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International World Games Association
| International World Games Association | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Formation | 1981 |
| Type | Sports association |
| Headquarters | Colorado Springs, Colorado,  United States |
| Membership | 37 |
| Official languages | English |
| President | José Perurena |
| Website | http://www.theworldgames.org/ |
The International World Games Association (IWGA) is an international association, recognized by the IOC, that organizes every four years since 1981 the multi-sport event called the World Games.
Contents
History
The IWGA was founded during 1981 in Seoul, Korea, as World Games Council by 12 international sports federations with a world-wide dissemination, of that were not yet part of the olympic games. 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 organization. 1996 the World Games Council was renamed into International World Games Association. Since its creation, the number of member federations has increased to 37 with the most recent admission being the International Federation of Muaythai Amateur in April 2014.[1] For several years now, the Federation Internationale de Chiropratique Sportive (FICS) has had the contract to provide medical servies at the World Games.
Membership
Federations that intend to become a member of the IWGA have to be part of SportAccord. The IWGA itself is also a member of SportAccord and is represented on its council. Sports that want to be recognised by the IWGA need to have a world-wide significance but actually must not be in the programme of the olympic games.
The highest body of the IWGA ist the general meeting, that 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.
Executive Committee
- José Perurena López, president
- Max Bishop, vize-president
- Lukas Hinder, treasurer
- Anna Arzhanova, member
- Tom Dielen, member
- Fumio Morooka, member
- Joachim Grossow, CEO
Member federations
The following 37 international sports federations are members of IWGA.[2][3]
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)
- SportAccord
- List of international sport federations
References
- ↑ "IWGA Flag Presented to Muaythai Federation President Proud, New Member of World Games Family". International World Games Association. 2014-04-10. http://www.theworldgames.org/news/news-of-the-world-games/1295-proud-new-member. Retrieved 29 April 2014.
- ↑ "IWGA - Members". theworldgames.org. http://www.theworldgames.org/members/members. Retrieved 6 June 2012.
- ↑ "IWGA - The Sports". theworldgames.org. http://www.theworldgames.org/the-sports/sports. Retrieved 6 June 2012.
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