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1986 The International Floorball Federation was founded 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 Zürich, Switzerland. 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. France joined the IFF family. 2004 Pakistan joined the IFF family. IFF gained ordinary membership of GAISF on May 20. The first World Championships for Women U19 was played in Finland. 2005 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. ORDER OF FOUNDATION 1981 7th of November: Sweden 1983 27th of December: Japan 1985 20th of April: Switzerland 23rd of August: 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 * Liechtenstein was founded as the single Club UHC Schaan **Hungary was reorganized into a new Association 1997. IFF PRESIDENTS 1986-1992: András Czitrom, Sweden 1992-1996: Pekka Mukkala, Finland 1996- ---- : Tomas Eriksson, Sweden IFF TODAY: Ordinary member of GAISF 45 Member Associations 3860 clubs. 270 700 registered players. EuroFloorball Cup is played every year. World Championships is played every year, in even years for Men and U19 Women and in odd years for Women and U19 Men.
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