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Team Olimp national champions in Russia

1st December 2009 - News , Russia Floorball News

The Russian Men´s Championships have been played and the team Olimp from Fryazino are the 2009 Russian Champions. There were nine teams fighting for the national championship title in the highest league and Olimp managed to win 14 out of 16...

Finnish captain Paula Jouhten in her 5th World Championships

30th November 2009 - News , Finland Floorball News , Women's WFC 2009 , Athletes Commission

Paula Jouhten, the captain in the Finnish team and a member of the IFF Athletes Commission, has been involved in international Floorball for quite a long time as she played her first WFC in 2001. Jouhten feels that Floorball has developed a lot...

Widyawilis Selamat looking forward to play against Slovakia

27th November 2009 - News , Women's WFC 2009 , Athletes Commission , Singapore Floorball News

The Singaporean goalkeeper Widyawilis Selamat, a member of the IFF Athletes Commission, is looking forward for the upcoming Championships and to play against any of the teams in the WFC B-division, but the match against Slovakia on the 9th of...

4th WFC for IFF Athletes Commission member Melanie Cathie

26th November 2009 - News , Women's WFC 2009 , Athletes Commission , Australia Floorball News

Melanie Cathie from Australia is one of the IFF Athletes Commission players that are going to play in the upcoming World Championships in Västerås. For Cathie (previously named Quinn) this will be the 4th World Championships. Cathie...

Swedish Captain looking forward to WFC on home ground

25th November 2009 - News , Sweden Floorball News , Women's WFC 2009

In the Swedish Floorball Federation´s interview the Swedish Captain, Karolina Widar, who lifted the WFC trophy in 2007 tells about her feelings about the upcoming World Championships, which are going to be exceptional for her. The WFC in...

Canada and Italy aiming for the B-division semi-finals

24th November 2009 - News , Women's WFC 2009

Also the teams currently ranked 16th - 20th are fighting for top places in the WFC 2009 B-division. Slovakia, Estonia and Italy made it to the WFC through the Qualification, which was played in February in Slovenia. Estonia will play in the...

Germany and Singapore determined to win the WFC 2009 B-division

23rd November 2009 - News , Women's WFC 2009

A B-division victory in the WFC 2009 guarantees a spot in the World Championships in 2011 without qualification, which makes the battle for the 1st place very interesting. Singapore - Singapore was relegated to the B-division after losing...

Norway aiming for the semis & Poland for a direct Qualification spot

19th November 2009 - News , Women's WFC 2009

From the teams that are currently ranked 6th - 10th, Norway (ranked 8th) is determined to fight for a place in the semi-finals and also Russia (ranked 7th) is aiming to improve their current ranking. Poland was promoted to the A-division in 2009...

7th World Championships for Dahlerus & Jurusa - top 5 nations presented

18th November 2009 - News , Women's WFC 2009

The best female players in the world will play in the upcoming World Championships starting on the 5th of Decemeber. These are the 7th Women´s World Championships and there are only two players, Hermine Dahlerus and Baiba Jurusa, who have played...

NeFUB elected as full member of National Olympic Committee

18th November 2009 - News , Member Associations , Netherlands Floorball News

During the Yearly General Assembly on November 17th NeFUB was unanimously elected as the 75th full member of the Dutch Olympic Committee. The newly elected NeFUB president Mr. Henri Otjens is very pleased: "November 2009 marks the 10th...