World Draughts Federation

The Fédération Mondiale du Jeu de Dames (FMJD, World Draughts Federation) is the international body uniting national draughts federations. It was founded in 1947 by four Federations: France, the Netherlands, Belgium and Switzerland.[1]

World Draughts Federation
SportDraughts
JurisdictionInternational
Founded1947
Headquarters Amsterdam, Netherlands
President Janek Mäggi

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:

Presidents
  1. 1947: J. H. Willems,  Netherlands
  2. 1968: Beppino Rizzi,  Italy
  3. 1975: Huib van de Vreugde,  Netherlands
  4. 1978: Piet Roozenburg,  Netherlands
  5. 1980: Wim Jurg,  Netherlands
  6. 1984: Vadim Bairamov,  Soviet Union
  7. 1985: Piet Roozenburg,  Netherlands (interim)
  8. 1986: Piet Roozenburg,  Netherlands
  9. 1990: Vadim Bairamov,  Soviet Union
  10. 1991: Chr. H. ten Haaf,  Netherlands
  11. 1992: Gaetano Mazzilli,  Italy (interim)
  12. 1992: Wouter van Beek,  Netherlands
  13. 2003: Ivan Shovkoplias,  Ukraine
  14. 2005: Vladimir Ptitsyn,  Russia
  15. 2009: Harry Otten,  Netherlands
  16. 2017: Janek Mäggi,  Estonia

Disciplines

International draughts at 100 squares, Russian and Brazilian 64 and checkers:[2]

Global Championships

Regional Championships
  • Asian Draughts Championships - Since 1999 [4][5]
  • European Draughts Championships - Since 1999 [6]
  • Pan American Draughts Championships - 21st Pan-American Senior International Draughts Championship 2020 Republica Dominicana, April 26 to May 04th, 2020 [7]

Regions
  • 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 (1)

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
  1. https://www.fmjd.org/?p=fmjd
  2. https://gaisf.sport/members/world-draughts-federation/
  3. http://www.wcdf.net/
  4. http://asiadraughts.org/about/
  5. http://asiadraughts.org/medal/
  6. http://europedraughts.org/results-year-by-year/
  7. https://pamdcc.com/games/
  8. http://asiadraughts.org/
  9. http://europedraughts.org/
  10. https://pamdcc.com/
  11. https://www.fmjd.org/?p=all&cont=afr
  12. https://www.fmjd.org/?p=all&cont=amer
  13. https://www.fmjd.org/?p=all&cont=asia
  14. https://www.fmjd.org/?p=all&cont=aus
  15. https://www.fmjd.org/?p=all&cont=eur
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