports Association (IMSA)
Games

World Olympians Association (WOA)

Panathlon International (PI)

Paralympic Games International Paralympic Committee (IPC)

School Sports International School Sport Federation (ISF)

Special Olympics Special Olympics (SOI)

International Association for Sports and Leisure

 Facilities (IAKS)

Federation Internationale de Chiropratique du Sport (FICS)

Sports for the Deaf International Committee of Sports for the Deaf (CISS)

International Federation of Sports Medicine (FIMS)

International Sports Press Association (AIPS)

CSIT World Sports International Workers and Amateurs in Sports

Games Confederation (CSIT)

World Games International World Games Association (IWGA)

World Union of Olympic Cities

World Federation of the Sporting Goods Industry

Other international sports

federations[edit]
Sport Federation

International Federation of Aesthetic

Aesthetic group gymnastics
Group Gymnastics (IFAAG)

World Amputee Football

Amputee football
Federation (WAFF)
 Australian Football
Australian rules football
International (AFI)

World Axe Throwing

Axe throwing
League (WATL)

World Beach Handball

Beach handball
Association (WBHA)

Beach Soccer
Worldwide (BSWW), Fédération
Beach soccer
Internationale de Football
Association (FIFA)

Beeni World Beeni Federation (WBF)

International Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu

Brazilian jiu-jitsu Federation (IBJJF), Sport Jiu Jitsu
International Federation (SJJIF)

International Bodyboarding
Bodyboarding
Association (IBA)

World Bodybuilding and Physique

Bodybuilding, physique sports, and fitness
Sports Federation (WBPF)

International Bootthrowing
Boot throwing
Association (IBTA)

Canadian 5 Pin Bowlers

Canadian five-pin bowling
Association (C5PBA)

Bowls Professional Bowls

 Association (PBA)

Bowls World Bowls (WB)

World Professional Boxing

Boxing
Federation (WPBF)

International Federation of
Broomball
Broomball Associations (IFBA)

Professional Cageball
Cageball
Association (PCA)

International Amateur Chess

Chess
Federation (IACF)

International Correspondence Chess

Correspondence chess
Federation (ICCF)

International Federation of Corporate

Corporate football
Football (FIFCO)

Cricket International Cricket Council (ICC)

Croquet World Croquet Federation (WCF)

International Crossminton
Crossminton
Organisation (ICO)

Debating World Debating Council (WDC)

 Consejo Mundial de
Debating (in Spanish)
Debate (COMUDEES)

International e-Sports
eSports Federation (IeSF), Global Esports
Federation (GEF)

World Dodgeball
Dodgeball
Federation (WDBF)

World Elephant Polo

Elephant polo
Association (WEPF)

World Floor Tennis

Floor tennis
Federation (WFTF)

Federation for International

Footgolf
FootGolf (FIFG)

Gaelic football Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA)

Irish Handball Council, United States

Gaelic handball
Handball Association (USHA)

Gateball World Gateball Union (WGU)

Gillidanda Gilli Danda International Federation

International Blind Sports

Goalball
Federation (IBSA)

Golf The R&A; United States Golf

 Association (USGA)

American Greyhound Track

Operators Association
Greyhound racing
(AGTOA), National Greyhound
Racing Club (NGRC)

International Ground Golf

Ground golf
Federation (IGGF)

Gungdo World Kung-do Federation

Ham radio contesting, amateur radio direction International Amateur Radio

finding, and high speed telegraphy Union (IARU)

Hapkido Boxing International

Hapkido boxing
Organization (HBIO)

Harness Horsemen International

(HHI), Union Europeenne du
Harness horse racing
Trot (European Trotting Union)
(UET)

International Horseback Archery

Horseback archery
Alliance (IHAA)

International Federation of
Horse racing
Horseracing Authorities (IFHA)

National Horseshoe Pitchers

Horseshoes
Association of America (NHPA)

Hurling Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA)

 Fédération Internationale d’Inter-
Intercrosse
Crosse (FIIC)

Juggling World Juggling Federation (WJF)

International Kabaddi
Kabaddi
Federation (IKF)

Kendo World Kendo Association

International Union of Kettlebell

Kettlebell lifting
Lifting (IUKL)

International Kickboxing
Kickboxing
Federation (IKF)

International Kin-Ball
Kin-Ball
Federation (IKBF)

International Federation of Kitesports

Kite sports
Organisations (IFKO)

International Krav Maga

Krav maga
Federation (IKMF)

Lethwei World Lethwei Federation (WLF)

Mallakhamb Confederation of
Mallakhamb
World (MCW)

Mixed martial arts International Mixed Martial Arts

Federation (IMMAF), International
 Sport Combat Federation (ISCF)

International Modern Arnis

Modern Arnis
Federation (IMAF)

World Mountain Running

Mountain running
Association (WMRA)

International Mountainboard Riders

Mountainboarding
Association (IMRA)

International Kickboxing
Muay Thai
Federation (IKF)

Obstacle racing World Obstacle (FISO)

Obstacle sports (O-sport) World O-Sport Federation (WOF)

National Paddleball
Paddleball
Association (NPA)

Padel International Padel Federation (IPF)

World Freerunning Parkour

Parkour
Federation (WFPF)

International Pencak Silat

Pencak Silat
Federation (PERSILAT)

Pesäpallo (Finnish baseball) Pesäpalloliitto

 International Federation of
Pickleball
Pickleball (IFP)

Royal Pigeon Racing

Pigeon racing
Association (RPRA)

World Pogo Stick

Pogo stick
Federation (WPSF)

International Federation of
Poker
Poker (IFP)

International Pole Sports

Pole dance
Federation (IPSF)

International Practical Shooting

Practical shooting
Confederation (IPSC)

International Quidditch
Quidditch
Association (IQA)

International Quizzing
Quizzing
Association (IQA)

Fédération Internationale de
Racketlon Racketlon (International Racketlon
Federation) (FIR)

International Federation of Model

Radio-controlled car racing
Auto Racing (IFMAR)

International Rafting
Rafting
Federation(IRF)
 International Ringball
Ringball
Federation(IRBF)

International Ringette
Ringette
Federation (IRF)

International Rogaining
Rogaining
Federation (IRF)

National Rounders
Rounders
Association (NRA)

International Rock-It-Ball
Rock-It-Ball
Federation (IRIBF)

International Jump Rope

Union (IJRU), World Rope Skipping
Confederation (WRSC), International
Rope Skipping
Rope skipping
Federation (IRSF), World Inter-
School Rope Skipping
Organisation (WIRSO), International
Rope Skipping Organisation (IRSO)

Rubik's Cube World Cube Association (WCA)

Rugby fives Rugby Fives Association (RFA)

Rugby League International

Rugby league
Federation (RLIF)

Shinty Camanachd Association

Shuttlecock International Shuttlecock Federation

Silambam World Silambam Association (WSA)

World Skateboarding
Skateboarding Federation (WSF); International
Skateboarding Federation (ISF)

International Skibob
Skibobbing
Federation (FISB)

International Slot Racing

Slot car racing
Association (ISRA)

Sport Jiu Jitsu International

Sport jiu-jitsu
Federation (SJJIF)

World Sport Stacking

Sport stacking
Association (WSSA)

Ssireum World Ssireum Federation (WSF)

International Street And Ball Hockey

Street and ball hockey
Federation (ISBH)

Sqay International Council of Sqay (ICS)

International Table Hockey

Table hockey
Federation (ITHF)

International Table Soccer

Table football (Table soccer; foosball)
Federation (ITSF)
Tag World Chase Tag

International Federation of Tank

Tank biathlon
Biathlon

International Targetball
Targetball
Federation (ITF)

Fédération Internationale de
Tchoukball
Tchoukball

International Tent Pegging

Tent pegging
Federation (ITPF)

International Throwball
Throwball
Federation (ITF)

Federation of International
Touch football
Touch (FIT)

International Unicycling
Unicycling
Federation (IUF)

Global Virtual Motorsport

Virtual motorsport
Association (GVMA)

International Vovinam
Federation (IVF), Vovinam-
Vovinam
VietVoDao World
Federation (VVWF)

VX Global VX[13]
 International Wheel Gymnastics
Wheel gymnastics
Federation

Yogasports Confederation of
Yoga
World (YCW)