International Indiaca Association
The International Indiaca Association , or IIA for short , was founded on May 26, 2000 in Mahlow near Berlin . It is based in Luxembourg . From its founding until the end of 2008, President of the IIA was Viktor Saaron from Estonia . Karlheinz Bührer from Malterdingen has been acting president since 2009 . Germany is represented in the IIA by the German Gymnastics Federation (DTB).
Tasks and events
tasks
The association has set itself the goal of standardizing different game cultures and creating or further developing internationally binding rules. The main task is to hold international championships. The World Championship (WM) takes place every four years and the World Cup every four years, alternating every two years. It is played in the women, men and mixed classes. At the same time, the corresponding competitions for seniors (age group 40+) will take place. While national teams are formed for the World Cup in the respective member associations, up to two club teams per nation take part in the World Cup (comparable to the Champions League in football ). The first World Cup took place in 2001 in Tartu { Estonia }, the first World Cup in 2002 in Karlsruhe .
Since 2007, the Youth World Cup has also been held every two years for age groups 11-14 and 15-18. The first host was Malterdingen / Germany .
Overview of the international events held so far
| year | event | place | country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 1st world championship | Tartu |
 Estonia
|
| 2002 | 1st World Cup | Karlsruhe |
 Germany
|
| 2004 | 2nd world championship | Tsukuba |
 Japan
|
| 2006 | 2nd World Cup | Viljandi |
Estonia
|
| 2007 | 1. Youth World Cup | Malterdingen |
Germany
|
| 2008 | 3rd world championship | Ettelbruck |
 Luxembourg
|
| 2009 | 2. Youth World Cup | Nõo |
Estonia
|
| 2010 | 3rd World Cup | Tartu |
Estonia
|
| 2011 | 3rd Youth World Cup | Rozogi |
 Poland
|
| 2013 | 4th world championship | Bietigheim-Bissingen |
Germany
|
| 2014 | 4th Youth World Cup | Ettelbruck |
Luxembourg
|
| 2015 | 4th World Cup | Saitama |
Japan
|
| 2016 | 5th Youth World Cup | Tartu |
Estonia
|
| 2017 | 5th World Championship | Rozogi |
Poland
|
| 2018 | 6th Youth World Cup | Dülmen |
Germany
|
| 2019 | 5th World Cup | Tartu |
Estonia
|
The fourth World Cup in Bietigheim-Bissingen was postponed by the IIA by one year and the rhythm of the other events was adjusted accordingly. The next Youth World Cup , which was to take place in Däniken in Switzerland from July 28 to 31, 2020, was canceled due to the Corona crisis . The next World Cup will take place in Luxembourg from August 3rd to 7th, 2021.
Member associations
The association belongs to the following national member associations:
- Deutscher Turner-Bund ( Germany )
- Estonian Indiaca Federation ( Estonia )
- Japan Indiaca Association ( Japan )
- Korea Indiaca Association ( Korea )
- Indiaca Federation Luxembourg ( Luxembourg )
- Swiss Gymnastics Federation ( Switzerland )
The membership of Italy (Federazione Italiana di Indiaca) and Slovakia (Slovak Indiaca Association) has been suspended since 2006.
In Poland and Belgium there is still no national association, but individual teams have already participated in international tournaments.