CIPS President Ferenc Szalay is hopeful angling will become an Olympic sport in the future, claiming its "ancient and fair" competition system would be a perfect match for the Games.

Angling featured at the 1900 Olympic Games as an unofficial sport but no records of results or participants are available.

The Rome-based organisation confirmed in a statement that they had "collected all required documents and answers to all questions of the application questionnaire file of the International Olympic Committee, and has presented his application for the Olympic recognition".

"I would like to confirm we are convinced that obtaining this recognition, and becoming a member of the Olympic family, it would be very important for CIPS," Szalay said.

"Because besides giving a great additional contribution for promoting not only the fishing sport but the universal sport, it would enlarge the development and the universality of the Olympic idea all over the world."

The CIPS may have to overcome several preconceptions about the sport of angling if they are to succeed, with critics claiming it can be boring to watch and relies too heavily on luck.

Their application follows the International Pole Sports Confederation (IPSC) filing a submission for recognition to the IOC.

The move from a sports-based to an event-based Olympic Games, one of the recommendations of the Agenda 2020 reform process, effectively opened the door for more organisations to submit applications to gain recognition - which could then lead to a bid for a place on the Olympic programme further down the line.

The IOC voted to add five new sports for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics - baseball/softball, karate, skateboarding, sport climbing and surfing - at its Session in Rio de Janeiro.

The Association of IOC Recognised Sports (ARISF) currently has 35 members.

"The International Olympic Committee recognition would give also to all National Federations not recognised until now by their own National Olympic Committees the possibility to obtain this recognition and finally to acquire the dignity to be considered a sport with capital ‘S’, and a great possibility for our sport to be included in a future Olympic Games," the CIPS statement added.