Tug of War International Federation

Regions

1. Asia: 22
2. Oceania: 1
3. Africa: 12
4. Americas:
5. Europe:

Member countries

Due to national organization and historical rivalry, certain countries are listed below as individuals, rather than as members of a larger political union. For example, the Home Countries compete as separate nations, and the Basque Country has its own team.^[1]

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Country	Member name	Ref
Australia	Australian Tug of War Association	[2]
Azerbaijan	Azerbaijan Tug of War Sports Society Public Association	[2]
Basque Country		[2]
Belgium	Belgische Touwtrek Bond	[2]
Brazil	Brazil Tug of War Association	[2]
Brunei Darussalam		[2]
Cambodia		[2]
Cameroon	Tug of War Cameroonian Federation	[2]
Canada	Canadian Tug of War Association	[2]
Channel Islands		[2]
China	Chinese Tug of War Association	[2]
Chinese Taipei	Chinese Taipei Tug of War Association	[2]
Colombia		[2]
Democratic Republic of Congo	TUG OF WAR DRC COD	[2]
Czech Republic	Czech Republic Tug of War Association	[2]
Denmark		[2]
Dominican Republic	Dominican Republic Tug of War Association	[2]
England	English Tug of War Association	[3]
Estonia		[2]
Finland		[2]
France	French Tug of War Association	[2]
Gambia		[2]
Georgia		[2]
Germany	Deutscher Rasenkraftsport- und Tauzieh-Verband [de]	[2]
Ghana	Ghana Tug of War Association	[2]
Greece	Hellenic Tug of War Federation	[2]
Haiti		[2]
Hong Kong		[2]
Hungary	Hungarian Tug of War Association	[2]
India	Tug of War Federation of India	[2]
Iran	Iran Tug of War Association	[2]
Ireland	Irish Tug of War Association	[4]
Israel	Israel Tug of War Association	[2]
Italy	Federazione Italiana Sport del Tiro alla Fune	[5]
Japan	Japan Tug of War Federation	[2]
Kenya	Kenya Tug of War Association	[2]
Korea	Korean Tug of War Association	[2]
Kyrgyzstan		[2]
Laos		[2]
Latvia	Latvian Tug of War Association	[2]
Lithuania		[2]
Macau	Tug of War General Association Macao, China	[2]
Malaysia		[2]
Malta	Malta tug of war Association	[2]
Mauritius		[2]
Mongolia		[2]
Morocco		[2]
Myanmar		[2]
Namibia	Namibia Tug of War Association	[2]
Nepal	Nepal Tug of War Association	[2]
Netherlands	Nederlandse Touwtrek Bond	[2]
Nigeria	Tug of War Association of Nigeria	[2]
Northern Ireland	Northern Ireland Tug of War Association	[2]
Pakistan	Pakistan Tug of War Federation	[2]
Philippines	Philippines Tug of War Association	[2]
Poland		[2]
Romania		[2]
Russia		[2]
Scotland	Scottish Tug of War Association	[6]
Serbia		[2]
Sierra Leone	Sierra Leone Tug of War Association	[2]
Singapore		[2]
Slovakia		[2]
South Africa	South African Tug of War Federation	[7]
Sri Lanka		[2]
Sweden	Svenska Dragkampforbundet [sv]	[2]
Switzerland	Schweizer Tauziehverband	[2]
Thailand	Tug of War Thailand Association	[2]
Turkey	Turkish Traditional Sports Federation	[2]
Ukraine		[2]
US	US Amateur Tug of War Association, Inc	[2]
Vietnam		[2]
Wales	Welsh Tug of War Association	[2]
Zambia		[2]
Zimbabwe	Zimbabwe Tug of War Association	[2]

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European Tug of War Federation (ETWF)

On August 12, 2021, the European Tug of War Federation (ETWF), based in Sweden, was founded by several European federations at the headquarters of the Polish Tug of War Federation. Its goals include improving communication between tug-of-war nations in Europe, introducing new disciplines such as beach tug-of-war and individual tug-of-war, which already exist in Sweden, and advancing the goal of returning tug-of-war to the Olympics.^[8][9]

Currently (as of September 1, 2024), the following 15 nations are members of the ETWF: Ireland, Azerbaijan, Belgium, the Czech Republic, Germany, Israel, Latvia, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Poland, Russia, Serbia, Sweden, Turkey and Ukraine.

Asian Tug of War Federation (ATWF)

14th Asian Indoor Tug of War Championships was held in Thailand at 2019.