Islamic Solidarity Sports Association - ISSA

Name

Islamic Solidarity Sports Association - ISSA

Legal name

Islamic Solidarity Sports Association

Website

https://issa.sport

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

International Sports Federation Services

NAICS

Spectator Sports (71121), Business Associations (813910), Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations (813)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro primary industry

International Multi-Sport Games Organizing Committees (e.g., Olympics, Commonwealth) (MPAKADAJ)

akta.pro secondary industry

International Sport Federations (IFs) (MPAKAFAB)

Keywords

• International sports federation
• Multi-sport event organization
• Islamic solidarity games
• Sports development programs
• Member country coordination

Headquarters

HQ city

Riyadh

HQ country

Saudi Arabia

HQ region

Middle East

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

ISSA is a non-profit international sports federation that organizes the Islamic Solidarity Games—a flagship multi-sport event uniting athletes from 57 member countries—and runs five programs covering sports ecosystem development, multi-sport event organization, sports research, cultural integration of Islamic values into global sports, and emergency support for member countries.

Product overview

ISSA is a sports organization that operates a platform of five interconnected programs serving its 57 member countries. The core offerings include Forward Through Sports (sports ecosystem development), Excel & Host (multi-sport event organization), Insight to Impact (sports research and academia), Voice Up (cultural integration in sports), and Sports Emergency Support. The flagship product is the Islamic Solidarity Games, a major multi-sport event held across member countries. All programs are supported by a Documents & Guidelines resource hub.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Forward Through Sports

Quantifiable outcome

• Islamic Solidarity Games Riyadh 2025 united athletes from all 57 member countries

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• UNESCOcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 19 June 2026ISSA participates in UNESCO's CIGEPS (Intergovernmental Committee for Physical Education and Sport) Session and Inter-institutional Meeting on Sport. This collaboration focuses on international sports policy coordination and represents ISSA's engagement with global sports governance bodies.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Pan American Sports Organization (PASO): PASO organizes the Pan American Games for nations of the Americas — directly comparable as a continental multi-sport federation running a flagship games for its member NOCs, with similar governance and revenue structures.
• International University Sports Federation (FISU): FISU organizes the FISU World University Games (Universiade), a multi-sport event for university athletes — comparable as an international federation running a quadrennial multi-sport games targeting a defined constituency of athletes across member countries.
• Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF): CGF organizes the Commonwealth Games, a multi-sport event uniting athletes from Commonwealth nations — comparable to ISSA in being a multi-national federation running a quadrennial multi-sport event around a shared political/cultural identity rather than IOC universality.
• International Committee of Mediterranean Games (ICMG): ICMG organizes the Mediterranean Games for countries bordering the Mediterranean — directly comparable as a regional multi-sport federation running a flagship multi-sport event for a culturally-defined bloc of nations.
• Olympic Council of Asia (OCA): OCA organizes the Asian Games, a multi-sport event for member NOCs across Asia — the closest direct analogue to ISSA's Islamic Solidarity Games, with similar mandate of bringing together athletes from a regionally-defined bloc under one umbrella federation.
• International Military Sports Council (CISM): CISM organizes the Military World Games for armed forces athletes from member nations — comparable as an international federation running a multi-sport event for a defined member constituency with similar cultural/political framing.

Others

• International Mind Sports Association (IMSA): IMSA organizes the SportAccord World Mind Games for mind-sport federations — thematically related as an international federation coordinating multi-sport/multi-discipline competitions across member organizations, though operating in a different sporting domain.

Emerging players

• Francophone Games (CIGF): Comité International des Jeux de la Francophonie organizes the Francophone Games for French-speaking nations — comparable as a smaller-scale multi-sport federation for a culturally-defined bloc, similar to ISSA's Islamic-cultural framing.

Broad incumbents

• Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC): ANOC represents all 206 National Olympic Committees globally — comparable as a coordinating body for NOCs that ISSA's 57 member NOCs also belong to, providing a parallel institutional structure with overlapping membership.
• International Olympic Committee (IOC): The IOC is the overarching global sports federation running the Olympic Games — comparable as the ultimate umbrella multi-sport event organizer with universal membership, against which regional/identity-based federations like ISSA position their differentiated mandate.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/issasportofficial

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