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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.
The concept of international sport refers to sport when the participants represent at least two countries. The most well-known international sports event is the Olympic Games . Other examples include the FIFA World Cup and the Cricket World Cup .
The world cups are, depending on the sport, either the highest level international tournaments in a given sport, or the second level of competition after world championships. List [ edit ]
International Federations (IFs) are the governing bodies that supervise a sport at an international level. For example, the International Federation of Association Football is the IF for association football, and the Fédération Internationale de Volleyball is the international governing body for volleyball. There are currently 35 IFs in the ...
Global Association of International Sports Federations (GAISF) was the umbrella organisation for all (Olympic and non-Olympic) international sports federations as well as organisers of multi-sports games and sport-related international associations. [1] [2] It changed its name to SportAccord from March 2009 to April 2017, when it reverted to ...
Pages in category "International sports organizations" The following 148 pages are in this category, out of 148 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
For non-national team competitions featuring competitors from multiple nations, please use Category:Sports competitions or one of its subcategories. Subcategories This category has the following 18 subcategories, out of 18 total.
Sport International Sport Federation (ISF) Member Federations Year ISF Founded Date of Recognition Website Air sports [a] World Air Sports Federation (FAI) 84: 1905: FAI.org: American football [b] International Federation of American Football (IFAF) 74: 1998: IFAF.org: Automobile sport: International Automobile Federation(FIA) 240: 1904: p2011 ...