Sweden Floorball News

New study in Sweden shows how more women may want to become coaches

22nd April 2020 - News , Sweden Floorball News

Why are there so few women in coaching roles in floorball? And how can conditions be improved to get more women to become coaches? Swedish researcher Inger Eliasson has now investigated this in a study. – The recruitment of women and men to...

Sweden's Isabell Krantz ends her playing career

14th April 2020 - News , Sweden Floorball News

Isabell Krantz, one of Sweden's best national team players of all time, with a record amount of 110 international matches and six World Floorball Championships golds, will end her playing career. –  It has been fantastic to have represented...

Sweden versus Norway Men's international in September

9th April 2020 - News , Sweden Floorball News , International Matches

Sweden's men's national team will play an extra international match against Norway on September 5th in the Växjö Fortnox Arena. – The match was not included in the original national team calendar. We are happy that we were able to get the...

Luleå organises historical floorball internationals 2021-2022

1st April 2020 - News , IFF News , Sweden Floorball News , International Matches

For the first time ever, the city of Luleå in Sweden, will be organising international floorball matches. The 2021 and 2022 Sweden versus Finland matches will be played in the Luleå Energy Arena. – We will make sure that these are really...

Mikael Ahlerup new Secretary General of the Swedish Floorball Federation

30th March 2020 - News , Sweden Floorball News

With the ambition of making floorball a sport for everyone, strengthening the brand and attracting a larger audience, the Swedish Floorball Federation elected Mikael Ahlerup as the new Secretary General. – The opportunities for development and...

New study shows that floorball injuries can be reduced by 45 percent

12th March 2020 - News , Sweden Floorball News , Medical

A new research study in Sweden shows that the injury prevention programme Knee Control reduces the risk of acute injuries in floorball by 45 percent. - These are important results and the effect is bigger than most people could have expected,...

New tool will strengthen gender equality in Sweden

9th March 2020 - News , Sweden Floorball News

Now floorball clubs in Sweden can take important steps to increase knowledge about gender equality. An easy to access online tool, Fifty/Fifty, has been developed, which is expected to lead to great results. – There has been a lack of simple...

Kids in Sweden continue to play floorball longer

27th February 2020 - News , Sweden Floorball News

The number of children who continue to play floorball until they are at least 17 years of age has increased in Sweden after several years of a downward trend. This is shown by statistics from the Swedish Floorball Federation. A number of changes in...

Spring Media launches a bid for SSL broadcast rights

20th February 2020 - News , Sweden Floorball News

A year ago, Spring Media became the commercial rights adviser for the Swedish Super League Association (FSSL). They have now issued a five-year tender for SSL broadcast rights. The deadline for interested broadcasters to submit their bids is 11th of...

Mika Kohonen is Storvreta IBK's new assistant coach

6th February 2020 - News , Finland Floorball News , Sweden Floorball News

The Finnish floorball legend, Mika Kohonen has taken a new role as the SSL team Storvreta IBK's assistant coach. He started in his new position in the beginning of this month. The 42-year-old national team forward played in the Finnish...