International Floorball Federation
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The International Floorball Federation (IFF) is the worldwide governing body for the sport of floorball. It was founded in 1986 in Huskvarna, Sweden, by the national floorball associations of Finland, Sweden and Switzerland. As of March 2016, it had 60 member associations, with 4,330 clubs and 309,307 registered players.[1] It is recognized by the IOC and is an ordinary member of the GAISF.
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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 60 IFF members (43 ordinary members and 17 provisional members). The newest member is Uganda.
Ordinary members
- IFF founded
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1 The Hungarian Floorball Federation was originally established in 1989, but reorganized into a new organization in 1997.
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2 The Icelandic Floorball Committee is a division of the Icelandic National Olympic Committee, and therefore governed by it.
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3 The Floorball Association of Iran is a division of the Iran Federation of Sport Associations, and therefore governed by it.
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4 The Liechtenstein Floorball Association was established as a single floorball club, UHC Schaan.
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5 The Norwegian Floorball Federation is a division of the Norway's Bandy Association, and therefore governed by it.
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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.
Provisional members
| Flag | Member name[3] | Founded in | Member | Website (if applicable) | |
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Argentinian Floorball Association | 2007 | 2007 | www.argentinaunihockey.com.ar | |
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Armenian Floorball Federation | 1999 | 2006 | www.floorballarm.narod.ru | |
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Cameroon Floorball Association | 2013 | |||
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Cote d´Ivoire Floorball Federation | 2014 | 2015 | ||
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Irish Floorball Association | 2007 | |||
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Lithuanian Floorball Federation | 2010 | 2010 | www.lgrf.lt | |
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Malta Floorball Association | 2015 | 2015 | ||
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Moldavian Floorball Federation | 2007 | 2007 | ||
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Mongolian Floorball Federation | 2005 | 2006 | ||
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Mozambique Floorball Association | 2012 | 2012 | ||
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Portuguese Floorball Federation | 2007 | 2007 | ||
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Romanian Floorball Federation | 2008 | 2008 | www.floorball.ro | |
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Floorball Association of Sierra Leone | 2008 | 2008 | ||
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Floorball South Africa | 2013 | |||
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Thai Floorball Federation | 2007 | 2007 | ||
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Floorball Turkey | 2004 | 2008 | www.florbol.org | |
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Uganda Floorball Association | 2015 | 2016 |
Other
Confederations
| Confederation Name [4] | Founded | Headquarters |
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| Asia Oceania Floorball Confederation (AOFC) | 2005 | Singapore City, Singapore |
Possible future IFF members
The nations stated below all have had some sort of contact with the sport of floorball. They may not necessarily play the sport on a day-to-day basis, but they all are possible candidates for becoming recognized as a future member nation of the International Floorball Federation.
| Flag | Country Name [5][6][7] |
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Bulgaria [8] |
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Burma [9] |
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Kurdistan [10] |
Registered Players
Based on the amount of registered floorball players and a country's population, a list of the top 25 countries has been compiled:
| Country | Registered Players | % of Population |
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 Sweden |
117,301 | 1.203% |
 Finland |
51,876 | 0.947% |
 Czech Republic |
38,122 | 0.362% |
 Switzerland |
30,153 | 0.367% |
 Germany |
10,642 | 0.013% |
 Norway |
7,409 | 0.143% |
 Denmark |
6,500 | 0.115% |
 Slovakia |
4,689 | 0.086% |
 Latvia |
3,029 | 0.127% |
 Russia |
3,000 | 0.002% |
 Japan |
2,561 | 0.002% |
 Singapore |
1,649 | 0.030% |
 Poland |
1,617 | 0.004% |
 Australia |
1,570 | 0.007% |
 South Korea |
1,500 | 0.003% |
 Estonia |
1,464 | 0.112% |
 Canada |
1,210 | 0.003% |
 Netherlands |
1,076 | 0.006% |
 Austria |
1,067 | 0.012% |
 India |
1,044 | 0.000% |
 France |
1,029 | 0.002% |
 Belgium |
939 | 0.008% |
 Hungary |
905 | 0.009% |
 Brazil |
882 | 0.000% |
 Great Britain |
829 | 0.001% |
