IFF and Floorball history in short

Some roots of floorball have been found as far back as from 1958 when an industry in Minneapolis, USA introduced plastic sticks under the name Cosom. Cosom floor hockey was played in the USA and Canada. In the 1970’s the floorball sport we play today was developed in Sweden and in 1986 the International Floorball Federation was founded by the Swedish, Finnish and Swiss Floorball Associations

• 1986
  The International Floorball Federation was founded 12th of April in Huskvarna, Sweden, by the Floorball associations of Finland, Sweden and Switzerland.
• 1991
  Denmark and Norway joined the IFF family.
• 1992
  The first official IFF Congress was held in Zurich, Switzerland. The first IFF rubebook was approved. Hungary joined the IFF family.
• 1993
  The first European Cup was played in Helsinki for Women and in Stockholm for Men. Czech Republic and Russia joined the IFF family.
• 1994
  The first European Championships for Men was played in Finland. Estonia, Germany, Japan, Latvia and USA joined the IFF family.
• 1995
  The first European Championships for Women and the second for Men were played in Switzerland. To give Japan the possibility to take part IFF decided that the tournaments should be played as an Open European Championships. Belgium and Singapore joined the IFF family.
• 1996
  The first World Championships for Men was played in Sweden.The final was sold out -15.106 spectators in the Stockholm Globe Arena. Australia joined the IFF family.
• 1997
  The first World Championships for Women was played in Åland, Finland and the first Presidents’ Meeting was held in connection with this. Austria, Great Britain and Poland joined the IFF family.
• 1999
  Brazil, the Netherlands and Slovakia joined the IFF family.
• 2000
  IFF gained provisional membership of GAISF (General Association of International Sports Federations).
• 2001
  The first World Championships for Men U19 was played in Germany. Spain, Italy, Slovenia, Canada and New Zealand joined the IFF family.
• 2002
  The first World University Championships in floorball was played in Sweden.
  Malaysia, India and Georgia joined the IFF family.
• 2003
  IFF applied for IOC recognition and signed the World Anti-Doping Code. France joined the IFF family.
• 2004
  Pakistan joined the IFF family. IFF gained ordinary membership of GAISF on the 20th of May. The first World Championships for Women U19 was played in Finland.
• 2005
  The Asia Oceania Floorball Confederation was established in Singapore. Korea, Ukraine, Liechtenstein and Iceland joined the IFF family.
• 2006
  Mongolia and Armenia joined the IFF family.
• 2007
  Moldova, Ireland, Israel, Serbia, Argentina, Thailand and Portugal joined the IFF family.
• 2008
  Turkey, Romania and Sierra Leone joined the IFF family. IFF received provisional IOC recognition on the 11th of December.
• 2009
  Belarus, Iran and Indonesia joined the IFF family
• 2010
  Lithuania joined the IFF family
• 2011
  Philippines and Jamaica joined the IFF family. IFF received the full IOC recognition on July 8th.
• 2012
  Mozambique joined the IFF family
• 2013
  IFF accepted as a member of the International World Games Association. South Africa and Cameroon joined the IFF family
• 2015
  Malta and Cote d´Ivoire joined the IFF family
• 2016
  Uganda, Haiti, China, Somalia and Hong Kong joined the IFF family
• 2017
  Floorball as an official sport in the World Games (Wroclaw, Poland) and in the Special Olympics World Winter Games (Austria) for the first time. Venezuela, Kenya and Nigeria joined the IFF family.
• 2018
  Burkina Faso, Croatia and Rwanda joined the IFF family.
• 2019
  IFF signs the UN Sports for Climate Action. A new Women’s WFC total attendance record was reached (44,513). Central African Republic, Kiribati, Kuwait and Togo joined the IFF family.
• 2020
  IFF General Assembly approved the IFF Strategy for 2021-2032 “Strengthening the Foundations”. The first World Virtual Freestyle Floorball Cup was played.
• 2021
  Columbia joined the IFF family
• 2022
  Floorball as an official sport in The World Games in Birmingham, Alabama, USA. Kazakhstan and Chinese Macau joined the IFF.
• 2023
  Mexico joined the IFF family

Order of foundation

• 1981
  7th of November: Sweden
• 1983
  27th of December: Japan
• 1985
  20th of April: Switzerland
  23rd of September: Finland
• 1987
  25th of June: Liechtenstein*
• 1989
  27th of May: Denmark
  September: Hungary**
• 1991
  25th of May: Norway
• 1992
  10th of January: Russia
  14th of January: Czech Republic
  13th of June: Germany
• 1993
  5th of May: USA
  27th of November: Estonia
  11th of December: Latvia
• 1995
  25th of February: Poland
  1st of April: Belgium
  June: Singapore
  26th of November: Great Britain***
• 1996
  28th of January: Austria
  20th of September: Australia
• 1997
  11th of July: Hungary**
• 1998
  2nd of July: Brazil
  4th of September: Spain
  December: The Netherlands
  31st of December: Slovakia
• 1999
  10th of March: Armenia
• 2000
  11th of December: Italy
  17th of December: Slovenia
• 2001
  21st of July: New Zealand
  1st of August: Malaysia
  21st of September: India
• 2002
  1st of April: Georgia
  10th of August: France
• 2003
  22nd of May: Pakistan
• 2004
  21st of February: Ukraine
  22nd of May: Korea
• 2005
  1st of September: Mongolia
• 2007
  1st of March: Moldova
  4th of March: Ireland
  5th of May: Israel
  28th of September: Serbia
  20th of November: Argentina
  December: Thailand, Portugal
• 2008
  September: Turkey
  October: Romania
  December: Sierra Leone
• 2009
  May: Great Britain ***
  September: Belarus
  December: Iran, Indonesia, New Zealand ***
• 2010
  May: Lithuania
  October: Ireland ***
• 2011
  Philippines, Jamaica
• 2012
  Mozambique, Cameroon
• 2013
  South Africa, Cameroon, Great Britain ***, Russia ***
• 2014
  Cote d´Ivoire, Haiti
• 2015
  Malta, Pakistan ***, Uganda
• 2016
  China
• 2018
  June: Central African Republic, Togo
  November: Burkina Faso
• 2019
  February: Kiribati, Kuwait
• 2021
  February: Columbia
• 2022
  September: Kazakhstan, Chinese Macau
• 2023
  February: Mexico

• * Liechtenstein was founded as the single Club UHC Schaan
• **Hungary was reorganized into a new Association 1997
• ***Great Britain (2009), Ireland (2010), New Zealand (2013), Russia (2013), and Pakistan (2015) were reorganised into a new Association.

IFF Presidents

• 1986 –  1992: András Czitrom, Sweden
• 1992 –  1996: Pekka Mukkala, Finland 
• 1996 – 2024: Tomas Eriksson, Sweden 
• 2024 – (present) : Filip Suman, Czechia