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Floorball receives recognition by the Special Olympics

23rd January 2009 - News , IFF News , ParaFloorball , Special Olympics

Floorball has taken its first steps towards being recognised as an Official Special Olympics (SO) Sport. Special Olympics International´s (SOI) Sports Rules Advisory Committee approved during its meeting in Hawaii the proposal from the Special...

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...

Davor Matijašević new President of Slovenian Floorball Association

21st January 2009 - News , Slovenia Floorball News

Mr. Davor Matijašević was elected as President during the Slovenian Floorball Association´s (SFA) General Assembly on Sunday the 18th of January 2009. The General Assembly also elected Mr. Robert Rovtar as the League...

News from the IFF Central Board Meeting 1/2009

15th January 2009 - News , IFF News , Central Board

  The IFF Central Board held its first meeting (per capsulam) of the year during which the IFF CB Committees (MC, RC and RACC) were constituted.  In addition the IFF CB decided to change the Registration fees for the Men´s World...

László Vörös President of the Hungarian Floorball Federation

14th January 2009 - News , Hungary Floorball News

Mr. László Vörös was elected as new President for the Hungarian Floorball Federation during its Extraordinary General Assembly on the 11th of January 2009 (last Sunday).

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...

14 teams registered for Women´s U19 WFC 2010

13th January 2009 - News , Women's U19 WFC 2010

The 4th World Championships for Women Under 19 will be played in May 2010 in Czech Republic. The registration for the Championships ended 31.12.2008 and 14 teams were registered. This is more than ever before. There will be eight teams in the...

Referees for the Women´s WFC Qualifications

9th January 2009 - News , Women's WFC 2009 , Referee news

The following referee pairs have been appointed by the IFF Referee Committee for the Women´s World Foorball Championships Qulifications to be played in Idrija, Slovenia from the 4th to 8th of February 2009. Referees: Thomas Antretter/Hannes...

Nizhny Novgorod FBC-30 won double gold in Russia

31st December 2008 - News , Russia Floorball News

The last stage of the Women´s national league 2008 and the national Cup 2008 in Russia has been played in Nizhny Novgorod, on December 18th to 21st. Nizhny Novgorod FBC-30 won two titles as FBC-30 won the national Championships (for the 5th...

Floorball expanding in Djibouti, East Africa

29th December 2008 - News , Development news

During the 10th IFF General Assembly on December Sierra Leone was accepted to be the first African member association of IFF. Meanwhile there are other projects ongoing in order to spread Floorball also in other countries in Africa. The latest...