The International Floorball Federation (IFF) is the worldwide governing body for the sport of

floorball Floorball is a type of floor hockey with five players and a goalkeeper in each team. Men and women play indoors with sticks and a plastic ball with holes. Matches are played in three twenty-minute periods. The sport of bandy also played a role ...

. It was founded on 12 April 1986 in

Huskvarna Huskvarna (; formerly spelled ''Husqvarna'') constitutes the eastern part of Jönköping, a city in the Sweden, Swedish province of Småland, and has a population of about 24,000. The distance to central Jönköping is about 5 km. The name ...

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, by representatives from the national floorball associations of

Finland Finland ( fi, Suomi ; sv, Finland ), officially the Republic of Finland (; ), is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It shares land borders with Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of B ...

, Sweden and

Switzerland ). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...

. It is recognized by the

IOC The International Olympic Committee (IOC; french: link=no, Comité international olympique, ''CIO'') is a non-governmental sports organisation based in Lausanne, Switzerland. It is constituted in the form of an association under the Swiss ...

and is an ordinary member of the

ARISF The Association of IOC Recognised International Sports Federations (ARISF) is a non-governmental, non-profit organisation constituted through and recognised by the International Olympic Committee (IOC). The ARISF's members are international sports ...

Events

Men's World Floorball Championship The Men's World Floorball Championship is an international floorball competition contested by the senior men's national teams of the members of the International Floorball Federation, International Floorball Federation (IFF), the sport's global gov ...

Women's World Floorball Championship The Women's World Floorball Championship is an international floorball competition contested by the senior women's national teams of the members of the International Floorball Federation (IFF), the sport's global governing body. It is distinct fr ...

Under-19 World Floorball Championships Under-19 World Floorball Championships are being held for males since 2001 and for females since 2004. The championships for males are held in odd years, while those for females are held in even years. The first Under-19 World Floorball Champio ...

Floorball European Championships The Floorball European Championships were floorball European Championships organized by the International Floorball Federation (IFF). They were held twice in 1994 and 1995 for men and once for women (1995 File:1995 Events Collage V2.png, From ...

* Asia-Oceania Floorball Cup *

Asia Pacific Floorball Championships This is a List of Asia Pacific Floorball Champions, including runners-up. An Asian Pacific Floorball Championship is awarded to the team which wins in the finals of that year's Asia Pacific Floorball Championships. The most recent Asia Pacific Floo ...

Southeast Asian Floorball Championships The Southeast Asian Floorball Championships was an international floorball competition of the Southeast Asian nations. It was held only once in 2014 and took place in Singapore. Summaries Men's Women's References

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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 Macau or Macao (; ; ; ), officially the Macao Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China (MSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China in the western Pearl River Delta by the South China Sea. With a pop ...

and

Kazakhstan Kazakhstan, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental country located mainly in Central Asia and partly in Eastern Europe. It borders Russia to the north and west, China to the east, Kyrgyzstan to the southeast, Uzbeki ...

Members by Regions

Ordinary members

: IFF founded *

¹ ''The Hungarian Floorball Federation was originally established in

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, but reorganized into a new organization in

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.''

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 Iran Federation of Sport Associations ( fa, فدراسیون انجمن‌های ورزشی ایران, IFSA) is the governing body A governing body is a group of people that has the authority to exercise governance over an organization or polit ...

, and therefore governed by it.''

⁴ ''The

Liechtenstein Floorball Association Liechtenstein (), officially the Principality of Liechtenstein (german: link=no, Fürstentum Liechtenstein), is a German language, German-speaking microstate located in the Alps between Austria and Switzerland. Liechtenstein is a semi-constit ...

was established as a single floorball club, UHC Schaan.''

⁵ ''The Norwegian Floorball Federation is a division of the

Norway's Bandy Association Norway's Bandy Association ( no, Norges Bandyforbund) is the governing body for the sports of bandy, floorball and field hockey in Norway. History Norwegian bandy was originally organised by the Football Association of Norway, but an independen ...

, 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 On 24 February 2022, in a major escalation of the Russo-Ukrainian War, which began in 2014. The invasion has resulted in tens of thousands of deaths on both sides. It has caused Europe's largest refugee crisis since World War II. An ...

, 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.''

Provisional members

Development countries

Not yet IFF member: #Bangladesh #Bosnia and Herzegovina #Bulgaria #Greece #Jordan #Luxembourg #Mali #Nepal #Qatar #Sri Lanka #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:

Notes and references

External links

Official website
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