International Floorball Federation

Sports governing body

International Floorball Federation

IFF Official Logo

Abbreviation| IFF
Formation| April 12, 1986; 39 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| 80 national associations

President

| Filip Šuman [cs]

Main organ

| Congress
Affiliations| ARISF, GAISF, IWGA
Website| Floorball.sport
The president of the federation, Filip Šuman

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.[1]

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.[2][3]

## Events

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* Men's World Floorball Championship
* Women's World Floorball Championship
* Under-19 World Floorball Championships
* Champions Cup

* Floorball European Championships
* Asia-Oceania Floorball Cup
* Asia Pacific Floorball Championships
* Southeast Asian Floorball Championships

## Members

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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 80 IFF members (45 ordinary members and 35 provisional members in June 2024). The newest member are Solomon Islands.[4][5]

### Members by Regions

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As of 25 June 2024
Region | Members

|

Ordinary | Provisional | Total
Africa | 01 | 13 | 14
Asia-Oceania (Asia Oceania Floorball Confederation) | 13 | 10 | 23
Europe | 27 | 07 | 34
Americas | 04 | 05 | 09
World | 45 | 35 | 80

### Ordinary members

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Flag  | Member name[6] | Founded in  | IFF member  | Website

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|
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| 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  |

| Cote d´Ivoire Floorball Federation | 2014  | 2015  |

| Czech Floorball [cs] | 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.floorball.fr

| Georgian Floorball Association | 2002  | 2002  |

| German Floorball Association | 1992  | 1994  | floorball.de

| Hungarian Floorball Federation1 | 1989  | 1992  | www.hunfloorball.hu

| Icelandic Floorball Committee2 | 2005  | 2005  |

| Indian Floorball Federation | 2001  | 2002  | floorballindia.com

| Indonesian Floorball Association | 2009  | 2009  |

| 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 Association4  | 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 (suspended)7 | 1992  | 1993  | нффр.рф

| Serbian Floorball Association | 2007  | 2007  |

| Singapore Floorball Association | 1995  | 1995  | www.revolutionise.sg/sgfloorball

| Slovak Floorball Association [sk] | 1998  | 1999  | www.szfb.sk

| Slovenian Floorball Association | 2000  | 2001  | floorballslo.si

| Spanish Unihockey and Floorball Association | 1998  | 2001  | www.floorball.es

| Swedish Floorball Federation | 1981  | 1986  | www.innebandy.se

| Swiss Unihockey | 1985  | 1986  | www.swissunihockey.ch

| Thai Floorball Federation | 2007  | 2007  |

| 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 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.[7]

### Provisional members

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Flag  | Member name[6] | Founded in  | Member  | Website (if applicable)

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|
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| Argentinian Floorball Association   | 2007  | 2007  |

| Armenian Floorball Federation | 1999  | 2006  |

| Benin Floorball Association | 2024  | 2024  |

| Burkina Faso Floorball Federation | 2018  | 2018  |

| Cameroon Floorball Association | 2013  |  |

| Central African Federation of Floorball | 2018  | 2019  |

| 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

| Macau China Floorball General Association | 2019  | 2022  |

| Malta Floorball Association | 2015  | 2015  |

| Mexican Floorball Federation |  | 2023  |

| 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  |

| Portuguese Floorball Federation | 2007  | 2007  |

| Romanian Floorball Federation | 2008  | 2008  |

| Floorball Federation of Rwanda |  | 2018  |

| Floorball Association of Sierra Leone | 2008  | 2008  |

| Solomon Islands Floorball Federation |  | 2023  |

| Somalia Floorball Federation |  | 2016  |

| 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

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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

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### Confederations

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Confederation Name  | Founded  | Headquarters

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Asia Oceania Floorball Confederation (AOFC)  | 2005 | Singapore City, Singapore

## Registered Players

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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%

## Notes and references

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1. ^ "IFF General Assembly 2024 elects new IFF President and new Central Board". IFF Main Site. 14 December 2024. Retrieved 7 January 2025.
2. ^ "Members – ARISF". Retrieved 25 June 2024.
3. ^ "History in short". IFF Main Site. Retrieved 7 January 2025.
4. ^ "IFF CB Meeting News 2/2023: WFC hosts awarded, Future of Floorball status and upcoming events". IFF. 24 May 2023. Retrieved 25 June 2024.
5. ^ "Member Associations". IFF. Retrieved 25 June 2024.
6. ^ a b "History in short". IFF. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
7. ^ "IFF suspends the National Floorball Federation of Russia and the Floorball Federation of Belarus". IFF Main Site. 2022-03-01. Retrieved 2022-10-28.

## See also

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

## External links

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* Official website

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National floorball teams

Men's|

* Argentina
* Armenia
* Australia
* Austria
* Belarus
* Belgium
* Brazil
* Burkina Faso
* Cameroon
* Canada
* Central African Republic
* China
* Colombia
* Cote d'Ivoire
* Croatia
* Czech Republic
* Denmark
* Estonia
* Finland
* France
* Georgia
* Germany
* Haiti
* Hong Kong
* Hungary
* Iceland
* India
* Indonesia
* Iran
* Ireland
* Israel
* Italy
* Jamaica
* Japan
* Kazakhstan
* Kenya
* Kiribati
* Kuwait
* Latvia
* Liechtenstein
* Lithuania
* Macau
* Malaysia
* Malta
* Mexico
* Moldova
* Mongolia
* Mozambique
* Netherlands
* New Zealand
* Nigeria
* Norway
* Pakistan
* Philippines
* Poland
* Portugal
* Romania
* Russia
* Rwanda
* Serbia
* Sierra Leone
* Singapore
* Slovakia
* Slovenia
* Solomon Islands
* Somalia
* South Africa
* South Korea
* Spain
* Sweden
* Switzerland
* Thailand
* Togo
* Turkey
* Uganda
* Ukraine
* United Kingdom
* United States
* Venezuela

Women's|

* Argentina
* Armenia
* Australia
* Austria
* Belarus
* Belgium
* Brazil
* Burkina Faso
* Cameroon
* Canada
* Central African Republic
* China
* Colombia
* Cote d'Ivoire
* Croatia
* Czech Republic
* Denmark
* Estonia
* Finland
* France
* Georgia
* Germany
* Haiti
* Hong Kong
* Hungary
* Iceland
* India
* Indonesia
* Iran
* Ireland
* Israel
* Italy
* Jamaica
* Japan
* Kazakhstan
* Kenya
* Kiribati
* Kuwait
* Latvia
* Liechtenstein
* Lithuania
* Macau
* Malaysia
* Malta
* Mexico
* Moldova
* Mongolia
* Mozambique
* Netherlands
* New Zealand
* Nigeria
* Norway
* Pakistan
* Philippines
* Poland
* Portugal
* Romania
* Russia
* Rwanda
* Serbia
* Sierra Leone
* Singapore
* Slovakia
* Slovenia
* Solomon Islands
* Somalia
* South Africa
* South Korea
* Spain
* Sweden
* Switzerland
* Thailand
* Togo
* Turkey
* Uganda
* Ukraine
* United Kingdom
* United States
* Venezuela

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* e

National members of the International Floorball Federation

* Floorball
* Asia Oceania Floorball Confederation
* IFF World Ranking

Ordinary Members|

* Australia
* Austria
* Belarus
* Belgium
* Brazil
* Canada
* Cote d'Ivoire
* Czech Republic
* Denmark
* Estonia
* Finland
* France
* Georgia
* Germany
* Hungary
* Iceland
* India
* Indonesia
* Iran
* Israel
* Italy
* Jamaica
* Japan
* Korea
* Latvia
* Liechtenstein
* Malaysia
* Netherlands
* New Zealand
* Norway
* Philippines
* Poland
* Russia
* Serbia
* Singapore
* Slovakia
* Slovenia
* Spain
* Sweden
* Switzerland
* Thailand
* Ukraine
* United Kingdom
* United States

Provisional Members|

* Argentina
* Armenia
* Burkina Faso
* Cameroon
* Central African Republic
* China
* Croatia
* Haiti
* Ireland
* Kiribati
* Kenya
* Kuwait
* Hong Kong
* Lithuania
* Malta
* Moldova
* Mongolia
* Mozambique
* Nigeria
* Pakistan
* Portugal
* Romania
* Rwanda
* Sierra Leone
* Somalia
* South Africa
* Togo
* Turkey
* Uganda
* Venezuela

Other Countries with Floorball|

* Bangladesh
* Bosnia and Herzegovina
* Bulgaria
* Greece
* Jordan
* Kazakhstan
* Luxembourg
* Mali
* Nepal
* Qatar
* Sri Lanka
* United Arab Emirates

* Pinnacle Events
* Floorball World Championships
* Floorball at the World Games

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International sports federations

ASOIF (30+2)
Summer Olympics Federations|

* AQUA (aquatic sports)
* WA (archery)
* WAth (athletics)
* BWF (badminton)
* WBSC (baseball, softball and Baseball5) (associate)
* FIBA (basketball)
* WB2 (boxing)
* ICF (canoeing)
* UCI (cycling)
* WDSF (dance sport) (associate)
* FEI (equestrian)
* FIE (fencing)
* FIFA (football)
* IGF (golf)
* FIG (gymnastics)
* IHF (handball)
* FIH (field hockey)
* IJF (judo)
* UIPM (modern pentathlon)
* WSK (roller sports)
* FISA (rowing)
* WR (rugby union)
* WS (sailing)
* ISSF (shooting)
* IFSC (sport climbing)
* ISA (surfing)
* ITTF (table tennis)
* WT (taekwondo)
* ITF (tennis)
* TRI (triathlon)
* FIVB (volleyball)
* IWF (weightlifting)
* UWW (wrestling)

AIOWF (7)
Winter Olympics Federations|

* IBU (biathlon)
* IBSF (bobsleigh and skeleton)
* WC (curling)
* IIHF (ice hockey)
* FIL (luge)
* ISU (skating sports)
* FIS (skiing and snowboarding sports)

ARISF (39)
Others recognised by IOC|

* FAI (air sports)
* IFAF (American football)
* FIA (auto racing)
* FIB (bandy)
* WBSC (baseball, softball and Baseball5)
* FIPV (basque pelota)
* WCBS (billiards sports)
* CMSB (boules)
* IBF (bowling)
* WBF (bridge)
* ICU (cheer)
* FIDE (chess)
* ICC (cricket)
* WDSF (dance sport)
* IFF (floorball)
* WFDF (flying disc)
* IFI (ice stock sport)
* WKF (karate)
* WAKO (kickboxing)
* IKF (korfball)
* WL (lacrosse)
* ILSF (life saving)
* FIM (motorcycle sport)
* UIAA (mountaineering)
* IFMA (muaythai)
* WN (netball)
* IOF (orienteering)
* FIP (polo)
* UIM (powerboating)
* IRF (racquetball)
* FIAS (sambo)
* ISMF (ski mountaineering)
* WSF (squash)
* IFS (sumo)
* TWIF (tug-of-war)
* CMAS (underwater sports)
* FISU (university sports)
* IWWF (waterski and wakeboard)
* IWUF (wushu)

AIMS (20)
Others in SportAccord|

* IAF (aikido)
* WAF (arm wrestling)
* IFBB (bodybuilding)
* ICSF (casting)
* WDF (darts)
* IDBF (dragon boat)
* FMJD (draughts)
* IFA (fistball)
* IGF (go)
* JJIF (ju-jitsu)
* FIK (kendo)
* WMF (minigolf)
* IPF (powerlifting)
* IPSC (practical shooting)
* FISav (savate)
* ISTAF (sepak takraw)
* ISFF (sleddog)
* ISTF (soft tennis)
* CIPS (sport fishing)
* FITEQ (teqball)

former GAISF
observer members (11)|

* WDA (dodgeball)
* FIFG (footgolf)
* IJRU (jump rope)
* IUKL (kettlebell lifting)
* FISO (obstacle)
* IPF (padel)
* IFMP (poker)
* IPSF (pole dance)
* IRF (rafting)
* IRL (rugby league)
* ITSF (table football/soccer)

Others|

* WEKAF (arnis)
* AFLC (Australian rules football)
* WBGF (backgammon)
* ISBHF (ball hockey)
* IBA (bodyboarding)
* WB (bowls)
* IBA1,2 (boxing)
* SJJIF (Brazilian jiu-jitsu)
* IFBA (broomball)
* WCF (croquet)
* WDBF (dodgeball)
* ICFRA (fullbore rifle)
* IGAA (Gaelic football and hurling)
* ATSX (downhill ice cross)
* IKF2 (kabaddi)
* WK2 (kabaddi)
* IKF (kempo)
* FISLY (landsailing)
* IMMAF (mixed martial arts)
* WMRA (mountain running)
* ORSI (ocean rowing)
* IPF (pickleball)
* IQA (quad ball)
* IFMAR (radio-controlled racing)
* IRF (rogaining)
* WSSF (snowshoe running)
* ISF (skyrunning)
* WSSA (sport stacking)
* ITHF (table hockey)
* ITPF (tent pegging)
* FIT (touch football)
* ITRA (trail running)
* IAU (ultra running)

* International Olympic Committee
* International World Games Association
* SportAccord

* 1 IOC recognition withdrawn
* 2 Contested governance

Authority control databases |

* VIAF

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