Finland Floorball News

Exel sells its Floorball business to Cape Nordic

27th March 2009 - News , Finland Floorball News

Exel sells the Exel Sports Brands´ Floorball business to Cape Nordic Oy, a sports and fashion distributor based in Finland. According to Kauppalehti.fi - Financial market data in Finland, the net sales of Cape Nordic Group were approximately EUR...

SSV in the Finnish League finals 6th time in a row

26th March 2009 - News , Finland Floorball News

The reigning champion, SSV, will play in the  Men´s League finals after defeating Josba in the semis for the third time yesterday with 8-3.  Especially the second line performed well with four goals scored by Tero Tiitu and...

Petteri Nykky will continue as head coach of Finnish Men´s team

11th March 2009 - News , Finland Floorball News

The Finnish Floorball Federation announced that Petteri Nykky has signed a new head coach contract with Finland Men´s national team. In the previous World Championships played in Czech Republic on December, Nykky coached the Finnish team...

Standings in the world´s biggest Floorball Leagues

22nd January 2009 - News , Finland Floorball News , Sweden Floorball News , Switzerland Floorball News , Czech Floorball News

The floorball season in the four biggest floorball leagues, Sweden, Finland, Switzerland and Czech Republic, is getting closer to the play offs. Many of the leagues are more even than before and there is still a lot of excitement left for the last...

WFC golden goal awarded as 2008 sport highlight in Finland

13th January 2009 - News , Finland Floorball News , Men's WFC 2008

The first Men´s World Championship gold medal for Finland was honoured during the Finnish Sports Gala held yesterday in the Hartwall Arena in Helsinki. Tero Tiitu´s sudden death goal was voted by the Finnish sports fans as the most heartening...

First WFC gold for team Finland

14th December 2008 - News , Finland Floorball News , Men's WFC 2008

The Finnish team had waited for this moment, to play and win the final versus Sweden, having the heavy losses from previous WFC´s still in fresh memory. Last time, WFC 2006, the Finns lost with an over time goal after they had led with 5-3 in...

Finland in the WFC 2008 Final

13th December 2008 - News , Finland Floorball News , Men's WFC 2008

The Czech spectators were really living the home team´s semi-final versus Finland as 10 348 spectators were either cheering for the home team or booing and whistling for the Finns. The game was quite even and the shots on goal were 21-21, but...

Matti Ahde continues as President of Finnish Floorball Federation

1st December 2008 - News , Finland Floorball News

Mr. Matti Ahde, who is also a member of parliament in Finland, was re-elected as President for the Finnish Floorball Federation during the FFF´s General Meeting held on Friday the 28th of November. M. Ahde, 62, has been the President of the...

Sweden and Finland WUC 2008 Champions

9th November 2008 - News , Finland Floorball News , Sweden Floorball News , WUC 2008

Sweden won the Women´s WUC gold medal after winning versus Switzerland with 9-3. In the Men´s final Finland defeated Czech Republic with the same numbers 9-3. There were 1135 spectators following the Men´s final in Seinäjoki. Team Finland...

Tapanilan Erä fought their way to the EFC Final Round

24th August 2008 - News , Finland Floorball News , EFC 2008

This weekend´s EuroFloorball Cup Qualifications ended in Helsinki, where Finnish team Tapanilan Erä met Czech SSK Vitkovice. Both teams had won their first matches, so the winner of the last match will qualify to the EFC Final Round. In the...