International Federation of Sport Climbing

International Federation of Sport Climbing
Formation	27 January 2007; 17 years ago
Type	Sports federation
Headquarters	Turin, Italy
Membership	98 member federations
President	Marco Maria Scolaris
Website	IFSC-Climbing.org

The International Federation of Sport Climbing (IFSC) is the international governing body for the sport of competition climbing, which consists of the disciplines lead climbing, bouldering, and speed climbing.

Charter

The IFSC describes itself as "the international federation responsible for all aspects of international competition climbing and is the final authority for all matters concerning international competition climbing".^[1] It describes itself as responsible for all technical aspects of the sport of competition climbing, for the approval of all member federations and their respective competitions, and of approving the calendar and schedule of events held during the year.^[1] The IFSC is recognised by the International Olympic Committee.^[1]

History

The IFSC was founded in Frankfurt on 27 January 2007 by 57 member federations as a continuation of the International Council for Competition Climbing [de], which had been in existence from 1997 to 2007 under the governance of the Union Internationale des Associations d'Alpinisme (UIAA).^[2]^[3] Later that year, the IFSC was granted provisional recognition by the IOC, and consisted of 80 member federations.^[3] On 10 February 2010, the IOC granted the IFSC formal recognition, and on the 4 July 2011, the IOC added climbing to a shortlist of potential new sports for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games, which was confirmed in 2016.^[3]

Due to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, the IFSC suspended the Russian and Belarusian federations and canceled all events in Russia in 2022.^[4]

Competitions

The major competitions organized by the IFSC are:

World Cup

The IFSC Climbing World Cup is a series of competitions held annually. The athletes compete in three disciplines: lead, bouldering, and speed. The number of competitions and venues vary from year to year.^[5] The first World Cup was held under the auspices of UIAA in 1989,^[2] World Cups were held under the auspices of IFSC from 2007.

World Championship

The IFSC Climbing World Championship is a competition held biennially. This event determines the male and female world champions in the three disciplines of sport climbing lead, bouldering and speed as well as in para-climbing.^[6]

World Youth Championship

The IFSC World Youth Championship is a competition held annually. This event determines the male and female world youth champions in three disciplines: lead, speed, and bouldering. For each discipline, the athletes are grouped in three age groups: Youth B, Youth A and Juniors.^[7]

European Championship

The IFSC European Championship is a competition held biennially in years when World Championships are not held. This event determines the male and female European champions in the three disciplines of sport climbing lead, bouldering, and speed.

European Youth Cup

The IFSC European Youth Cup is a series of competitions held annually. Athletes compete in three disciplines: lead, speed, and bouldering and are grouped into three age groups: Youth B, Youth A, and Juniors.

Presidents

Marco Scolaris, President of the IFSC, in 2017

2007- : Marco Maria Scolaris

Members

In the following tables are listed the members of the national federations:^[8]^[9]

Full members

Country	Federation	Acronym
Argentina	Federación Argentina de Ski y Andinismo	FASA
Australia	Sport Climbing Australia	SCA
Austria	Kletterverband Österreich	KVÖ
Azerbaijan	Air and Extreme Sports Federation of Azerbaijan	FAIREX
Belgium	Climbing and Mountaineering Belgium	CMBEL
Bolivia	Federación Boliviana de Ski y Andinismo	FEBSA
Brazil	Associação Brasileira de Escalada Esportiva	ABEE
Bulgaria	Bulgarian Climbing and Mountaineering Federation	BCMF
Cameroon	Association des Sport de Montagne et d'Escalade	ASME
Canada	Climbing Escalade Canada	CEC
Chile	Federación de Andinismo de Chile	FEACH
China	Chinese Mountaineering Association	CMA
Chinese Taipei	Chinese Taipei Alpine Association	CTAA
Colombia	Federación Colombiana de Escalada Deportiva	FCED
Costa Rica	Federación costarricense de Deportes de Montaña	FECODEM
Croatia	Hrvatski Planinarski Savez (Croatian Mountaineering Association)	HPS
Cyprus	Cyprus Mountaineering and Climbing Federation	CMCF
Czech Republic	Cesky horolezecky svaz (Czech mountaineering association)	CHS
Denmark	Dansk Klatreforbund/Danish Climbing Federation	DKF/DCF
Ecuador	Federación Ecuatoriana de Andinismo y Escalada	FEDAN
El Salvador	Federación Salvadoreña de montañismo y escalada	FSME
Finland	Finnish Climbing association	FCA
France	Fédération française de la montagne et de l'escalade	FFME
Georgia	Georgian Climbing National Federation	GCNF
Germany	Deutscher Alpenverein	DAV
Great Britain	British Mountaineering Council	BMC
Greece	Hellenic Federation of Mountaineering and Climbing	HFMCU (EOOA)
Guatemala	Federación Nacional de Andinismo de Guatemala	FNAG
Honduras	Federación Hondurena de Deportes de Montana y Escalada	FEHDME
Hong Kong	Hong Kong Mountaineering Union	HKMU
Hungary	Hungarian Mountaineering and Sport Climbing Federation	MHSSz
India	Indian Mountaineering Foundation	IMF
Indonesia	Federasi Panjat Tebing Indonesia	FPTI
Iran	Iran Mountaineering and Sport Climbing Federation	IRI MF
Ireland	Mountaineering Ireland	MI
Israel	Israel Climbers' Club	ILCC
Italy	Federazione Arrampicata Sportiva Italiana	FASI
Japan	Japan Mountaineering and Sport Climbing Association	JMSCA
Kazakhstan	Mountaineering and Climbing Federation of Republic of Kazakhstan	MCFRK
Latvia	Latvian Alpinist Association	LAA
Lithuania	Lithuania Federation of Sport Climbing	LFSC
Luxembourg	Fédération Luxembourgeoise d'Escalade, de Randonnée et d'Alpinisme	FLERA
Malaysia	Persekutuan Mendaki Malaysia (Malaysia Mountaineering Federation)	PMM
Malta	Malta Sport for All	MSFA
Mauritius	Mauritius Sport Climbing Federation	MSCF
Mexico	Federación Mexicana de Deportes de Montana Y Escalada	FMDMYE
Mongolia	Mongolian National Climbing Federation	MNCF
Nepal	Nepal Mountaineering Association	NMA
Netherlands	Koninklijke Nederlandse Klim- en Bergsportvereniging	NKBV
New Zealand	Climbing New Zealand	CNZ
North Macedonia	Macedonian Sport Climbing Federation	MSCF
Norway	The Norwegian Climbing Federation	NCF
Pakistan	Alpine Club of Pakistan	ACP
Panama	Asociación Panameña de Escalada	APAES
Peru	Federación Deportiva Peruana de Escalada	FEDPE
Poland	Polski Zwiazek Alpinizmu (Polish Mountaineering Association)	PZA
Portugal	Federação Portuguesa de Montanhismo e Escalada / Portuguese Mountaineering and Climbing Federation	FPME
Romania	Federația Română de Alpinism și Escaladă	FRAE
Russia	Climbing Federation of Russia (suspended)^[4]	CFR
Saudi Arabia	The Saudi Climbing and Hiking Federation	SCHF
Serbia	United Sport Climbing Federation of Serbia	USCFS
Singapore	Singapore Mountaineering Federation	SMF
Slovakia	Slovak Mountaineering Union JAMES	SMU JAMES
Slovenia	Alpine Association of Slovenia	PZS
South Korea	Korean Alpine Federation	KAF
Spain	Federación Española de Deportes de Montaña y Escalada	FEDME
South Africa	South African National Climbing Federation	SANCF
Sweden	Swedish Climbing Federation	SKF
Switzerland	Swiss Alpine Club	CAS
Thailand	The Sport Climbing Association of Thailand	SCAT
Turkey	Turkish Mountaineering Federation	TDF/TMF
Ukraine	Ukrainian Mountaineering and Climbing Federation	UMF
USA	USA Climbing	USAC
Venezuela	Federación Venezolana de Escalada Deportiva	FEVME

Continental members

Country	Federation	Acronym
Algeria	Fédération Algérienne de Ski et sports de Montagne	FASSM
Andorra	Federacio Andorrana de Muntanyisme	FAM
Armenia	Armenia Alpine Club	AAC
Belarus	Belarus Alpine Federation (suspended)^[4]	BAF
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Mountaineering Union of Bosnia - Herzegovina	PSBIH
Cambodia	Cambodia Climbing Federation	CCD
Estonia	Estonian Climbing Association	ECA
Fiji	Sport Climbing Fiji	SCF
Jordan	Jordan Federation of Sport Climbing	JFSC
Kyrgyzstan	Federation of Mountaineering Rock and Ice Climbing of Kirgiz Republic	FMRICK
Macau	Mountaineering Federation Macau China	MFMC
Philippines	Sport Climbing Association of the Philippines	SCAPI
Rwanda	Rwanda Sports Climbing Federation	RSCF
Sri Lanka	National Association for Climbing and Mountaineering in Sri Lanka	NACMSL
Uganda	Uganda Sport Climbing Federation	USCF
Uzbekistan	Federation of Mountaineering and Rock Climbing of Uzbekistan	FMCU

Regional

Country	Federation	Acronym
New Caledonia	Comité Régional de la Montagne et de l'Escalade de la Nouvelle Calédonie

Observers

Country	Federation	Acronym
Austria	Austrian Alpine Club	ÖAV
Spain	Basque Mountaineering Federation (Eusko Mendizale Federazioa)	EMF
Spain	Federació d'Entitats Excursionistes de Catalunya	FEEC

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "1. The International Federation of Sport Climbing". IFSC Rules 2023 1.1. International Federation of Sports Climbing. 2023. p. 12. Retrieved 20 March 2023.
^ ^a ^b "Climbing Competitions' History". ifsc-climbing.org. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 12 May 2013.
^ ^a ^b ^c "A History of Competition Climbing Since 1985". Gripped Magazine. 15 July 2019. Retrieved 25 March 2023.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Russian Climbing World Cup Rescheduled as IFSC Hands Out More Suspensions". 23 March 2022.
^ "IFSC rules book 2013" (PDF). ifsc-climbing.org. pp. 61–66. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 August 2013. Retrieved 20 May 2013.
^ "IFSC rules book 2013" (PDF). ifsc-climbing.org. pp. 67–72. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 August 2013. Retrieved 20 May 2013.
^ "IFSC rules book 2013" (PDF). ifsc-climbing.org. pp. 73–77. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 August 2013. Retrieved 20 May 2013.
^ "Member Federations". ifsc-climbing.org. Archived from the original on 6 October 2013. Retrieved 20 May 2013.
^ "Member Federations". ifsc-climbing.org. Archived from the original on May 17, 2019. Retrieved May 26, 2019.

External links

Official website
"Calendar of IFSC competitions". ifsc-climbing.org.
"IFSC Rules". ifsc-climbing.org.

[Charter-1] "1. The International Federation of Sport Climbing". IFSC Rules 2023 1.1. International Federation of Sports Climbing. 2023. p. 12. Retrieved 20 March 2023.

[ifschistory-2] "Climbing Competitions' History". ifsc-climbing.org. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 12 May 2013.

[GrippedHistory-3] "A History of Competition Climbing Since 1985". Gripped Magazine. 15 July 2019. Retrieved 25 March 2023.

[gearjunkie.com-4] "Russian Climbing World Cup Rescheduled as IFSC Hands Out More Suspensions". 23 March 2022.

[5] "IFSC rules book 2013" (PDF). ifsc-climbing.org. pp. 61–66. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 August 2013. Retrieved 20 May 2013.

[6] "IFSC rules book 2013" (PDF). ifsc-climbing.org. pp. 67–72. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 August 2013. Retrieved 20 May 2013.

[7] "IFSC rules book 2013" (PDF). ifsc-climbing.org. pp. 73–77. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 August 2013. Retrieved 20 May 2013.

[8] "Member Federations". ifsc-climbing.org. Archived from the original on 6 October 2013. Retrieved 20 May 2013.

[9] "Member Federations". ifsc-climbing.org. Archived from the original on May 17, 2019. Retrieved May 26, 2019.

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