page_title: Tug of war
section_title: National organizations
hierarchical_section_title: Tug of war / National organizations
caption_attribution_description: Harvard University Tug of War Team, 1888.
context_page_description: Tug of war is a sport that pits two teams against each other in a test of strength: teams pull on opposite ends of a rope, with the goal being to bring the rope a certain distance in one direction against the force of the opposing team's pull.
context_section_description: The sport is played almost in every country in the world. However, a small selection of countries have set up a national body to govern the sport. Most of these national bodies are associated then with the International governing body call TWIF which stands for The Tug of War International Federation. As of 2008 there are 53 countries associated with TWIF, among which are Scotland, Ireland, England, India, Switzerland, Belgium, Italy, South Africa and the United States.
caption: Harvard Tug of War team, 1888
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