The International Carrom Federation (ICF) is the international

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. Such an organisation was first proposed in the 1950s, but the ICF was not formed until October 1988, when delegates from

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, for the first World Carrom Congress, at which the ICF was formed and an international set of rules was adopted.

Management Board

The International Carrom Federation (ICF) is an association governed by

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: Ashraf Ahmed

Events

* World Carrom Championship * Carrom World Cup * ICF Cup

World Carrom Championship

* 1st World Carrom Championship 1991 - Official Result
Here
* 2nd World Carrom Championship 1995 - Official Result
Here.
* 3rd World Carrom Championship 2000 - Official Result
Here
* 4th World Carrom Championship 2004 - Official Result
Here
* 5th World Carrom Championship 2008 - Official Result
Here
* 6th World Carrom Championship 2012 - Official Result
Here
* 7th World Carrom Championship 2016 - Official Results Here. * 8th World Carrom Championship 2022 - Official Result
Here

Carrom World Cup
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* 1st Carrom World Cup 2001 - Official result
here
* 2nd Carrom World Cup 2006 - Official result
here
* 3rd Carrom World Cup 2010 - Not held. * 4th Carrom World Cup 2014 - Official result
here
* 5th Carrom World Cup 2018 - Official result
here

ICF Cup
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* 1st ICF Cup 1989 - Official result
here
* 2nd ICF Cup 1993 - Official result
here
* 3rd ICF Cup 1998 - Official result
here
* 4th ICF Cup 2003 - Official result
here
* 5th ICF Cup 2008 - Official result
here
* 6th ICF Cup 2011 - Official result
here
* 7th ICF Cup 2015 - Official result
here
* 8th ICF Cup 2019 - Official result
here

Members of ICF

Regions
As of November 2024, the Federation had 19 member associations. In addition, some continental confederations of national associations have been formed, including the Asian Carrom Confederation. The ICF has authorized the formation of continental confederations for Africa, Asia, Europe, Oceania and the Americas, although not all of these continents have member associations. Americas (2): # Carrom Canada CC http://www.carromcanada.com # US Carrom Association USCA http://www.uscarrom.org Asia (8): # Bangladesh Carrom Federation BCF www.facebook.com/CarromFederation.bd #
All-India Carrom Federation The All India Carrom Federation, aka AICF, is India's national sport federation for the indigenous game of carrom, sanctioning six to seven national-level tournaments per year. It is India's representative body in the International Carrom Feder ...
AICF http://www.indiancarrom.co.in # Japan Carrom Federation JCF http://www.carromjapan.com # Korea Carrom Federation KCF http://carrom.co.kr # Malaysia # Carrom Association of Maldives CAM http://www.carrom.mv # Pakistan Carrom Federation PCF http://www.pakcarrom.org # Srilankan Carrom Federation http://www.carrom4u.com Europe (7): # Czech Carrom Association CCA http://www.carrom.cz # Deutscher Carrom Verband DCV http://www.carrom.de # Carrom Federation Francais CFF http://www.carrom.net # Federatione Italiana Carrom FIC http://www.carromitaly.com # Polish Carrom Association PCA http://www.carrom.pl # Swiss Carrom Association SCA http://www.carrom.ch # United Kingdom Carrom Federation UKCF http://www.ukcarromfed.com

National Federations
* All India Carrom Federation * Carrom Association of Maldives * Carrom Federation of Sri Lanka * Pakistan Carrom Federation * Japan Carrom Federation * Korea Carrom Federation http://www.carrom.co.kr *
Bangladesh Carrom Federation Bangladesh Carrom Federation is the national federation for carrom and is responsible for governing the sport in Bangladesh. Zunaid Ahmed Palak, Former Member of Parliament and State Minister of Information and Communication Technology, is the Pre ...
* Malaysian Carrom Association * Swiss Carrom Association http://www.carrom.ch * German Carrom Federation http://www.carrom.de * Canadian Carrom Association * United States Carrom Association * United Kingdom Carrom Federation * United Arab Emirates Carrom Federation * Federazione Italiana Carrom http://www.carromitaly.com * French Carrom Federation * Belgian Carrom Federation * Polish Carrom Association http://www.carrom.pl * Czech Carrom Association http://www.carrom.cz

Other associated organisations
These organizations are not official affiliates of the ICF, but use ICF rules. * Carrom Ass. of New Zealand * Saudi Arabia Carrom Federation * Bahrain Carrom Association * Myanmar Carrom Representative * Swedish Carrom Association * UK Carrom Club * Spanish Carrom Contact

References

External links
* {{Official website, http://www.icfcarrom.com/, ICF official website Carrom organisations International sports organizations