International eSports Federation
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Member nations
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| Abbreviation | IeSF |
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| Formation | August 11, 2008 |
| Type | Sports federation |
| Headquarters | Seoul, South Korea |
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Official language
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English |
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President
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Byung Hun Jun |
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Main organ
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General Assembly |
| Affiliations | TAFISA |
| Website | http://www.ie-sf.com |
The International e-Sports Federation (IeSF) is a global organisation based in South Korea whose mission it is to have electronic sports recognized as a legitimate sport.
The International e-Sports Federation's mission is to promote electronic sports as true sports, and become the global body in charge of maintaining, promoting and supporting it. In order to achieve these goals, the IeSF is focused on four core projects:
In order to become an international sports body that is true to its name, the IeSF is working with governmental bodies, international sports organisations and video game developers in order to achieve the greater goal of uniting the entire e-Sports world under one jurisdiction.
So far, there are 47 member nations in IeSF:
The International e-Sports Federation was founded in August 8, 2008 by nine e-Sports associations from Denmark, South Korea, Germany, Austria, Belgium, The Netherlands, Switzerland, Vietnam and Taiwan, and held its first general meeting in November of the same year.
A year later, in December 12, the IeSF was able to host its own international tournaments, starting with the "IeSF challenge" in 2009, followed by "IeSF Grand Finals" in 2010, and the "IeSF World Championship" in 2011 and onward.
2012 saw a massive breakthrough for e-Sports and the IeSF, as the IeSF 2012 World championship presented an e-Sports tournament for women for the first time.
In July 7, 2013, IeSF was selected as counterpart for the electronic sports discipline of the 4th Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games. This was a big breakthrough for e-Sports and the IeSF, as the branch was introduced in an Olympic event for the first time.
In May 2013, IeSF was approved as the official signatory of the World Anti-Doping Agency in the branch of e-Sports.
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