The International Federation of Match Poker

What The International Federation of Match Poker does

The International Federation of Match Poker (IFMP) is a nonprofit organization headquartered in Lausanne, Switzerland, founded in 2009. It serves as the international governing body for the discipline of match poker, providing governance services, organizing sanctioned tournaments, maintaining player rankings, and supporting sport development initiatives. Its primary constituents are national federations, tournament players, and the broader match poker community. The organization operates with a small staff of 1-10 employees.

No products, technology stack, pricing models, distribution channels, customer segments, or partnerships are documented in the available source material. The IFMP website (matchpokerfed.org) returned only a loading/verification page at the time of data collection, limiting extraction of product, revenue, and operational detail. The company's revenue model is therefore not directly observable, but as a nonprofit federation it is most likely funded through membership dues from affiliated national federations, tournament sanctioning or entry fees, and potentially sponsorship or grants. Given the absence of disclosed financial or operational data, the scope of IFMP's commercial activity, geographic reach, and growth momentum cannot be reliably assessed from the current evidence base.

Name

The International Federation of Match Poker

Website

https://matchpokerfed.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2009

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

The International Federation of Match Poker (IFMP) is a Lausanne-based nonprofit founded in 2009 that governs match poker internationally, providing tournament organization, player rankings, and sport development services to national federations and players.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Sports Federation Governance

NAICS

Other Spectator Sports (711219)

SIC

Services-Membership Sports & Recreation Clubs (7997)

akta.pro primary industry

International Sport Federations (IFs) (MPAKAFAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Poker Tournaments & Tours (Live/Hybrid) (MPAEAEAE), Poker Live Events & Venue Services (Staffing, Dealers, Logistics) (MPAEAEAK)

Keywords

• Match poker
• Poker federation
• Poker tournaments
• Player rankings
• Sport governance

Headquarters

HQ city

Lausanne

HQ country

Switzerland

HQ region

Europe

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Core offering

The International Federation of Match Poker (IFMP) is a nonprofit organization founded in 2009 that provides governance, standardized tournament formats, official player rankings, and sport development services for match poker globally. It operates as the international umbrella body that organizes competitive match poker events and oversees the development of the discipline as a recognized mind sport.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Match Poker Tournaments

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Direct peers

• International Mind Sports Association (IMSA): IMSA is the umbrella federation for mind sports that groups recognised international federations together. IFMP operates as a comparable mind-sport federation and would logically seek IMSA membership, making it the most direct institutional peer.
• World Bridge Federation (WBF): WBF is the Lausanne-based international federation governing bridge, another mind sport. It mirrors IFMP's structure of national federations, tournament circuits, player rankings, and sport development activity.
• International Go Federation (IGF): IGF is the recognised international federation for Go and serves as a structural peer to IFMP: a Lausanne-aligned mind-sport federation operating official events, rankings, and member associations.
• World Chess Federation (FIDE): FIDE governs chess globally from Lausanne and is the gold-standard mind-sport federation. It is structurally comparable to IFMP as a sport-governance body running rankings, official events, and member federations.

Broad incumbents

• GAISF / SportAccord: SportAccord is the association of international sport federations and an entry point for IOC recognition. It is an institutional peer that IFMP must engage with to grow, even though it is not a competing sport body.
• PokerStars (Flutter Entertainment): PokerStars is the dominant commercial poker tournament organiser. While not a federation, it shapes the competitive poker ecosystem (events, prize pools, player pools) and represents both a partner candidate and a competitive commercial force for IFMP.
• World Series of Poker (WSOP / Caesars): WSOP is the largest poker tournament brand globally and the de facto commercial pinnacle of the sport. It is comparable as the venue where IFMP-sanctioned match poker formats could seek co-branding, recognition, or televised distribution.

Emerging players

• Mahjong International League (MIL / WMO): MIL is an emerging international federation working to gain IOC recognition for mahjong as a mind sport. It is comparable to IFMP as a small federation pursuing sport legitimacy and IOC pathway on a similar scale and timeline.

Market position

Strengths3 records

Weaknesses3 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks4 records

Key highlights4 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/IFMP_MatchPoker
• Facebookfacebook.com/international.federation.match.poker
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/international-federation-of-matchpoker

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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M&A

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