International Bowling Federation

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International Bowling Federation

Formation	1952
Type	Sports federation
Headquarters	Lausanne, Switzerland
Membership	134 national federations
Official language	English, German, French, Spanish
President	Sheikh Talal Mohammad Al-Sabah
Website	bowling.sport

International Bowling Federation (IBF), formerly known as the Fédération Internationale des Quilleurs (FIQ) from 1952 to April 2014^[1] and as World Bowling (WB) from April 2014 to November 2020,^[2] is the world governing body of nine-pin and ten-pin bowling. IBF was founded in 1952 in Hamburg, Germany by officials of the International Bowling Association (founded 1926)^[3] to grow worldwide interest in amateur ten-pin and nine-pin bowling, as well as international friendship by encouraging world and zone tournaments and other competition between bowlers of different countries. IBF has been recognized by the International Olympic Committee since 1979 as the governing body for bowling sports. Starting with five member federations in 1952, it grew to 141 in 2010.^[4] IBF has member federations located in all five Olympic regions.