Due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak many of the national floorball leagues have been effected and also the upcoming IFF Events and multi-sport events are continuously being evaluated. Since the last update on March 20th, new decisions have been made in Austria, Belgium, France, Latvia, Netherlands, Poland, Singapore, Slovakia, Spain and Slovenia.
Almost all national leagues have been cancelled for this season and in most countries no champions are crowned. In Poland and Sweden, the regular season winners, were crowned national champions 2020:
- Champions in Poland: Interplastic Olimpia Osowa Gdańsk women & KS Górale Nowy Targ men
- Champions in Sweden: Iksu women & Falun men
Below you can find an update on the situation based on the information that the IFF has been able to find out from its members. Please note that the situation might change quickly (and that the IFF might not have all the latest information).
Austria
- All floorball events and leagues are cancelled for this season. The 3 nations (AUT, HUN, SLO) floorball league Final Four is postponed to May 1-17 (final decision will be taken in mid-April).
Belgium
- All floorball events and leagues are cancelled for this season.
Canada
- All matches in the Floorball League of Canada have been suspended until further notice.
Czech Republic
- All floorball events and leagues are cancelled for this season.
Denmark
- All floorball events and leagues are cancelled for this season.
Estonia
- All floorball events and leagues are cancelled for at least two months (decision made on March 11th).
Finland
- All floorball events and leagues are cancelled for this season.
France
- All floorball events and leagues cancelled for this season.
Germany
- All floorball events and leagues have been cancelled for this season.
Italy
- All floorball events are cancelled until at least April 3rd (new decision to be made soon).
Latvia
- All floorball events and leagues are cancelled for this season.
Netherlands
- All floorball events have been cancelled for this season.
New Zealand
- All floorball related activities are suspended at least until 14th of April.
Norway
- All floorball events and leagues are cancelled for this season.
Poland
- All floorball events and leagues have been cancelled for this season. Regular season winners, Interplastic Olimpia Osowa Gdańsk women & KS Górale Nowy Targ men, were crowned champions.
Singapore
- All floorball events and leagues have been cancelled at least until April 30th.
Slovakia
- All floorball events and leagues have been cancelled for this season.
Slovenia
- All floorball events in Slovenia are currently suspended until September/October. The 3 nations (AUT, HUN, SLO) floorball league Final Four is postponed to May 1-17 (final decision will be taken in mid-April).
Spain
- All floorball events and leagues have been cancelled until further notice.
Sweden
- All floorball leagues and events are cancelled for this season. SSL regular season winners, Iksu women & Falun men, were crowned champions.
Switzerland
- All floorball leagues and events are cancelled for this season.
Ukraine
- All floorball events are cancelled until at least 3rd of April.
United Kingdom
- English Floorball League season and 2020 National Finals cancelled.
IFF Events & Multi-sport Events
Since January 2020, COVID-19 has had an impact on the IFF Events and the IFF Executive Committee had to cancel the Men’s World Floorball Championships Qualification tournament in Bangkok, Thailand, based on the fact that Thailand was not in a position to organise the event. Read more here. On the 20th of March, the IFF ExCo also made the decision to postpone the Women’s U19 WFC 2020 to September.
The International University Sports Federation (FISU) has also cancelled the World University Floorball Championships 2020 planned to be held in Koper, Slovenia, from the 24th to 28th of June 2020 (The World University Championship Department will work on the possibility to postpone the event to the same period in 2021).
