Editing Skat (card game) (section)

== Distribution ==
Skat is particularly popular in Germany. [[Tournament Skat]] is regularly held in restaurants. In contrast to most other card games, Skat is organized as a sport, with Skat associations, clubs, ranking lists and even a national league. Most German Skat clubs are affiliated to the German Skat Association (DSkV), which organizes the championships.<ref>{{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160915170359/http://www.deutscherskatverband.de/meisterschaften_turniere.html |title=Meisterschaften & Turniere im DSkV }}</ref> In addition, the global organisation, the [[International Skat Players Association]], is primarily responsible for organising the [[World Skat Championship|World]] and [[European Skat Championship|European Championships]], but its subdivision, ISPA Germany, like the DSkV, organizes its own German individual and team championship and leagues, among other activities.<ref>{{cite web|access-date=2020-04-22|title=Deutsche Mannschafts- und Einzelmeister der ISPA|url=https://www.ispaworld.info/index.php/deutsche-meisterschafte}}<!-- auto-translated by Module:CS1 translator --></ref>

Skat is played on a lesser scale in countries bordering Germany including the Netherlands, Danish southern [[Jutland]],<ref>Berdichevsky (2011), p. 65.</ref> Poland and Austria.<ref>[https://skataustria.at/ ''Austrian Skat Union''] at skataustria.at. Retrieved 27 July 2023.</ref>

The member countries of ISPA are: Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Denmark, France, Germany, Namibia, Netherlands, Paraguay, Poland, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland, UAE, Uruguay, and the USA.<ref>[https://www.ispaworld.info/ ''ISPA Die Plattform für Skatspieler aus aller Welt''] at ispaworld.info. Retrieved 27 July 2023.</ref>