World Draughts Federation

The Fédération Mondiale du Jeu de Dames (FMJD, World Draughts Federation) 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

 * 1) 1947: J. H. Willems,
 * 2) 1968: Beppino Rizzi, 🇮🇹
 * 3) 1975: Huib van de Vreugde,
 * 4) 1978: Piet Roozenburg,
 * 5) 1980: Wim Jurg,
 * 6) 1984: Vadim Bairamov,
 * 7) 1985: Piet Roozenburg,  (interim)
 * 8) 1986: Piet Roozenburg,
 * 9) 1990: Vadim Bairamov,
 * 10) 1991: Chr. H. ten Haaf,
 * 11) 1992: Gaetano Mazzilli, 🇮🇹 (interim)
 * 12) 1992: Wouter van Beek,
 * 13) 2003: Ivan Shovkoplias, 🇺🇦
 * 14) 2005: Vladimir Ptitsyn, 🇷🇺
 * 15) 2009: Harry Otten,
 * 16) 2017: Janek Mäggi, 🇪🇪
 * 17) 2021: Jacek Pawlicki, 🇵🇱

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