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Development Committee founded in Germany

28th February 2007 - News , Member Associations , Germany Floorball News

The planned development committee within the German federation (DUB) has been founded last weekend. All four regions in Germany are now covered by skilled and enthusiastic volunteer workers, who manage and control the development activities in their...

Doping control activities in Floorball

23rd February 2007 - News , Anti-Doping

The doping control activities have steadily increased in Floorball. In 2006 there were 34 tests conducted in IFF events (WFC:s, EC). In addition there were 8 tests conducted by the FISU during the World University Championships in Floorball. The...

WFC 2008 registrations

21st February 2007 - News , Men's WFC 2008

28 countries have registered for the Men’s 7th World Championships in 2008, which is more than ever before.  The following countries will play in the WFC 2008 A- & B-division: A-Division 2008 Sweden Finland Switzerland Czech...

Singapore to the A-division

17th February 2007 - News , Singapore Floorball News , Women's WFC 2007

The last qualification match to the Women´s WFC 2007, Japan vs Singapore, finished with a 4-4 draw in front of 500 enthusiastic spectators in the Surugadai University arena. The result means that Singapore qualifies to the A-division and Japan...

International transfers in 2006

16th February 2007 - News , IFF News , Transfer News

There were 462 international player transfers completed in year 2006, which is a new record in Floorball. The previous record is from year 2005 when there were 407 players transferring from one country to another. International transfers...

Over 40 000 licensed Floorball players in Finland

14th February 2007 - News , IFF News , Finland Floorball News , Member Associations

In January 2007 the amount of licensed Floorball players in Finland for the first time passed the boundary mark of 40,000. The exact number in the end of January was 40,194 licensed players. There has been a 4-6 % growth in the amount of...

News from the German Floorball Association

13th February 2007 - News , Member Associations , Germany Floorball News

With beginning of the year 2007 two new state associations have joined the German Floorball Association/Deutscher Unihockey Bund (DUB) e.V. covering their clubs within their federal states. With these new members DUB has now 9 state associations...

Poland, Italy and Slovakia in the WFC 2007

12th February 2007 - News , Poland Floorball News , Italy Floorball News , Slovakia Floorball News , Women's WFC 2007

The first real qualifications for a World Floorball Championship were played last weekend simultaneously in Wolsztyn, Poland and in Kapfenberg, Austria. The qualifications were played in two groups of three teams, where the winners and the best...

Results from internationals

12th February 2007 - News , International Matches

There were a record number of international matches played during the weekend. Due to the upcoming Women´s 6th World Floorball Championships many national teams had their last chance to test their players on the international level before the WFC...

Constitution of the IFF Medical Committee

9th February 2007 - News , IFF News , Medical

The IFF Medical Committee constituted itself in a meeting held in Zürich, 8th of February 2007. Dr. Med. Walter O. Frey from Switzerland was elected Chair of the IFF Medical Committee and Dr. Med. Tiina Nylander from Finland was elected Vice...