Italian Ice Sports Federation
Official website

Sport	Ice Sports
Abbreviation	FISG
Founded	September 1926; 97 years ago (1926-09)
Affiliation	ISU, IIHF, WCF
Headquarters	Milan^[1]
President	Andrea Gios
Replaced	Federazione Italiana Sport Invernali (FISI)
www.fisg.it

The Italian Ice Sports Federation (Italian: Federazione Italiana Sport del Ghiaccio; FISG), is the governing body for ice sports in Italy. It was founded in September 1926 to promote the practice of winter sports on ice and to coordinate events. The FISG is a member of a number of international sports organizations including the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) and the International Skating Union (ISU). The headquarter is in Milan.^[2]

History

The first Italian Ice Sports Federation was established in September 1926 in Milan by the fusion of three pre-existing federations, those for bobsledding, ice skating and ice hockey. In 1933 the FISG combined with the Italian skiing federation to create the Federazione Italiana Sport Invernali (FISI) (Italian Federation for Winter Sports ), with its operations transferred to Rome.^[3]

After World War II, when Italian sports organizations were being recreated, ice hockey and skiing were separate from ice skating. In 1952 ice hockey again joined with ice skating creating the new Federazione Italiana Sport del Ghiaccio.

National teams

Sports

The FISG has authority over the following sports:

Federation presidents

List of presidents^[4]

No.	Name	Tenure
1	Aldo Bonacossa	1926–1927
2	Luigi Tornielli di Borgolavezzaro	1927–1933
3	Renato Ricci	1934–1945
4	Enrico Calcaterra	1946–1952
5	Remo Vigorelli	1952–1960
6	Enrico Calcaterra	1960–1972
7	Mario Pinferi	1972–1980
8	Luciano Rimoldi	1980–1992
9	Paul Seeber	1992–1997
10	Giancarlo Bolognini	1997–2014
11	Andrea Gios	2014–

Notable people

Georges Larivière, technical director of the Italian Ice Sports Federation^[5]
Lou Vairo, technical coordinator of ice hockey and coach of the Italy men's national ice hockey team^[6]

References

External links

Sports governing bodies in Italy (ITA)

Sports governing bodies in Italy (ITA)
Summer Olympic Sports	Aquatic sports (Diving, Swimming, Synchronized Swimming, Water Polo) Archery Athletics Badminton Basketball Bocce Boxing Canoeing Cycling Equestrian Fencing Field Hockey Football Golf Gymnastics Handball Judo - Karate - Wrestling Modern Pentathlon Rugby 7s Rowing Sailing Shooting sport Sporting clays Table Tennis Taekwondo Tennis Triathlon Volleyball inc. Beach Weightlifting Wrestling
Winter Olympic Sports	Ice sports (Curling, Figure, Speed, Short Track skating, Ice Hockey) Winter sports (Alpine skiing, Nordic skiing, Biathlon, Bobsleigh, Luge, Skeleton, Ski jumping, Ski touring, Snowboarding)
Other IOC Recognised Sports	Air sports Auto racing Bandy Baseball & Softball Billiard Sports Boules Bowling Bridge Chess Cricket Dance sport Floorball Korfball Lifesaving Motorcycle sport Mountaineering and Climbing Netball Orienteering Pelota Vasca Polo Powerboating Racquetball Roller sports (In-line hockey, Rink hockey, Roller speed skating) Rugby Sport climbing Squash Sumo Surfing Tug of war Underwater sports Water Ski Wushu
Paralympics and Disabled Sports
Others Sports	Rugby League Rugby Union
Italian National Olympic Committee Italian Paralympic Committee

National members of the International Ice Hockey Federation

National members of the International Ice Hockey Federation
Full members	Australia Austria Azerbaijan ~~Belarus~~† Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Canada China Chinese Taipei Croatia Czechia Denmark Estonia Finland France Georgia Germany Great Britain Hong Kong Hungary Iceland India Iran Ireland Israel Italy Japan Kazakhstan Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Latvia Lithuania Luxembourg Malaysia Mexico Mongolia Netherlands New Zealand North Korea Norway Philippines Poland Romania ~~Russia~~† Serbia Singapore Slovakia Slovenia South Africa South Korea Spain Sweden Switzerland Thailand Turkey Turkmenistan Ukraine United Arab Emirates United States
Associate members	Algeria Andorra Argentina Armenia Brazil Colombia Greece Indonesia Jamaica Lebanon Liechtenstein Macau Morocco Nepal North Macedonia Oman Portugal Puerto Rico Qatar Tunisia Uzbekistan
Affiliate members	Chile
Former members	Czechoslovakia East Germany Moldova Namibia Soviet Union Yugoslavia
† Russia and Belarus were suspended by the IIHF due to their invasion of Ukraine.

National members of the World Curling Federation

National members of the World Curling Federation
Disciplines Curling Doubles curling
Americas	BRA CAN DOM GUY MEX USA VIR
Europe	AND AUT BLR BEL BGR HRV CZE DNK ENG EST FIN FRA GEO DEU GRC HUN ISL IRL ISR ITA KOS LVA LIE LTU LUX NLD NOR POL PRT ROU RUS SCO SRB SVK SVN ESP SWE CHE TUR UKR WEL
Pacific-Asia	AFG AUS CHN TPE HKG IND JPN KAZ KWT KGZ MGL NZL NGR QAT KSA KOR
Pinnacle Events Olympics World Championships

Member federations of the International Skating Union

Figure skating (including synchronized skating)
Speed skating (including short-track speed skating)

European
members
(59)

Nations (57)

Andorra (Figure)
Armenia (Figure)
Austria (Figure)
Austria (Speed)
Azerbaijan (Figure)
Belarus
Belgium (Figure)
Belgium (Speed)
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bulgaria
Croatia
Cyprus (Figure)
Czech Republic (Figure)
Czech Republic (Speed)
Denmark
Estonia
Finland (Figure)
Finland (Speed)
France
Georgia (Figure)
Germany (Figure)
Germany (Speed)
Great Britain
Greece (Figure)
Hungary
Iceland (Figure)
Republic of Ireland
Israel
Italy
Latvia
Liechtenstein (Figure)
Lithuania (Figure)
Lithuania (Speed)
Luxembourg (Figure)
Luxembourg (Speed)
North Macedonia (Figure)
Moldova (Figure)
Monaco (Figure)
Netherlands
Norway
Poland (Figure)
Poland (Speed)
Portugal (Figure)
Romania
Russia (Figure)
Russia (Speed)
Serbia
Slovakia (Figure)
Slovakia (Speed)
Slovenia
Spain
Sweden (Figure)
Sweden (Speed)
Switzerland
Turkey
Ukraine (Figure)
Ukraine (Speed)

Clubs (2)

Internationaler Schlittschuh-Club Davos
Stockholms Allmänna Skridskoklubb

Four
continents
members
(42)

Africa (4)	Egypt (Figure) Morocco (Figure) South Africa (Figure) South Africa (Speed)
Americas (12)	Argentina (Figure) Argentina (Speed) Brazil (Figure) Canada (Figure) Canada (Speed) Chile (Figure) Colombia (Speed) Ecuador (Figure) Mexico (Figure) Peru (Figure) United States (Figure) United States (Speed)
Asia (22)	Cambodia (Figure) China (Figure) China (Speed) Chinese Taipei Hong Kong India Indonesia Japan Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan (Figure) North Korea South Korea Malaysia Mongolia Philippines Qatar (Speed) Singapore Thailand Turkmenistan (Figure) United Arab Emirates (Figure) Uzbekistan Vietnam
Oceania (4)	Australia (Figure) Australia (Speed) New Zealand (Figure) New Zealand (Speed)

Pinnacle events
- Figure skating: Olympics, Worlds
- Synchronized skating: Worlds
- Speed skating: Olympics, Worlds
- Short track speed skating: Olympics, Worlds