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Association of Summer Olympic International Federations

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ASOIF
Association of Summer Olympic International Federations
AbbreviationASOIF
Formation30 May 1983; 43 years ago (1983-05-30)
TypeNonprofit organisation
PurposeInter-sport federation organisation
HeadquartersLausanne, Switzerland
President
Ingmar De Vos
Vice President
Nenad Lalović
Executive Director
James Carr
Parent organisation
International Olympic Committee
Websitewww.asoif.com Edit this at Wikidata

The Association of Summer Olympic International Federations (ASOIF; French: Association des fédérations internationales olympiques des sports d'été) is a nonprofit organisation of international sports federations that compete in the Summer Olympic Games. It is headquartered in Lausanne, Switzerland, the same city where the International Olympic Committee (IOC) is also headquartered.

ASOIF Council

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The council is composed of a president and six members, all from different federations. One of the six members is elected as vice-president. The president and all the members are elected for 4-year mandates. The executive director is nominated by the council on the proposal of the president as an executive position. The executive director is also on the council, but without voting rights.

Members of the ASOIF Council as of March 2025 are:[1]

DesignationNameCountrySport Federation
PresidentIngmar De VosBERJAYA BelgiumInternational Equestrian Federation
Vice PresidentNenad LalovićBERJAYA SerbiaUnited World Wrestling
Council MembersXimena RestrepoBERJAYA ColombiaWorld Athletics
Jean-Christophe RollandBERJAYA FranceWorld Rowing
Petra SörlingBERJAYA SwedenInternational Table Tennis Federation
Morinari WatanabeBERJAYA JapanWorld Gymnastics
Andreas ZagklisBERJAYA GreeceInternational Basketball Federation
Executive DirectorJames CarrBERJAYA United Kingdom

Members

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International federations may apply to become a full member if they govern a core Summer Olympic sport or govern a sport which featured in the three most recent Summer Olympics. They may apply to become an associate member if they govern a sport included on the programme for future editions of the Summer Olympic Games or govern a sport which has featured in any five editions of the Summer Olympic Games since 1988.[2]

As of June 2025, the Association of Summer Olympic International Federations (ASOIF) has 30 full member and six associate member international federations.[3][4]

Full members

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Sport International federation Acronym[5] National associations[3] Year founded[3] President Official website Notes
AquaticsWorld AquaticsWAQU2091908Kuwait Husain Al-Musallamworldaquatics.com
ArcheryWorld ArcheryWA1631931United States Greg Eastonworldarchery.sport[a]
AthleticsWorld AthleticsWATH2141912United Kingdom Sebastian Coeworldathletics.org
BadmintonBadminton World FederationBWF1881934Thailand Khunying Patama Leeswadtrakulbwfbadminton.com[b]
Basketball and 3x3International Basketball FederationFIBA2121932Qatar Saud Ali Al Thanifiba.basketball
CanoeingPaddle WorldwideICF1811924Germany Thomas Konietzko [de]canoeicf.com[a]
CyclingInternational Cycling UnionUCI2051900France David Lappartientuci.org
EquestrianInternational Federation for Equestrian SportsFEI1341921Belgium Ingmar De Vosfei.org
FencingInternational Fencing FederationFIE1521913Egypt Abdel Monem El-Husseiny (interim)fie.org
Field hockeyInternational Hockey FederationFIH1281924Macau Tayyab Ikramfih.hockey[a]
Football, futsal and beach soccerInternational Association Football FederationFIFA2111904Switzerland Gianni Infantinofifa.com
GolfInternational Golf FederationIGF1471958Sweden Annika Sörenstamigfgolf.org
GymnasticsWorld GymnasticsWG1481881Japan Morinari Watanabegymnastics.sport[a]
HandballInternational Handball FederationIHF2091946Egypt Hassan Moustafaihf.info[a]
JudoInternational Judo FederationIJF2071951Romania Marius Vizerijf.org
Modern pentathlonInternational Modern Pentathlon UnionUIPM1101948United States Rob Stulluipmworld.org
Roller sportsWorld SkateWSK1411924Italy Sabatino Aracuworldskate.org[a]
RowingWorld RowingFISA1591892France Jean-Christophe Rollandworldrowing.com
Rugby unionWorld RugbyWR1171886Australia Brett Robinsonworld.rugby[a]
SailingWorld SailingWS1401907China Li Quanhaisailing.org
ShootingInternational Shooting Sport FederationISSF1611907Italy Luciano Rossiissf-sports.org
ClimbingWorld ClimbingWC952007Italy Marco Maria Scolarisworldclimbing.com[a]
SurfingInternational Surfing AssociationISA1131964Argentina Fernando Aguerreisasurf.org
Table tennisInternational Table Tennis FederationITTF2261926Sweden Petra Sörlingittf.com[b]
TaekwondoWorld TaekwondoWT2121973South Korea Choue Chung-wonworldtaekwondo.org
TennisWorld TennisITF2071913United States David Haggertyitftennis.com
TriathlonWorld TriathlonTRI1721989Spain Antonio Fernández Arimanytriathlon.org
Volleyball and beach volleyballInternational Volleyball FederationFIVB2221947Brazil Fabio Azevedofivb.com
WeightliftingInternational Weightlifting FederationIWF1921905Iraq Mohamed Jaloodiwf.sport
Wrestling and Amateur MMA[6]United World WrestlingUWW1801912Serbia Nenad Lalovićuww.org[b]

Associate members

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Sport International federation Acronym National associations[3] Year founded[3] President Official website Notes
American footballInternational Federation of American FootballIFAF751998France Pierre Trochetamericanfootball.sport[a][c]
Baseball, Baseball5 & SoftballWorld Baseball Softball ConfederationWBSC1432013Italy Riccardo Fraccariwbsc.org[a][c]
BoxingWorld BoxingWB1062023Kazakhstan Gennady Golovkinworldboxing.org[c]
CricketInternational Cricket CouncilICC1051909India Jay Shahicc-cricket.com[c]
LacrosseWorld LacrosseWL922008United States Bob DeMarcoworldlacrosse.sport[a][c]
SquashWorld SquashWSF1151967United Kingdom Zena Wooldridgeworldsquash.sport[a][c]

History

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On 30 May 1983, the 21 International Federations governing the sports included at the time on the programme of the 1984 Summer Olympic Games decided to form the Association of Summer Olympic International Federations (ASOIF).

ASOIF was formed, as stated in the first article of its constitution 'to co-ordinate and to defend the common interests of its members' and to 'ensure close co-operation between its members, and members of the Olympic Movement and other organisations'. These needs were identified in order to preserve the unity of the Olympic movement while maintaining 'the authority, independence and autonomy of the member International Federations.'

The members of ASOIF meet once a year in a General Assembly. The General Assembly usually precedes the joint meeting between the executive board of the International Olympic Committee and the International Federations where a multitude of topics are discussed in the common interests of the Olympic Movement. ASOIF is administered by an executive body, the council, which consists of seven individual members, most of whom are presidents of Summer Olympic International Federations. The ASOIF General Secretariat is located in Lausanne and is administered by the ASOIF Executive Director.

In 2015, the Organising Committee for the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 had proposed five new sports in response to the new flexibility provided by Olympic Agenda 2020, the IOC's strategic roadmap for the future of the Olympic Movement. Olympic Agenda 2020 gives host cities the option of suggesting new sports and events for inclusion in their edition of the Games. Karate, skateboarding, sports climbing, surfing and baseball/softball were added to the Olympic Programme in Tokyo 2020. ASOIF has amended its statutes to enable IFs "governing sports included within the events programme for a specific edition of the Summer Olympic Games" to become "Associate Members".

On 22 June 2023, the IOC decided to withdraw recognition of the International Boxing Association (IBA), in accordance with Rule 3.7 of the Olympic Charter (OC),[7] although boxing will continue to be an Olympic sport for the 2028 Summer Olympics.[8] This was the first-ever international federation to be removed from the Olympic Movement by the IOC.[9] According to the Statutes of ASOIF, as updated in June 2023, the ASOIF Council may provisionally suspend any Full Member's rights (set forth in Article 3.4) if its IOC recognition is suspended, but allow it to retain its Member's rights set forth in Article 3.5. The Council may lift the suspension when such full member's IOC recognition is reinstated (Article 3.13).[10] In April 2024 the ASOIF General Assembly excluded the International Boxing Association (IBA) as ASOIF Member, in line with the ASOIF Statutes. This move follows the CAS decision of 2 April 2024, dismissing IBA's appeal against the IOC decision to withdraw IBA's recognition as the international federation (IF) for Olympic boxing. Previously, ASOIF had already suspended IBA's Full Member's rights.[11]

See also

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Notes

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  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Also a member of International World Games Association (IWGA).
  2. 1 2 3 Also a member of The Association for International Sport for All (TAFISA).
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Also a member of Association of IOC Recognised International Sports Federations (ARISF).

References

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  1. ↑ "Council". ASOIF. Retrieved 1 March 2025.
  2. ↑ ASOIF Statutes, 10 April 2024
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 "Members". ASOIF. Retrieved 1 March 2025.
  4. ↑ "Organisational Structure". ASOIF. Retrieved 1 March 2025.
  5. ↑ "IOC - ODF Common Codes".
  6. ↑ "INTERNATIONAL AMATEUR MMA RULES & REGULATIONS Ver. 2026 May" (PDF).
  7. ↑ "IOC Session withdraws recognition of International Boxing Association". olympics.com. 22 June 2023. Retrieved 3 July 2023.
  8. ↑ "IOC "guarantees" boxing's place at Los Angeles 2028 following IBA expulsion". www.insidethegames.biz. 22 June 2023. Retrieved 3 July 2023.
  9. ↑ "Ricci Bitti says IBA expulsion "sad" but must be used "to rebuild" boxing". www.insidethegames.biz. 28 June 2023. Retrieved 3 July 2023.
  10. ↑ ASOIF Statutes, 1 June 2023
  11. ↑ "ASOIF General Assembly elects Ingmar De Vos as its future President". ASOIF. 9 April 2024. Archived from the original on 10 April 2024. Retrieved 10 April 2024.
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