Governing body of association football in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Football Association of Bosnia and Herzegovina
UEFA
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Short name
| N/FSBiH
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Founded
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- 1920
; 104 years ago
(
1920
)
- 1992
; 32 years ago
(
1992
)
(refounded)
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Headquarters
| Sarajevo
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FIFA
affiliation
| 1996
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UEFA
affiliation
| 1998
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President
| Vico Zeljkovi?
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Website
| nfsbih.ba
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The
Football Association of Bosnia and Herzegovina
(Nogometni/Fudbalski Savez Bosne i Hercegovine (N/FSBiH); Ногометни/Фудбалски Савез Босне и Херцеговине (Н/ФСБиХ), (FSBiH); unified abbreviation N/FSBiH), based in
Sarajevo
, is the chief officiating body of
football
in
Bosnia and Herzegovina
. The Bosnian football association was founded as the Sarajevo football sub-association of Yugoslavia in 1920. In 1992, the association was re-founded as the Football Association of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
In May 2002, the Football Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina was unified to include both Bosnian regional football associations, the
Football Association of Republika Srpska
, and the already unified Football Association of Bosnia and Herzegovina with the
Football Federation of Herzeg-Bosnia
. In April 2011, it changed its name from the Football Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina to the Football Association of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
History
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Pre-independence (1903?1992)
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The game reached Bosnia and Herzegovina at the start of the 20th century, with
Sarajevo
(in 1903)
[1]
and
Mostar
(in 1905)
[2]
being the first cities to embrace it.
Banja Luka
,
Tuzla
,
Zenica
and
Biha?
were next along with numerous smaller towns as the sport spread. The country was under
Austro-Hungarian
rule when official competition began in 1908, though these activities were on a small scale within each territory.
[3]
At the outbreak of World War I, there were five clubs in Sarajevo, four based on religious and ethnic affiliation:
SA?K
as Bosnian Croatian,
Slavija
affiliated to Bosnian Serbs, Bosniaks
đerzelez
(also known as
Sarajevski
) and Makabi Sarajevo (also known as
Barkohba
) as Bosnian Jewish club; while only multi-ethnic was worker's club R?D Hajduk.
[4]
[5]
Along with Sarajevo-based clubs there were approximately 20 outside the capital. The creation of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia post 1918 brought an increase in the number of leagues, and soon a domestic national championship was organised featuring two teams from Bosnia and Herzegovina, the champions of Banja Luka football sub-association and Sarajevo football sub-association. In 1920, the direct predecessor of the football association of Bosnia-Herzegovina was founded as the Sarajevo football subassociation.
[
citation needed
]
The unified championship ran until 1939/40.
The Football Association of Bosnia and Herzegovina was founded after the Second World War, being affiliated to the
Yugoslav Football Association
.
Bosnia and Herzegovina's
best sides
at the time were
FK Sarajevo
,
FK ?eljezni?ar
(Sarajevo),
FK Vele?
(Mostar),
FK Sloboda
(Tuzla),
NK ?elik
(Zenica) and
FK Borac
(Banja Luka) which played in the Yugoslavian
first league
,
second league
and
cup competitions
with moderate to good success, while its
best players
with the likes of
Predrag Pa?i?
,
Vahid Halilhod?i?
,
Davor Jozi?
,
Safet Su?i?
,
Josip Katalinski
,
Faruk Had?ibegi?
,
Ivica Osim
,
Asim Ferhatovi?
,
Bla? Sli?kovi?
,
Mehmed Ba?darevi?
,
Du?an Bajevi?
,
Edhem ?ljivo
,
Enver Mari?
and many others were chosen to represent
SFR Yugoslavia national football team
.
[6]
Post-independence (1992?present)
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The old Football Association of Bosnia and Herzegovina logo
During the season
1997?98
Bosnia-Herzegovina football league competition included both Bosniak and Bosnian Croat clubs playing against each other for the first time. Before this, the leagues ran strictly divided along ethnic lines. Bosnian Serb clubs joined the league system in 2002.
Premier League unification (May 2002)
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In May, 2002,
Football Association of Bosnia and Herzegovina
was unified to include both Bosnian entity football associations, the
Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Football Association,
[7]
based in
Sarajevo
, and Republika Srpska Football Association,
[8]
based in
Banja Luka
. The unified Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina that includes clubs from both entities started from the
2002-03 season
and is active today. Each semi-autonomous half also has a federation of its own.
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FIFA suspends Bosnian FA
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H
ead of normalization committee BiH
Ivica Osim
, woth
Du?an Bajevi?
,
Faruk Had?ibegi?
, Jasmin Bakovi? and UEFA guests
Michel Platini
,
Allan Hansen
,
Peter Gillieron
,
Theodore Theodoridis
, Muhamed Taa.
(October 2012 Sarajevo)
On 1 April 2011
UEFA
and
FIFA
announced the suspension of the Football Association of Bosnia and Herzegovina with immediate effect.
[9]
[10]
UEFA and FIFA decided to do so because the Association didn't follow the new UEFA statute, namely the rule under which the organization must be led by a single president.
[11]
They had three, one for each one of the constituent national ethnicities:
Bosniaks
, Bosnian Serbs and
Bosnian Croats
, as was the case with the Dayton Agreement. The suspension was lifted on 30 May 2011 after the new statute was unanimously approved by all three ethnic groups.
[12]
[13]
In the past years, some Bosnian players were very vocal about their opposition to then-leaders in the Bosnian FA, who were elected or appointed because of ethnic affiliation rather than professional qualifications. Fans often either boycotted the games or displayed anti-FA banners at the games they did attend. 13 Bosnian national team players (
Misimovi?
,
Berberovi?
,
Gruji?
,
Bartolovi?
,
Hrgovi?
,
Bajramovi?
,
Papac
,
Spahi?
,
Milenkovi?
,
Grli?
,
Be?lija
,
Hasagi?
, and
Tolja
) released a statement published in
Dnevni Avaz
daily, announcing they would boycott all national team matches until four FA officials ?
Milan Jeli?
, Iljo Dominkovi?, Sulejman ?olakovi?, and Ahmet Pa?ali? ? resigned.
[14]
"We will no longer accept call-ups to the national team while these people are performing these functions, hoping that our gesture will mark the first step in the healing of this cancer in our soccer and a new beginning for the national team for which our hearts beat." in the letter it was quoted. A new team had to be assembled to continue
qualifications for Euro 2008
. Former forwards
Sergej Barbarez
and
Elvir Boli?
were the most vocal against the corruption in the Bosnian FA appearing on numerous TV shows expressing their deep frustration about the situation in the Bosnian football over the years.
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citation needed
]
FIFA imposes normalisation committee (April 2011 ? December 2012)
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Ivica Osim
become the interim leader of the Bosnian FA, after FIFA and UEFA suspended the country from international competitions for two months in April 2011
[15]
From 1 April 2011 to December 2012, NSBiH was run by a FIFA-imposed normalisation committee headed by football great
Ivica Osim
, which helped lift the FIFA imposed suspension of Bosnian football.
[16]
Other members of the Normalisation Committee include former football players and managers:
Faruk Had?ibegi?
,
Du?an Bajevi?
,
Sergej Barbarez
and Jasmin Bakovi?. According to many football enthusiasts, this was a welcome change for the football in the country. One of those dismissed from their positions was a former NSBiH secretary general
Munib U?anovi?
, who was successfully prosecuted over tax evasion and illegal misappropriation of the NFSBiH funds. Together with Miodrag Kure?, Munib U?anovi? has been sentenced to five years in jail over tax fraud.
[17]
Elvedin Begi? elected first single president (December 2012)
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On 13 December 2012, members of Football Association of Bosnia and Herzegovina voted in
Elvedin Begi?
as the new first single president of the BiH football organization for the next four years.
[18]
[19]
Begi? was serving as vice president of the Normalisation Committee prior to this position.
[
citation needed
]
UEFA President opens sport centre in Zenica (September 2013)
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On 2 September 2013, UEFA President
Michel Platini
opened the Bosnia and Herzegovina Football Association new state of the art training centre, built with UEFA, FIFA and city of Zenica funding.
[20]
Alongside of Michel Platini and Bosnian FA president
Elvedin Begi?
, other special guests from the region included president of the
Croatian Football Federation
Davor ?uker
, and
Football Association of Serbia
general secretary Zoran Lakovi?. Also joining them were
Ivica Osim
, Jasmin Bakovi?, Rodoljub Petkovi? and at the time Bosnia-Herzegovina team coaches
Safet Su?i?
and
Bor?e Sredojevi?
, as well as past team captain
Emir Spahi?
,
Senad Luli?
, as well as
Vlado Jagodi?
(coach of U21 Bosnia side at the time), former Bosnia players
Muhamed Konji?
,
Elvir Boli?
,
Vedin Musi?
, and many others.
[21]
On 20 January 2015, Project dubbed "Projekat obnove sportskog centra u Mostaru za pomirenje u zajednici kroz promociju sporta" was announced meaning SKC Kantarevac in
Mostar
will be built and serve as the city's new football academy sponsored by Japanese embassy and
Tsuneyasu Miyamoto
and supported locally by
Ivica Osim
, former
Japan national football team
manager.
[22]
Vico Zeljkovi? elected president (March 2021)
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On 16 March 2021,
Vico Zeljkovi?
, president of the
Football Association of Republika Srpska
, was elected president of the Bosnia and Herzegovina FA.
[23]
Management
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- As of 27 April 2023
Position
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Name
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President
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Vico Zeljkovi?
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Honorary President
|
Ivica Osim
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General Secretary
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Adnan D?emid?i?
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Board executive
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Milorad Sofreni?
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Board executive
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Ivan Beus
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Board executive
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Muris Jaband?i?
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Board executive
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Irfan Duri?
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Board executive
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Mato Jozi?
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Board executive
|
Fuad ?olpa
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Board executive
|
Milorad O. Lale
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Board executive
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Ivan Peri?
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Board executive
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Azmir Husi?
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Board executive
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Muhidin Ra??i?
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Board executive
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Midhet Saraj?i?
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Board executive
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Dragan Soldo
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Board executive
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Milo? Brki?
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Board executive
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?arko Laketa
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Position
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Name
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Head of Appeals Commission
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Zdenko Vidovi?
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Head of Discipline Commission
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Josip Roso
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Head of Committee for competition
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Milorad O. Lale
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Head of Referee commission
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Dragan Banjac
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Head of Committee for stadiums and security
|
?eljko Pu?i?
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Head of Players' Status Committee
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Vitomir ?o?kovi?
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Head of Legal department
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Enes Ha?i?
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Head of sports medicine department
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Adnan ?atrovi?
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Head of Youth football commission
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Mensur Dogan
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Head of Women's football commission
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Dane Bevanda
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Head of Futsal commission
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Marko Br?i?
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Head of media department
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Emir Deli?
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Head of International relations
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Branko Ivkovi?
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Head of finances
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Momir To?i?
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Head of the Technical committee
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Munir Talovi?
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Head of marketing
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Mladen Jela?a
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Head of First Instance Licensing committee
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Suad Zeljkovi?
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Head of Second Instance Licensing committee
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Ivica đogi?
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Current head coaches
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- As of 19 April 2024
List of presidents
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Since Bosnia became a member of FIFA in 1996 and until April 2011, the Football Association was headed by a three-member presidency, made up of a Bosniak, a Croat and a Serb.
[24]
Due to Bosnia's unique situation and its political problems this setup was tolerated for years by both FIFA and UEFA - until transition period was over on 1 April 2011, when they suspended the association for failing to comply with FIFA statutes.
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No.
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President
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Period
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As Members of the Presidency of FSBiH
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1
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Jusuf Pu?ina
Jerko Doko
|
1994 ? May 2002
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2
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Sulejman ?olakovi?
Milan Jeli?
Bogdan ?eko
Iljo Dominkovi?
|
May 2002 ? 18 April 2011
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As President of N/FSBiH normalization committee
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1
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Ivica Osim
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18 April 2011 ? 13 December 2012
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As President of N/FSBiH
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1
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Elvedin Begi?
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13 December 2012 ? 16 March 2021
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2
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Vico Zeljkovi?
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16 March 2021 ? present
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Note: Since 1996 to 2011 past FA presidency members were regularly rotated.
N/FSBiH operates these codes:
References
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Further reading
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External links
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League competitions
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National teams
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General
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Home stadiums
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Training centre
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Statistics
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Players
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Goals
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World Cup Finals
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Other national teams
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Summer Olympic Sports
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- Aquatics
- Diving
- Swimming
- Synchronized Swimming
- Water polo
- Archery
- Athletics
- Badminton
- Basketball
- Boxing
- Canoeing
- Cycling
- Equestrian
- Fencing
- Field hockey
- Football
- Golf
- Gymnastics
- Handball
- Judo
- Modern pentathlon
- Rugby 7's
- Rowing
- Sailing
- Shooting
- Table tennis
- Taekwondo
- Tennis
- Triathlon
- Volleyball
- Weightlifting
- Wrestling
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Winter Olympic Sports
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- Biathlon
- Bobsleigh
- Curling
- Skating (Figure, Speed & Short Track)
- Ice hockey
- Luge
- Skeleton
- Skiing (Alpine, Cross Country, Nordic Combined, Freestyle & Jumping)
- Snowboarding
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Other IOC Recognised Sports
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- Air sports
- Auto racing
- Bandy
- Baseball
- Billiard sports
- Boules
- Bowling
- Bridge
- Chess
- Cricket
- Dance sport
- Floorball
- Karate
- Korfball
- Lifesaving
- Motorcycle racing
- Mountaineering and Climbing
- Netball
- Orienteering
- Pelota Vasca
- Polo
- Powerboating
- Racquetball
- Roller sports
- Rugby
- Softball
- Sport climbing
- Squash
- Sumo
- Surfing
- Tug of war
- Underwater sports
- Water ski
- Wushu
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Paralympic Sports
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Others Sports
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