International School Sport Federation

Around the mid 1960s, international sporting contests between schools has been increasing. Besides occasional and haphazard meetings between two or more schools, tournaments were beginning to be organised regularly in different disciplines: in handball from 1963, in volleyball from 1969, in football one year later and from 1971 also in basketball. Each of these annual tournaments produced basic regulations and a standing committee.

The large number of international competitions requiring eliminating heats at the national level soon gave rise to a desire to co-ordinate these events, within a specific International Federation. To help promote this idea, the Federal Minister of Education and Arts of the Republic of Austria convened a Conference at Raach in the Autumn of 1971. Here the conditions were discussed for setting up a European School Sport Federation.

After very lengthy debates, the project was approved. However, bearing future development possibilities in mind, the ISF was not limited to European countries alone. A Provisional Committee, the members of which were chosen from among the 21 nations present, was set up, and the meeting of the constituent General Assembly was fixed for 4 June 1972 at Beaufort/Luxembourg. This meeting adopted the Statutes and proceeded to elect the members of the first Executive Committee.[10]

Sport can greatly contribute to the physical, social and intellectual development of youngsters. Sport is a prevailing tool for the promotion of mutual understanding, peace and tolerance. The power of sport can break down cultural, religious and ideological barriers, no matter how big.

Gymnasiade is the biggest school sport event for youth athletes aged 15–18. It is being held every two (even) years, hosts between 12-18 different sport disciplines and welcomes over 3000 pupils from all over the World.

ISF School Summer Games

Edition	Year	City	Country	Date
1	1974	Wiesbaden	West Germany	23–28 September
2	1976	Orléans	France	21–27 June
3	1978	Izmir	Turkey	18–24 July
4	1980	Turin	Italy	1 - 7 June
5	1982	Lille	France	1 - 6 June
6	1984	Florence	Italy	5 - 9 June
7	1986	Nice	France	2 - 7 June
8	1988	Barcelona	Spain	3–9 June
9	1990	Bruges	Flanders	20–27 May
10	1994	Nicosia	Cyprus	14–21 May
11	1998	Shanghai	China	12 -19 October
12	2002	Caen	France	27 May - 3 June
13	2006	Athens/Thessaloniki	Greece	26 June – 3 July
14	2009	Doha	Qatar	7 – 12 December
15	2013	Brasília	Brazil	28 November – 4 December
16	2016	Trabzon	Turkey	11–18 July
17	2018	Marrakech	Morocco	2–9 May
18	2020	Jinjiang	China	17–24 October

Gymnasiade 2018 hosted 18 sport competitions:

• Athletics
• Gymnastics
  • Artistic Gymnastics
  • Rhythmic Gymnastics
  • Aerobic Gymnastics
• Swimming
• Archery
• Fencing
• Judo
• Karate
• Wrestling
• Chess
• Tennis
• Golf
• Petanque
• Boxing
• Surfing
• Cycling

ISF School Winter Games

ISF School Winter Games consisted of the following sport disciplines:

• Alpine skiing
• Biathlon
• Curling
• Figure skating
• Freestyle skiing
• Ski jumping
• Snowboard
• Taekwondo

Edition	Year	City	Country	Date
1	2018	Grenoble	France	5–10 February

Source :[12]

• 2017 ISF Combat Games consisted of 4 combat sports: Judo, Karate, Taekwondo and Wrestling.
• In 2017, 300 athletes from 6 countries (India,China, Russia, Brazil, UAE and France) attended the ISF Combat Games.

ISF Combat Games consist of the following sport disciplines:

• Judo
• Karate
• Taekwondo
• Wrestling

Edition	Year	City	Country	Date
1	2017	Agra	India	7–14 July
2	2019	Budapest	Hungary	16–20 June

From August 22–26, 2018, the first ever World Schools Championships in sambo took place in Oryol, Russian Federation.

Source :[13]

http://isfsports.org/inclusive-games-0

http://isfsports.org/educational-games-0

Around the 1960’s international sporting contests between schools were on the increase. Besides occasional and haphazard meetings between two or more schools, tournaments were beginning to be organised regularly in different disciplines: in handball from 1963, in volleyball from 1969, in football from 1970 and from 1971 also in basketball.

Today 21 sports have a separate World Schools Championship (WSC) with 10-12 championships being held per year. Each World Schools Championship usually last from 3–7 days. Yearly, more than 10.0000 pupils from all over the World take part in ISF World Schools Championship. Until 2017, only 21 Sports have a separate World School Championship (WSC). Other sports exist in Games (Summer , Winter or Combat) and havent separate WSC.

Source :[14]

• Official website