KIHU is the Research Institute for Olympic Sports in Finland and they recently published a scientific analysis: How to score Goals in Floorball!

The aim of the study was to analyse goals scored in the IFF Men´s 11th World Floorball Championship 2016 in Riga, Latvia. The idea was also to set the baseline for the development of international floorball in the future WFC tournaments and produce understanding of goal scoring in floorball.

According to the study, 488 goals were scored from 4599 shots in the Men´s WFC 2016. The common goals and performance indicators were differentiated in the publication. For example defensive errors were preceding almost all the goals. According to the analysis, 88 % of the goals could have been avoided by better defensive actions.

Screenshots from KIHU’s publication.

Other findings of the goal analysis were for example shots that led to a goal, scorers and defensive actions. For example, the highest percentage of goals were scored when the ball was situated to the bottom third of the goal. The player scoring the goal was usually from the team´s 1st line and 84 % of the goals were scored without pressure or when only small defensive pressure was given to the player. Other interesting results can be found from the publication. The authors also promise to return to goal analysis when the next WFC takes place in Prague.

Authors: Kauppi, J., Vänttinen, T., Häyrinen, M., Speldewinde, D., Kettunen, P., Liljelund, J. & Ollikainen, J. (2018). How to score Goals in Floorball! Analysis of Goal Scoring in the IFF Men´s World Floorball Championships 2016. KIHU´S publication serie, 60, 1-35.

Read the complete How to score Goals in Floorball! study as PDF