Eriksson, from Sweden, has had a long career within floorball.

He started as treasurer of the clubs Guldheden and Pixbo Wallenstam in the mid 1980s, and continued as chairman of the Gothenburg Floorball Federation.

Eriksson then became chairman of the Swedish Floorball Federation, where he also served as general secretary, and since 1996 has been the President of the IFF.

So far during his Presidency, Eriksson has worked to get floorball on the international map, with much of his work geared towards eventually getting the sport on the Olympic programme.

In 2011, the IFF and floorball received the recognition of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) which could pave the way for possible inclusion at the Olympic Games.

There were further elections during the General Assembly with those on the central board also chosen.

Monica Bakke of Norway, Jörg Beer of Switzerland, Australia's Stephen King, Sweden's Martin Klabere and Spaniard Carlos Lopez were all re-elected along with Czech Filip Suman, the IFF vice-president.

Three new members were appointed in Kimmo Nurminen of Finland, Denmark's Thorbjørn Ovedal and Canadian Ron Spence.

The IFF is currently celebrating its 30th anniversary with the organisation claiming that the sport is growing.

The number of members has more than doubled, from 31 in 2005 to 64 today, while between 80 to 85 countries are currently playing at least one form of floorball.

During proceedings, Suman presented the IFF plan of action for the next two years.

"The ongoing priorities are the lobby work to secure the inclusion of floorball into the multi-sport events, development work for increasing the number of and strengthening our member associations, marketing of the sport and building and spreading the brand of floorball," he said.

"Now that the IFF is already in the multi-sport events such as the World Games it’s important that we maximise the effect of our participation."

Thailand was granted provisional membership to the IFF, which now has a total of 44 ordinary members and 20 provisional members.

Thirty-one ordinary members were present at the General Assembly which took place amidst the men's World Floorball Championships in Riga.

Finland defeated perennial rivals Sweden via a dramatic penalty shoot-out to win the title yesterday.