Olympiad
The Pigeon Olympiad is the most prestigious and biggest international event in the world of pigeon sports. The Pigeon Olympiad is the biggest event of more than 4 million fanciers in the world and is held once every 2 years.
Pigeon Olympiads are held every 2 years in a different country.
World Best Pigeon
FCI gives the opportunity to all FCI members to show their best pigeons in the “World Best Pigeon (WBP) “championship.
Final ranking is determined by the performance of the racing pigeons in one current year period. This allows participation of all federations from every continent all around the world.
World Championship
The FCI World Championship started in 1994, when the first edition was disputed in the Canarias One Loft Race. The objective is promoting the Pigeon Sport and generate at international competence by the breeders.
Each National Federation affiliated to FCI can free inscribe a total of 25 young pigeons with official ring FCI.
FCI Grand Prix
The FCI Grand Prix OLRs are selected on the basis of specific criteria in order to guarantee the highest quality of the OLR competitors. All fanciers of the FCI member federations can participate in this championship. Fancier can participate in all the lofts or whichever lofts he prefers. The Grand Prix is a championship based on a series of the OLR-s.
World Cup
The World Cup Racing Pigeon Professional League is a pioneering activity in the field of international racing pigeon sport, which will attract a number of racing pigeon enthusiasts from all over the world to participate.
It will become an important milestone in the history of the world racing pigeon sport.
Intercontinental Cup
The F.C.I. “Intercontinental Cup” One Loft Ace Pigeon Race is an international top professional event hosted by the Federation Colombophile Internationale, which is open to all members of the member associations under the Federation Colombophile Internationale. On December 5, 2019, the authorization ceremony of the first organizer were held in Tai’an.
European Championship
Since 1977, Mira has hosted the European Championship of racing pigeons. The Portuguese Racing Pigeon Federation organizes this competition every year. Pigeons registered in the European Championship and in the Youth Championship can simultaneously participate in the following event: Grand Prix Portugal – Mundial Ranking FCI.
Actual information
38th Olympiad in Maastricht 26-28. January 2024
NPO as organizer of the 38th Olympiad, has installed a website regarding the 38th Olympiad in Maastricht - The Netherlands https://www.olympiade2024.nl/en/ On this website, which will be regularly...
1st Mediterranean Racing Pigeon Confederation Congress
On Friday 20 and Saturday 21 January, on the occasion of the 48th Portuguese National Colombophile Exhibition in Torres Novas, the 1st Congress of the Confederation of the Mediterranean was held...
National Congress of Federation Colombophile of Cuba 2022
The Cuban Federation invited FCI for their 2022 national congress. With more than 8000 members, the Cuban Federation is a strong federation in Latin America. The president accepted this invitation...
Foot Rings
are sold for FCI members across the globe. Only pigeons with FCI footrings can compete in the international races.
Member Federations
are the member of FCI, who are allowed to participate at races and programs organized by FCI and with whom we shape and develop pigeon sport.
Fanciers
are the members of the Federation worldwide, who benefit from the possibilities of membership.
Races in world
take place in the world under the name and organization of FCI in one year.
Official Partners
Official FCI ring producers
2021 – 2023
Anilhas Capri Company – Brasil
Email: gerencial@anilhascapri.com.br
Chinese Racing Pigeon Association – China
Dongguan Geshifeng Metal Product Co., LTD – China
Email: grace@pigeonproduct.com
Rexworks Specialties Corporation – Chinese Taipei
Email: g.huang@rexgroup.com.tw
GECA – Belgium
Official FCI ring producers
2024 – 2025 – 2026
Chinese Racing Pigeon Association – China
Dongguan Geshifeng Metal Product Co., LTD – China
Email: grace@pigeonproduct.com
Rexworks Specialties Corporation – Chinese Taipei
Email: g.huang@rexgroup.com.tw
GECA – Belgium
FCI-allowed companies with TNO / WSM approved systems
Benzing / Gantner
Bricon
Avance Technology / Ipigeon
Mega / Deil Electronics
TauRis / Rüter
Motz / Tipes
Deister / Unikon
Interfly / Victory (ETS sales stopped since years)
Vizion / Polmark
Approved chipring companies
Bricon – Belgium
TauRis / Rüter – Germany
Motz / Vizion – Germany / Poland
Deister / Unikon – Germany
Benzing – Austria
PBO / Topigeon – UK / Taiwan
Approved ETS Systems + Chiprings
2022
Approved devices 2022-06
Chiprings Overview v.2022.02
Regarding the TOPigeon devices, FCI wants to clarify
– that until today the “continues loft recorder” is not presented to FCI for
testing and consequently not is approved by FCI
– that until today the TOPigeon version v.7 and v.6 are not presented to
FCI for testing and consequently not are approved by FCI.
This means that the above mentioned device and versions CANNOT be
used.
8/3/2022
FCI wants to clarify that until today all electronic devices presented for
testing to FCI, are tested based on the FCI International Minimum Re-
quirements v.2017.2.
Any approval of FCI regarding iCloud systems are also based on the
version 2017.2, in particular on chapter 4.2 Security of network opera-
ting ETS, as mentioned hereafter:
Contact Us
Official Address
Office Address
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Bimbó út 29.
Hungary
Email FCI
General: info@pigeonsfci.org
Office: secretariat@pigeonsfci.org
General Secretary: fciphilips.g@gmail.com
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