ITPF was founded as the World Tent Pegging Federation on 21 March 2013 at the World Tent Pegging Championship held in Gurgaon (Haryana), India by the representatives from India, England, Australia, Pakistan, Oman, Iraq, USA, Canada, Egypt, Sudan, Germany, Sweden, Sri Lanka, Qatar, Kazakasthan, Jordan and Lebanon.

India through its major organiser, Equiwings Sports had sustained and conducted International and Asian Equestrian Tent Pegging Championships in 2010, 2012 prior to the World event in 2013.

[1][2] At its founding, the ITPF had 29 member countries: Afghanistan, Australia, Bahrain, Canada, Denmark, Egypt, Germany, India, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Lebanon, Namibia, Netherlands, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Russia, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sweden, United Arab Emirates, UK, USA, and Yemen.

[4] South Africa won the event by a total of 758.5 points and clinch the enviable honour of being the first world champions.

Haroon Bandial, Namdar Rehmat, Syed Wamiq Shah and Raja Zarrar Sajjad were part of the team.