IFF News

First Floorball match in Thailand

7th May 2007 - News , AOFC , Thailand Floorball News

Floorball history was made on the 12th of April when the very first Floorball match was played in Pattaya. A lot of enthusiastic youngsters as well as school teachers took part in the first ever Floorball event in Thailand. Floorball was...

Moldova new IFF Member

30th April 2007 - News , IFF News , Member Associations , Central Board , Moldova Floorball News

The IFF Executive Committee approved Moldova as IFF Member number 39. The IFF ExCo has during its meeting on the 25th of April in Beijing approved the Moldavian Floorball Federation´s membership application, which fulfils the required criteria...

IFF Development Seminar in Canada

11th April 2007 - News , IFF News , Development news , Canada Floorball News

The first IFF Development seminar in year 2007 was organised in Toronto, Canada 2nd-5th of April. There were 20 participants from the Canadian Floorball Federation and the United States Floorball Association taking part in this seminar. This...

New IFF international competition calendar

1st March 2007 - News , IFF News , International Matches , Central Board , World Floorball Championships , EuroFloorball Cup , U19 World Floorball Championships

The World Floorball Championships will be played in December The Central Board of the International Floorball Federation - IFF has decided to revise the International Competition Calendar starting from January 2008, in order to maximise the value...

International transfers in 2006

16th February 2007 - News , IFF News , Transfer News

There were 462 international player transfers completed in year 2006, which is a new record in Floorball. The previous record is from year 2005 when there were 407 players transferring from one country to another. International transfers...

Over 40 000 licensed Floorball players in Finland

14th February 2007 - News , IFF News , Finland Floorball News , Member Associations

In January 2007 the amount of licensed Floorball players in Finland for the first time passed the boundary mark of 40,000. The exact number in the end of January was 40,194 licensed players. There has been a 4-6 % growth in the amount of...

Constitution of the IFF Medical Committee

9th February 2007 - News , IFF News , Medical

The IFF Medical Committee constituted itself in a meeting held in Zürich, 8th of February 2007. Dr. Med. Walter O. Frey from Switzerland was elected Chair of the IFF Medical Committee and Dr. Med. Tiina Nylander from Finland was elected Vice...

Floorball reaches Nicaragua

6th February 2007 - News , Development news

Sonja Hotke, a Canadian floorball player, has written an article about floorball outreach efforts in Nicaragua. Sonja plays in the local Toronto league in Canada, and has also been chosen to represent Canada in the World Championships in Denmark the...

CE-marking of protective goggles for floorball use

2nd February 2007 - News , IFF News , Rules and Regulations

There is now CE-marked protective goggles available for Floorball players. Although the use of protective eyewear is not mandatory in Floorball the International Floorball Federation recommends the use of eye protection. The Swedish Floorball...

Floorball promotion project in Italian schools

19th January 2007 - News , Development news , Member Associations , Italy Floorball News

The Italian Floorball Association (F.I.U.F.) is running a project to promote floorball in the schools of Rome. The project includes demonstrative lessons, school tournaments and courses for school teachers. The main instructor is Marcus Tingland,...