Asia Oceania Floorball Confederation

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Asia Oceania
Floorball Confederation
AbbreviationAOFC
Formation2005
TypeSport organisation
Region served
Asia and Oceania
Membership
22
President
Chaiyapak Siriwat
Senior Vice President
Stephen King
General Secretary
Christian Bertschinger
Parent organization
International Floorball Federation
Website AOFC

The Asia Oceania Floorball Confederation (AOFC) is a floorball confederation consisting of 22 nations spanning across 2 continents, Asia and Oceania.

Contents

The AOFC organizes the men's and women's Asia Pacific Floorball Championships every year.

History

The AOFC was formed during the 2005 Women's World Floorball Championships, when the national associations of Australia, India, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Pakistan, and Singapore, alongside the International Floorball Federation, decided to form a Confederation in conjunction with the 2004 Asia Pacific Floorball Championships.

Organization

The AOFC, like other IFF member nations, has a central board consisting of a President, vice-president, Treasurer, Secretary General, and regional members.

The last AOFC general assembly was held in Singapore in 2018 during the 1st Women's AOFC Cup.

Central Board

PositionName
President Flag of Thailand.svg Chaiyapak Siriwat
Senior Vice-president Flag of Australia (converted).svg Stephen King
Vice-presidents Flag of India.svg Atul Gupta (India)
Flag of Japan.svg Tsutomu Watanabe
Treasurer Flag of South Korea.svg Kang Geum-sung
Secretary General   Flag of New Zealand.svg Christian Bertschinger
Members Flag of Japan.svg Takanobu Yoshino
Flag of South Korea.svg Kim Hwang-joo
Flag of Singapore.svg Kenneth Ho
Flag of India.svg Harinder Kumar
Flag of India.svg Raymond Nangoy
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jason Cowland
Flag of Malaysia.svg Mohd Hafidz bin Zainalabidin
Flag of Pakistan.svg Sheikh Muhammad Junaid
Flag of the Philippines.svg Ralph Ramos

Nations

The AOFC currently consists of 22 member associations:[ citation needed ]

FlagMemberFoundedWebsite
Flag of Australia (converted).svg
Australian Floorball Association 1996 www.floorballaustralia.org.au
Flag of Armenia.svg
Armenian Floorball Federation 1999 www.floorballarm.narod.ru
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg
China Floorball Union 2016 www.chinafloorball.org
Flag of Macau.svg
Macau China Floorball General Association 2019
Flag of Georgia.svg
Georgian Floorball Association 2002
Flag of Hong Kong.svg
Floorball Federation of Hong Kong 2016
Flag of India.svg
Indian Floorball Federation 2001 www.floorballindia.org
Flag of Indonesia.svg
Indonesian Floorball Association 2009
Flag of Iran.svg
Iran Floorball Association 2008 ifsafed.com/ifa/
Flag of Japan.svg
Japan Floorball Association 1983 www.floorball.jp
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg
Kazakhstan National Floorball Federation
Flag of Kiribati.svg
Kiribati Floorball National Association 2019
Flag of South Korea.svg
Korea Floorball Federation 2004 www.floorball.or.kr
Flag of Kuwait.svg
Kuwait Floorball Committee 2019
Flag of Malaysia.svg
Malaysian Floorball Association 2001 floorballmalaysia.com
Flag of Mongolia.svg
Mongolian Floorball Federation 2005
Flag of New Zealand.svg
Floorball New Zealand 2001 www.floorball.org.nz
Flag of Pakistan.svg
Pakistan Floorball Federation 2019
Flag of the Philippines.svg
Philippine Floorball Association 2011 floorball.ph
Flag of Singapore.svg
Singapore Floorball Association 1995 www.revolutionise.sg/sgfloorball/
Flag of Thailand.svg
Thai Floorball Federation 2007
Flag of Turkey.svg
Floorball Turkey 2004

Development

  1. Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh
  2. Flag of Jordan.svg  Jordan
  3. Flag of Nepal.svg    Nepal
  4. Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar
  5. Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka
  6. Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates

See also

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