World Draughts Federation
Sport | Draughts |
---|---|
Jurisdiction | International |
Founded | 1947 |
Headquarters | Amsterdam, Netherlands |
President | Janek Mäggi |
The Fédération Mondiale du Jeu de Dames (FMJD, World Draughts Federation) is the international body uniting national draughts federations. It was founded in 1947 by four Federations: France, the Netherlands, Belgium and Switzerland.[1]
Members[]
Currently, the FMJD has more than 70 national federation members in 2021. Recently the FMJD has become a member of the Global Association of International Sports Federations and strives for Olympic recognition. The FMJD memberships is part of a more general movement toward integration of Mind Sports in the regular sports arena, a development that, in the vision of the FMJD, is to be lauded.
The FMJD is member of the:
- General Association of International Sports Federations (GAISF)
- International Mind Sports Association (IMSA)
Presidents[]
- 1947: , Netherlands
- 1968: , Italy
- 1975: , Netherlands
- 1978: Piet Roozenburg, Netherlands
- 1980: , Netherlands
- 1984: , Soviet Union
- 1985: Piet Roozenburg, Netherlands (interim)
- 1986: Piet Roozenburg, Netherlands
- 1990: , Soviet Union
- 1991: , Netherlands
- 1992: , Italy (interim)
- 1992: , Netherlands
- 2003: , Ukraine
- 2005: , Russia
- 2009: , Netherlands
- 2017: Janek Mäggi, Estonia
Disciplines[]
International draughts at 100 squares, Russian and Brazilian 64 and checkers:[2]
- Online Checkers - Online Draughts
- Checkers[3]
- 64 Russian Draughts and Brazilian Draughts
- Turkish Draughts
Global Championships[]
- World Checkers/Draughts Championship in English draughts since 1840
- Draughts World Championship in international draughts since 1885
- Women's World Draughts Championship in international draughts since 1873
- Draughts-64 World Championships since 1985
Regional Championships[]
- - Since 1999 [4][5]
- - Since 1999 [6]
- - 21st Pan-American Senior International Draughts Championship 2020 Republica Dominicana, April 26 to May 04th, 2020 [7]
Regions[]
- [8] As of 2018, has 26 member federations (12 countries are full members and 14 candidate members).
- [9]
- [10]
Members[]
In June 2021 have 77 members:[11][12][13][14][15]
Africa (17) / Americas (14) / Asia (12) / Oceania (2) / Europe (32)
Members in 2014:
Africa (16)[]
- – Fédération Béninoise de Jeu de Dames (FEBEJED)
- – Federation Burkinabe du Jeu de Dames
- – Federation Camerounaise de Jeu de Dames
- – Federation Congolaise du Jeu de Dames FNDA
- – Federation Ivoirienne du Jeu de Dames
- – Gambian National Draughts Federation
- – Federation Guinéenne du Jeu de Dames et des Echecs
- – Federation Malienne du Jeu de Dames
- – Federation Mauritanienne du Jeu de Dames
- – Association Nigérienne du jeu de Dames
- – Federation Senegalaise du Jeu de Dames
- – Somali Draughts Sport Association
- – Mind Sports South Africa
- – Association du jeu de Dames Togo
- – Uganda Draughts Federation
Americas (13)[]
- – Barbados Draughts Association
- – Confederacao Brasileira de Jogo de Damas
- – Federation Canadienne du jeu de Dames
- – Asociacion Costarricense del Juego de Damas
- – Curaçaose Dambond
- – Federacion Dominicana de Juego de Damas
- – Grenada Draughts Association
- – Federation Haitienne du Jeu de Dames
- – Jamaica Board Games Foundation
- – Asociacion Panamena de Juego de Damas
- – Surinaamse Dambond
- – Trinidad and Tobago Draughts Association
- – International Checkers Association of North America / The American Checker Federation / American Pool Checker Association
Asia (8)[]
- – Chinese Draughts Association
- – Draughts Federation of India
- – Japanese draughts association
- – Draughts Federation of Kazachstan
- – Mongolian Federation of Draughts
- – Pak Draughts Federation
- – Draughts Federation of Turkmenistan
- – Uzbekistan Draughts Federation
Oceania (1)[]
Europe (27)[]
- – Armenian Draughts Federation
- – Azerbaijan Draughts Federation
- – Belarus Draughts Federation
- – Koninklijke Belgische Dambond
- – Bulgarian Draughts Federation
- – Croatian Draughts Federation
- – Ceska Federace Damy
- – English Draughts Association
- – Estonian Draughts Federation
- – Federation francaise du jeu de dames
- – Georgian Draughts Federation
- – Interessengemeinschaft Damespiel in Deutschland
- – Hungary Draughts Federation
- – Israeli Draughts Federation
- – Federazione Italiana Dama
- – Latvian Draughts Union
- – Lithuanian Draughts Federation
- – Draughts Federation of Moldavia
- – Koninklijke Nederlandse Dambond
- – Polish Draughts Federation
- – Federação Portuguesa de Damas
- – The Draughts Federation of Russia
- – Slovene Draughts Federation
- – Federation Suisse du Jeu de Dames
- – Türkiye Dama Federation
- – Ukrainian Draughts Federation
- – Cymdeithas Draffts Cymru
See also[]
- International Draughts Federation (IDF)
- International draughts
- Draughts
- World Mind Sports Games
- SportAccord World Mind Games
References[]
- ^ https://www.fmjd.org/?p=fmjd
- ^ https://gaisf.sport/members/world-draughts-federation/
- ^ http://www.wcdf.net/
- ^ http://asiadraughts.org/about/
- ^ http://asiadraughts.org/medal/
- ^ http://europedraughts.org/results-year-by-year/
- ^ https://pamdcc.com/games/
- ^ http://asiadraughts.org/
- ^ http://europedraughts.org/
- ^ https://pamdcc.com/
- ^ https://www.fmjd.org/?p=all&cont=afr
- ^ https://www.fmjd.org/?p=all&cont=amer
- ^ https://www.fmjd.org/?p=all&cont=asia
- ^ https://www.fmjd.org/?p=all&cont=aus
- ^ https://www.fmjd.org/?p=all&cont=eur
External links[]
- Draughts organizations
- International sports organizations
- Sports organizations established in 1947