# World Draughts Federation

The World Draughts Federation (Fédération Mondiale du Jeu de Dames) FMJD, is the international body uniting national draughts federations. It was founded in 1947 by four Federations: France, the Netherlands, Belgium and Switzerland.

## 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:
* General Association of International Sports Federations (GAISF)
* International Mind Sports Association (IMSA)

## Presidents

* 1947: J. H. Willems, Netherlands
* 1968: Beppino Rizzi, Italy
* 1975: Huib van de Vreugde, Netherlands
* 1978: Piet Roozenburg, Netherlands
* 1980: Wim Jurg, Netherlands
* 1984: Vadim Bairamov, Soviet Union
* 1985: Piet Roozenburg, Netherlands (interim)
* 1986: Piet Roozenburg, Netherlands
* 1990: Vadim Bairamov, Soviet Union
* 1991: Chr. H. ten Haaf, Netherlands
* 1992: Gaetano Mazzilli, Italy (interim)
* 1992: Wouter van Beek, Netherlands
* 2003: Ivan Shovkoplias, Ukraine
* 2005: Vladimir Ptitsyn, Russia
* 2009: Harry Otten, Netherlands
* 2017: Janek Mäggi, Estonia
* 2021: Jacek Pawlicki, Poland

## Disciplines

International draughts at 100 squares, Russian and Brazilian 64 and checkers:
* Online Checkers - Online Draughts
* Checkers
* 64 Russian Draughts and Brazilian Draughts
* Turkish Draughts

## 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 (CAJD).
* Asian Draughts Confederation As of 2018, has 26 member federations (12 countries are full members and 14 candidate members).
* European Draughts Confederation
* Pan American Draughts Confederation

## Members

In June 2021 have 77 members:
Africa (17) / Americas (14) / Asia (12) / Oceania (2) / Europe (32)
Members in 2014:

### Africa (16)

* – Fédération Béninoise de Jeu de Dames (FEBEJED)
* – 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