World Draughts Federation

The World Draughts Federation 'FMJD', is the international body uniting national draughts federations. It was founded in 1947 by four Federations: France, the Netherlands, Belgium and Switzerland.

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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

1947: J. H. Willems,
1968: Beppino Rizzi,
1975: Huib van de Vreugde,
1978: Piet Roozenburg,
1980: Wim Jurg,
1984: Vadim Bairamov,
1985: Piet Roozenburg,
1986: Piet Roozenburg,
1990: Vadim Bairamov,
1991: Chr. H. ten Haaf,
1992: Gaetano Mazzilli,
1992: Wouter van Beek,
2003: Ivan Shovkoplias,
2005: Vladimir Ptitsyn,
2009: Harry Otten,
2017: Janek Mäggi,
2021: Jacek Pawlicki,
2025: Janek Mäggi,

Disciplines

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

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
Asian Draughts Championships - since 1999
European Draughts Championships - since 1965
Panamerican Draughts Championship - since 1980

Regions

African Draughts Confederation.
Asian Draughts Confederation As of 2018, has 26 member federations.
European Draughts Confederation
Pan American Draughts Confederation

Members

In June 2021 have 77 members:
Africa / Americas / Asia / Oceania / Europe
Members in 2014:

Africa (16)

– Fédération Béninoise de Jeu de Dames
– 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