World Floorball Championships

Russia stays in the A-Division

28th May 2006 - News , Russia Floorball News , Men's WFC 2006

Russia won the relegation match (match for 9th place) defeating Germany 7-5 and remains in the A-division. Big hero was Roman Druzininskiy scoring the 5 first Russian goals and assisting to the 6th. Vladimir Gorshenenko also played a good match...

Fredrik Holtz suspended for two matches

24th May 2006 - News , Men's WFC 2006

IFF Jury Decision, May 23rd, 2006 Malmö, Sweden, In the match between Switzerland and Germany, on the 23rd of the May, the German player #88 Fredrik Holtz received a Match Penalty 3 at 60.00. Switzerland scored a goal just before the time had...

Editorial by IFF President WFC 2006

21st May 2006 - News , Men's WFC 2006

WFC 2006 in Sweden Distinguished guests and Floorball friends, On behalf of the International Floorball Federation (IFF) I have the pleasure and honour to announce the World Floorball Championships for men in Sweden. Today IFF consists of 37...

TV Matches during WFC 2006

10th May 2006 - News , Men's WFC 2006

Floorball fans from around Europe will have the possibility to watch Floorball matches on TV during the World Championships. Apart from the TV coverage, there will be a 3 minute news clip available on the EBU list each day for each EBU member...

Poland back in the B-Division

8th May 2006 - News , Poland Floorball News , Men's WFC 2008 , Men's WFC 2006

Poland won the C-Division played in San Lorenzo de El Escorial in Spain and will play in the B-Division in Czech Republic 2008. The Polish team won all their matches, except one against Spain. In the final standings Poland, Spain and Slovakia all...

The new IFF Championships ball, Precision WFC-Vanilla

2nd May 2006 - News , IFF News , Men's WFC 2006

The IFF has together with Exel and Canadien launched a new Precision WFC-vanilla ball for all IFF events. The new ball with unique qualities is an excellent continuation in IFF’s strive to reach a status where all IFF competitions have the same...

Referees for the Men´s WFC 2006 appointed

7th March 2006 - News , Men's WFC 2006

The IFF Referee Committee has appointed the following referees to referee the Men´s WFC 2006 A- and B-division: Martin Sykora/Ondrej Sykora (Czech Republic), Erik Bilde/Brian Toftelund (Denmark), Tommi Rihimäki/Juha Sirkka (Finland), Kim...

Belgium fined for withdrawal from WFC 2006 C-Div.

15th February 2006 - News , Member Associations , Men's WFC 2006 , Belgium Floorball News

The Belgian Floorball Federation has been fined for their withdrawal from the C-division of the Men´s WFC 2006. Further Belgium has been excluded from the two subsequent official tournaments. The letter to BFF is found here.

Women´S WFC 2007 - Qualification to A-Division

3rd December 2005 - News , Women's WFC 2007

Singapore defeated Japan 3-1 in the first of two matches to qualify to the A-division of the Women´s World Championships 2007. The match was played in Singapore and also included in the Asian Pacific Championship 2005. The date for the second...

Women´s WFC 2007 - the A-division increased to 10 teams

28th August 2005 - News , Central Board , Women's WFC 2007

At the CB Meeting in Helsinki on August 27, 2005, the Central Board decided, upon proposal from the IFF RACC, to increase the A-division of the Women´s WFC to 10 teams from 2007.