International Softball Federation Federación Internacional de Softbol
Formation	1952[1]
Type	Sports federation
Headquarters	Plant City, Florida, USA
Membership	127 National Governing Bodies
Official languages	English, Spanish
President	Don Porter
Website	http://www.internationalsoftball.com

The International Softball Federation is the international governing body for the sport of softball. The ISF is a non-profit corporation recognized by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and the General Association of International Sports Federations (GAISF).

The ISF organizes and conducts world championship competition in women's & men's fast pitch, junior women's & junior men's fast pitch (19-and-under), women's, men's & coed slow pitch, and women's & men's modified pitch. The ISF sanctions regional championships and provides technical support to Regional (Multi-Sport) Games. Additionally the ISF qualifies teams for Olympic softball competition in coordination with the IOC. The ISF provides the official playing rules for international competition including but not limited to; Olympic Games, world championships, regional championships, regional Games and other sanctioned competitions.

Contents 1 List of members 1.1 Africa 1.2 Americas 1.3 Asia 1.4 Europe 1.5 Oceania 2 Hall of Fame 3 See also 4 References 5 External links

[edit] List of members

The ISF considers some dependent territories, such as the British Virgin Islands, to be "countries" for the purposes of international competition. Those dependent territories compete separately from their "parent" country. There are members from every continent in the world, except Antarctica.

The national governing body for softball in each of the countries listed below is considered to be a member of the ISF.

[edit] Africa

There are a total of nineteen member countries.

Botswana  Burkina Faso  Cameroon  Gambia  Guinea  Guinea-Bissau  Kenya  Lesotho  Liberia  Mali  Namibia  Nigeria

Senegal  Sierra Leone  South Africa  Tunisia  Uganda  Zambia  Zimbabwe

[edit] Americas

There are a total of thirty-four member countries and dependent territories.

Anguilla  Antigua and Barbuda  Argentina  Aruba  Bahamas  Barbados  Belize  Bermuda  Bolivia  Brazil  British Virgin Islands  Canada  Cayman Islands  Chile  Colombia  Costa Rica  Cuba

Dominican Republic  Ecuador  El Salvador  Guatemala  Honduras  Jamaica  Mexico  Netherlands Antilles  Nicaragua  Panama  Peru  Puerto Rico  Turks and Caicos Islands  United States  Uruguay  Venezuela  U.S. Virgin Islands. (The ISF calls them the Virgin Islands)

[edit] Asia

There are twenty-one member countries and dependent territories.

Brunei  China  Chinese Taipei  Hong Kong  India  Indonesia  Iraq  Iran  Japan  Jordan  Kazakhstan  North Korea

South Korea  Malaysia  Mongolia  Pakistan  Philippines  Singapore  Thailand  Uzbekistan  Vietnam

[edit] Europe

There are forty member countries and dependent territories.

Armenia  Austria  Azerbaijan  Belarus  Belgium  Bulgaria  Croatia  Cyprus  Czech Republic  Denmark  Estonia

Finland  France  Georgia  Germany  Great Britain  Greece  Guernsey  Hungary  Ireland  Israel

Italy  Kosovo[2]  Lithuania  Malta  Moldova  Netherlands  Norway  Poland  Romania

Russia  San Marino  Serbia  Slovakia  Slovenia  Spain  Sweden  Switzerland  Turkey  Ukraine

[edit] Oceania

There are thirteen member countries and dependent territories.

American Samoa  Australia  Cook Islands  Guam  Northern Mariana Islands  Marshall Islands  Micronesia

Nauru  New Zealand  Palau  Papua New Guinea  Samoa  Solomon Islands

[edit] Hall of Fame

Players, coaches, umpires, and administrators (plus individuals in the Meritorious Service category) have been being elected to the ISF Hall of Fame since 1981. Individuals can only be nominated by the national governing body for softball in their country, and are considered by the ISF Hall of Fame Commission every other year (on the odd year) at the ISF Congress. Planning is ongoing for an ISF Hall of Fame & Museum to be erected at the world headquarters complex in Plant City, Florida, USA.

[edit] See also

• ISF World Championship
• ISF Women's World Championship
• European Softball Federation

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Official website
• Ecuador Oficial Softball Website
• Irish Softball Association
• Amateur Softball Association of the Philippines