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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.

[edit] Federations recognized by the International Olympic Committee (founded in 1894)

[edit] Association of Summer Olympic International Federations -ASOIF- (founded in 1983)

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 (track and field) and cross country running: 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

[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 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

[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
Baseball:^[1] International Baseball Federation (IBAF) web
Boules: Confédération Mondiale des Sports de Boules (CMSB) web;
- Bocce: Confederazione Boccistica Internazionale (CBI) website in Italian
- Bowls: World Bowls (WB) web
- Boule Lyonnaise: Fédération Internationale de Boules (FIB) web
- Pétanque: Fédération Internationale de Pétanque et Jeu Provençal (FIPJP) web
Bowling (Ten-pin): Fédération Internationale des Quilleurs (FIQ) web
Bridge: World Bridge Federation (WBF) web
Chess: Fédération Internationale des Échecs (FIDE) web ^[2]^[3]^[4]
Cue sports (including carom billiards, pocket billiards/pool, and snooker): World Confederation of Billiard Sports (WCBS) web
- Carom: Union Mondiale de Billard (UMB) web
- Pool: World Pool-Billiard Association (WPA) web
- Snooker: International Billiards and Snooker Federation (IBSF) web
Climbing: International Federation of Sport Climbing (IFSC) web (a member of ARISF but not AGFIS)
DanceSport: International DanceSport Federation (IDSF) 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
Korfball: International Korfball Federation (IKF) 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
Pelota Vasca: Fédération Internationale de Pelota Vasca (FIPV) 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
Softball:^[1] International Softball Federation (ISF) web
Squash: World Squash Federation (WSF) web
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

[edit] General Association of International Sports Federations -GAISF- (founded in 1967)

Federations which are members of the IOC (ASOIF,AIOWF and ARISF) are members of the 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.

[edit] 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
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
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), 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
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
Rounders: National Rounders Association (NRA) web
Rock-It-Ball: International Rock-It-Ball Federation (IRIBF) web
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

[edit] Notes

^ ^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.
^ 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.

[edit] External links

[BaseballSoftball-0] 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.

[IOC-1] Recognised Sports of the International Olympic Committee International Olympic Committee official website. Retrieved 2 May 2008.

[2] International Federation for chess. International Olympic Committee official website. Retrieved 2 May 2008.

[3] FIDE - Uniting the Chess World FIDE Official website. Retrieved 2 May 2008.

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