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List of international sport federations

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.

Federations recognized by the International Olympic Committee (founded in 1894)

Association of Summer Olympic International Federations -ASOIF- (founded in 1983)

Archery: International Archery Federation (FITA) web
Association football: Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) web
Athletics (track and field) and cross country running: International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) web
Badminton: Badminton World Federation (BWF) web
Baseball: International Baseball Federation (IBAF) web
Basketball: Fédération Internationale de Basketball (FIBA) web
Boxing (amateur): International Boxing Association (AIBA) web
Canoeing: International Canoe Federation (ICF) web
Cycling: Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI / ICU) web
Equestrianism: Fédération Équestre Internationale (FEI) web
Fencing: Fédération Internationale d'Escrime (FIE) web
Gymnastics, (including rhythmic gymnastics, sports acrobatics, sports aerobics, trampolining and tumbling): Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique (FIG / IFG) web
Handball (team): International Handball Federation (IHF) web
Hockey (field): International Hockey Federation (FIH) web
Judo: International Judo Federation (IJF) web
Modern pentathlon: Union Internationale de Pentathlon Moderne (UIPM) web
Rowing: Fédération Internationale des Sociétés d'Aviron (FISA) web
Sailing: International Sailing Federation (ISAF) web
Shooting: International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) web
Softball: International Softball Federation (ISF) web
Swimming, diving, synchronized swimming and water polo: Fédération internationale de Natation (FINA) web
Table tennis: International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) web
Taekwondo: World Taekwondo Federation (WTF) web
Tennis: International Tennis Federation (ITF) web
Triathlon: International Triathlon Union (ITU) web
Volleyball and Beach volleyball: Fédération Internationale de Volleyball (FIVB) web
Weightlifting: International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) web
Wrestling: Fédération Internationale des Luttes Associées (FILA) web

Association of International Olympic Winter Sports Federations -AIOWF-

Biathlon: International Biathlon Union (IBU) web
Bobsleigh and skeleton: Fédération Internationale de Bobsleigh et de Tobogganing (FIBT) web
Curling: World Curling Federation (WCF) web
Hockey (ice): International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) web
Ice skating (including figure skating, speed skating, and Short-track speed skating): International Skating Union (ISU) web
Luge: Fédération Internationale de Luge de Course (FIL) web
Skiing (including Alpine, Nordic combined, cross country, freestyle, ski jumping and snowboarding): Fédération Internationale de Ski (FIS) web

Association of the IOC Recognised International Sports Federations -ARISF- (founded in 1983)

Air sports (including aerobatics, air racing, ballooning, gliding, hang gliding, and parachuting/skydiving): Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI) web
Bandy: Federation of International Bandy (FIB) web
Pelota Vasca: Fédération Internationale de Pelote Basque (FIPB) web
Boules: Confédération Mondiale des Sports de Boules (CMSB) web;

Bocce: Confederazione Boccistica Internazionale (CBI) website in Italian
Bowls: World Bowls (WB) web
Pétanque: Fédération Internationale de Pétanque et Jeu Provençal (FIPJP) web

Bowling (Ten-pin): Fédération Internationale des Quilleurs (FIQ) web
Bridge: World Bridge Federation (WBF) web
Chess: Fédération Internationale des Échecs (FIDE) web
Cue sports (including carom billiards, pocket billiards/pool, and snooker): World Confederation of Billiard Sports (WCBS) web

Carom: Union Mondiale de Billard (UMB) web
Pool: World Pool-Billiard Association (WPA) web
Snooker: International Billiards and Snooker Federation (IBSF) web

Climbing: International Federation of Sport Climbing (IFSC) web
DanceSport: International DanceSport Federation (IDSF) web
Golf: International Golf Federation (IGF) web (A member of ARISF but not AGFIS)sc-climbing.org
Karate: World Karate Federation (WKF) web
Korfball: International Korfball Federation (IKF) web
Life saving: International Life Saving Federation (ILSF) web
Motorcycle sport: Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme (FIM) web
Mountaineering: Union Internationale des Associations d'Alpinisme (UIAA) web
Netball: International Federation of Netball Associations (IFNA) web
Orienteering: International Orienteering Federation (IOF) web
Polo: Federation of International Polo (FIP) web
Powerboating: Union Internationale Motonautique (UIM) web
Racquetball: International Racquetball Federation (IRF) web
Roller skating (including roller racing, rink hockey and artistic): International Roller Sports Federation (FIRS) web
Rugby union: International Rugby Board (IRB) web
Squash: World Squash Federation (WSF) web
Sumo: International Sumo Federation (ISF) web
Surfing and bodyboarding: International Surfing Association (ISA) web
Tug-of-war: Tug-of-War International Federation (TWIF) web
Underwater sports and finswimming: Confederation Mondiale des Activités Subaquatiques (CMAS) web
Water skiing: International Water Ski Federation (IWSF) web
Wushu: International Wushu Federation (IWUF) web

General Association of International Sports Federations -AGFIS- (founded in 1967)

The federations which are a member of the IOC (ASOIF or AIOWF) are members of the AGFIS.
And furthermore, several other federations which aren't a IOC's member are members of the AGFIS, even if this is not a governing body of a sport.