WHAT ARE OFFICIAL CONTESTS?

LET US LOOK THROUGH EYES OF OFFICIAL SPORT.

WHAT INTERNATIONAL CONTEST IS OFFICIAL AND WHAT CONTEST IS NOT OFFICIAL?

OFFICIAL INTERNATIONAL CONTESTS.

If You will address to any Olympic Committee or Sport Ministry, then any of You will get a plain answer - official International contests are the following ones:

- Olympic Games

- World Championship and World Cup

- Continent Championship or Cup (America, Europe, Asia etc..).

Every officially working International Sport Federation follow the above statement.

OFFICIAL NATIONAL CONTESTS

Official National Contests are:

Annual National Championship and National Cup.

SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS TO W.F.F. - W.B.B.F. INTERNATIONAL CONTEST ORGANIZERS.

Three specific requirements of the W.F.F. - W.B.B.F.  International  should be followed:

1. officially appointed group of the International secretaries (including a professional photographer) must work at any official contest
2. at least 5 Internationally Certified Judges must work at any official contest. International Judges Certificates are given to any National Judge after attending the annual International Judges Seminar.
3. The organizer of any official contest must solve the question of covering expenses of International secretaries and International judges that must be present at a definite official event
4. Any International contest that does not cover these 3 above requirements can not be official from the point of view of the W.F.F. - W.B.B.F.  International.

W.F.F. - W.B.B.F. INTERNATIONAL OFFICIAL CONTESTS

In difference to most so called „International bodybuilding federations“ the W.F.F. - W.B.B.F. International does it‘s best to work as any official federation of any sport. „various „festivals“, „weekends“, „classics“, „nights of champions“, „variety shows“ never were W.F.F. - W.B.B.F.  official contests as it is among other „federations“.

The 50 years lasting history of the W.F.F. - W.B.B.F.  federation is highly connected with „Amber Prix International“ which served as the unofficial World Championship of over 20 socialist countries for nearly 30 years. It was recognized by the Ministry of Sport of the U.S.S.R. (1989). This is the reason the „Amber Prix International“ is included to the W.F.F. - W.B.B.F.  official contests. Also bodybuilding is not an Olympic kind of sport. This is the reason that the W.F.F. - W.B.B.F.  counts the status of the „Universe“  contest equal to the World Championship.

In 2024 about 60 contests are organized under the W.F.F. - W.B.B.F.  name in various countries - Europe, America and Asia.

INFORMATION.

More detailed information on the International Site www.wff.lt, see forum topics. Also information available on the Facebook pages: WFF-WBBF International, WFF-WBBF North America, WFF-WBBF South America, WFF-WBBF Asia, WFF-WBBF Europe, WFF-WBBF Africa, WFF-WBBF Asia Continental Federation, WFF-WBBF Pro Division, International Sport University (ISU), WPSF World Power Sports Federation.