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Season´s kick off in France

12th November 2008 - News , France Floorball News

Season´s kick-off is around the corner for the French Floorball Association with great news that illustrates the expansion of floorball: A record number of 16 teams have registered to participate the 2008-2009 edition of the national league,...

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...

Czech Republic and Finland playing for the Men´s WUC gold

9th November 2008 - News , WUC 2008

Czech Republic and Finland will play in the Men´s WUC Final starting at 15:00 CET (16:00 local time). Czech Republic has not lost a single match so far but they played 6-6 in the group match against Sweden. Finland won the group match...

Sweden and Switzerland in the Women´s WUC Final

9th November 2008 - News , WUC 2008

Sweden and Switzerland will settle the first ever Women´s WUC final in today´s match starting at 12:00 CET. The final is going to be an exciting match as neither of the teams have lost any games so far in the tournament. Sweden won the...

Finland and Sweden leading the University Championships

7th November 2008 - News , WUC 2008

Finland is leading the men´s and Sweden is leading the women´s University Championships. After three matches for each men´s team in World´s University Floorball Championships Finland is leading with three victories, Czech Republic is second...

3rd World University Championships starting

6th November 2008 - News , WUC 2008

The 3rd WUC Floorball Championships will start today in Kuortane and Seinäjoki,    Finland. This tournament is the first FISU event in which both women´s and men´s tournaments will be played. The decisive medal matches will be played on...

Mr. Lachenmaier interim President of the German Floorball Association

4th November 2008 - News , Germany Floorball News

Mr. Michael Lachenmaier is taking over as interim President of the German Floorball Association as Dominique Staiger, President of the Deutscher Unihockey Bund (DUB), resigned from the office of President on October 31, 2008 due to professional and...

First Women´s Floorball League in Great Britain

27th October 2008 - News , United Kingdom Floorball News

On October 25th 2008 a historical event took place in Glenrothes in Scotland as four ladies teams played the first ever ladies floorball league round in the UK. In the summer of 2007, two female floorball players from Aberdeen created a plan of...

Right training prevents Floorball injuries

27th October 2008 - News , Medical

According to a Finnish research a neuromuscular training programme was effective in preventing acute non-contact injuries of the legs in female floorball players. The research was made in the UKK Institute for Health Promotion Research and the...

First Floorball Tournament for adults in Bosnia and Herzegovina

24th October 2008 - News , Bosnia & Herzegovina Floorball News

The first Floorball tournament for adults was organised in Bosnia and Herzegovina last week in connection with a Floorball education seminar. The Floorball education course for players and coaches was held in Banja Luka with twenty...