Home›Governing Bodies›Founding Year›By Century›20th centuryBrowse By20th centuryFounding year orders sport governing bodies by the year each one was established. Wikipedia notes FIFA "was founded on 21 May 1904 to oversee international competition among the national associations of Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, and Switzerland." Browsing by founding year traces how organized sport administration has grown over time.20th centurySourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)20th centuryFilter Results99 entriesSport GovernedAllAlpine Skiing (3)American Football (1)Association Football (15)Athletics (5)Badminton (1)Basketball (2)Boxing (1)Cricket (7)Field Hockey (1)Gymnastics (1)Handball (1)Ice Hockey (1)Judo (2)Nordic Skiing (3)Olympic Sports (34)Rugby League (1)Rugby Union (3)Sailing (1)Squash (1)Sumo (1)Swimming (2)Table Tennis (1)Taekwondo (1)Tennis (1)Volleyball (1)Water Polo (1)Weightlifting (1)Wrestling (2)Body TypeAll501(c)(3) nonprofit national soccer federation (1)501(c)(3) organization (1)Anti-doping agency (1)Association (French loi de 1901) (1)Australian company (1)Autonomous private national cricket governing body (1)Continental confederation (5)Governing body (5)Governing body of Brazilian Olympic sport (1)International federation (21)International sport federation (4)Judo federation (1)National administrative governing body (1)National football association (2)National football confederation (1)National football federation (2)National governing body (1)National Governing Body (NGB) (1)National Olympic Committee (23)National Olympic Committee (governing Olympic body) (1)National Olympic Committee and National Paralympic Committee (2)Paralympic governing body (1)Private association of public utility (1)Private nonprofit organization (1)Public Interest Incorporated Foundation (1)Sports federation for amateur wrestling (1)Sports governing body (7)Sports organisation (1)Associated WithAllAll India Football Federation (AIFF) (2)All Japan Judo Federation (2)American Contract Bridge League (1)Asian Football Confederation (AFC) (4)Asociación del Fútbol Argentino (AFA) (2)Athletics Kenya (1)Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) (1)Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) (1)British Gymnastics (1)British Swimming (2)CAF (Confederation of African Football) (2)Chinese Football Association (CFA) (2)CONCACAF (Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football) (2)Confederação Brasileira de Futebol (CBF) (1)CONMEBOL (South American Football Confederation) (1)Cricket Australia (1)Cricket South Africa (1)Deutscher Fussball-Bund (DFB) (2)Deutscher Olympischer Sportbund (DOSB) (1)England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) (1)Federation Francaise de Football (FFF) (2)Federazione Italiana Giuoco Calcio (FIGC) (2)FIBA (International Basketball Federation) (1)FIFA (Federation Internationale de Football Association) (14)International Cricket Council (ICC) (6)International Judo Federation (IJF) (1)International Olympic Committee (IOC) (52)International Paralympic Committee (IPC) (2)International Ski and Snowboard Federation (FIS) (1)International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) (1)Jamaica Athletics Administrative Association (JAAA) (1)Japan Football Association (JFA) (2)Japanese Olympic Committee (JOC) (1)Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) (2)Norwegian Olympic and Paralympic Committee and Confederation of Sports (NIF) (1)Norwegian Ski Federation (Norges Skiforbund) (1)Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) (1)Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) (1)Real Federacion Espanola de Futbol (RFEF) (1)Saudi Olympic and Paralympic Committee (1)South African Football Association (SAFA) (2)South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee (SASCOC) (1)Spanish Basketball Federation (FEB) (1)The Football Association (The FA) (2)UEFA (2)UK Athletics (1)United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee (USOPC) (1)United States Soccer Federation (US Soccer) (2)United World Wrestling (UWW) (1)USA Basketball (1)USA Swimming (1)USA Track & Field (USATF) (1)USA Wrestling (1)World Aquatics (1)World Athletics (4)World Bridge Federation (1)World Gymnastics (1)World Rugby (3)HeadquartersAllArgentina (1)Arnhem (1)Auckland (1)Australia (3)Beijing (2)Brazil (2)Cairo (1)Canada (2)China (3)Colorado Springs, Colorado (3)Dhaka (1)Ethiopia (1)Fiji (1)France (3)Germany (2)Havana (1)Hungary (1)India (3)Indianapolis (2)Indonesia (1)Istanbul (1)Japan (4)Kenya (2)Kingston (2)Kuala Lumpur (2)Lahore (1)Lausanne (4)London (1)Madrid (1)Mexico (1)Mexico City (1)Monaco (1)Montreal (1)Moscow (1)New Delhi (1)New Zealand (2)Nigeria (2)Norway (1)Paraguay (1)Philippines (1)Rabat (1)Rome (1)Saudi Arabia (1)South Africa (3)South Korea (2)Spain (1)Stockholm (1)Switzerland (12)Taiwan (1)Thailand (1)Tokyo (2)Ukraine (1)United Arab Emirates (1)United Kingdom (6)United States (4)Vietnam (1)Warsaw (1)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 99All India Football Federation (AIFF)20th centuryAll Japan Judo Federation20th centuryAmerican Contract Bridge League20th centuryAsian Football Confederation (AFC)20th centuryAthletics Kenya20th centuryAustralian Olympic Committee (AOC)20th centuryBadminton World Federation (BWF)20th centuryBangladesh Cricket Board (BCB)20th centuryBoard of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI)20th centuryBritish Olympic Association (BOA)20th centuryCAF (Confederation of African Football)20th centuryCanadian Olympic Committee (COC)20th centuryChinese Football Association (CFA)20th centuryChinese Olympic Committee20th centuryChinese Taipei Olympic Committee20th centuryChinese Weiqi Association20th centuryComitato Olimpico Nazionale Italiano (CONI)20th centuryComité Olímpico Argentino (Argentine Olympic Committee)20th centuryComite Olimpico do Brasil (Brazilian Olympic Committee)20th centuryComité Olímpico Español (COE)20th centuryComité Olímpico Mexicano (Mexican Olympic Committee)20th centuryCONCACAF (Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football)20th centuryConfederação Brasileira de Futebol (CBF)20th centuryCONMEBOL (South American Football Confederation)20th centuryCricket Australia20th centuryCricket South Africa20th centuryCuban Olympic Committee20th centuryDeutscher Skiverband (German Ski Federation, DSV)20th centuryDutch Olympic Committee*Netherlands Sports Federation (NOC*NSF)20th centuryEgyptian Olympic Committee20th centuryEngland and Wales Cricket Board (ECB)20th centuryEthiopian Olympic Committee20th centuryFederation Francaise de Football (FFF)20th centuryFederation Francaise de Rugby (FFR)20th centuryFederation Internationale de Volleyball (FIVB)20th centuryFIBA (International Basketball Federation)20th centuryFIFA (Federation Internationale de Football Association)20th centuryFiji Association of Sports and National Olympic Committee (FASANOC)20th centuryFMJD (World Draughts Federation)20th centuryIndian Olympic Association (IOA)20th centuryIndonesian Olympic Committee (NOC Indonesia)20th centuryInternational Boxing Association (IBA)20th centuryInternational Cricket Council (ICC)20th centuryInternational Federation of American Football (IFAF)20th centuryInternational Handball Federation (IHF)20th centuryInternational Hockey Federation (FIH)20th centuryInternational Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF)20th centuryInternational Judo Federation (IJF)20th centuryInternational Paralympic Committee (IPC)20th centuryInternational Rugby League (IRL)20th centuryInternational Ski and Snowboard Federation (FIS)20th centuryInternational Table Tennis Federation (ITTF)20th centuryInternational Tennis Federation (ITF)20th centuryInternational Weightlifting Federation (IWF)20th centuryJamaica Athletics Administrative Association (JAAA)20th centuryJamaica Olympic Association20th centuryJapan Football Association (JFA)20th centuryJapan Sumo Association20th centuryJapanese Olympic Committee (JOC)20th centuryKorean Sport & Olympic Committee20th centuryMoroccan National Olympic Committee20th centuryNational Olympic Committee of Kenya (NOCK)20th centuryNational Olympic Committee of Nigeria20th centuryNational Olympic Committee of Thailand20th centuryNational Olympic Committee of Ukraine20th centuryNew Zealand Olympic Committee (NZOC)20th centuryNigeria Football Federation (NFF)20th centuryNorwegian Ski Federation (Norges Skiforbund)20th centuryOceania Football Confederation (OFC)20th centuryPakistan Cricket Board (PCB)20th centuryPhilippine Olympic Committee20th centuryPolish Olympic Committee (PKOl)20th centuryReal Federacion Espanola de Futbol (RFEF)20th centuryRugby Australia20th centuryRussian Olympic Committee (ROC)20th centurySaudi Olympic and Paralympic Committee20th centurySouth African Football Association (SAFA)20th centurySouth African Rugby Union (SA Rugby)20th centurySwedish Olympic Committee (SOK)20th centurySwiss Olympic20th centuryTurkish National Olympic Committee (TMOK)20th centuryUEFA20th centuryUK Athletics20th centuryUnited States Soccer Federation (US Soccer)20th centuryUnited World Wrestling (UWW)20th centuryUSA Basketball20th centuryUSA Gymnastics20th centuryUSA Swimming20th centuryUSA Track & Field (USATF)20th centuryUSA Wrestling20th centuryVietnam Olympic Committee20th centuryWorld Anti-Doping Agency (WADA)20th centuryWorld Aquatics20th centuryWorld Athletics20th centuryWorld Bridge Federation20th centuryWorld Sailing20th centuryWorld Squash Federation20th centuryWorld Taekwondo (WT)20th centuryWorld Xiangqi Federation20th centurySourcesWikipedia, World Squash Federationtier 2WikipediaContains: World Squash FederationView the SourceComments (0)No comments yet. 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