Eight referee pairs from five different countries have been nominated to the Women´s U19 WFC 2016 referee team.

The head of the referees is Mr. Mats Öster from Sweden and his observer team is Ms. Marjo Alanko from Finland and Mr. Radek Hora from Czech Republic.

– We have a very experienced referee team this time with only one new pair. We are more than happy that for the first time we are able to have a pair from North America when the Canadian referees join the team for the WU19 WFC, says Mr. Klaus Koskela, the chairman of the IFF Referee Committee.

– The observer team is very experienced as always in our major events, he concludes

Tero Konttinen / Jukka Kortinen CAN (click on the links to access the referee cards)

Tero Konttinen 41 years old and a university instructor living in Toronto. He plays floorball as a goalkeeper and is also an architectural tour guide in Toronto. This is the first major event for him and his pair

Jukka Kortinen 39 years old locomotive operator that also lives in Toronto. He is married and when not refereeing floorball he likes to run. Orienteering is also close to his heart. He will have his 40th birthday during the tournament.

Martin Petrik / Tom Podlesny CZE

Martin Petrik is 35 years old and he works for automotive business. He lives in Havirov and has been a floorball referee for 15 years. He is married and has two sons.

Tom Podlesny, a 33 years old sales manager is also from Havirov. His floorball referee career has lasted for 15 years.  He is married and a proud father of two kids. They refereed the final game in the Women´s WFC 2015 in Tampere.

Lucie Hejnova / Jitka Romancakova CZE

Lucie Hejnova is 27 and lives in Rtyne v. Podkrkonosi and she works for a charity organisation. She has been a referee for eight years. When not refereeing she likes to climb mountains and to run.

Jitka Romancakova is 24 years old student from Male Svatonovice and she has been a referee since 2008. They were also in the referee team of the Women´s WFC 2015 in Tampere.

Teemu Rannikko / Petri Suhonen FIN

Teemu Rannikko lives in Nokia, Finland. He is married and has two kids. He works as a head of supply center. He is also interested in cross country skiing and bicycling. His previous major event in international level was the Women´s WFC 2011, where he refereed with another pair.

Petri Suhonen,  37 years old and a Director of Customer realations that comes from Tampere. He has a very long experience of refereeing and he has also been an active referee educator in his own region.

Juhani Kirves / Henrik Snellman FIN

Juhani Kirves is 33 years old language teacher from Iisalmi in Finland. He has 15 years experience as a referee and he likes music and especially likes to play his guitar.

Henrik Snellman lives in Kuopio and he´s 40 years old. He works as a freelancer in Human Resource business and also in restaurants. He´s also into ice hockey and during his free time he works as the VIP lounge manager for the hockey team Kalpa that plays in the Finnish league

Therese Edin / Frida Nilsson SWE

Therese Edin is 30 years old and she works as a hotel manager in Kiruna in Northern Sweden. She´s been a referee for 14 years and she likes to drive snowmobile and dance as well.

Frida Nilsson, this 23  shoe sales lady lives and works in Umeå. Her referee career has lasted for ten years so far. They have refereed in Women´s U19 2014 and also in the WFC 2015 in Tampere.

Corina Wehinger / Sandra Zurbuchen SUI

Corina Wehinger is 28 years old MSC in sports science. She lives in Berne and has been a referee for nine years and together with her pair the whole time. They referee the Men´s league in Switzerland.

Sandra Zurbuchen is 30 years old lawyer and comes from the city of Berne. She´s single and has been a referee already over a decade. She´s an eager sports fan in general and has many other sports as hobby than just Floorball.

Roland Brändle / Remo Niedermann SUI

Roland Brändle started as a referee in 1992 and also has a background as a player, mainly as a goalkeeper. This 39 years old Swiss works as an IT-manager and he is married and has two sons.

Remo Niedermann is 30 years old and started his referee career in Switzerland 2004. He has a background as an elite goalkeeper, but now he´s only playing for fun. He works as an ICT security consultant.