# International Softball Federation

The International Softball Federation (ISF) is the former international governing body for the sport of softball with its world headquarters and training centre at Plant City, Florida. The ISF is a non-profit corporation recognized by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and SportAccord (formerly the General Association of International Sports Federations).
In 2013 a merger between the International Baseball Federation (IBAF) and International Softball Federation (ISF), the world governing bodies for baseball and softball, created the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) which now serves as the overarching world governing body for the sports of baseball, softball, and Baseball5. The ISF represents the softball division.
The ISF organizes and conducts world championship competition in women's & men's fast pitch, junior women's & junior men's fast pitch (19-and-under), women's, men's & coed slow pitch, and women's & men's modified pitch. The ISF sanctions regional championships and provides technical support to Regional (Multi-Sport) Games. Additionally the ISF qualifies teams for Olympic softball competition in coordination with the IOC. The ISF provides the official playing rules for international competition including: Olympic Games, world championships, regional championships, regional games and other sanctioned competitions.
As part of a campaign to return softball to the Olympic Games in time for 2020, in April 2013, the ISF began a process of merging with the International Baseball Federation to form a new combined federation for both sports, the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC).

## Hall of Fame

For a list of inductees and their biographical sketches, see footnote The ISF Hall of Fame has inducted members every other year since 1981. Inductees include players, coaches, umpires, and administrators (plus individuals in the Meritorious Service category). Individuals are nominated by the national governing body for softball in their country. Nominees are considered by the ISF Hall of Fame Commission. Voting is conducted at the biennial ISF congress. The ISF is planning to build an ISF Hall of Fame & Museum at its world headquarters in Plant City, Florida, USA.

## Medal of Honor

For a list of recipients, see footnote The ISF Medal of Honor was first awarded in 1990.

## List of members

The ISF considers some dependent territories, such as the British Virgin Islands, to be "countries" for the purposes of international competition. Those dependent territories compete separately from their "parent" country. There are members from every continent in the world, except Antarctica.
The national governing body for softball in each of the countries listed below is considered to be a member of the ISF.

### Africa

There are 18 member countries.
| Botswana  Burkina Faso  Cameroon  Gambia  Guinea  Guinea-Bissau | Kenya  Lesotho  Liberia  Mali  Namibia  Nigeria | Senegal  Sierra Leone  South Africa  Uganda  Zambia  Zimbabwe |

### Americas

There are 33 countries and dependent territories.
| Anguilla  Antigua and Barbuda  Argentina  Aruba  Bahamas  Barbados  Belize  Bermuda  Bolivia  Brazil  British Virgin Islands | Canada  Cayman Islands  Colombia  Costa Rica  Cuba  Dominican Republic  Ecuador  El Salvador  Guatemala  Honduras  Jamaica | Mexico  Netherlands Antilles  Nicaragua  Panama  Peru  Puerto Rico  Turks and Caicos Islands  United States  Uruguay  Venezuela  U.S. Virgin Islands. (The ISF calls them the Virgin Islands) |

### Asia

There are 22 member countries and dependent territories.
| Brunei  Cambodia  China  Hong Kong  India  Indonesia  Iran  Iraq  Laos  Japan | Jordan  Kazakhstan  North Korea  South Korea  Malaysia  Mongolia  Nepal  Pakistan | Philippines  Singapore  Chinese Taipei (Taiwan)  Thailand  Uzbekistan  Vietnam |

### Europe

There are 39 countries and dependent territories.
| Armenia  Austria  Azerbaijan  Belarus Site  Belgium  Bulgaria  Croatia  Cyprus  Czech Republic  Denmark | Estonia  Finland  France  Georgia  Germany  Great Britain  Greece  Guernsey  Hungary  Ireland | Israel  Italy  Kosovo  Lithuania  Malta  Moldova  Netherlands  Norway  Poland  Romania  Russia | San Marino  Serbia  Slovakia  Slovenia  Spain  Sweden  Switzerland  Turkey  Ukraine |

### Oceania

There are 12 member countries and dependent territories.
| American Samoa  Australia  Cook Islands  Guam | Northern Mariana Islands (Mariana Islands)  Marshall Islands  Micronesia  New Zealand | Palau  Papua New Guinea  Samoa  Solomon Islands |