World Armwrestling Federation

World Armwrestling Federation
Abbreviation	WAF
Formation	1977
Type	Sports organization
Headquarters	Sofia, Bulgaria
Membership	82 countries
Official language	English
President	Assen Hadjitodorov
Website	waf-armwrestling.com

The World Armwrestling Federation (WAF) is an international federation of national and regional arm wrestling associations. Currently, WAF has members from 82 countries.

WAF members[]

Association	Continent	Website
Afghanistan	Asia	N/A
Albania	Europe	N/A
Argentina	South America	www.luchadebrazos.com
Armenia	Europe	N/A
Australia	Oceania	www.armwrestlingaustralia.com
Austria	Europe	N/A
	Europe	aqgf.az
Belarus	Europe	N/A
Belgium	Europe	N/A
Bolivia	South America	N/A
Bosnia	Europe	N/A
Brazil	South America	cblbh.com.br
	Europe	www.armfight.com
Cameroon	Africa	N/A
	North America	www.cawf.ca
China	Asia	N/A
Chile	South America	N/A
Colombia	South America	N/A
	Europe	obaranje-ruke.hr
	Europe	www.armwrestling.cz
Denmark	Europe	N/A
	North America	N/A
Egypt	Africa	N/A
	Europe	armwrestling.co.uk
Estonia	Europe	www.armwrestling.ee
Finland	Europe	www.skvl.net
France	Europe	N/A
	Europe	N/A
	Europe	armwrestling.de
Ghana	Africa	armwrestlinggh.com
Greece	Europe	N/A
Greenland	Europe	N/A
	Europe	magyarszkander.hu
Iceland	Europe	N/A
	Asia	indianarmwrestling.in
Indonesia	Asia	N/A
	Asia	N/A
Iraq	Asia	N/A
Israel	Europe	www.powerhand.co.il
	Europe	www.bracciodiferroitalia.it
	Asia	www.japan-arm.jp

Association	Continent	Website
Kazakhstan	Asia	N/A
	Asia	armwrestling.kr
Kyrgyzstan	Asia	N/A
	Europe	armwrestling.lv
Libanon	Europe	N/A
Lithuania	Europe	N/A
Malaysia	Asia	N/A
Mali	Africa	N/A
Mexico	North America	N/A
Moldova	Europe	N/A
Mongolia	Asia	N/A
Morocco	Africa	N/A
Nepal	Asia	N/A
Netherlands	Europe	N/A
	Oceania	www.nzarmwrestling.co.nz
Nigeria	Africa	www.nigeriaarmwrestlingngr.org.
Norway	Europe	www.bryting.no/handbak/
Poland	Europe	N/A
	Asia	www.paffederation.com
Palestine	Asia	N/A
	Europe	www.bratdefier.ro
	Europe	armwrestling-rus.ru
Scotland	Europe	N/A
Serbia	Europe	N/A
Singapore	Asia	N/A
Slovakia	Europe	armsport.sk
South Africa	Africa	N/A
Spain	Europe	N/A
Sweden	Europe	N/A
Switzerland	Europe	www.armsport.ch
Syria	Asia	N/A
Taiwan	Asia	www.facebook.com/Ironauditt18
Tajikistan	Asia	N/A
Tunesia	Africa	N/A
Turkey	Europe	www.tvgfbf.com/tr
Turkmenistan	Asia	N/A
Uganda	Africa	N/A
Ukraine	Europe	www.armsport.com.ua
United Arab Emirates	Asia	N/A
United States	North America	www.theusaf.com
Uzbekistan	Asia	N/A

World Armwrestling Championships[]

World Armwrestling Federation (WAF) is the international governing organization for the sport of arm wrestling, established in 1977. WAF is WADA Code Compliant. The WAF is the main organizer of the World Armwrestling Championships, which is held every year. Official programme has 36 events for senior athletes.^[2]

References[]

^ WAF MEMBERS. World Armwrestling Federation
^ "Rules of Armwrestling" (PDF). World Arm Wrestling Federation. Retrieved 2019-11-03.

External links[]

World Armwrestling Federation

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[1] WAF MEMBERS. World Armwrestling Federation

[2] "Rules of Armwrestling" (PDF). World Arm Wrestling Federation. Retrieved 2019-11-03.

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