International Floorball Federation
AbbreviationIFF
FormationApril 12, 1986 (1986-04-12)
Founded atHuskvarna, Sweden
TypeSports federation
Legal statusGoverning body of Floorball
PurposeSport governance
HeadquartersHelsinki, Finland
Region served
Worldwide
Membership
79 national associations[1]
President
Tomas Eriksson
Vice President
Filip Suman
Main organ
Congress
AffiliationsARISF
WebsiteFloorball.sport

The International Floorball Federation (IFF) is the worldwide governing body for the sport of floorball. It was founded on 12 April 1986 in Huskvarna, Sweden, by representatives from the national floorball associations of Finland, Sweden and Switzerland. It is recognized by the IOC and is an ordinary member of the ARISF.[2]

Events

Members

The map of IFF members. Dark-green are ordinary members, light-green are provisional members

This is a list of International Floorball Federation member nations. It includes associations, committees, confederations, federations, and unions.

There are currently 79 IFF members (45 ordinary members and 34 provisional members in May 2023). The newest member are Solomon Islands.[3]

Members by Regions

As of 25 April 2023
RegionMembers
OrdinaryProvisionalTotal
Africa11213
Asia-Oceania (Asia Oceania Floorball Confederation)13922
Europe27734
Americas459
World453378

Ordinary members

Flag Member name[4] Founded in IFF member Website
Australia
Australian Floorball Association 1996 1996 www.floorballaustralia.org.au/
Austria
Austrian Floorball Association 1996 1997 www.floorball.at
Belarus
Floorball Federation of Belarus (suspended7) 2009 2009
Belgium
Belgian Floorball Federation 1995 1995 www.floorballbelgium.be
Brazil
Brazilian Floorball Association 1998 1999 floorball.com.br
Canada
Floorball Canada 2001 2001 www.floorballcanada.org
China
China Floorball Federation 2016 2016 www.chinafloorball.org
Ivory Coast
Cote d´Ivoire Floorball Federation 2014 2015
Czech Republic
Czech Floorball Union 1992 1993 www.ceskyflorbal.cz
Denmark
Danish Floorball Federation 1989 1991 floorball.dk
Estonia
Estonian Floorball Union 1993 1994 www.saalihoki.ee
Finland
Finnish Floorball Federation 1985 1986 salibandy.fi
France
French Floorball Federation 2002 2003 www.francefloorball.fr
Georgia (country)
Georgian Floorball Association 2002 2002 www.floorball-ge.narod.ru
Germany
German Floorball Association 1992 1994 floorball.de
Hungary
Hungarian Floorball Federation1 1989 1992 www.hunfloorball.hu
Iceland
Icelandic Floorball Committee 2 2005 2005 www.isisport.is
India
Indian Floorball Federation 2001 2002 floorballindia.com
Indonesia
Indonesian Floorball Association 2009 2009
Iran
Floorball Association of Iran3 2008 2009 ifsafed.com
Israel
Israeli Floorball Association 2007 2007 www.israelfloorball.org
Italy
Italian Unihockey and Floorball Association 2000 2001 www.fiuf.it
Jamaica
Jamaica Floorball Association
2007
www.floorballjamaica.org
Japan
Japan Floorball Association 1983 1994 www.floorball.jp
South Korea
Korea Floorball Federation 2004 2005 www.floorball.or.kr
Latvia
Latvian Floorball Union 1993 1994 www.floorball.lv
Liechtenstein
Liechtenstein Floorball Association 4  1987 2005 www.unihockey.li
Malaysia
Malaysian Floorball Association 2001 2002 floorballmalaysia.com
Netherlands
Netherlands Floorball and Unihockey Association   1999 1999 nefub.nl
New Zealand
Floorball New Zealand 2009 2009 www.floorball.org.nz
Norway
Norwegian Floorball Federation5 1991 1992 bandyforbundet.no
Philippines
Philippine Floorball Association 2011 2011 floorball.ph
Poland
Polish Floorball Federation 1995 1999 www.polskiunihokej.pl
Russia
Russian Floorball Federation (suspended7) 1992 1993 нффр.рф
Serbia
Serbian Floorball Association 2007 2007 floorball.sport/serbia
Singapore
Singapore Floorball Association 1995 1995 www.revolutionise.sg/sgfloorball
Slovakia
Slovak Floorball Association 1998 1999 www.szfb.sk
Slovenia
Slovenian Floorball Association 2000 2001
Spain
Spanish Unihockey and Floorball Association 1998 2001 www.unihockey.es
Sweden
Swedish Floorball Federation 1981 1986 www.innebandy.se
Switzerland
Swiss Unihockey 1985 1986 www.swissunihockey.ch
Thailand
Thai Floorball Federation 2007 2007 floorball.sport/thailand/
Ukraine
Ukraine Floorball Federation
2004
2005
United Kingdom
United Kingdom Floorball Federation6 1995 2009 ukff.org
United States
United States Floorball Association 2001 2001 www.usafloorball.org
  IFF founded
  • 1 The Hungarian Floorball Federation was originally established in 1989, but reorganized into a new organization in 1997.
  • 2 The Icelandic Floorball Committee is a division of the Icelandic National Olympic Committee, and therefore governed by it.
  • 3 The Floorball Association of Iran is a division of the Iran Federation of Sport Associations, and therefore governed by it.
  • 4 The Liechtenstein Floorball Association was established as a single floorball club, UHC Schaan.
  • 5 The Norwegian Floorball Federation is a division of the Norway's Bandy Association, and therefore governed by it.
  • 6 The Great Britain Floorball & Unihockey Association was the originating governing body representing floorball within Great Britain, before being replaced by the United Kingdom Floorball Federation in 2012.
  • 7 In 1 March 2022, as a reaction in response to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, both National Floorball Federation of Russia (NFFR) and Floorball Federation of Belarus are suspended from international Floorball activities. In addition, no floorball events may organise in both countries, and no representatives, include athletes and players, may participant all kind of IFF Competitions, events or meetings until future notice.[5]

Provisional members

Flag Member name[4] Founded in Member Website (if applicable)
Argentina
Argentinian Floorball Association   2007 2007
Armenia
Armenian Floorball Federation 1999 2006 www.floorballarm.narod.ru
Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso Floorball Federation
2018
2018
Cameroon
Cameroon Floorball Association 2013
Central African Republic
Central African Federation of Floorball
2018
2019
Colombia
Colombian Floorball Association 2021 2021
Croatia
Croatian Floorball Federation 2017 2018
Haiti
Haitian Floorball Federation 2014 2016
Hong Kong
Floorball Federation of Hong Kong 2016
Republic of Ireland
Irish Floorball Association 2007
Kazakhstan
National Floorball Federation of Kazakhstan
2022
Kenya
Kenyan Floorball Federation 2016 2017
Kiribati
Floorball Federation of Kiribati
2019
2019
Kuwait
Floorball Federation of Kuwait
2019
2019
Lithuania
Lithuanian Floorball Federation 2010 2010 www.lgrf.lt
Macau
Macau China Floorball General Association
2019
2022
Malta
Malta Floorball Association 2015 2015
Mexico
Mexican Floorball Federation
2023
Moldova
Moldavian Floorball Federation 2007 2007
Mongolia
Mongolian Floorball Federation 2005 2006
Mozambique
Mozambique Floorball Association 2012 2012
Nigeria
Floorball Federation of Nigeria 2017
Pakistan
Pakistan Floorball Federation 2003 2004 floorball.sport/pakistan/
Portugal
Portuguese Floorball Federation 2007 2007
Romania
Romanian Floorball Federation 2008 2008
Rwanda
Floorball Federation of Rwanda 2018
Sierra Leone
Floorball Association of Sierra Leone 2008 2008
Solomon Islands
Solomon Islands Floorball Federation 2023
Somalia
Somalia Floorball Federation 2016 somaliafloorball.org
South Africa
Floorball South Africa 2013
Togo
Togo Floorball
2018
2019
Turkey
Floorball Turkey 2004 2008
Uganda
Uganda Floorball Association 2015 2016
Venezuela
Floorball Federation of Venezuela 2016 2017

Development countries

Not yet IFF member:

  1.  Bangladesh
  2.  Bosnia and Herzegovina
  3.  Bulgaria
  4.  Greece
  5.  Jordan
  6.  Luxembourg
  7.  Mali
  8.    Nepal
  9.  Qatar
  10.  Sri Lanka
  11.  United Arab Emirates

Other

Confederations

Confederation Name Founded Headquarters
Asia Oceania Floorball Confederation (AOFC) 2005 Singapore City, Singapore

Registered Players

Based on the number of registered floorball players and a country's population, a list of the top 25 countries has been compiled:

Country Registered Players % of Population
 Sweden 120,357 1.203%
 Finland 61,368 0.947%
 Czech Republic    40,605 0.362%
  Switzerland 33,072 0.367%
 Germany 12,836 0.013%
 Denmark 8,741 0.115%
 Norway 8,152 0.143%
 Slovakia 7,058 0.086%
 Russia 3,499 0.002%
 Latvia 3,494 0.127%
 Singapore 2,664 0.030%
 Poland 2,609 0.004%
 Japan 2,478 0.002%
 South Korea 1,856 0.003%
 France 1,596 0.002%
 India 1,326 0.000%
 Estonia 1,295 0.112%
 Australia 1,274 0.007%
 Netherlands 1,200 0.006%
 Austria 1,183 0.012%
 Belgium 998 0.008%
 Malaysia 980 0.001%
 Brazil 882 0.000%
 Great Britain 707 0.001%
 Hungary 639 0.009%
 Canada 563 0.003%

Notes and references

  1. "Member Associations". IFF. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
  2. "Ordinary Membership of ARISF". IFF. 18 November 2021. Retrieved 23 February 2022.
  3. "IFF CB meeting 1/2023 news". IFF. 27 February 2023. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
  4. 1 2 "History in short". IFF. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
  5. "IFF suspends the National Floorball Federation of Russia and the Floorball Federation of Belarus". IFF Main Site. 2022-03-01. Retrieved 2022-10-28.

See also

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