International Federation of Cheerleading

The inaugural IFC World Cup was held at the Dynamo Palace of Sports on the 23rd November in Moscow, Russia and was notable for the participation of the United States of America for the first time at an IFC cheerleading competition.

The United States of America joined teams from Germany, Japan and Russia along with officials from Indonesia, Norway and Thailand and a judging panel consisting of members from locations as diverse as Chinese Taipei, Japan, Russia, Singapore and the USA.

Proceedings commenced at 13:00 with the opening ceremony featuring speeches from Mr. Setsuo Nakamura, President of the International Federation of Cheerleading and Mr. Victor Ivanov, President of the Russian Federation of Cheerleading.  Mr. Ivanov spoke with admiration of the IFC President’s tireless work in promoting and developing cheerleading worldwide and pledged to continue to support the vision of the International Federation of Cheerleading. 

(Photo - USA TIGERS representing the United States of America in Senior Group Stunts)

IFC qualified instructors from Chinese Taipei, Indonesia and Japan will conduct the first ever IFC Class I Coaches Training & Examination course in Manila, Philippines on the 5th-7th December 2008. 

"This marks yet another major milestone for the development of cheerleading safety standards in the Asian region under the guidance of the International Federation of Cheerleading and Asian Federation of Cheerleading.  With interest in cheerleading at an all time high in the Philippines it is fundamental to foster this interest with sound underlying safety principles, something that the IFC Class I programme has proven to deliver”, commented Evan Alvia, President of the Cheerleading Philippines Federation. 

Up to 50 participants are expected to attend the course.

UPDATE! Course date changed to the 12th-14th December 2008

Under the guidance of the International Federation of Cheerleading, the Indonesian Cheerleading Community (ICC) will host Indonesia’s inaugural IFC Class I course in Jakarta during late October, 2008.

Following the start of the new academic year this August in Indonesia, ICC received numerous inquiries from High School teams across the country requesting coaches from ICC to coach the rapidly increasing number of cheerleaders in Indonesia.