Governing bodies of winter sports

Federations whose sports are classed as winter sports; a federation governing several sports can appear under more than one type.

16federations

1892oldest founded

209national members recorded

16 federations

Federation	Sports	Founded	Based in	Members
International Ice Hockey Federation IIHF	Ice hockey, Inline hockey	1908	Zurich	91
International Ski and Snowboard Federation FIS	Telemark skiing, Skiing	1924	Oberhofen am Thunersee	8
International Skating Union ISU	Figure skating, Speed skating	1892	Lausanne	39
International Biathlon Union	Biathlon	1993	Anif	3
World Curling	Curling	1966	Perth	4
International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation IBSF	Bobsleigh, Skeleton	1923	Maison du Sport International	2
World Climbing IFSC	Competition lead climbing, Competition speed climbing	2007	Bern	21
International Orienteering Federation	Orienteering, Ski orienteering	1961	Karlstad	20
International Luge Federation FIL	Luge	1957	Wals-Siezenheim	3
Federation of International Bandy	Bandy, Rink bandy	1955	Söderhamn	6
International Waterski & Wakeboard Federation	Wakeboarding, Water skiing	1955	Geneva	7
Worldloppet	Cross-country skiing	1978	Predazzo	—
International Federation of Sleddog Sports	Sled dog racing	1985	Belgium	—
International Federation Icestocksport	Icestock sport	—	Zurich	3
World Snowboarding Federation WSF	Snowboarding	—	—	1
World Para Snowboard	Snowboarding	—	Adenauerallee 212–214	1

Members — national associations recorded as members in Wikidata; the official count can be higher.