Development news

Floorball on the rise in Burkina Faso

12th January 2018 - News , Development news

Göran Björkdahl has worked with development in Africa since 1983 and has lived in West Africa for 29 years. The 64-year old floorball enthusiast works as a programme officer at the embassy of Sweden in Ouagadougou where he manages Sida´s...

Equipment cooperation with a children’s home

20th December 2017 - News , Development news , Hungary Floorball News

The IFF had an equipment cooperation with a Hungarian children’s home. In the photo the children are spelling out “We Thank You!” in Hungarian. It all started when a 3rd grade teacher Kevin Fayarchuk from Budapest, Hungary contacted...

IFF GoGirls! Ambassador Andrea Gämperli (SUI)

22nd November 2017 - News , Development news

Swiss national team player Andrea Gämperli has played floorball for 15 years. For the past few years, she has been part of the Swiss Top League team UHC Dietlikon and has been part of the Swiss Women’s national team since last summer. Besides...

Finnish Club Classic opening a floorball academy to Asia

16th November 2017 - News , Finland Floorball News , Development news

Classic Family is reaching for worldwide operations. The Finnish top club is growing its operative area and aims for an international position as one of the leading clubs spreading and developing the game of floorball around the...

Floorball Development Seminar in Turkey

3rd November 2017 - News , Development news

A Floorball Development Seminar in coaching and refereeing block was carried out in Antalya in Turkey from the 13th to 15th of October. With over 40 participants, the seminar was a success. The planning of the seminar started already in...

EOTO Seminar in Ukraine

26th October 2017 - News , Finland Floorball News , Development news , Ukraine Floorball News

The Ukrainian Floorball Federation and the Finnish Floorball Federation have been Each One – Teach One partners since December 2014 and there have been several smaller projects between these two IFF member associations.  From 8th to 9th...

Women in Floorball seminar

13th October 2017 - News , Development news

WOMEN IN FLOORBALL SEMINAR Thursday 7th December 2017 Bratislava, Slovakia   The International Floorball Federation is pleased to announce that, in conjunction with the 11th Women’s World Floorball Championships in Bratislava,...

Floorball on its way to a trend sport in Laos

15th September 2017 - Development news

Fida in cooperation with the IFF have launched floorball in Laos in order to support schools and youth centres. Photo by Khamla Douangchandeng Fida is a Finnish missions and development cooperation organisation working in 51 countries. The...

THIS IS FLOORBALL

19th July 2017 - News , Development news

IFF is more than proud to launch our brand new promotion video – “THIS IS FLOORBALL”. - Our goal was to produce the best promotion video in the history of our sport. Better than ever before, we wanted to show every viewer around the...

Floorball Development Seminar in Hungary

9th June 2017 - News , Development news , Hungary Floorball News

The IFF and the Hungarian Floorball Federation carried out a Floorball Development Seminar in Erd, near Budapest last weekend, from the 2nd to 4th of June. There were participants from seven different countries: Austria, Belarus, Bosnia and...