List of World Chess Federation (FIDE) Zones
FIDE is organized by continent, zone, and country.
(June 2005)
FIDE, the World Chess Federation, is geographically organized by continent, zone, and country.
The FIDE Directory 2003 listed 166 countries split into 21 zones, which are further aggregated into 4 continents.
The following table shows how countries are organized by continent and by zone.
For more information about the FIDE zones, see the link box in the upper right corner of this article.
National Federations by Zone FIDE 2003
EUROPE
Zone 1.1 (16)
Zone 1.1a
England
ENG
Scotland
SCO
Wales
WLS
Ireland
IRL
Guernsey
GCI
Jersey
JCI
Zone 1.1b
Belgium
BEL
France
FRA
Luxembourg
LUX
Monaco
MNC
Netherlands
NED
Zone 1.1c
Andorra
AND
Italy
ITA
Portugal
POR
San Marino
SMR
Spain
ESP
Zone 1.2 (9)
Zone 1.2a
Austria
AUT
Germany
GER
Liechtenstein
LIE
Slovenia
SLO
Switzerland
SUI
Zone 1.2b
Bosnia & Herzegovina
BIH
Croatia
CRO
Israel
ISR
Macedonia (FYROM)
MKD
Zone 1.3 (6)
Denmark
DEN
Faroe Islands
FAI
Finland
FIN
Iceland
ISL
Norway
NOR
Sweden
SWE
Zone 1.4 (6)
Bulgaria
BUL
Czech Republic
CZE
Slovakia
SVK
Hungary
HUN
Poland
POL
Romania
ROM
Zone 1.5 (8)
Zone 1.5a
Albania
ALB
Cyprus
CYP
Greece
GRE
Malta
MLT
Turkey
TUR
Yugoslavia
YUG
Zone 1.5b
Armenia
ARM
Georgia
GEO
Zone 1.6 (1)
Russia
RUS
Zone 1.7 (3)
Estonia
EST
Latvia
LAT
Lithuania
LTU
Zone 1.8 (3)
Azerbaijan
AZE
Belarus
BLR
Moldova
MDA
Zone 1.9 (1)
Ukraine
UKR
AMERICAS
Zone 2.1 (1)
United States of America
USA
Zone 2.2 (1)
Canada
CAN
Zone 2.3 (27)
Zone 2.3a
Bahamas
BAH
Barbados
BRB
Bermuda
BER
British Virgin Islands
IVB
Cuba
CUB
Dominican Republic
DOM
Haiti
HAI
Jamaica
JAM
Puerto Rico
PUR
US Virgin Islands
ISV
Zone 2.3b
Antigua
ANT
Colombia
COL
Ecuador
ECU
Guyana
GUY
Netherlands Antilles
AHO
Surinam
SUR
Trinidad & Tobago
TRI
Zone 2.3c
Aruba
ARU
Belize
BLZ
Costa Rica
CRC
El Salvador
ESA
Guatemala
GUA
Honduras
HON
Mexico
MEX
Nicaragua
NCA
Panama
PAN
Venezuela
VEN
Zone 2.4 (3)
Bolivia
BOL
Brazil
BRA
Peru
PER
Zone 2.5 (4)
Argentina
ARG
Chile
CHI
Paraguay
PAR
Uruguay
URU
ASIA
Zone 3.1 (17)
Zone 3.1a
Bahrain
BRN
Iran
IRI
Iraq
IRQ
Jordan
JOR
Kuwait
KUW
Lebanon
LIB
Palestine
PLE
Qatar
QAT
Syria
SYR
United Arab Emirates
UAE
Yemen
YEM
Zone 3.1b
Afghanistan
AFG
Bangladesh
BAN
India
IND
Nepal
NEP
Pakistan
PAK
Sri Lanka
SRI
Zone 3.2 (17)
Zone 3.2a
Brunei Darussalam
BRU
Hong Kong
HKG
Indonesia
INA
Japan
JPN
South Korea
KOR
Macau
MAC
Malaysia
MAS
Mongolia
MGL
Myanmar
MYA
Philippines
PHI
Singapore
SIN
Thailand
THA
Vietnam
VIE
Zone 3.2b
Australia
AUS
Fiji
FIJ
New Zealand
NZL
Papua New Guinea
PNG
Zone 3.3 (1)
China
CHN
Zone 3.4 (5)
Kazakhstan
KAZ
Kyrgyzstan
KGZ
Tajikistan
TAJ
Turkmenistan
TKM
Uzbekistan
UZB
AFRICA
Zone 4.1 (9)
Algeria
ALG
Djibouti
DJI
Gambia
GAM
Libya
LBA
Mali
MLI
Mauritania
MTN
Morocco
MAR
Senegal
SEN
Tunisia
TUN
Zone 4.2 (16)
Benin Republic
BEN
Cameroon
CAM
Chad
CHD
Egypt
EGY
Ethiopia
ETH
Ghana
GHA
Ivory Coast
CIV
Kenya
KEN
Nigeria
NGR
Seychelles
SEY
Sao Tome and Principe
STP
Somali
SOM
Sudan
SUD
Tanzania
TAN
Togo
TOG
Uganda
UGA
Zone 4.3 (12)
Angola
ANG
Botswana
BOT
Burundi
BUR
Madagascar
MAD
Malawi
MAW
Mauritius
MRI
Mozambique
MOZ
Namibia
NAM
Rwanda
RWA
South Africa
RSA
Zambia
ZAM
Zimbabwe
ZIM
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