ABSTRACT
The governance of world sport is the responsibility of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and international sport federations (IF). This chapter describes the different categories of event federations may organise and those in which they may take part. The events organised by sport federations can be divided into four categories: recurring official competitions, recurring international events, major one-off competitions attributed to a federation, and sport-for-all promotional events. The chapter also describes a theoretical analysis based on the stakeholder approach and shows how organising and participating in events impacts sport federation performance, evaluated with respect to the six dimensions of performance identified by E. Bayle and to the way federations are steered. The dimensions include sporting, economic and financial, organisational, internal social, media, and societal. The chapter presents issues and perspectives for future research into how event management affects sport federation performance.
