News

Record amount of spectators in the Finnish League

17th March 2008 - News , Finland Floorball News

An historical event took place in the Men´s semi-final match SPV-SSV as the boundary mark of 100.000 spectators was exceeded for the first time in Finnish floorball history. SSV won the match and leads the series with 2 - 0 and is one victory...

Excitement around the 2008 Canada Cup

14th March 2008 - News , Canada Floorball News

The interest towards the 2008 Canada Cup Floorball Championships in Toronto on March 21st-23rd is building up and now the Toronto Sun newspaper features a full two-page spread about the tournament. The Toronto Sun reaches an average of one...

New members in the Spanish FA´s CB

13th March 2008 - News , Spain Floorball News

The new Central Board of the Spanish Unihockey and Floorball Association has been elected. Mr. Manuel Johnston will continue as President, but there are also new members elected to the CB: President: Manuel Johnston (re-elected) Vice...

IFF ExCo decision concerning Argentina´s withdrawal from the WFC

12th March 2008 - News , IFF News , Central Board , Men's WFC 2008 , Argentina Floorball News

At its meeting in Bern, Switzerland, on March 4th, 2008 the Executive Committee (ExCo) of IFF dealt with the withdrawal of the Argentinean Floorball Federation from the Men’s World Floorball Championships 2008, C-division in the Slovak...

Floorball Köniz & UHC Dietlikon won the Swiss Cup

10th March 2008 - News , Switzerland Floorball News

Floorball Köniz won the Swiss Cup final against SV Wiler-Ersigen in a tight match with 4-3. This was the second time that Floorball Köniz won the trophy since 1999. There were 3000 spectators following the match in the Wankdorfhalle in...

Floorball making progress in Turkey

4th March 2008 - News , Member Associations , Turkey Floorball News

Floorball is developing in Turkey and is currently played in six different parts of the country; Erzincan, Cappadocia, Ankara, Adana, Mersin and Istanbul. There are approximately 330 active floorball players in Turkey. The international schools...

Increased amount of doping tests in floorball

4th March 2008 - News , Anti-Doping

The number of doping tests conducted in floorball increased in 2007 both in the IFF events and in the IFF´s member associations. In 2007 there were 44 tests conducted in the IFF events (Women´s WFC, Men´s U19 WFC and EC 2007) compared to 34...

Seven countries participated in the development seminar in Slovenia

3rd March 2008 - News , IFF News , Development news , Slovenia Floorball News

The IFF development seminar in Slovenia was organised in Zelezniki from the 28th of February to 2nd of March. All in all there were 37 participants from Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Hungary, Serbia, Slovenia, Turkey and the UK. As there were...

A new coaching manual "Team Tactics" now published

28th February 2008 - News , IFF News , Development news

The second part of the three sequel coaching material; Team Tactics is now available on the IFF´s website under Materials. Team Tactics - Teaching team tactics in Floorball; Instructions and drills, is the second part of a coaching...

First floorball club established in Bosnia and Herzegovina

27th February 2008 - News , Member Associations , Bosnia & Herzegovina Floorball News

In Bosnia and Herzegovina floorball is a relatively new sport, but it is developing and spreading rapidly both in quantity and quality. A historical event took place in Banja Luka on the 15th of February, 2008 when the founding meeting of the first...