International Floorball Federation

IFF Official Logo
Abbreviation	IFF
Formation	April 12, 1986; 36 years ago (1986-04-12)
Founded at	Huskvarna, Sweden
Type	Sports federation
Legal status	Governing body of Floorball
Purpose	Sport governance
Headquarters	Helsinki, Finland
Region served	Worldwide
Membership	77 national associations
President	Tomas Eriksson
Vice President	Filip Suman
Main organ	Congress
Affiliations	ARISF
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 ARISF.^[1]

Events

• Men's World Floorball Championship
• Women's World Floorball Championship
• Under-19 World Floorball Championships
• Floorball European Championships
• Asia-Oceania Floorball Cup
• Asia Pacific Floorball Championships
• Southeast Asian Floorball Championships

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 77 IFF members (45 ordinary members and 32 provisional members in April 2022). The newest members are Macau and Kazakhstan.^[2]

Members by Regions

As of 21 April 2022

Ordinary members

Flag	Member name[3]	Founded in	IFF member	Website
	Australian Floorball Association	1996	1996	www.floorballaustralia.org.au/
	Austrian Floorball Association	1996	1997	www.floorball.at
	Floorball Federation of Belarus (suspended7)	2009	2009
	Belgian Floorball Federation	1995	1995	www.floorballbelgium.be
	Brazilian Floorball Association	1998	1999	floorball.com.br
	Floorball Canada	2001	2001	www.floorballcanada.org
	China Floorball Federation	2016	2016	www.chinafloorball.org
	Cote d´Ivoire Floorball Federation	2014	2015
	Czech Floorball Union	1992	1993	www.ceskyflorbal.cz
	Danish Floorball Federation	1989	1991	floorball.dk
	Estonian Floorball Union	1993	1994	www.saalihoki.ee
	Finnish Floorball Federation	1985	1986	salibandy.fi
	French Floorball Federation	2002	2003	www.francefloorball.fr
	Georgian Floorball Association	2002	2002	www.floorball-ge.narod.ru
	German Floorball Association	1992	1994	floorball.de
	Hungarian Floorball Federation1	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
	Floorball Association of Iran3	2008	2009	ifsafed.com
	Israeli Floorball Association	2007	2007	www.israelfloorball.org
	Italian Unihockey and Floorball Association	2000	2001	www.fiuf.it
	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	floorballmalaysia.com
	Netherlands Floorball and Unihockey Association	1999	1999	nefub.nl
	Floorball New Zealand	2009	2009	www.floorball.org.nz
	Norwegian Floorball Federation5	1991	1992	bandyforbundet.no
	Philippine Floorball Association	2011	2011	floorball.ph
	Polish Floorball Federation	1995	1999	www.polskiunihokej.pl
	Russian Floorball Federation (suspended7)	1992	1993	нффр.рф
	Serbian Floorball Association	2007	2007	floorball.sport/serbia
	Singapore Floorball Association	1995	1995	www.revolutionise.sg/sgfloorball
	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 Unihockey	1985	1986	www.swissunihockey.ch
	Thai Floorball Federation	2007	2007	floorball.sport/thailand/
	Ukraine Floorball Federation	2004	2005
	United Kingdom Floorball Federation6	1995	2009	ukff.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.
• 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.^[4]

Provisional members

Flag	Member name[3]	Founded in	Member	Website (if applicable)
	Argentinian Floorball Association	2007	2007
	Armenian Floorball Federation	1999	2006	www.floorballarm.narod.ru
	Burkina Faso Floorball Federation	2018	2018
	Cameroon Floorball Association	2013
	Central African Federation of Floorball	2018	2019
	Macau China Floorball General Association	2019	2022
	Colombian Floorball Association	2021	2021
	Croatian Floorball Federation	2017	2018
	Haitian Floorball Federation	2014	2016
	Floorball Federation of Hong Kong		2016
	Irish Floorball Association		2007
	National Floorball Federation of Kazakhstan		2022
	Kenyan Floorball Federation	2016	2017
	Floorball Federation of Kiribati	2019	2019
	Floorball Federation of Kuwait	2019	2019
	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
	Floorball Federation of Nigeria		2017
	Pakistan Floorball Federation	2003	2004	floorball.sport/pakistan/
	Portuguese Floorball Federation	2007	2007
	Romanian Floorball Federation	2008	2008
	Floorball Federation of Rwanda		2018
	Floorball Association of Sierra Leone	2008	2008
	Somalia Floorball Federation		2016	somaliafloorball.org
	Floorball South Africa	2013
	Togo Floorball	2018	2019
	Floorball Turkey	2004	2008
	Uganda Floorball Association	2015	2016
	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

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%