International Table Hockey Federation

International Table Hockey Federation (ITHF)
AbbreviationITHF
Formation2005; 19 years ago (2005)
TypeSports federation
HeadquartersPlzeň, Czech Republic
Membership
21 member association
President
Bjarne Axelsen
WebsiteITHF.info
ITHF European countries at 2019
ITHF president Bjarne Axelsen at 2019

International Table Hockey Federation (ITHF) is the world governing body for ITHF table hockey, providing World and European championships,[1] list of biggest international competitions, regulation of game and tournament rules[2] and world ranking.[3] Ranking at 2021 contained about 10,000 players from 70 countries.

It was officially founded in 2005 in Riga, Latvia with 15 member nations (Austria, Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Norway, Russia, Slovakia, Sweden and US). Its head office is located in Plzeň, Czech Republic.[4] Bjarne Axelsen is the current president. The BWF currently has 21 member nation around the world, adding Belarus, Kazakhstan, Portugal, Slovenia, Switzerland and Ukraine.

  1. ^ "10th Table Hockey World Championships - official site - Main page". worldcup07.board-hockey.ru. Retrieved 29 September 2021.
  2. ^ "Tournament rules by ITHF" (PDF). Latvian THF.
  3. ^ "Suomen Pöytäjääkiekkoliitto – Finnish Table Hockey Association". poytajaakiekko.net. Retrieved 29 September 2021.
  4. ^ "International Table Hockey Federation – Plzeň-Bolevec | netkatalog.cz". www.netkatalog.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 29 September 2021.