International Gay and Lesbian Football Association


The International Gay and Lesbian Football Association is an international organization which was founded in 1992 with the intention of promoting Association Football in the gay and lesbian community and to promote gay and lesbian football to the world at large.
The IGLFA is the governing body of LGBT football and regulates the association football portion of the Gay Games aswell as the Official IGLFA World, North American and European Championships.

History

While the IGLFA was formed in 1992, LGBT football teams competed against each other at the first Gay Games in 1982, and an autonomous international championship event was held annually beginning in 1987. Beginning in 1992, a European competition has been held by the IGLFA, though it is separate from the currently-recognized European championship which began in 2011; a North American championship also began in 2011. The IGLFA World Championships were held every year from 1992 to 2010, but now are held only on even-numbered years; odd-numbered years are currently used for the continental championships and other competitions. However, there was no 2020 world championship.
Beginning in 2019, IGFLA also began recognizing the Sin City Classic, the largest annual LGBT sports event in the world, as the official indoor championship, though the Las Vegas tournament had held soccer tournaments for many years before. This tournament is otherwise known as the IGLFA World Indoor Championship.
All IGLFA tournaments are split into Mixed Gender and Female competitions. Whilst the majority of participants in the mixed gender competition are male, all genders are permitted to participate.
As of February 2020, 39 tournaments have been held, including 7 tournaments before IGLFA, 23 IGLFA World Championships, 4 IGLFA Euro Championships, 2 IGLFA North American championships, 2 official indoor championships, and 1 IGLFA Unity cup. Stonewall FC is the most successful mixed gender club, having won 11 times. Other clubs who have won the male competition multiple times are San Francisco Spikes, Cream Team Cologne, West Hollywood Soccer Club, SAFG Argentina, Federal Triangles Soccer Club, and the Minnesota Gray Ducks. There are currently no repeat Champions in the female competition.

World championships

The association is affiliated with the Federation of Gay Games and awards the annual Tom Waddell Memorial Trophy to the winner of its mixed gender tournament.

Tournaments and champions

Below is a summary of Mixed Gender Div.1, Mixed Gender Div.2, and Female champions at IGLFA's major international tournaments and their predecessors. Parentheses indicate the number of times a city has hosted or the number of times a team has won Div.1 titles and therefore crowned as IGLFA World Champions. Italics represent indoor championships.

Medalists

The following is a list of all clubs that have earned multiple medals at IGLFA-recognized tournaments.
; Legend
Club'92'93'94'95'96'97'98'99'00'01'02'03'04'05'06'07'08'09'10'11'12'13'14'15'16'17'18'19'20
Argentina-----------------------------
:es:Los Dogos|Los Dogos DAG1st3rd3rd3rd
Seleccion Argentina Futbolistas Gay SAFG2nd1st*1st1st
Denmark-----------------------------
:da:Pan Idræt|Pan Fodbold 1st2nd1st*3rd*
France-----------------------------
FC Paris Lutece1st2nd
Germany-----------------------------
Cream Team Cologne1st3rd1st1st2rd2nd3rd3rd1st
Streetboys Munchen2nd2nd
Ireland-----------------------------
Dublin Devils FC1st2nd2nd
Mexico-----------------------------
AZKATL2nd1st
AZKATL1st
Didesex2nd*1st
LOBOS3rd
Divas Collima1st
South Africa-----------------------------
The Chosen Few3rd2nd
Sweden-----------------------------
Stockholm Snipers3rd1st*3rd*
United Kingdom-----------------------------
Hackney Women's FC2nd1st2nd*
London Falcons3rd1st2nd
London Stonewall 3rd2nd1st2nd2nd3rd1st1st1st1st2nd1st1st1st1st1st3rd1st
London Stonewall 1st2nd2nd1st2nd
London Titans 2nd2nd2nd2nd3rd
Village Manchester FC2nd2nd1st2nd
United States-----------------------------
Boston Strikers1st1st1st2nd2nd
Dallas Oak Lawn2nd2nd
Federal Triangles 2nd3rd2nd3rd2nd1st1st2nd
Florida Storm1st1st2nd
Hotlanta SC3rd3rd
Los Angeles Cobras2nd2nd
Madison Wisconsin1st
Madison Wisconsin1st
Minnesota Gray Ducks3rd1st1st
Minnesota Gray Ducks2nd3rd
Minnesota Gray Ducks3rd
New York Ramblers3rd3rd3rd3rd3rd3rd1st2nd
Philadelphia Falcons1st1st3rd*
Philadelphia Falcons2nd
San Francisco Spikes3rd1st2nd3rd2nd3rd2nd3rd1st2nd3rd
San Francisco Spikes1st3rd*
San Diego Sparks1st2nd3rd3rd1st3rd
Rain City FC 1st2nd2nd2nd
Team Americas SC1st1st
Twin City Jacks2nd2nd
United FC 2nd2nd1st3rd
United FC 2nd
West Hollywood SC 2nd1st1st2nd2nd1st2nd1st*1st3rd2nd
West Hollywood SC 2nd