IFF News

Aftermath of the WFC 2022 Green Goal initiative

10th October 2023 - News , Sustainability

Soon it will be 12 months since the World Floorball Championships 2022 took place in Switzerland. In addition to being a very successful event in terms of spectator numbers and sports presentation, it was also historic by aiming to be as climate...

UN Sports For Climate Action network launches global sport fan survey

19th September 2023 - News , Sustainability

On 12th of September, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change as part of the UN Sports For Climate Action work, launched a global sport fan survey #BiggerThanTheGame. We are inviting all floorball federations and clubs to sports...

IFF CB Meeting news 3/2023 - updates on the upcoming events

5th September 2023 - News , Central Board

Third IFF Central Board meeting of year 2023 took place in Vantaa, Finland from 2nd - 3rd September. The CB had a workshop focused on the Future of Floorball on Saturday and the actual meeting on Sunday. Various topics were discussed mainly focusing...

EuroFloorball Challenge is back after four years break

17th August 2023 - IFF News , EuroFloorball Challenge 203

We are very happy to inform that EuroFloorball Challenge returns to the IFF Event Calendar, after a 4-year break.  The EuroFloorball Challenge will be played from 23rd August until 27th August 2023 at Montboucons Gymnasium in Besançon, France....

Towards more sustainable operations - the Finnish Floorball Federation is working on reducing its carbon footprint

3rd August 2023 - Finland Floorball News , Sustainability

CarbonLink's real-time calculation visualises the emissions of league activities and encourages the reduction of match travel. The Finnish Floorball Federation and CarbonLink, which specializes in real-time measurement of carbon footprints, have...

Floorball Try Out Day at PUMA headquarters

7th July 2023 - IFF News , Germany Floorball News , Partnerships and Sponsors

The 6th of July 2023 marks the day that floorball was on display at PUMA headquarters in Herzogenaurach, Germany. With the support of the German Floorball Federation PUMA employees had the opportunity to try the sport and test their acquired...

IFF publishes new policy for transgender athletes

16th June 2023 - News , IFF News , Rules and Regulations , Equality news

At their meeting last month, the IFF Central Board has approved the IFF Transgender Policy. This policy outlines the conditions of eligibility of transgender athletes in international floorball competitions. This policy applies only to international...

IFF joins the Sports for Nature framework

29th May 2023 - News , Sustainability

While there is an urgent need to act across all parts of society, sports have an unique opportunity to address the nature crisis. IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources) has been working with key partners on...

IFF CB Meeting News 2/2023: WFC hosts awarded, Future of Floorball status and upcoming events

24th May 2023 - News , Central Board

The second IFF Central Board (CB) meeting of the year 2023 took place over the weekend in Malmö, Sweden. Over the two-day meeting, the CB discussed the future hosts of World Floorball Championships, Future of Floorball survey and the status of...

Floorball Returns to The World Games 2025 and John Liljelund new IWGA EXCO member!

4th May 2023 - News , IFF News , The World Games , TWG 2025

The International World Games Association held its Annual General Meeting in Madrid today and made a decision on the ratification of the Sports Programme including Floorball for the next World Games to be held in Chengdu, China in 2025, alongside a...