International Associations
Up until the 1990s, the sport gained little international recognition; however, in 1987, the International Footballtennis Association (IFTA, later renamed to FIFTA, the Federation International de Footballtennis Association) was founded. European championships have been held since 1991, and world championships since 1994. Union Internationale de Futnet (UNIF) was founded in October 2010 in Geneva. Of former FIFTA members and candidate countries, among the founding members were France, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Catalonia, Argentina, Australia and Costa Rica, joined by Poland, Denmark, Malaysia, Basque Country, South Africa, US, England and in 2011 by Ukraine and Austria.
According to FIFTA’s webpage, FIFTA was left with ten members: Croatia, Russia, Moldova, Romania, India, Turkey, North Cyprus, Hungary, Macedonia, Georgia. In April 2010 European Futnet Association (EFTA) was founded in Marseille, France, to reactivate the sport in Europe where it had been stagnating under FIFTA. Current EFTA members include Switzerland, France, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Basque Country, Denmark, England, Poland, Ukraine and Austria. EFTA is the continental association of UNIF in Europe.
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