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5.1.1. FIDE country codes

flag code country national base
AFG Afghanistan
ALB Albania Albania Base
ALG Algeria
AND Andorra
ANG Angola
ANT Antigua & Barbuda
ARG Argentina
ARM Armenia
ARU Aruba
ASE ASEAN (what's this?)
AUS Australia OZBASE
AUT Austria1
AZE Azerbaijan
BAH The Bahamas
BRN Bahrain
BAN Bangladesh
BAR Barbados
BLR Belarus Belarus base
BEL Belgium BelgaBase
BLZ Belize
BER Bermuda
BOL Bolivia
BIH Bosnia & Herzegovina
BOT Botswana
BRA Brazil
IVB British Virgin Islands2
BRU Brunei
BUL Bulgaria
CAN Canada
CHI Chile
CHN China
COL Columbia
CRC Costa Rica
CRO Croatia
CUB Cuba
CYP Cyprus
CZE Czech Republic
CSR Czechoslovakia3
DEN Denmark Danbase
DOM Dominican Republic
GDR East Germany4
ECU Ecuador
EGY Egypt
ESA El Salvador
ENG England5
EST Estonia
ETH Ethiopia
FAI Faroe Islands
FIJ Fiji
FIN Finland Finbase
FRA France Base Francaise
GAM The Gambia
GEO Georgia
GER Germany6
GHA Ghana
GBR Great Britain7 BritBase
GRE Greece GreekBase
GUA Guatemala
GCI Guernsey
GBG Guernsey-Jersey8
GUY Guyana
HAI Haiti
HON Honduras
HKG Hong Kong
HUN Hungary
ISL Iceland
IND India INDIABASE
INA Indonesia
IRI Iran
IRQ Iraq
IRL Ireland TICABase
ISR Israel9
ITA Italy ItalBase
JAM Jamaica
JPN Japan
JCI Jersey
JOR Jordan
KAZ Kazakhstan
KEN Kenya
KUW Kuwait
KGZ Kyrgyzstan
LAT Latvia
LIB Lebanon
LBA Libya
LIE Liechtenstein
LTU Lithuania
LUX Luxembourg
MAC Macau
MKD FYR Macedonia
MAD Madagascar
MAS Malaysia
MAW Malawi
MLI Mali
MLT Malta
MAU Mauritania
MRI Mauritius
MEX Mexico
MDA Moldova
MNE Montenegro
MNC Monaco
MGL Mongolia
MAR Morocco
MOZ Mozambique
MYA Myanmar
NAM Namibia
NEP Nepal
NED Netherlands Dutchbase
AHO Netherlands Antilles
NZL New Zealand
NCA Nicaragua
NGR Nigeria
NRD Nordic Team
NOR Norway NorBase
PAK Pakistan
PLE Palestine10
PAN Panama
PNG Papua New Guinea
PAR Paraguay
PER Peru
PHI Philippines
POL Poland PolBase
POR Portugal
PUR Puerto Rico
QAT Qatar
ROM Romania
RWA Rwanda
RUS Russia11 Rusbase
SAA Saarland12
SMR San Marino
SCO Scotland
SEN Senegal
SRB Serbia
SEY Seychelles
SIN Singapore
SVK Slovakia
SLO Slovenia SloBase
SOM Somalia
RSA South Africa
URS Soviet Union13
ESP Spain
SRI Sri Lanka
SUD Sudan
SUR Surinam
SWE Sweden
SUI Switzerland
SYR Syria
TJK Tajikistan
TAN Tanzania
THA Thailand
TOG Togo
TRI Trinidad & Tobago
TUN Tunisia
TUR Turkey
TKM Turkmenistan
ISV U.S. Virgin Islands14
UGA Uganda
UKR Ukraine UKRBASE
UAE United Arab Emirates
USA United States of America
URU Uruguay
UZB Uzbekistan
VEN Venezuela
VIE Vietnam
VIR Virgin Islands15
WLS Wales
YEM Yemen
YUG Yugoslavia16
ZAI Zair17
ZAM Zambia
ZIM Zimbabwe
IBC International Braille
Chess Association
ICS International Committee
of Silent Chess
IPC International Physically
Disabled Chess Association


Remarks:

1 - Austrian players represented German team at 1939 Olympiad.
2 - Prior to 1974 played together with USVI.
3 - In 1939 officially played as Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia.
4 - 1952-1990.
5 - Including Northern Ireland (who are not independent FIDE member).
6 - Also West Germany 1948-1990.
7 - Great Britain are not member of FIDE.
8 - Guernsey-Jersey were one team from 1982 up to 1994.
9 - Referred to as Palestine prior to 1948.
10 - See note 9.
11 - USSR count as separate team.
12 - Played as separate team 1952-1956.
13 - 1952-1990.
14 - Prior to 1974 played together with BVI.
15 - Joint British and US Virgin Island team.
16 - 2003-2006 referred to as Serbia and Montenegro (SCG)
17 - Nowadays recognized as Democratic Republic of Congo (DRK).

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