International School Sport Federation
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Abbreviation | ISF |
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Formation | 1972 |
Type | Sport federation |
Purpose | International School Sport Federation organises sport events for youth athletes of age 13–18. |
Headquarters | Brussels, Belgium |
Official language | French, English, German, Spanish[1] |
President | |
Website | www |
The International School Sport Federation (ISF) is an international sports governing body for school sport. Founded in 1972 with 21 signatory nations (all European), the federation has been organising international competitions to encourage education through sport and student athletes. It has 132[2] members from five continents.[3]
ISF is recognised by the International Olympic Committee since 1995 and is a member of SportAccord.[4][5][6] Its headquarters are based in Brussels, Belgium.[7]
ISF limits itself to activities with school children between the ages of 13 to 18 (roughly contiguous with high school age).[3] This distinguishes its role from the longer-established International University Sports Federation, which governs student sport from the ages of 17 to 25.[8][9]
There are currently 45 recognised ISF sports, with many of them having their own World Schools Championship every two years.[10] Other sport disciplines are part of the Gymnasiade, also known as School Summer Games, its winter edition School Winter Games or ISF Combat Games.
The first official ISF championships were in football and volleyball, which both took place in 1972, athletics, basketball, handball and skiing championships followed a year later.
The foremost competition held by the ISF is the Gymnasiade – a biennial multi-sport event first held in 1974 in Wiesbaden, Germany that featured athletics, gymnastics and swimming events.
History[]
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Around the mid 1960s, international sporting contests between schools has been increasing. Besides occasional and haphazard meetings between two or more schools, tournaments were beginning to be organised regularly in different disciplines: in handball from 1963, in volleyball from 1969, in football one year later and from 1971 also in basketball. Each of these annual tournaments produced basic regulations and a standing committee.
The large number of international competitions requiring eliminating heats at the national level soon gave rise to a desire to co-ordinate these events, within a specific International Federation. To help promote this idea, the Federal Minister of Education and Arts of the Republic of Austria convened a Conference at Raach in the Autumn of 1971. Here the conditions were discussed for setting up a European School Sport Federation.
After very lengthy debates, the project was approved. However, bearing future development possibilities in mind, the ISF was not limited to European countries alone. A Provisional Committee, the members of which were chosen from among the 21 nations present, was set up, and the meeting of the constituent General Assembly was fixed for 4 June 1972 at Beaufort/Luxembourg. This meeting adopted the Statutes and proceeded to elect the members of the first Executive Committee.[11]
Vision and Values[]
Sport can greatly contribute to the physical, social and intellectual development of youngsters. Sport is a prevailing tool for the promotion of mutual understanding, peace and tolerance. The power of sport can break down cultural, religious and ideological barriers, no matter how big.
ISF Structure[]
ISF General Assembly[]
The General Assembly brings together ISF’s school sport federation members which meet every two years. In the assembly, members elect Executive Committee members for a four-year period, and approves the budget and the programme proposed by the Executive Committee. The most recent General Assembly was held in May 2016 at Marmaris, Turkey.
ISF Management Committee[]
It meets periodically when convened by the President, to carry out the business of the ISF between meetings of the Executive Committee. Twice a year, the Management Committee meets with the Continental Presidents. Following is the ISF Management Committee for the term 2016–2020.[12]
FUNCTION | NAME | COUNTRY |
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President | Laurent Petrynka | France |
Vice-President | Youssef Belqasmi | Morocco |
Robson Aguiar | Brazil | |
Xue Yanqing | China | |
Secretary General/CEO | Hrvoje Čustonja | Croatia |
Sports Director | Josip Košutić | Croatia |
ISF Executive Committee[]
ISF Executive Committee is composed of 25 members. It meets twice a year to take the decisions necessary for the proper functioning of ISF. Following is the ISF Executive Committee for the term 2016–2020.
FUNCTION | NAME | COUNTRY |
---|---|---|
President | Laurent Petrynka | France |
Vice-President | Youssef Belqasmi | Morocco |
Robson Aguiar | Brazil | |
Xue Yanqing | China | |
Secretary General/CEO | Hrvoje Čustonja | Croatia |
President Africa | Mamadou Souleymane Kone | Ivory Coast |
President America | Dr. Roger J. Goudy | United States |
President Asia | Santi Pawai | Thailand |
President Europe | Nicos Megalemos | Cyprus |
President Oceania | Graeme Jennings | Australia |
Sports Director | Josip Košutić | Croatia |
Assessor | Alan Abaev | Russia |
Abdulrahman Al-Muftah | Qatar | |
Arman Ayvazyan | Armenia | |
Ms. Sophie Bordet | Peru | |
Ms. Julia Boyanova | Bulgaria | |
Guy Dagan | Israel | |
Stylianos Daskalakis | Greece | |
Roman Greba | Ukraine | |
Lauri Luik | Estonia | |
Abdoulaye Bamba Mbaye | Senegal | |
Rajesh Mishra | India | |
David Exovers Ngugi | Kenya | |
Nurzhan Nurakhmetov | Kazakhstan | |
Zeljko Tanaskovic | Serbia |
ISF Committees[]
Committees assist and advise the Executive Committee in the overall administration of the ISF. The Committees include:
ISF Sport Committee | ISF Development and Cooperation Committee |
ISF Marketing and Communication Committee | ISF Ethic and Legal Committee |
ISF Education and Legacy Committee | ISF Athletes and Youth Committee |
Events[]
Number | Events | First |
---|---|---|
1 | 1974 | |
2 | 2018 | |
3 | 2021 | |
4 | 2017 | |
5 | 2019 | |
6 | 2014 | |
7 | 2019 | |
8 | 2019 | |
9 | 2021 | |
10 | 2022 | |
11 | 2019 |
Gymnasiade[]
Gymnasiade is the biggest school sport event for youth athletes aged 15–18. It is being held every two (even) years, hosts between 12-18 different sport disciplines and welcomes over 3000 pupils from all over the World.
ISF School Summer Games[]
Edition | Year | City | Country | Date |
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1 | Wiesbaden | West Germany | 23–28 September | |
2 | Orléans | France | 21–27 June | |
3 | Izmir | Turkey | 18–24 July | |
4 | Turin | Italy | 1 - 7 June | |
5 | Lille | France | 1 - 6 June | |
6 | Florence | Italy | 5 - 9 June | |
7 | Nice | France | 2 - 7 June | |
8 | Barcelona | Spain | 3–9 June | |
9 | Bruges | Flanders | 20–27 May | |
10 | Nicosia | Cyprus | 14–21 May | |
11 | Shanghai | China | 12 -19 October | |
12 | Caen | France | 27 May - 3 June | |
13 | Athens/Thessaloniki | Greece | 26 June – 3 July | |
14 | 2009 | Doha | Qatar | 7 – 12 December |
15 | 2013 | Brasília | Brazil | 28 November – 4 December |
16 | 2016 | Trabzon | Turkey | 11–18 July |
17 | 2018 | Marrakech | Morocco | 2–9 May |
18 | Jinjiang | China | 17–24 October |
Gymnasiade 2018 hosted 18 sport competitions:
- Athletics
- Gymnastics
- Artistic Gymnastics
- Rhythmic Gymnastics
- Aerobic Gymnastics
- Swimming
- Archery
- Fencing
- Judo
- Karate
- Wrestling
- Chess
- Tennis
- Golf
- Petanque
- Boxing
- Surfing
- Cycling
ISF World School Summer Games (Summer High School Games) U15[]
Edition | Year | City | Country | Dates | Sports |
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1 | 2021 | Belgrade | Serbia | 11 – 19 September | 14 |
ISF School Winter Games[]
ISF School Winter Games consisted of the following sport disciplines:
Edition | Year | City | Country | Date |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 2018 | Grenoble | France | 5–10 February |
Source :[13]
ISF Combat Games[]
- 2017 ISF Combat Games consisted of 4 combat sports: Judo, Karate, Taekwondo and Wrestling.
- In 2017, 300 athletes from 6 countries (India, China, Russia, Brazil, UAE and France) attended the ISF Combat Games.
ISF Combat Games consist of the following sport disciplines:
Edition | Year | City | Country | Date |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Agra | India | 7–14 July | |
2 | Budapest | Hungary | 16–20 June |
From August 22–26, 2018, the first ever World Schools Championships in sambo took place in Oryol, Russian Federation.
Source :[14]
ISF Inclusive Games[]
http://isfsports.org/inclusive-games-0
First games in 2019.
- 2019 Póvoa de Varzim Portugal
ISF Educational Games[]
http://isfsports.org/educational-games-0
- 1st 2014 in Greece
- 2nd 2015 in Greece
- 3rd 2016 in Greece
- 4th 2017 in Greece
- 5th 2018 in Greece
- 6th 2019 in Greece
- 7th 2020 in Greece
ISF E-Sport Games[]
First games in 2019.
- 2019 Kiev Ukraine
- 2020 Kiev Ukraine
- 2021 Kiev Ukraine
ISF World Cool Games[]
First games in 2019.
- 2019 Kiev Ukraine
- 2020 Kiev Ukraine
- 2021 Kiev Ukraine
ISF Universal Teacher Games[]
First games in 2021.
ISF Beach Games[]
https://www.isfsports.org/calendar
2020 Cancelled , 2022 Argentina.
ISF She Runs[]
ISF Active Girls' Lead
1st - 2019 Paris France
2nd - 2021 Brussels Belgium
Regional[]
Pan American[]
3rd - Aracaju - Brazil 2017
European[]
https://archives.collections.ed.ac.uk/repositories/2/archival_objects/87332
First Caen, France 2-8 July 1992
ISF World Schools Championships[]
Around the 1960s international sporting contests between schools were on the increase. Besides occasional and haphazard meetings between two or more schools, tournaments were beginning to be organised regularly in different disciplines: in handball from 1963, in volleyball from 1969, in football from 1970 and from 1971 also in basketball.
Today 21 sports have a separate World Schools Championship (WSC) with 10-12 championships being held per year. Each World Schools Championship usually last from 3–7 days. Yearly, more than 10.0000 pupils from all over the World take part in ISF World Schools Championship. Until 2017, only 21 Sports have a separate World School Championship (WSC). Other sports exist in Games (Summer , Winter or Combat) and havent separate WSC.
Number | Event | First Edition | Last Edition |
---|---|---|---|
Main Sports | |||
1 | 1973 | 24th (2017) | |
2 | World Schools Cross Country Championship | 1975 | 23rd (2018) |
3 | 1991 | 12th (2017) | |
Combat Sports | |||
4 | 2018 | 1st (2018) | |
Team Sports | |||
5 | 2014 | 3rd (2018) | |
6 | 1973 | 24th (2017) | |
7 | 2011 | 4th (2017) | |
8 | 2018 | 1st (2018) | |
9 | 2019 | 1st (2019) | |
10 | 1972 | 26th (2017) | |
11 | 2007 | 5th (2018) | |
12 | World School Handball Championship | 1973 | 24th (2018) |
13 | 1972 | 23rd (2018) | |
Winter Sports | |||
14 | 1973 | 23rd (2016) | |
Other Sports | |||
15 | 1998 | 18th (2018) | |
16 | 1987 | 17th (2017) | |
17 | 2019 | 1st (2019) | |
18 | 1991 | 15th (2018) | |
19 | 1995 | 9th (2017) | |
20 | 2013 | 3rd (2017) | |
21 | 2019 | 1st (2019) | |
22 | 2019 | 1st (2019) | |
23 | 2020 | 1st (2020) |
Source :[15]
Members[]
Code | Country | Association |
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ALB | Albania | Albanian School Sport Federation |
ALG | Algeria | |
AND | Andorra | Secretariat d'état aux sports, de la jeunesse et du volontariat |
ARG | Argentina | |
ARM | Armenia | |
AUT | Austria | Bundesministerium für Bildung und Frauen |
AUS | Australia | |
AZE | Azerbaijan | Ministry of Youth and Sport |
BLR | Belarus | |
BAN | Bangladesh | |
BAH | Bahamas | |
BEN | Benin | |
BOL | Bolivia | |
BOT | Botswana | |
BRA | Brazil | |
BUL | Bulgaria | |
BUR | Burkina Faso | |
CMR | Cameroon | |
CPV | Cape Verde | |
CHI | Chile | |
CHN | People's Republic of China | |
TPE | Chinese Taipei | |
COL | Colombia | |
COM | Comoros | |
COD | Democratic Republic of the Congo | |
CRO | Croatia | |
CYP | Cyprus | |
CZE | Czech Republic | Czech school sports clubs association |
DEN | Denmark | Association |
DOM | Dominican Republic | |
DGB | Eastern Belgium | |
ENG | England | |
GEQ | Equatorial Guinea | |
EST | Estonia | |
FIN | Finland | Finnish School Sport Federation |
FLA | Flemish Community | |
FRA | France | |
CFB | French Community of Belgium | |
PYF | French Polynesia | |
GAB | Gabon | |
GAM | Gambia | |
GEO | Georgia | Children and Youth Sports National Federation of Georgia |
GER | Germany | |
GHA | Ghana | |
GRE | Greece | Directorate of Physical Education |
GUA | Guatemala | |
GUI | Guinea | |
HAI | Haiti | |
HKG | Hong Kong, China | Hong Kong Schools Sports Federation |
HUN | Hungary | |
IND | India | |
IRI | Islamic Republic of Iran | |
ISR | Israel | Ministry of education, culture and sports |
IRL | Ireland | |
ITA | Italy | |
CIV | Ivory Coast | |
JAM | Jamaica | |
JOR | Jordan | |
KGZ | Kyrgyz Republic | School Sport Federation of Kyrgyz Republic |
KAZ | Kazakhstan | |
KEN | Kenya | |
KOS | Kosovo | of the Republic of Kosovo |
KUW | Kuwait | |
LAT | Latvia | |
LBN | Lebanon | Ministry of Education and Higher Education |
LIE | Liechtenstein | Liechtensteinische landesverwaltung |
LIT | Lithuania | |
LUX | Luxembourg | |
MKD | Macedonia | |
MAC | Macau, PRC | |
MAD | Madagascar | |
MLI | Mali | |
MLT | Malta | |
MRI | Mauritania | |
MGL | Mongolia | |
MNE | Montenegro | |
MAR | Morocco | |
NEP | Nepal | |
NED | Netherlands | |
NZL | New Zealand | |
NCA | Nicaragua | |
NIG | Niger | |
NGA | Nigeria | |
NOR | Norway | |
OMA | Oman | |
PAK | Pakistan | |
PAR | Paraguay | Secretaria Nacional de Deportes |
PER | Peru | |
POL | Poland | |
POR | Portugal | Gabinete Coordenador Desporto Escolar |
PUR | Puerto Rico | |
ROU | Romania | |
QAT | Qatar | Qatar Sport School Federation |
RSR | Republic of Srpska | |
ROU | Romania | |
RUS | Russia | |
STP | São Tomé and Principe | |
KSA | Saudi Arabia | Ministry of Education |
SCO | Scotland | |
SEN | Senegal | |
SRB | Serbia | |
SIN | Singapore | |
SLO | Slovenia | |
SVK | Slovakia | |
RSA | South Africa | |
ESP | Spain | |
SRI | Sri Lanka | |
SUR | Suriname | |
SWE | Sweden | |
SUI | Switzerland | |
TAN | Tanzania | |
TUN | Tunisia | |
TUR | Turkey | |
TKM | Turkmenistan | School Sport Federation of Turkmenistan |
THA | Thailand | Ministry of Tourism and Sports |
UAE | United Arab Emirates | |
UGA | Uganda | |
UKR | Ukraine | |
USA | United States | Amateur Athletic Union of the United States, Inc.) |
References[]
- ^ Charter Archived 2014-04-13 at the Wayback Machine. ISF. Retrieved on 2014-04-01.
- ^ ISF GENERAL ASSEMBLY 2021 GATHERED IN BRUSSELS, BELGIUM
- ^ Jump up to: a b Reaching new heights of development; 108 members from all over the world. ISF. Retrieved on 2018-07-12.
- ^ About ISF Archived 2014-07-29 at the Wayback Machine. ISF. Retrieved on 2014-04-01.
- ^ Organisations recognised by the International Olympic Committee. Olympic.org. Retrieved on 2014-04-01.
- ^ Members Archived 2013-07-27 at the Wayback Machine. SportAccord. Retrieved on 2014-04-01.
- ^ Contact Archived 2014-04-07 at the Wayback Machine. ISF. Retrieved on 2018-07-12.
- ^ FISU Today. FISU. Retrieved on 2014-04-01.
- ^ Li, Ming et al. "International School Sport", pgs. 291–2. International Sport Management (2012). Human Kinetics. ISBN 978-0-7360-8273-0.
- ^ [1]. ISF. Retrieved on 2018-07-12.
- ^ "History of ISF". ISF official website. Archived from the original on 2016-07-06.
- ^ "Governance". www.isfsports.org. Retrieved April 6, 2020.
- ^ "Schools Winter Games". February 2017.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2018-09-29. Retrieved 2017-07-25.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- ^ "World Schools Championship". 20 January 2017.
External links[]
- International School Sport Federation
- International sports organizations
- Sports governing bodies in Belgium
- Sport in Antwerp
- High school sports
- Children's sport
- Under-18 sport
- Sports organizations established in 1972