FIFA revised abbreviations of the 203 member national association names IOC abbreviations of the 200 member national association names COUNTRY FIFA IOC Afghanistan AFG AFG Albania ALB ALB Algeria ALG ALG American Samoa ASA ASA Andorra AND AND Angola ANG ANG Anguilla AIA --- Antigua and Barbuda ATG ANT Argentina ARG ARG Armenia ARM ARM Aruba ARU ARU Australia AUS AUS Austria AUT AUT Azerbaijan AZE AZE Bahamas BAH BAH Bahrain BHR BRN Bangladesh BAN BAN Barbados BRB BAR Belarus BLR BLR Belgium BEL BEL Belize BLZ BIZ Benin BEN BEN Bermuda BER BER Bhutan BHU BHU Bolivia BOL BOL Bosnia-Herzegovina BIH BIH Botswana BOT BOT Brazil BRA BRA British Virgin Islands VGB IVB Brunei Darussalam BRU BRU Bulgaria BUL BUL Burkina Faso BFA BUR Burundi BDI BDI Cambodia CAM CAM Cameroon CMR CMR Canada CAN CAN Cape Verde Islands CPV CPV Cayman Islands CAY CAY Central African Republic CTA CAF Chad CHA CHA Chile CHI CHI China PR CHN CHN Colombia COL COL Comores --- COM Congo CGO CGO Congo DR COD COD Cook Islands COK COK Costa Rica CRC CRC Côte d'Ivoire CIV CIV Croatia CRO CRO Cuba CUB CUB Cyprus CYP CYP Czech Republic CZE TCH Denmark DEN DEN Djibouti DJI DJI Dominica DMA DMA Dominican Republic DOM DOM Ecuador ECU ECU Egypt EGY EGY El Salvador SLV ESA England ENG --- Equatorial Guinea EQG GEQ Eritrea ERI ERI Estonia EST EST Ethiopia ETH ETH Faroe Islands FRO --- Fiji FIJ FIJ Finland FIN FIN France FRA FRA Gabon GAB GAB Gambia GAM GAM Georgia GEO GEO Germany GER GER Ghana GHA GHA Great Britain --- GBR Greece GRE GRE Grenada GRN GRN Guam GUM GUM Guatemala GUA GUA Guinea GUI GUI Guinea-Bissau GNB GBS Guyana GUY GUY Haiti HAI HAI Honduras HON HON Hong Kong HKG HKG Hungary HUN HUN Iceland ISL ISL India IND IND Indonesia IDN INA Iran IRN IRI Iraq IRQ IRQ Ireland Republic IRL IRL Israel ISR ISR Italy ITA ITA Jamaica JAM JAM Japan JPN JPN Jordan JOR JOR Kazakhstan KAZ KAZ Kenya KEN KEN Korea DPR PRK PRK Korea Republic KOR KOR Kuwait KUW KUW Kyrgyzstan KGZ KGZ Laos LAO LAO Latvia LVA LAT Lebanon LIB LIB Lesotho LES LES Liberia LBR LBR Libya LBY LBA Liechtenstein LIE LIE Lithuania LTU LTU Luxembourg LUX LUX Macao MAC --- Macedonia FYR MKD MKD Madagascar MAD MAD Malawi MWI MAL Malaysia MAS MAS Maldives MDV MDV Mali MLI MLI Malta MLT MLT Mauritania MTN MTN Mauritius MRI MRI Mexico MEX MEX Fed.States Micronesia --- FSM Moldova MDA MDA Monaco --- MON Mongolia MGL MGL Montserrat MSR --- Morocco MAR MAR Mozambique MOZ MOZ Myanmar MYA MYA Namibia NAM NAM Nauru --- NRU Nepal NEP NEP Netherlands NED NED Netherlands Antilles ANT AHO New Zealand NZL NZL Nicaragua NCA NCA Niger NIG NIG Nigeria NGA NGR Northern Ireland NIR --- Norway NOR NOR Oman OMA OMA Pakistan PAK PAK Palau --- PLW Palestine PAL PLE Panama PAN PAN Papua New Guinea PNG PNG Paraguay PAR PAR Peru PER PER Philippines PHI PHI Poland POL POL Portugal POR POR Puerto Rico PUR PUR Qatar QAT QAT Romania ROM ROM Russia RUS RUS Rwanda RWA RWA Samoa SAM SAM San Marino SMR SMR São Tomé e Príncipe STP STP Saudi Arabia KSA KSA Scotland SCO --- Senegal SEN SEN Seychelles SEY SEY Sierra Leone SLE SLE Singapore SIN SIN Slovakia SVK SVK Slovenia SVN SLO Solomon Islands SOL SOL Somalia SOM SOM South Africa RSA RSA Spain ESP ESP Sri Lanka SRI SRI St. Kitts & Nevis SKN SKN St. Lucia LCA LCA St. Vincent and Grenadines VIN VIN Sudan SUD SUD Surinam SUR SUR Swaziland SWZ SWZ Sweden SWE SWE Switzerland SUI SUI Syria SYR SYR Tahiti TAH --- Chinese Taipei TPE TPE Tajikistan TJK TJK Tanzania TAN TAN Thailand THA THA Togo TOG TOG Tonga TGA TGA Trinidad and Tobago TRI TRI Tunisia TUN TUN Turkey TUR TUR Turkmenistan TKM TKM Turks and Caicos Islands TCA --- Uganda UGA UGA Ukraine UKR UKR United Arab Emirates UAE UAE Uruguay URU URU US Virgin Islands VIR ISV USA USA USA Uzbekistan UZB UZB Vanuatu VAN VAN Venezuela VEN VEN Vietnam SR VIE VIE Wales WAL --- Yemen YEM YEM Yugoslavia YUG YUG Zambia ZAM ZAM Zimbabwe ZIM ZIM Old FIFA Codes Historical countries CIS Commonwealth of Independent States (Jan-Jul 1992) CUR Curaçao GBR Great Britain (olympic team) GDR German Democratic Republic (East Germany) SAA Saarland UAR United Arab Republic (federation of EGY, SYR, JOR) URS Soviet Union Old names of countries BOH Bohemia (later CSV) BUR Burma (today MYA) CEY Ceylon (today SRI) CKN Congo-Kinshasa (later ZAI) COB Congo-Brazzaville (today CGO) CSV Czechoslovakia (today CZE) DAH Dahomey (today BEN) HEB New Hebrides (today VAN) IHO Netherlands India (today IDN) PAL Palestine (today ISR/JOR) RHO Rhodesia (today TAN/ZIM) UPV Upper Volta (today BFA) ZAI Zaire (today COD)
193 members of both FIFA and IOC. 22 of them with different codes.
10 members of FIFA, not members of IOC: Anguilla, England, Faroe Islands, Macao, Montserrat, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Tahiti, Turks and Caicos, Wales
6 members of IOC, not members of FIFA: Comores, Great Britain, FS Micronesia, Monaco, Nauru, Palau
Totals: FIFA 204 members
IOC 200 members
Note: 6 other countries are members of a regional Confederation but not of FIFA itself. They are: Reunion (CAF), New Caledonia (OFC), French Guyana, Guadaloupe, Martinique and St Maarten (CONCACAF)
Independent States NOT members of FIFA nor IOC: Kiribati, Marshall Is., Tuvalu (all in Oceania) and Vatican.
Prepared and maintained by Mike Dryomin, Martín Tabeira and Carles Lozano for the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
Authors: Mike Dryomin
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Last updated: 16 Aug 2000
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