Both the men’s and women’s league have started in Ukraine. The season will end on 17th of May when the Super final takes place in Kyiv. 

Men’s league

On the 11th-13th of October the Ukrainian men’s championship kicked off in Uzhhorod. This year the highest league is played with eight teams: Lemberg, New Life, Storm, Skala, Vulkan, Iceberg, KFC and Zaporizhia. The regular season is played in four tours. The favourite of this season is the reigning champion FBC Lemberg who also participated in the Euro Floorball Challenge this year. The team was placed second and their forward Marian Hrabovyk was the top scorer of the event with 7 points (4+3).

Before this season the biggest transfer news was that six players from last season’s bronze medallist team Yantar transferred to Storm Ternopil. Also the team New Life Lutsk was able to surprise everyone when winning three out of four games and the team is now holding the second place.

The next tour will be played in Zaporizhe on the 16th-17th of November.

Women’s league

On the 9th-10th of November the Women’s Championship also kicked-off in Uzhorod. This season eight teams participate in the women’s league: Skif, VIP, Lemberg, New Life, Iceberg and Kyiv Floorball Club. Noteworthy is that New Life, Iceberg and VIP participate for the first time. The championship is played in three regular tours after which four teams qualify for the semi-final series that are played with best of three.

Last year’s champion Yantar does not have a team this season and the players are playing for different clubs. Skif started their first round well, when they won all their three matches. The debutant New Life lost all of their matches. All the results from the first tour can be found below.

Skif – Lemberg 6-2
VIP – Kyiv Floorball Club 11-5
New Life – Iceberg 2-3
VIP – New Life 5-1
Kyiv Floorball Club – New Life 4-2
Skif – Iceberg 9-1
Lemberg – VIP 2-2
Skif – Kyiv Floorball Club 11-3
Lemberg – Iceberg 3-4

 Source: Tamuz Hidir / Ukraine Floorball Federation