The 11th National Floorball Championship for Men and Women, Under 19,17 & 14 Boys and Girls was successfully organized in India 23-26.12.2016. The venue of the event was Gautam Buddha University, Greater Noida Uttar Pradesh, India.
The event was organized under the patronage and guidance of Dr. Prabhat Kumar, I.A.S., President of InFF. Over 1000 players from 16 states took part in the Indian National Floorball Championship. During the four-day tournament, 141 matches were played. The event was supervised by a team of over 100 officials including referees, match officials, state office bearers, coaches from various states and officials of the Indian Floorball Federation.
A number of dignitaries including Ms. Babita, Winner of the Silver Medal at the Commonwealth Games, Dr. J.P.Sharma, Vice Chancellor, Gautam Budh University and Mr. Deepak Aggarwal, C.E.O., Noida attended the various ceremonies during the matches and enjoyed floorball. Visitors and students from the University were overwhelmed by the speed and technique of this new sport in India. The presence of so many people marked the growing popularity of Floorball in India.
In a very keenly contested final match in the Men’s categories Karnataka were the winners while Jharkhand were the runner ups. In the Women’s category Delhi were the winners and Haryana were the Runner ups.
Besides the team awards, individual awards were given to the best player, best goalkeeper, best defender and the rising star player in each category.
Results:
| Men 1st Karnataka 2nd Jharkhand 3rd Delhi 4th – Madhya Pradesh |
Under 19 Boys 1st Delhi 2nd Karnataka 3rd Maharashtra 4th Uttrakhand |
Under 17 Boys 1st Delhi 2nd Haryana 3rd Punjab 4th Maharashtra |
Under 14 Boys 1st Karnataka 2nd Tamilnadu 3rd Maharashtra 4th Delhi |
| Women 1st Delhi 2nd Haryana 3rd Uttrakhand 4th Karnataka |
Under 19 Girls 1st Tamilnadu 2nd Maharashtra 3rd Karnataka 4th Himachal Pradesh |
Under 17 Girls 1st Maharashtra 2nd Gujarat 3rd Delhi 4th Chhattisgarh |
Under 14 Girls 1st Tamilnadu 2nd Delhi 3rd Karnataka 4th Maharashtra |
Individual awards were given in the following categories:
| Best Player: Mrinal Naugin (Delhi) – Men Nancy Bisth (Delhi) – Women Shivam Gulati (Delhi) – under 19 Boys Ankita (Maharashtra) – under 19 Girls Saied Jaid ( Gujarat) – under 17 Boys Khushi ( Gujarat) – under 17 Girls Chirag ( karnataka) under 14 Boys Khushi ( Gujarat) – under 14 Girls |
Rising Star Player: Dhananjay( Karnataka) – Men Sangeeta Rathi (Delhi) – Women Ankit (Delhi) – under 19 Boys Shweta (Tamilnadu) – under 19 Girls Subham (Punjab) – under 17 Boys Rakshita ( Delhi) – under 17 Girls Dhanush ( karnataka) – under 14 Boys Yamini ( Maharashtra) – under 14 Girls |
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Promising Player: Harsh Vardhan (Rajasthan) – Men Mujtaba (Kerala) – Men Manisha (Haryana) – Women Manisha (Delhi) – Women Nilesh (Maharashtra) – under 19 Boys Neha (Himachal Pradesh) – under 19 Girls Himanshu (Maharashtra) – under 17 Boys Gopesh (Delhi) – under 17 Boys Pooja Kadam (Maharashtra) – under 17 Girls Anil (Delhi) – under 14 Boys Bhavishya (Karnataka) – under 14 Girls |
President of InFF, Dr. Prabhat Kumar IAS speaking on the occasion motivated the players. He said that with the fast rising popularity of Floorball in India, days are not far off when Floorball will be one of the most popular sports in the country. He also announced that soon InFF will initiate the Regional Championships and Club tournaments in association with various state units. He congratulated all the winners.
