SportAccord is a global sports event organisation based in
Lausanne
Lausanne ( , ; ; ) is the capital and largest List of towns in Switzerland, city of the Swiss French-speaking Cantons of Switzerland, canton of Vaud, in Switzerland. It is a hilly city situated on the shores of Lake Geneva, about halfway bet ...
, Switzerland, that is governed by stakeholders representing the Olympic and non-Olympic International Federations and has currently taken on some of the activities of the dissolved
Global Association of International Sports Federations.
SportAccord brings together International Federations and organisations involved in the business of sport with the aim to serve, promote and protect the common interests of its stakeholders, help them achieve their global objectives, and facilitate knowledge-sharing.
SportAccord’s flagship event is the annual ''SportAccord World Sport & Business Summit'', which was originally launched in 2003.
In addition to the Summit, SportAccord hosts the annual ''International Federation (IF) Forum'', a closed-to-the-public event offering targeted thematic sessions specifically designed for International Sport Federations.
Together with other events, SportAccord holds Multi-Sport Games, including the
World Combat Games, World Mind Games, and
World Urban Games which showcase both Olympic and non-Olympic sports and disciplines.
SportAccord has taken on and manages th
''.sport domain''and the
sustainability.sport' platform, previously owned by
GAISF.
The SportAccord World Sport & Business Summit
SportAccord's annual World Sport & Business Summit is an international sport convention hosted over a week, combining an exhibition area, a themed conference programme and a multitude of networking events.
The event gathers hundreds of representatives from the sports industry including over 100 International Sport Federations, rights holders, organising committees, cities, press and media, businesses and other organisations involved in the development of sport.
Editions:
* Note 1: ''The 2020 SportAccord World Sport & Business Summit in Beijing was cancelled, due to the
COVID-19 pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic (also known as the coronavirus pandemic and COVID pandemic), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), began with an disease outbreak, outbreak of COVID-19 in Wuhan, China, in December ...
.''
* Note 2: ''The 18th SportAccord World Sport & Business Summit was postponed from November 2021 to May 2022.''
* Note 3: ''The SportAccord summit in Yekaterinburg was cancelled following the Russian invasion of Ukraine.''
* Note 4: GAISF was dissolved on 14 September 2023, prior to the SportAccord summit in Birmingham.
Stakeholders
The SportAccord Stakeholders represent more than 120 International Sport Federations and host their Annual General Assemblies at our World Sport & Business Summit.
* ASOIF (
Association of Summer Olympic International Federations)
* WOF (
Association of International Olympic Winter Sports Federations
The Winter Olympic Federations (WOF), formerly Association of International Olympic Winter Sports Federations (AIOWF), is an association of winter sports federations recognized by the International Olympic Committee that compete in the Olympic Win ...
)
* ARISF (
Association of IOC Recognised International Sports Federations
The Association of IOC Recognised International Sports Federations (ARISF) is a non-governmental, non-profit organisation constituted through and recognised by the International Olympic Committee (IOC). The ARISF's members are international spor ...
)
* AIMS (
Alliance of Independent Recognised Members of Sport)
The President and all the Members represent SportAccord’s stakeholders and are elected for 4-year mandates.
See also
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International Olympic Committee
The International Olympic Committee (IOC; , CIO) is the international, non-governmental, sports governing body of the modern Olympic Games. Founded in 1894 by Pierre de Coubertin and Demetrios Vikelas, it is based i ...
(IOC)
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Association of Summer Olympic International Federations (ASOIF)
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Association of International Olympic Winter Sports Federations
The Winter Olympic Federations (WOF), formerly Association of International Olympic Winter Sports Federations (AIOWF), is an association of winter sports federations recognized by the International Olympic Committee that compete in the Olympic Win ...
(AIOWF)
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Association of IOC Recognised International Sports Federations
The Association of IOC Recognised International Sports Federations (ARISF) is a non-governmental, non-profit organisation constituted through and recognised by the International Olympic Committee (IOC). The ARISF's members are international spor ...
(ARISF)
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Alliance of Independent Recognised Members of Sport (AIMS)
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International World Games Association (IWGA)
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List of international sports federations
This is a list of international sports federations, each of which serves as a non-governmental organization, non-governmental sports governing body, governing body for a given sport and administers its sport at a world level, most often craftin ...
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SportAccord World Combat Games
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SportAccord World Mind Games
Notes and references
External links
SportAccord Official Website .
.Sport Domain .
Sustainability.Sport .
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International Olympic Committee
Supraorganizations
Organisations based in Lausanne
International sports organisations based in Switzerland