International Floorball Federation

{{Infobox organization

| name = International Floorball Federation

| image = International Floorball Federation logo.svg

| size = 290px

| caption = IFF Official Logo

| motto =

| abbreviation = IFF

| type = Sports federation

| status = Governing body of Floorball

| purpose = Sport governance

| formation = {{start date and age|1986|4|12}}

| founding_location = Huskvarna, Sweden

| headquarters = Helsinki, Finland

| membership = 80 national associations

| region_served = Worldwide

| leader_title = President

| leader_name = {{ill|Filip Šuman|cs}}

| language =

| main_organ = Congress

| parent_organization =

| affiliations = ARISF, GAISF, IWGA

| website = [https://floorball.sport/ Floorball.sport]

}}

File:WFC2022 Final Sweden vs Czech Republic F 04 (cropped - Filip Suman).jpg

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 based in Helsinki, Finland. The president of the federation is Filip Šuman.{{cite web |title=IFF General Assembly 2024 elects new IFF President and new Central Board |url=https://floorball.sport/2024/12/14/iff-ga-2024-elects-new-iff-president-and-new-central-board/ |website=IFF Main Site |access-date=7 January 2025 |date=14 December 2024}}

The federation became a member of Global Association of International Sports Federations (GAISF) in 2000. It is recognized by the IOC and is an ordinary member of the ARISF since 2008. Further, it is a member of International World Games Association (IWGA) since 2013.{{cite web |title=Members – ARISF |url=https://arisf.sport/members/ |access-date=25 June 2024}}{{cite web |title=History in short |url=https://floorball.sport/this-is-floorball/history-in-short/ |website=IFF Main Site |access-date=7 January 2025}}

Events

Members

File:Members of the International Floorball Federation.svg

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

There are currently 80 IFF members (45 ordinary members and 35 provisional members in June 2024). The newest member are Solomon Islands.{{cite web |title=IFF CB Meeting News 2/2023: WFC hosts awarded, Future of Floorball status and upcoming events |url=https://floorball.sport/2023/05/24/iff-cb-meeting-news-2-2023-wfc-hosts-awarded-future-of-floorball-status-and-upcoming-events/ |website=IFF |access-date=25 June 2024 |date=24 May 2023}}{{Cite web|url=https://floorball.sport/theiff/member-associations/|title=Member Associations|website=IFF |access-date=25 June 2024}}

=Members by Regions=

style="width: 5em" \| Ordinary	style="width: 5em" \| Provisional	style="width: 5em" \| Total
class="wikitable sortable" ! rowspan=2 \| Region !! colspan=3 \| Members
Africa	align=center \| {{0}}1	align=center \| 13	align=center \| 14
Asia-Oceania (Asia Oceania Floorball Confederation)	align=center \| 13	align=center \| 10	align=center \| 23
Europe	align=center \| 27	align=center \| {{0}}7	align=center \| 34
Americas	align=center \| {{0}}4	align=center \| {{0}}5	align=center \| {{0}}9
style="background:silver;" \| World	align=center \| 45	align=center \| 35	align=center \| 80

=Ordinary members=

class="wikitable sortable"

! Flag

! Member name{{cite web |title=History in short |url=https://floorball.sport/this-is-floorball/history-in-short/ |website=IFF |access-date=7 July 2020}}

! Founded in

! IFF member

! Website

{{center|{{flagicon|AUS}}}}

| Australian Floorball Association

|align=center| 1996

| [https://www.floorballaustralia.org.au/ www.floorballaustralia.org.au/]

{{center|{{flagicon|AUT}}}}

| Austrian Floorball Association

|align=center| 1996

|align=center| 1997

| [https://www.floorball.at/ www.floorball.at]

{{center|{{flagicon|BLR}}}}

| Floorball Federation of Belarus (suspended⁷)

|align=center| 2009

{{center|{{flagicon|BEL}}}}

| Belgian Floorball Federation

|align=center| 1995

| [https://www.floorballbelgium.be/ www.floorballbelgium.be]

{{center|{{flagicon|BRA}}}}

| Brazilian Floorball Association

|align=center| 1998

|align=center| 1999

| [https://floorball.com.br/ floorball.com.br]

{{center|{{flagicon|CAN}}}}

| Floorball Canada

|align=center| 2001

| [https://www.floorballcanada.org/ www.floorballcanada.org]

{{center|{{flagicon|CHN}}}}

| China Floorball Federation

|align=center| 2016

{{center|{{flagicon|CIV}}}}

| Cote d´Ivoire Floorball Federation

|align=center| 2014

|align=center| 2015

{{center|{{flagicon|CZE}}}}

| {{ill|Czech Floorball|cs|Český florbal}}

|align=center| 1992

|align=center| 1993

| [https://www.ceskyflorbal.cz/ www.ceskyflorbal.cz]

{{center|{{flagicon|DEN}}}}

| Danish Floorball Federation

|align=center| 1989

|align=center| 1991

| [https://floorball.dk/ floorball.dk]

{{center|{{flagicon|EST}}}}

| Estonian Floorball Union

|align=center| 1993

|align=center| 1994

| [https://www.saalihoki.ee/ www.saalihoki.ee]

{{center|{{flagicon|FIN}}}}

| Finnish Floorball Federation

|align=center| 1985

|align=center bgcolor="limegreen"| 1986

|[https://salibandy.fi/ salibandy.fi]

{{center|{{flagicon|FRA}}}}

| French Floorball Federation

|align=center| 2002

|align=center| 2003

| [https://www.floorball.fr/ www.floorball.fr]

{{center|{{flagicon|GEO}}}}

| Georgian Floorball Association

|align=center| 2002

{{center|{{flagicon|GER}}}}

| German Floorball Association

|align=center| 1992

|align=center| 1994

| [https://floorball.de/ floorball.de]

{{center|{{flagicon|HUN}}}}

| Hungarian Floorball Federation¹

|align=center| 1989

|align=center| 1992

| [http://www.hunfloorball.hu/ www.hunfloorball.hu]

{{center|{{flagicon|ISL}}}}

| Icelandic Floorball Committee²

|align=center| 2005

{{center|{{flagicon|IND}}}}

|Indian Floorball Federation

|align=center| 2001

|align=center| 2002

| [https://floorballindia.com/ floorballindia.com]

{{center|{{flagicon|INA}}}}

| Indonesian Floorball Association

|align=center| 2009

{{center|{{flagicon|IRN}}}}

| Floorball Association of Iran³

|align=center| 2008

|align=center| 2009

| [http://ifsafed.com/ifa/ ifsafed.com]

{{center|{{flagicon|ISR}}}}

| Israeli Floorball Association

|align=center| 2007

| [http://www.israelfloorball.org/ www.israelfloorball.org]

{{center|{{flagicon|ITA}}}}

| Italian Unihockey and Floorball Association

|align=center| 2000

|align=center| 2001

| [https://www.fiuf.it/ www.fiuf.it]

{{center|{{flagicon|JAM}}}}

| Jamaica Floorball Association

|data-sort-value=9999|

|align=center| 2007

| [https://web.archive.org/web/20130604060136/http://floorballjamaica.org/ www.floorballjamaica.org]

{{center|{{flagicon|JPN}}}}

| Japan Floorball Association

|align=center| 1983

|align=center| 1994

| [https://www.floorball.jp/ www.floorball.jp]

{{center|{{flagicon|KOR}}}}

| Korea Floorball Federation

|align=center| 2004

|align=center| 2005

| [http://www.floorball.or.kr/ www.floorball.or.kr]

{{center|{{flagicon|LAT}}}}

| Latvian Floorball Union

|align=center| 1993

|align=center| 1994

| [https://www.floorball.lv/ www.floorball.lv]

{{center|{{flagicon|LIE}}}}

| Liechtenstein Floorball Association⁴

|align=center| 1987

|align=center| 2005

| [https://www.unihockey.li/ www.unihockey.li]

{{center|{{flagicon|MAS}}}}

| Malaysian Floorball Association

|align=center| 2001

|align=center| 2002

| [https://floorballmalaysia.com/ floorballmalaysia.com]

{{center|{{flagicon|NED}}}}

| Netherlands Floorball and Unihockey Association

|align=center| 1999

| [https://nefub.nl/ nefub.nl]

{{center|{{flagicon|NZL}}}}

| Floorball New Zealand

|align=center| 2009

| [https://www.floorball.org.nz/ www.floorball.org.nz]

{{center|{{flagicon|NOR}}}}

| Norwegian Floorball Federation⁵

|align=center| 1991

|align=center| 1992

| [https://bandyforbundet.no/ bandyforbundet.no]

{{center|{{flagicon|PHI}}}}

| Philippine Floorball Association

|align=center| 2011

| [https://floorball.ph/ floorball.ph]

{{center|{{flagicon|POL}}}}

| Polish Floorball Federation

|align=center| 1995

|align=center| 1999

| [https://www.polskiunihokej.pl/ www.polskiunihokej.pl]

{{center|{{flagicon|RUS}}}}

| Russian Floorball Federation (suspended)⁷

|align=center| 1992

|align=center| 1993

| [http://нффр.рф/ нффр.рф]

{{center|{{flagicon|SRB}}}}

| Serbian Floorball Association

|align=center| 2007

{{center|{{flagicon|SGP}}}}

| Singapore Floorball Association

|align=center| 1995

| [https://www.revolutionise.sg/sgfloorball/ www.revolutionise.sg/sgfloorball]

{{center|{{flagicon|SVK}}}}

| {{ill|Slovak Floorball Association|sk|Slovenský zväz florbalu}}

|align=center| 1998

|align=center| 1999

| [https://www.szfb.sk/ www.szfb.sk]

{{center|{{flagicon|SLO}}}}

| Slovenian Floorball Association

|align=center| 2000

|align=center| 2001

| [https://floorballslo.si/ floorballslo.si]

{{center|{{flagicon|ESP}}}}

| Spanish Unihockey and Floorball Association

|align=center| 1998

|align=center| 2001

| [https://www.floorball.es/ www.floorball.es]

{{center|{{flagicon|SWE}}}}

| Swedish Floorball Federation

|align=center| 1981

|align=center bgcolor="limegreen"| 1986

| [https://www.innebandy.se/ www.innebandy.se]

{{center|{{flagicon|SUI}}}}

| Swiss Unihockey

|align=center| 1985

|align=center bgcolor="limegreen"| 1986

| [https://www.swissunihockey.ch/ www.swissunihockey.ch]

{{center|{{flagicon|THA}}}}

| Thai Floorball Federation

|align=center| 2007

{{center|{{flagicon|UKR}}}}

| Ukraine Floorball Federation

| {{center|2004}}

|align=center| 2005

{{center|{{flagicon|GBR}}}}

| United Kingdom Floorball Federation⁶

|align=center| 1995

|align=center| 2009

| [https://ukff.org/ ukff.org]

{{center|{{flagicon|USA}}}}

| United States Floorball Association

|align=center| 2001

| [https://www.usafloorball.org/ www.usafloorball.org]

:{{Color box|limegreen|border=darkgray}} 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 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.{{Cite web |date=2022-03-01 |title=IFF suspends the National Floorball Federation of Russia and the Floorball Federation of Belarus |url=https://floorball.sport/2022/03/01/iff-suspends-the-national-floorball-federation-of-russia-and-the-floorball-federation-of-belarus/ |access-date=2022-10-28 |website=IFF Main Site}}

=Provisional members=

class="wikitable sortable"

! Flag

! Member name

! Founded in

! Member

! Website (if applicable)

{{center|{{flagicon|ARG}}}}

| Argentinian Floorball Association

|align=center| 2007

{{center|{{flagicon|ARM}}}}

| Armenian Floorball Federation

|align=center| 1999

|align=center| 2006

{{center|{{flagicon|BEN}}}}

| Benin Floorball Association

|align=center| 2024

{{center|{{flagicon|BFA}}}}

| Burkina Faso Floorball Federation

|align=center| 2018

{{center|{{flagicon|CMR}}}}

| Cameroon Floorball Association

|align=center| 2013

|align=center data-sort-value=9999|

{{Center|{{flagicon|CAR}}}}

|Central African Federation of Floorball

|align=center| 2018

|align=center| 2019

{{center|{{flagicon|COL}}}}

| Colombian Floorball Association

|align=center| 2021

{{center|{{flagicon|CRO}}}}

| Croatian Floorball Federation

|align=center| 2017

|align=center| 2018

{{center|{{flagicon|HAI}}}}

| Haitian Floorball Federation

|align=center| 2014

|align=center| 2016

{{center|{{flagicon|HKG}}}}

| Floorball Federation of Hong Kong

|data-sort-value=9999|

|align=center| 2016

{{center|{{flagicon|IRL}}}}

| Irish Floorball Association

|data-sort-value=9999|

|align=center| 2007

{{Center|{{flagicon|KAZ}}}}

|National Floorball Federation of Kazakhstan

|data-sort-value=9999|

|align=center| 2022

{{center|{{flagicon|KEN}}}}

| Kenyan Floorball Federation

|align=center| 2016

|align=center| 2017

{{center|{{flagicon|KIR}}}}

| Floorball Federation of Kiribati

|align=center| 2019

|align="center| 2019

{{center|{{flagicon|KUW}}}}

| Floorball Federation of Kuwait

|align=center| 2019

{{center|{{flagicon|LIT}}}}

| Lithuanian Floorball Federation

|align=center| 2010

| [https://www.lgrf.lt/ www.lgrf.lt]

{{Center|{{flagicon|MAC}}}}

|Macau China Floorball General Association

|align=center| 2019

|align=center| 2022

{{center|{{flagicon|MLT}}}}

| Malta Floorball Association

|align=center| 2015

{{center|{{flagicon|MEX}}}}

| Mexican Floorball Federation

|data-sort-value=9999|

|align=center| 2023

{{center|{{flagicon|MDA}}}}

| Moldavian Floorball Federation

|align=center| 2007

{{center|{{flagicon|MNG}}}}

| Mongolian Floorball Federation

|align=center| 2005

|align=center| 2006

{{center|{{flagicon|MOZ}}}}

| Mozambique Floorball Association

|align=center| 2012

{{center|{{flagicon|NGR}}}}

| Floorball Federation of Nigeria

|align=center data-sort-value=9999|

|align=center| 2017

{{center|{{flagicon|PAK}}}}

| Pakistan Floorball Federation

|align=center| 2003

|align=center| 2004

{{center|{{flagicon|POR}}}}

| Portuguese Floorball Federation

|align=center| 2007

{{center|{{flagicon|ROU}}}}

| Romanian Floorball Federation

|align=center| 2008

{{center|{{flagicon|RWA}}}}

| Floorball Federation of Rwanda

|align=center data-sort-value=9999|

|align=center| 2018

{{center|{{flagicon|SLE}}}}

| Floorball Association of Sierra Leone

|align=center| 2008

{{center|{{flagicon|SOL}}}}

| Solomon Islands Floorball Federation

|align=center data-sort-value=9999|

|align=center| 2023

{{center|{{flagicon|SOM}}}}

| Somalia Floorball Federation

|align=center data-sort-value=9999|

|align=center| 2016

{{center|{{flagicon|RSA}}}}

| Floorball South Africa

|align=center| 2013

|align=center data-sort-value=9999|

{{Center|{{flagicon|TOG}}}}

|Togo Floorball

|align=center| 2018

|align=center| 2019

{{center|{{flagicon|TUR}}}}

| Floorball Turkey

|align=center| 2004

|align=center| 2008

{{center|{{flagicon|UGA}}}}

| Uganda Floorball Association

|align=center| 2015

|align=center| 2016

{{center|{{flagicon|VEN}}}}

| Floorball Federation of Venezuela

|align=center| 2016

|align=center| 2017

=Development countries=

Not yet IFF member:

{{flagcountry|Bangladesh}}
{{flagcountry|Bosnia and Herzegovina}}
{{flagcountry|Bulgaria}}
{{flagcountry|Greece}}
{{flagcountry|Jordan}}
{{flagcountry|Luxembourg}}
{{flagcountry|Mali}}
{{flagcountry|Nepal}}
{{flagcountry|Qatar}}
{{flagcountry|Sri Lanka}}
{{flagcountry|United Arab Emirates}}

Other

=Confederations=

class="wikitable"

! Confederation Name

! Founded

! Headquarters

Asia Oceania Floorball Confederation (AOFC)

|align=center| 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:

class="wikitable sortable"

!Country

!Registered Players

!% of Population

| 120,357

| 1.203%

| 61,368

| 0.947%

| 40,605

| 0.362%

| 33,072

| 0.367%

| 12,836

| 0.013%

| 8,741

| 0.115%

| 8,152

| 0.143%

| 7,058

| 0.086%

| 3,499

| 0.002%

| 3,494

| 0.127%

| 2,664

| 0.030%

| 2,609

| 0.004%

| 2,478

| 0.002%

| 1,856

| 0.003%

| 1,596

| 0.002%

| 1,326

| 0.000%

| 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%

| 563

| 0.003%

Notes and references

External links

[https://floorball.sport/ Official website]

Category:Floorball governing bodies

Category:Floorball in Finland

Category:Organisations based in Helsinki

Category:Sport in Helsinki

Category:Sports organizations established in 1986

Category:Association of IOC Recognised International Sports Federations

style="width: 5em" \| Ordinary	style="width: 5em" \| Provisional	style="width: 5em" \| Total
class="wikitable sortable" ! rowspan=2 \| Region !! colspan=3 \| Members
Africa	align=center \| {{0}}1	align=center \| 13	align=center \| 14
Asia-Oceania (Asia Oceania Floorball Confederation)	align=center \| 13	align=center \| 10	align=center \| 23
Europe	align=center \| 27	align=center \| {{0}}7	align=center \| 34
Americas	align=center \| {{0}}4	align=center \| {{0}}5	align=center \| {{0}}9
style="background:silver;" \| World	align=center \| 45	align=center \| 35	align=center \| 80

International Floorball Federation

Events

Members

=Members by Regions=

=Ordinary members=

=Provisional members=

=Development countries=

Other

=Confederations=

Registered Players

Notes and references

See also

External links