International Floorball Federation

International Floorball Federation
Official logo of the International Floorball Federation
Formation April 12, 1986 (1986-04-12)
Founded at Huskvarna, Sweden
Type Sports federation
Headquarters Helsinki, Finland
Membership
68 members
John Liljelund
Website www.floorball.org

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 the national floorball associations of Finland, Sweden and Switzerland. As of June 2016, it had 68 member associations, with 4,728 clubs and 354,640 registered players.[1] It is recognized by the IOC and is an ordinary member of the GAISF.

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 68 IFF members (44 ordinary members and 24 provisional members). The newest members are China and Haiti.

Ordinary members

Flag Member name[2] 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 2009 2009 www.floorball.by
Belgium
 Belgian Floorball Federation 1995 1995 www.floorballbelgium.be
Brazil
 Brazilian Floorball Association 1998 1999 www.floorball.com.br
Canada
 Floorball Canada 2001 2001 www.floorballcanada.org
Czech Republic
 Czech Floorball Union 1992 1993 www.cfbu.cz
Denmark
 Danish Floorball Federation 1989 1991 www.floorball.dk
Estonia
 Estonian Floorball Union 1993 1994 www.saalihoki.ee
Finland
 Finnish Floorball Federation 1985 1986 www.salibandy.net
France
 French Floorball Federation 2002 2003 www.francefloorball.fr
Georgia (country)
 Georgian Floorball Association 2002 2002 www.geofloorball.org
Germany
 German Floorball Association 1992 1994 www.floorball.de
Hungary
 Hungarian Floorball Federation1 1989 1992 www.hunfloorball.hu
Italy
 Italian Unihockey and Floorball Association 2000 2001 www.fiuf.it
Iceland
 Icelandic Floorball Committee 2 2005 2005 www.isisport.is
India
 Indian Floorball Federation 2001 2002 indianfloorballfederation.org/
Indonesia
 Indonesian Floorball Association 2009 2009 www.floorball.or.id
Iran
 Floorball Association of Iran3 2008 2009 www.iranfloorball.com
Israel
 Israeli Floorball Association 2007 2007 www.israelfloorball.org
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 www.floorballmalaysia.com
Netherlands
 Netherlands Floorball and Unihockey Association   1999 1999 www.nefub.nl
New Zealand
 Floorball New Zealand 2009 2009 www.floorball.org.nz
Norway
 Norwegian Floorball Federation5 1991 1992 www.innebandy.no
Pakistan
 Pakistan Floorball Federation 2003 2004
Philippines
 Philippine Floorball Association 2011 2011 www.floorballphilippines.tk
Poland
 Polish Floorball Federation 1995 1999 www.pzunihokeja.pl
Russia
 Russian Floorball Federation 1992 1993 www.ffrus.ru
Serbia
 Serbian Floorball Association 2007 2007 www.floorball.org.rs
Singapore
 Singapore Floorball Association 1995 1995 www.sfa.sg
Slovakia
 Slovak Floorball Association 1998 1999 www.szfb.sk
Slovenia
 Slovenian Floorball Association 2000 2001 www.floorballzveza.si
Spain
 Spanish Unihockey and Floorball Association 1998 2001 www.unihockey.es
Sweden
 Swedish Floorball Federation 1981 1986 www.innebandy.se
Switzerland
 Swiss Floorball Association 1985 1986 www.swissunihockey.ch
Ukraine
 Ukraine Floorball Federation
2004
 2005 www.floorball.org.ua
United Kingdom
 United Kingdom Floorball Federation6 1995 2009 www.ukfloorball.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.

Provisional members

Flag Member name[3] Founded in Member Website (if applicable)
Argentina
 Argentinian Floorball Association   2007 2007 www.argentinaunihockey.com.ar
Armenia
 Armenian Floorball Federation 1999 2006 www.floorballarm.narod.ru
Cameroon
 Cameroon Floorball Association 2013
China
 China Floorball Federation 2016 2016
Ivory Coast
 Cote d´Ivoire Floorball Federation 2014 2015
Haiti
 Haitian Floorball Federation 2014 2016
Republic of Ireland
 Irish Floorball Association 2007
Kenya
 Kenyan Floorball Federation 2016
Lithuania
 Lithuanian Floorball Federation 2010 2010 www.lgrf.lt
Malta
 Malta Floorball Association 2015 2015
Moldova
 Moldavian Floorball Federation 2007 2007
Mongolia
 Mongolian Floorball Federation 2005 2006
Mozambique
 Mozambique Floorball Association 2012 2012
Portugal
 Portuguese Floorball Federation 2007 2007
Romania
 Romanian Floorball Federation 2008 2008 www.floorball.ro
Sierra Leone
 Floorball Association of Sierra Leone 2008 2008
South Africa
 Floorball South Africa 2013
Thailand
 Thai Floorball Federation 2007 2007
Turkey
 Floorball Turkey 2004 2008
Uganda
 Uganda Floorball Association 2015 2016
Venezuela
 Floorball Federation of Venezuela 2016 2017

Other

Confederations

Confederation Name [4] Founded Headquarters
Asia Oceania Floorball Confederation (AOFC) 2005 Singapore City, Singapore

Registered Players

Based on the amount 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 117,301 1.203%
 Finland 51,876 0.947%
 Czech Republic    38,122 0.362%
  Switzerland 30,153 0.367%
 Germany 10,642 0.013%
 Norway 7,409 0.143%
 Denmark 6,500 0.115%
 Slovakia 4,689 0.086%
 Latvia 3,029 0.127%
 Russia 3,000 0.002%
 Japan 2,561 0.002%
 Singapore 1,649 0.030%
 Poland 1,617 0.004%
 Australia 1,570 0.007%
 South Korea 1,500 0.003%
 Estonia 1,464 0.112%
 Canada 1,210 0.003%
 Netherlands 1,076 0.006%
 Austria 1,067 0.012%
 India 1,044 0.000%
 France 1,029 0.002%
 Belgium 939 0.008%
 Hungary 905 0.009%
 Brazil 882 0.000%
 Great Britain 829 0.001%
 Malaysia 688 0.001%

Notes and references

  1. ↑ IFF
  2. ↑ , IFF - History in short
  3. ↑ , IFF - History in short
  4. ↑ , IFF - AOFC

See also

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