Company sports is organized sport activities within companies, occupational groups, trade unions and public agencies, with the goal to improve the working atmosphere. The form of organization is an alternative to the offerings through regular national sport federations and their special federations. Company sport members can sometimes also participate in sport events under those national federations, like for instance in some marathons, but then often in their own separate classes.

Motivations behind company sport groups includes increasing the health and well-being by maintenance of social contacts, to have fun, recover, promote activation and physical activity, to achieve good results for oneself or for the team, or to acquire a good performance. Company sports can help compensate for the physical and mental stresses in everyday working life.

Organization

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  1. World Federation for Company Sport (WFCS) was founded 2 June 2014.
  2. European Federation for Company Sport (EFCS) was founded 1962.

Company sports are organized internationally through the World Federation for Company Sport (WFCS).[1] The WFCS was founded 2 June 2014 after a series of communications between the European Federation for Company Sport (EFCS) was founded 1962.[2]) and company sport organisations in Asia.[3]

Members

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Member organizations in the World Federation for Company Sport include:[4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17]

World

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26 Nations (17 Europe + 5 Asia + 3 Americas + 1 Africa) in May 2022:[18]

  1.   Austria
  2.   Azerbaijan
  3.   Belgium
  4.   Canada
  5.   China
  6.   Denmark
  7.   France
  8.   Germany
  9.   Greece
  10.   India
  11.   Iran
  12.   Israel
  13.   Italy
  14.   Japan
  15.   Latvia
  16.   Lithuania
  17.   Morocco
  18.   Mexico
  19.   Mongolia
  20.   Slovenia
  21.   Spain
  22.   Sweden
  23.   Switzerland
  24.   Serbia
  25.   United States
  26.   Russia

Former Members:

  1.   Georgia
  2.   Japan
  3.   Nigeria
  4.   Norway
  5.   Pakistan
  6.   Slovenia
  7.   Turkey

Europe

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34 Nations (36 Organization) in May 2022:[19]

  1.   Austria
  2.   Azerbaijan
  3.   Belarus
  4.   Belgium (FROS - LFBSEL)
  5.   Bosnia and Herzegovina
  6.   Bulgaria
  7.   Croatia
  8.   Czech Republic
  9.   Denmark
  10.   Estonia
  11.   France
  12.   North Macedonia
  13.   Germany
  14.   Greece
  15.   Hungary
  16.   Iceland
  17.   Israel
  18.   Italy
  19.   Latvia
  20.   Lithuania
  21.   Malta
  22.   Moldova
  23.   Monaco
  24.   Montenegro
  25.   Netherlands
  26.   Norway
  27.   Russia
  28.   Serbia (Serbian Federation for Company Sport - Association Sport for All Serbia)
  29.   San Marino
  30.   Slovenia
  31.   Slovakia
  32.   Spain
  33.   Sweden
  34.   Ukraine

Games

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Summer Games

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worldcompanysport.org/events/

  1. 2016   Spain
  2. 2018   France
  3. 2020   Greece (was held in 2021)
  4. 2022   Mexico

Palma de Mallorca has hosted the 1st edition of the World Company Sport Games from June 1st to June 5th.

La Baule WCSG 2018 | 23 > 27 May 2018.

Athens WCSG LOGO 2021 Athens WCSG 2021 | 6 > 10 October 2021

Winter Games

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No games until 2022.

www.efcs.org/european-company-sport-games/

www.efcs.org/erasmus-projects/

Summer Games

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From 800 participants in 1977 to more than 7000 in Salzburg in 2019.

www.cs-fs.cz/en/ecsg-2013/

European Company Sport Games 2013 in Prague

7416 participants it was the biggest sport even of 2013 in Prague. The participants came from 22 countries and competed in 30 sport disciplines.

European Summer Games 2021 Arnhem (European Company Sport Games 2021 postponed to 2022)

Summer Games 2019 - Salzburg, Austria, 22nd European Company Sport Games sixteen years after hosting them in 2003.

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Winter Games

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Winter Games 2020 Strbske Pleso in   Slovakia

Strbske Pleso will host the 15th Winter Sport Games. It will be larger than ever before.

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Insurance

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It varies whether the company sport federations can be held liable for accidents during company sport events. Company sport federations may offer insurance to its members.

In some jurisdictions, like in Germany, injuries during company sports can be regarded as a "work accident" if certain requirements are fulfilled.[citation needed]

See also

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References

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  2. ^ [PDF] European Federation for Company Sport - Free Download PDF
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  5. ^ "Betriebssport | Österreichischer Betriebssport Verband | ÖBSV Home". Firmensport (in German). Retrieved 2021-04-22.
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