Federation for International FootGolf

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Federation for International FootGolf, also known as FIFG, is the world's governing body for the sport of footgolf. Established in 2012,[1] FIFG organizes FootGolf World Cups, tours and regulates the sports footgolf associations around the world.[2]

A group of countries combined to form the Federation for International FootGolf in June 2012, and 8 countries played the first FootGolf World Cup in Hungary. The second FootGolf World Cup was held in January 2016 in Argentina and over 230 players from 26 FIFG member countries participated.[3] The 3rd FIFG FootGolf World Cup, organised by the French FootGolf Association, was played in Morocco in 2018 with the participation of 520 players from 33 countries. The 4th FIFG FootGolf World Cup was organised by the American FootGolf Federation in 2023, when 972 players from 39 countries attended the event in Orlando, Florida.

On October 3, 2017, the Global Association of International Sports Federations announced the federation as one of the first international federations to achieve Observer status.[4][5][6]

Responsibilities

  • Organizes footgolf tours[7][8]
  • Organizes the Footgolf World Cup[9][10][11]
  • Regulates member countries[12]
  • Set the rules of the sport [13]

Members

See also

References

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