IESF confirmed the membership of four more nations: Colombia, Kazakhstan, Turkey, and Ukraine.
The South Korean non-profit organisation, the International Esports Federation, was established in 2008. The partnership with the Asian Electronic Sports Federation also recently announced that the two had reached a Memorandum of Understanding to further promote esports.
In behalf of its Member States, the Federation acts for the advancement of world sports. That is accomplished by four different objectives: increasing membership (and helping in forming up new national esports associations), universal standardisation of legislation, teaching and preparation through the Universal Academy of Sports, and hosting the Esport World Championship.