Eight teams will play the floorball demonstration tournament in the Special Olympics World Winter Games in PyeongChang and Gangneung, Korea.

The 10th Special Olympics World Winter Games is a multi-sport event for athletes with an intellectual disability and takes place from January 29th to February 5th 2013 in South Korea. The floorball tournament will be played during the first days, January 30th-31st, in the Gangneung Sports Centre.

The following eight countries are to participate in the floorball demonstration tournament in Korea: Austria, Denmark, Finland, Ireland, Korea, Russia, Sweden, Switzerland.

Special Olympics Floorball in Korea 2013 will be played with 3 players + goalies.

In addition to floorball, athletes will compete in eight sports including Alpine Skiing, Cross-Country Skiing, Figure Skating, Floor Hockey, Snowboarding, Snow Shoeing and Speed Skating.

Playing system

The floorball tournament will start with divisioning (pre-evaluating) all the participating teams. The divisioning decides which teams will be in group A (div 1) and group B (div 2).

After the day 1 group matches the play-offs will be played on day 2 with semi-finals and medal matches.

Mika Kohonen’s and Tero Tiitu’s good luck messages to Special Olympics athletes competing in the 2013 World Winter Games:

About Special Olympics

Special Olympics is an international organisation that changes lives through the power of sport by empowering people with intellectual disabilities, promoting acceptance for all, and fostering communities of understanding and respect worldwide. Founded in 1968 by Eunice Kennedy Shriver, the Special Olympics movement has grown from a few hundred athletes to 4 million athletes in 170 countries worldwide, providing year-round sports training, athletic competition and related programs.

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