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

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. It was founded on 12 April 1986 in

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, by representatives from the national floorball associations of

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, Sweden and

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. It is based in

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, Finland. The president of the federation is Filip Šuman. The federation became a member of

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and is an ordinary member of the

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since 2008. Further, it is a member of

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Events

* 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

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

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Members by Regions

Ordinary members

: IFF founded *

¹ ''The Hungarian Floorball Federation was originally established in

1989 1989 was a turning point in political history with the "Revolutions of 1989" which ended communism in Eastern Bloc of Europe, starting in Poland and Hungary, with experiments in power-sharing coming to a head with the opening of the Berlin W ...

, but reorganized into a new organization in

1997 Events January * January 1 – The Emergency Alert System is introduced in the United States. * January 11 – Turkey threatens Cyprus on account of a deal to buy Russian S-300 missiles, prompting the Cypriot Missile Crisis. * January 1 ...

.''

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 On 24 February 2022, , starting the largest and deadliest war in Europe since World War II, in a major escalation of the Russo-Ukrainian War, conflict between the two countries which began in 2014. The fighting has caused hundreds of thou ...

, 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: # # # # # # # # # # #

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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