International Floorball Federation

International Floorball Federation

Formation	April 12, 1986; 35 years ago (1986-04-12)
Founded at	Huskvarna, Sweden
Type	Sports federation
Headquarters	Helsinki, Finland
Membership	74 members
Secretary General
President
Vice President
Website	floorball.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 GAISF.^[1]

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 75 IFF members (45 ordinary members and 30 provisional members). The newest member is Colombia.

Ordinary members[]

Flag	Member name[2]	Founded in	IFF member	Website
	Australian Floorball Association	1996	1996	www.floorballaustralia.org.au/
		1996	1997	www.floorball.at
		2009	2009
		1995	1995	www.floorballbelgium.be
		1998	1999	floorball.com.br
	Floorball Canada	2001	2001	www.floorballcanada.org
		2016	2016	www.chinafloorball.org
		2014	2015
		1992	1993	www.ceskyflorbal.cz
		1989	1991	floorball.dk
	Estonian Floorball Union	1993	1994	www.saalihoki.ee
	Finnish Floorball Federation	1985	1986	salibandy.fi
		2002	2003	www.francefloorball.fr
		2002	2002	www.floorball-ge.narod.ru
		1992	1994	www.floorball.de
	1	1989	1992	www.hunfloorball.hu
	Icelandic Floorball Committee 2	2005	2005	www.isisport.is
	Indian Floorball Federation	2001	2002	floorballindia.com
	Indonesian Floorball Association	2009	2009	floorballindonesia.org
	3	2008	2009	ifsafed.com
		2007	2007	www.israelfloorball.org
		2000	2001	www.fiuf.it
			2007	www.floorballjamaica.org
		1983	1994	www.floorball.jp
		2004	2005	www.floorball.or.kr
		1993	1994	www.floorball.lv
	4	1987	2005	www.unihockey.li
		2001	2002	floorballmalaysia.com
		1999	1999	nefub.nl
		2009	2009	www.floorball.org.nz
	Norwegian Floorball Federation5	1991	1992	bandyforbundet.no
	Philippine Floorball Association	2011	2011	floorball.ph
		1995	1999	www.polskiunihokej.pl
		1992	1993	нффр.рф
		2007	2007	floorball.sport/serbia
	Singapore Floorball Association	1995	1995	www.revolutionise.sg/sgfloorball
		1998	1999	www.szfb.sk
		2000	2001	www.floorballzveza.si
		1998	2001	www.unihockey.es
	Swedish Floorball Federation	1981	1986	www.innebandy.se
	Swiss Unihockey	1985	1986	www.swissunihockey.ch
		2007	2007	floorball.sport/thailand/
		2004	2005	floorball.org.ua
	6	1995	2009	ukfloorball.com
	United States Floorball Association	2001	2001	www.usafloorball.org

  IFF founded

• ¹ The was originally established in , but reorganized into a new organization in 1997.
• ² The Icelandic Floorball Committee is a division of the , and therefore governed by it.
• ³ The is a division of the Iran Federation of Sport Associations, and therefore governed by it.
• ⁴ The was established as a single floorball club, .
• 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[2]	Founded in	Member	Website (if applicable)
		2007	2007
		1999	2006	www.floorballarm.narod.ru
			2018
		2013
		2020	2021
		2017	2018
		2014	2016
			2016
			2007
		2016	2017
	Lithuanian Floorball Federation	2010	2010	www.lgrf.lt
		2015	2015
		2007	2007
		2005	2006
		2012	2012
			2017
	Pakistan Floorball Federation	2003	2004	floorball.sport/pakistan/
		2007	2007
		2008	2008
			2018
		2008	2008
			2016
	Floorball South Africa	2013
		2004	2008
		2015	2016
		2016	2017

Other[]

Confederations[]

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%
	33,072	0.367%
	12,836	0.013%
	8,741	0.115%
	8,152	0.143%
Slovakia	7,058	0.086%
	3,499	0.002%
Latvia	3,494	0.127%
Singapore	2,664	0.030%
	2,609	0.004%
	2,478	0.002%
	1,856	0.003%
	1,596	0.002%
	1,326	0.000%
Estonia	1,295	0.112%
	1,274	0.007%
	1,200	0.006%
	1,183	0.012%
	998	0.008%
	980	0.001%
	882	0.000%
	707	0.001%
	639	0.009%
Canada	563	0.003%

Notes and references[]

See also[]

• IFF World Ranking
• Association of IOC Recognised International Sports Federations

External links[]

• Official web site