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The following 3-letter codes are officially recognised by the IWF and are to be used in all international competitions, on scoreboards, result sheets, referee cards, record protocols, anti-doping control documents, etc.
Full Member (*FM): is a Member Federation of a country as defined in the IWF Rule 5 of the Constitution and Rules entitled to full membership rights which are set out in rule 9.
Associated Member (*AM): is a Federation of a non-sovereign country, meaning that such non-sovereign country has no National Olympic Committee recognized by the IOC as defined in rule 6.
Provisional Member (*PM): is a National Federation of a country as defined in rule 7 of the IWF Constitution and Rules that has submitted its application and is waiting for admission to full membership.
Temporarily Suspended (*TS): IWF membership can provisionally suspended in case a Member Federation fails to fulfil the obligations defined in rule 8 of the IWF Constitution. (Schedule 2 of the IWF Constitution and Rules – Member in a Good Standing Criteria)
AFGHANISTAN
Code: AFG
Status: FM
ALBANIA
Code: ALB
Status: FM
ALGERIA
Code: ALG
Status: FM
ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA
Code: ANT
Status: FM
ARGENTINA
Code: ARG
Status: FM
ARMENIA
Code: ARM
Status: FM
ARUBA
Code: ARU
Status: FM
AMERICAN SAMOA
Code: ASA
Status: FM
AUSTRALIA
Code: AUS
Status: FM
AUSTRIA
Code: AUT
Status: FM
AZERBAIJAN
Code: AZE
Status: FM
BAHAMAS
Code: BAH
Status: FM
BANGLADESH
Code: BAN
Status: FM
BARBADOS
Code: BAR
Status: FM
BURUNDI
Code: BDI
Status: PM
BELGIUM
Code: BEL
Status: FM
BHUTAN
Code: BHU
Status: FM
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA
Code: BIH
Status: FM
BELIZE
Code: BIZ
Status: FM
BELARUS
Code: BLR
Status: FM
BOLIVIA
Code: BOL
Status: FM
BOTSWANA
Code: BOT
Status: FM
BRAZIL
Code: BRA
Status: FM
BAHRAIN
Code: BRN
Status: FM
BRUNEI DARUSSALAM
Code: BRU
Status: FM
BULGARIA
Code: BUL
Status: FM
CAMBODIA
Code: CAM
Status: FM
CANADA
Code: CAN
Status: FM
CAYMAN ISLANDS
Code: CAY
Status: FM
CONGO
Code: CGO
Status: FM
CHILE
Code: CHI
Status: FM
PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA
Code: CHN
Status: FM
CAMEROUN
Code: CMR
Status: FM
DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO
Code: COD
Status: FM
COOK ISLANDS
Code: COK
Status: FM
COLOMBIA
Code: COL
Status: FM
COMOROS
Code: COM
Status: FM
CAPE VERDE
Code: CPV
Status: PM
COSTA RICA
Code: CRC
Status: FM
CROATIA
Code: CRO
Status: FM
CUBA
Code: CUB
Status: FM
CURACAO
Code: CUR
Status: FM
CYPRUS
Code: CYP
Status: FM
CZECH REPUBLIC
Code: CZE
Status: FM
DENMARK
Code: DEN
Status: FM
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
Code: DOM
Status: FM
ECUADOR
Code: ECU
Status: FM
EGYPT
Code: EGY
Status: FM
EL SALVADOR
Code: ESA
Status: FM
SPAIN
Code: ESP
Status: FM
ESTONIA
Code: EST
Status: FM
ETHIOPIA
Code: ETH
Status: FM
FIJI
Code: FIJ
Status: FM
FINLAND
Code: FIN
Status: FM
FRANCE
Code: FRA
Status: FM
FAROE ISLANDS
Code: FRO
Status: PM
FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA
Code: FSM
Status: FM
GAMBIA
Code: GAM
Status: FM, TS
GREAT BRITAIN
Code: GBR
Status: FM
GEORGIA
Code: GEO
Status: FM
EQUATORIAL GUINEA
Code: GEQ
Status: PM
GERMANY
Code: GER
Status: FM
GHANA
Code: GHA
Status: FM
GREECE
Code: GRE
Status: FM
GUATEMALA
Code: GUA
Status: FM
GUINEA
Code: GUI
Status: FM, TS
GUAM
Code: GUM
Status: FM
GUYANA
Code: GUY
Status: FM
HAITI
Code: HAI
Status: FM
HONG KONG, CHINA
Code: HKG
Status: FM
HONDURAS
Code: HON
Status: FM
HUNGARY
Code: HUN
Status: FM
INDONESIA
Code: INA
Status: FM
INDIA
Code: IND
Status: FM
ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN
Code: IRI
Status: FM
IRELAND
Code: IRL
Status: FM
IRAQ
Code: IRQ
Status: FM
ICELAND
Code: ISL
Status: FM
ISRAEL
Code: ISR
Status: FM
U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS
Code: ISV
Status: FM, TS
ITALY
Code: ITA
Status: FM
JAMAICA
Code: JAM
Status: FM
JORDAN
Code: JOR
Status: FM
JAPAN
Code: JPN
Status: FM
KAZAKHSTAN
Code: KAZ
Status: FM
KENYA
Code: KEN
Status: FM
KYRGYZSTAN
Code: KGZ
Status: FM
KIRIBATI
Code: KIR
Status: FM
REPUBLIC OF KOREA
Code: KOR
Status: FM
KOSOVO
Code: KOS
Status: FM
SAUDI ARABIA
Code: KSA
Status: FM
KUWAIT
Code: KUW
Status: FM
LAO PEOPLE'S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC
Code: LAO
Status: FM
LATVIA
Code: LAT
Status: FM
LIBYA
Code: LBA
Status: FM
LEBANON
Code: LBN
Status: FM
LIBERIA
Code: LBR
Status: FM, TS
LESOTHO
Code: LES
Status: FM
LITHUANIA
Code: LTU
Status: FM
LUXEMBOURG
Code: LUX
Status: FM
MACAU, CHINA
Code: MAC
Status: FM
MADAGASCAR
Code: MAD
Status: FM
MOROCCO
Code: MAR
Status: FM
MALAYSIA
Code: MAS
Status: FM
MALAWI
Code: MAW
Status: FM, TS
REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA
Code: MDA
Status: FM
MALDIVES
Code: MDV
Status: FM, TS
MEXICO
Code: MEX
Status: FM
MONGOLIA
Code: MGL
Status: FM
MARSHALL ISLANDS
Code: MHL
Status: FM
NORTH MACEDONIA
Code: MKD
Status: PM
MALI
Code: MLI
Status: FM, TS
MALTA
Code: MLT
Status: FM
MONACO
Code: MON
Status: FM
MAURITIUS
Code: MRI
Status: FM
MAURITANIA
Code: MTN
Status: FM, TS
MYANMAR
Code: MYA
Status: FM
NICARAGUA
Code: NCA
Status: FM
NEW CALEDONIA
Code: NCL
Status: AM
NETHERLANDS
Code: NED
Status: FM
NEPAL
Code: NEP
Status: FM
NIGERIA
Code: NGR
Status: FM
NORTHERN IRELAND
Code: NIR
Status: AM
NIUE
Code: NIU
Status: FM
NORTHERN MARIANAS
Code: NMI
Status: FM
NORWAY
Code: NOR
Status: FM
NORFOLK ISLANDS
Code: NRF
Status: FM
NAURU
Code: NRU
Status: FM
NEW ZEALAND
Code: NZL
Status: FM
OMAN
Code: OMA
Status: FM
PAKISTAN
Code: PAK
Status: FM
PANAMA
Code: PAN
Status: FM
PARAGUAY
Code: PAR
Status: FM
PERU
Code: PER
Status: FM
PHILIPPINES
Code: PHI
Status: FM
PALESTINE
Code: PLE
Status: FM
PALAU
Code: PLW
Status: FM
PAPUA NEW GUINEA
Code: PNG
Status: FM
POLAND
Code: POL
Status: FM
PORTUGAL
Code: POR
Status: FM
DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF KOREA
Code: PRK
Status: FM
PUERTO RICO
Code: PUR
Status: FM
QATAR
Code: QAT
Status: FM
ROMANIA
Code: ROU
Status: FM
SOUTH AFRICA
Code: RSA
Status: FM
RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Code: RUS
Status: FM
RWANDA
Code: RWA
Status: FM
SAMOA
Code: SAM
Status: FM
SCOTLAND
Code: SCO
Status: AM
SENEGAL
Code: SEN
Status: FM, TS
SEYCHELLES
Code: SEY
Status: FM
SINGAPORE
Code: SGP
Status: FM
SIERRA LEONE
Code: SLE
Status: FM
SLOVENIA
Code: SLO
Status: FM
SAN MARINO
Code: SMR
Status: FM
SOLOMON ISLANDS
Code: SOL
Status: FM
SOMALIA
Code: SOM
Status: FM, TS
SERBIA
Code: SRB
Status: FM
SRI LANKA
Code: SRI
Status: FM
SUDAN
Code: SUD
Status: FM
SWITZERLAND
Code: SUI
Status: FM
SURINAME
Code: SUR
Status: FM, TS
SLOVAKIA
Code: SVK
Status: FM
SWEDEN
Code: SWE
Status: FM
ESWATINI
Code: SWZ
Status: FM
SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC
Code: SYR
Status: FM
TAHITI
Code: TAH
Status: AM
UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA
Code: TAN
Status: FM, TS
TURKS & CAICOS ISLANDS
Code: TCA
Status: AM
TONGA
Code: TGA
Status: FM
THAILAND
Code: THA
Status: FM
TAJIKISTAN
Code: TJK
Status: FM
TURKMENISTAN
Code: TKM
Status: FM
DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF TIMOR-LESTE
Code: TLS
Status: FM
CHINESE TAIPEI
Code: TPE
Status: FM
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
Code: TTO
Status: FM
TUNISIA
Code: TUN
Status: FM
TURKEY
Code: TUR
Status: FM
TUVALU
Code: TUV
Status: FM
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
Code: UAE
Status: FM
UGANDA
Code: UGA
Status: FM
UKRAINE
Code: UKR
Status: FM
URUGUAY
Code: URU
Status: FM
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Code: USA
Status: FM
UZBEKISTAN
Code: UZB
Status: FM
VANUATU
Code: VAN
Status: FM
VENEZUELA
Code: VEN
Status: FM
VIETNAM
Code: VIE
Status: FM
ST. VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES
Code: VIN
Status: FM
WALES
Code: WAL
Status: AM
WALLIS AND FUTUNA
Code: WLF
Status: AM
YEMEN
Code: YEM
Status: FM
ZAMBIA
Code: ZAM
Status: FM
ZANZIBAR
Code: ZAN
Status: FM, TS
ZIMBABWE
Code: ZIM
Status: FM, TS