International Floorball Federation

Official logo of the International Floorball Federation

The International Floorball Federation (IFF) is the worldwide governing body for the sport of floorball. It was founded in 1986 in Huskvarna, Sweden, by the national floorball associations of Finland, Sweden and Switzerland. As of December 2014, it had 58 member associations, with 4,396 clubs and 300,133 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 59 IFF members (43 ordinary members and 16 provisional members).

Ordinary members

Member name^[2]	Founded in	IFF member	Website
Australian Floorball Association	1996	1996	www.floorball.org.au
Austrian Floorball Association	1996	1997	www.floorball.at
Floorball Federation of Belarus	2009	2009	www.floorball.by
Belgian Floorball Federation	1995	1995	www.floorballbelgium.be
Brazilian Floorball Association	1998	1999	www.floorball.com.br
Floorball Canada	2001	2001	www.floorballcanada.ca
Czech Floorball Union	1992	1993	www.cfbu.cz
Danish Floorball Federation	1989	1991	www.floorball.dk
Estonian Floorball Union	1993	1994	www.saalihoki.ee
Finnish Floorball Federation	1985	1986	www.salibandy.net
French Floorball Federation	2002	2003	www.francefloorball.com
Georgian Floorball Association	2002	2002	www.geofloorball.org
German Floorball Association	1992	1994	www.floorball.de
Hungarian Floorball Federation¹	1989	1992	www.hunfloorball.hu
Italian Unihockey and Floorball Association	2000	2001	www.fiuf.it
Icelandic Floorball Committee ²	2005	2005	www.isisport.is
Indian Floorball Federation	2001	2002	indianfloorballfederation.org/
Indonesian Floorball Association	2009	2009	www.floorball.or.id
Floorball Association of Iran³	2008	2009	www.iranfloorball.com
Israeli Floorball Association	2007	2007
Jamaica Floorball Association		2007	www.floorballjamaica.org
Japan Floorball Association	1983	1994	www.floorball.jp
Korea Floorball Federation	2004	2005	www.floorball.or.kr
Latvian Floorball Union	1993	1994	www.floorball.lv
Liechtenstein Floorball Association ⁴	1987	2005	www.unihockey.li
Malaysian Floorball Association	2001	2002
Netherlands Floorball and Unihockey Association	1993	1994	www.nefub.nl
Floorball New Zealand	2009	2009	www.floorball.org.nz
Norwegian Floorball Federation⁵	1991	1992	www.innebandy.no
Pakistan Floorball Federation	2003	2004
Floorball Philippines	2011	2011	www.floorballphilippines.tk
Polish Floorball Federation	1995	1999	www.pzunihokeja.pl
Russian Floorball Federation	1992	1993	www.ffrus.ru
Serbian Floorball Association	2007	2007	www.floorball.org.rs
Singapore Floorball Association	1995	1995	www.sfa.sg
Slovak Floorball Association	1998	1999	www.szfb.sk
Slovenian Floorball Association	2000	2001	www.floorballzveza.si
Spanish Unihockey and Floorball Association	1998	2001	www.unihockey.es
Swedish Floorball Federation	1981	1986	www.innebandy.se
Swiss Floorball Association	1985	1986	www.swissunihockey.ch
Ukraine Floorball Federation	2004	2005	www.floorball.org.ua
United Kingdom Floorball Federation⁶	1995	2009	www.ukfloorball.org
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

Member name^[3]	Founded in	Member	Website (if applicable)
Argentinian Floorball Association	2007	2007	www.argentinaunihockey.com.ar
Armenian Floorball Federation	1999	2006	www.floorballarm.narod.ru
Cameroon Floorball Association	2013
Cote d´Ivoire Floorball Federation	2014	2015
Irish Floorball Association		2007
Lithuanian Floorball Federation	2010	2010	www.lgrf.lt
Malta Floorball Association	2015	2015
Moldavian Floorball Federation	2007	2007
Mongolian Floorball Federation	2005	2006
Mozambique Floorball Association	2012	2012
Portuguese Floorball Federation	2007	2007
Romanian Floorball Federation	2008	2008	www.floorball.ro
Floorball Association of Sierra Leone	2008	2008
Floorball South Africa	2013
Thai Floorball Federation	2007	2007
Floorball Turkey	2004	2008	www.florbol.org

Other

Confederations

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

Possible future IFF members

The nations stated below all have had some sort of contact with the sport of floorball. They may not necessarily play the sport on a day-to-day basis, but they all are possible candidates for becoming recognized as a future member nation of the International Floorball Federation.

Flag	Country Name ^[5]^[6]^[7]
	Bulgaria ^[8]
	Burma ^[9]
	Kurdistan ^[10]

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%

Notes and references

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External links

Official web site

International sports federations

ASOIF (28) Summer Olympics Federations	FINA (aquatic sports) WA (archery) IAAF (athletics) BWF (badminton) FIBA (basketball) AIBA (boxing) ICF (canoeing) UCI (cycling) FEI (equestrianism) FIE (fencing) FIH (field hockey) FIFA (football/soccer) IGF (golf) FIG (gymnastics) IHF (handball) IJF (judo) UIPM (modern pentathlon) FISA (rowing) WR (rugby union) ISAF (sailing) ISSF (shooting) ITTF (table tennis) WTF (taekwondo) ITF (tennis) ITU (triathlon) FIVB (volleyball) IWF (weightlifting) UWW (wrestling)

AIOWF (7) Winter Olympics Federations	IBU (biathlon) IBSF (bobsleigh and skeleton) WCF (curling) IIHF (ice hockey) FIL (luge) ISU (skating sports) FIS (skiing sports)

ARISF (35) Others recognised by IOC	FAI (air sports) IFAF (American football) FIA (auto racing) FIB (bandy) WBSC (baseball and softball) FIPV (basque pelota) WCBS (billiard sports) CMSB (boules) WB (bowling) WBF (bridge) FIDE (chess) ICC (cricket) WDSF (dance sport) IFF (floorball) WFDF (flying disc) WKF (karate) IKF (korfball) ILSF (life saving) FIM (motorcycle sport) UIAA (mountaineering) INF (netball) IOF (orienteering) FIP (polo) UIM (powerboating) IRF (racquetball) FIRS (roller sports) ISMF (ski mountaineering) IFSC (sports climbing) WSF (squash) IFS (sumo) ISA (surfing) TWIF (tug-of-war) CMAS (underwater sports) IWWF (waterski and wakeboard) IWUF (wushu)

Others in SportAccord (23)	IAF (aikido) IFBB (body building) ICSF (casting) ICU (cheer) WDF (darts) IDBF (dragon boat) FMJD (draughts) IFA (fistball) IGF (go) IFI (ice stock sport) JJIF (ju-jitsu) FIK (kendo) WAKO (kickboxing) FIL (lacrosse) WMF (minigolf) IFMA (muay Thai) IPF (powerlifting) FIAS (sambo) FISav (savate) ISTAF (sepaktakraw) ISFF (sleddog) ISTF (soft tennis) CIPS (sport fishing)

Others (16)	WAF (arm wrestling) ARI (Australian rules football) IBA (bodyboarding) PBA (bowls) IFBA (broomball) WCF (croquet) IKF (Kabaddi) IMMAF (mixed martial arts) IFP (Poker) IPSC (Practical shooting) IQA (quidditch) IFMAR (radio-controlled racing) IRF (Rogaining) RLIF (rugby league) WSSA (sport stacking) ITPF (Tent pegging) FIT (touch football)

International Olympic Committee International World Games Association SportAccord

National members of the International Floorball Federation

Floorball Asia Oceania Floorball Confederation IFF World Ranking

Ordinary members	Australia Austria Belarus Belgium Brazil Canada Czech Republic Denmark Estonia Finland France Georgia Germany Great Britain Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Korea Latvia Liechtenstein Malaysia Netherlands New Zealand Norway Pakistan Philippines Poland Russia Serbia Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Ukraine United States

Provisional members	Argentina Armenia Cameroon Ireland Lithuania Moldova Mongolia Mozambique Portugal Romania Sierra Leone South Africa Thailand Turkey

Pinnacle Events Floorball World Championships Floorball at the World Games

National floorball teams

Men's

Europe	Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Estonia Faroe Islands Finland France Georgia Germany Gibraltar Great Britain Greece Hungary Iceland Israel Italy Kazakhstan Latvia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Montenegro Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Russia San Marino Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine

Other	Australia Brazil Canada India Indonesia Japan Malaysia Pakistan Singapore South Korea Thailand United States

Women's

Europe	Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Estonia Faroe Islands Finland France Georgia Germany Gibraltar Great Britain Greece Hungary Iceland Israel Italy Kazakhstan Latvia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Montenegro Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Russia San Marino Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine

Other	Australia Brazil Canada India Indonesia Japan Malaysia Pakistan Singapore South Korea Thailand United States

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