Founding 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.
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Defining CharacteristicA National Olympic Committee (NOC) is a national constituent of the worldwide Olympic movement. 1 Founding Year
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1. Wikipedia: National Olympic Committee
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A National Olympic Committee (NOC) is a national constituent of the worldwide Olympic movement.
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How does a National Olympic Committee differ from a National Sport Federation?
A National Olympic Committee represents the whole Olympic Movement in a country, while a National Sport Federation governs one sport there.
National Olympic Committees covers a country's representative body within the Olympic Movement, responsible for sending teams to the Olympic and Paralympic Games and for developing sport nationally, sometimes combined with a national sports confederation under one body. A country's federation for a single sport is grouped instead under National Sport Federations, so the dividing line is whether the body represents the whole Olympic Movement in that country or one sport specifically.