World Draughts Federation
Sport | Draughts |
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Jurisdiction | International |
Founded | 1947 |
Headquarters | Amsterdam, Netherlands |
President | Jacek Pawlicki |
Vice president(s) | Richard Przewozniak |
Director | Clifton Agata, Alexei Domchev |
Secretary | Roberts Misans |
Official website | |
www |
The World Draughts Federation (Fédération Mondiale du Jeu de Dames) FMJD, is the international body uniting national draughts federations. It was founded in 1947 by four Federations: France, the Netherlands, Belgium and Switzerland.[1]
Members
Currently, the FMJD has more than 70 national federation members in 2021. Recently the FMJD has become a member of the Global Association of International Sports Federations and strives for Olympic recognition. The FMJD memberships is part of a more general movement toward integration of Mind Sports in the regular sports arena, a development that, in the vision of the FMJD, is to be lauded.
The FMJD is member of the:
- General Association of International Sports Federations (GAISF)
- International Mind Sports Association (IMSA)
Presidents
- 1947: J. H. Willems, Netherlands
- 1968: Beppino Rizzi, Italy
- 1975: Huib van de Vreugde, Netherlands
- 1978: Piet Roozenburg, Netherlands
- 1980: Wim Jurg, Netherlands
- 1984: Vadim Bairamov, Soviet Union
- 1985: Piet Roozenburg, Netherlands (interim)
- 1986: Piet Roozenburg, Netherlands
- 1990: Vadim Bairamov, Soviet Union
- 1991: Chr. H. ten Haaf, Netherlands
- 1992: Gaetano Mazzilli, Italy (interim)
- 1992: Wouter van Beek, Netherlands
- 2003: Ivan Shovkoplias, Ukraine
- 2005: Vladimir Ptitsyn, Russia
- 2009: Harry Otten, Netherlands
- 2017: Janek Mäggi, Estonia
- 2021: Jacek Pawlicki, Poland
Disciplines
International draughts at 100 squares, Russian and Brazilian 64 and checkers:[2]
- Online Checkers - Online Draughts
- Checkers[3]
- 64 Russian Draughts and Brazilian Draughts
- Turkish Draughts
Global Championships
- World Checkers/Draughts Championship in English draughts since 1840
- Draughts World Championship in international draughts since 1885
- Women's World Draughts Championship in international draughts since 1973
- Draughts-64 World Championships since 1985
- World Youth Draughts Championships since 1972
Regional Championships
- African Draughts Championships - since 1980[4]
- Asian Draughts Championships - since 1999 [5][6]
- European Draughts Championships - since 1965 [7]
- Panamerican Draughts Championship - since 1980
Regions
- African Draughts Confederation (CAJD).
- Asian Draughts Confederation[8] As of 2018, has 26 member federations (12 countries are full members and 14 candidate members).
- European Draughts Confederation[9]
- Pan American Draughts Confederation[10]
Members
In June 2021 have 77 members:[11][12][13][14][15]
Africa (17) / Americas (14) / Asia (12) / Oceania (2) / Europe (32)
Members in 2014:
Africa (16)
- – Fédération Béninoise de Jeu de Dames (FEBEJED)
- – Federation Burkinabe du Jeu de Dames
- – Federation Camerounaise de Jeu de Dames
- – Federation Congolaise du Jeu de Dames FNDA
- – Federation Ivoirienne du Jeu de Dames
- – Gambian National Draughts Federation
- – Federation Guinéenne du Jeu de Dames et des Echecs
- – Federation Malienne du Jeu de Dames
- – Federation Mauritanienne du Jeu de Dames
- – Association Nigérienne du jeu de Dames
- – Federation Senegalaise du Jeu de Dames
- – Somali Draughts Sport Association
- – Mind Sports South Africa
- – Association du jeu de Dames Togo
- – Uganda Draughts Federation
Americas (13)
- – Barbados Draughts Association
- – Confederacao Brasileira de Jogo de Damas
- – Federation Canadienne du jeu de Dames
- – Asociacion Costarricense del Juego de Damas
- – Curaçaose Dambond
- – Federacion Dominicana de Juego de Damas
- – Grenada Draughts Association
- – Federation Haitienne du Jeu de Dames
- – Jamaica Board Games Foundation
- – Asociacion Panamena de Juego de Damas
- – Surinaamse Dambond
- – Trinidad and Tobago Draughts Association
- – International Checkers Association of North America / The American Checker Federation / American Pool Checker Association
Asia (8)
- – Chinese Draughts Association
- – Draughts Federation of India
- – Japanese draughts association
- – Draughts Federation of Kazachstan
- – Mongolian Federation of Draughts
- – Pak Draughts Federation
- – Draughts Federation of Turkmenistan
- – Uzbekistan Draughts Federation
Oceania (2)
- – Australian Draughts Federation
- – New Zealand Draughts Association
Europe (27)
- – Armenian Draughts Federation
- – Azerbaijan Draughts Federation
- – Belarus Draughts Federation
- – Koninklijke Belgische Dambond
- – Bulgarian Draughts Federation
- – Croatian Draughts Federation
- – Ceska Federace Damy
- – English Draughts Association
- – Estonian Draughts Federation
- – Federation francaise du jeu de dames
- – Georgian Draughts Federation
- – Interessengemeinschaft Damespiel in Deutschland
- – Hungary Draughts Federation
- – Israeli Draughts Federation
- – Federazione Italiana Dama
- – Latvian Draughts Union
- – Lithuanian Draughts Federation
- – Draughts Federation of Moldova
- – Koninklijke Nederlandse Dambond
- – Polish Draughts Federation
- – Federação Portuguesa de Damas
- – The Draughts Federation of Russia
- – Slovene Draughts Federation
- – Federation Suisse du Jeu de Dames
- – Türkiye Dama Federation
- – Ukrainian Draughts Federation
- – Cymdeithas Draffts Cymru
See also
References
- ^ "FMJD - World Draughts Federation". www.fmjd.org. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
- ^ btcom. "GAISF » World Draughts Federation". Retrieved 30 December 2021.
- ^ "Home". wcdf.net.
- ^ Afrikaans Kampioenschap Dakar 1980
- ^ "About Confederation". Asian Draughts Confederation. 21 November 2018. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
- ^ "Medal". Asian Draughts Confederation. 26 June 2019. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
- ^ "Results year by year | EuropeDraughts.org". Retrieved 30 December 2021.
- ^ "Asian Draughts Confederation". Asian Draughts Confederation. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
- ^ "EuropeDraughts.org". Retrieved 30 December 2021.
- ^ "PAMDCC | Draughts 10x10". Retrieved 30 December 2021.
- ^ "FMJD - World Draughts Federation". www.fmjd.org. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
- ^ "FMJD - World Draughts Federation". www.fmjd.org. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
- ^ "FMJD - World Draughts Federation".
- ^ "FMJD - World Draughts Federation".
- ^ "FMJD - World Draughts Federation".
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