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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)
AMERICAN SAMOA
Code: ASA
Status: FM
AUSTRALIA
Code: AUS
Status: FM
COOK ISLANDS
Code: COK
Status: FM
FIJI
Code: FIJ
Status: FM
FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA
Code: FSM
Status: FM
GUAM
Code: GUM
Status: FM
KIRIBATI
Code: KIR
Status: FM
MARSHALL ISLANDS
Code: MHL
Status: FM
NEW CALEDONIA
Code: NCL
Status: AM
NIUE
Code: NIU
Status: FM
NORTHERN MARIANAS
Code: NMI
Status: FM
NORFOLK ISLANDS
Code: NRF
Status: FM
NAURU
Code: NRU
Status: FM
NEW ZEALAND
Code: NZL
Status: FM
PALAU
Code: PLW
Status: FM
PAPUA NEW GUINEA
Code: PNG
Status: FM
SAMOA
Code: SAM
Status: FM
SOLOMON ISLANDS
Code: SOL
Status: FM
TAHITI
Code: TAH
Status: AM
TONGA
Code: TGA
Status: FM
TUVALU
Code: TUV
Status: FM
VANUATU
Code: VAN
Status: FM
WALLIS AND FUTUNA
Code: WLF
Status: AM
