International World Games Association
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| Formation | 1980 |
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| Type | Sports association |
| Headquarters | Lausanne, Switzerland |
Membership | 37 |
Official language | English |
President | José Perurena López |
| Website | TheWorldGames.org |
The International World Games Association (IWGA) is an international association, recognised by the International Olympic Committee (IOC), that organises every four years, beginning in 1981, the multi-sport event called The World Games.
History[]
The IWGA was founded on 21 May 1980 in Seoul, South Korea, as World Games Council by 12 international sports federations with a worldwide reach that were not yet part of the Olympic Games.[1] The intention was to increase the popularity of the sports represented by these federations. The IWGA was constituted under Swiss law as a non-governmental and non-profit-making organisation. In 1996 the World Games Council was renamed as the International World Games Association. Since its creation, the number of member federations has increased to 39 with the most recent admissions being the International Sambo Federation and International Wushu Federation in May 2021.[2]
Membership[]
Federations that intend to become a member of the IWGA must be part of GAISF (Global Association of International Sports Federations). The IWGA itself is also a member of GAISF and is represented on its council. Sports that want to be recognised by the IWGA need to have a worldwide significance but actually must not be in the programme of the Olympic Games.
The highest body of the IWGA is the general meeting, which takes place each four years one year after The World Games event. The general meeting elects a seven-member executive committee that hosts four years and also decides about upcoming host cities for The World Games.
Member federations[]
The following international sports federations are members of IWGA.[3][4]
See also[]
- International Olympic Committee (IOC)
- Association of Summer Olympic International Federations (ASOIF)
- Association of International Olympic Winter Sports Federations (AIOWF)
- Association of IOC Recognised International Sports Federations (ARISF)
- Global Association of International Sports Federations (GAISF)
- List of international sport federations
References[]
- ^ "History of IWGA".
- ^ "The World Games Family Grows". International World games Association. 27 May 2021. Retrieved 2021-06-02.
- ^ "IWGA - Members". theworldgames.org. Retrieved 2 May 2018.
- ^ "IWGA - The Sports". theworldgames.org. Retrieved 2 May 2018.
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- IOC-recognised international federations
- International Olympic Committee
- World Games
- Organisations based in Lausanne
- International sports bodies based in Switzerland