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Brazilian Floorball Association launched a broad initiative to stay active during social isolation

28th May 2020 - News , Brazil Floorball News

After an 87%  increase in the number of first-time players in 2019, the Brazilian Floorball Association launched a plan in February 2020 to reach 100.000 players until 2023. By then, two of the pillars of the strategy concentrated on engaging...

EFC and EF Challenge 2020 cancelled

27th May 2020 - News , EuroFloorball Cup , EuroFloorball Challenge

The EuroFloorball Cup and EuroFloorball Challenge will not be held in 2020. The decision to cancel these events was made by the IFF Central Board at their meeting on 22nd May. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, nearly all European member countries...

Men's U19 WFC 2021 Qualification groups

26th May 2020 - News , Men's U19 WFC 2021 , Men's U19 WFCQ 2021

The organisers of the U19 WFC 2021 qualifications have now been confirmed, along with the playing groups. There will be a total of four qualification events, including two in Europe – Lignano Sabbiadoro (Italy) and Łochów (Poland). The...

Christoph Steiner (AUT) - playing floorball with safety glasses

26th May 2020 - News , Austria Floorball News

After Austrian Floorball Association introduced the new safety measures for children and youth players, they published an interview with the national team player Christoph Steiner about his experiences on wearing protective goggles in floorball....

IFF CB Meeting news 3/2020: CB to evaluate the U19 WFC 2020 by the middle of June

25th May 2020 - News , IFF News , Central Board

The IFF Central Board (CB) held its third meeting of the year via the online platform Teams on the 22nd and 23rd of May. During the meeting the CB discussed the impact of the Covid-19 on the IFF Events. One important discussion topic in the...

The IFF Kids with Sticks winners 2020

20th May 2020 - News , IFF News , Development news , IFF Kids with Sticks project news

28 projects made it to the final voting, where the floorball community could vote for the project they thought was the most important. The voting happened virtually on IFF Facebook page and ended earlier today.  The IFF received a total of 55...

Making floorball history: Finland’s highest floorball league is now F-Liiga

20th May 2020 - News , Finland Floorball News

The familiar Salibandyliiga brand becomes history today as it is time for F-Liiga. Also, all logos and colours have a new fresh look and Finland's highest floorball league now has its own website apart from the Finnish Floorball Federation's. The...

myclimate and the International Floorball Federation to join forces

19th May 2020 - News , IFF News

Sustainability has become a topic that any individual, enterprise or sport cannot overlook these days. It has been a part of International Floorball Federations (IFF) work in the past but starting from 2019 it has been included as an integral part...

Pekka Ilmivalta new Executive director for Finnish Floorball Federation

19th May 2020 - News , Finland Floorball News

Finnish Floorball Federation appoint Pekka Ilmivalta as their new Executive director. Pekka Ilmivalta joins Finnish Floorball Federation from national betting company Veikkaus as new Executive director. The recruitment process for the new...

IFF Kids with Sticks finalists 2020

18th May 2020 - News , IFF News , Development news , IFF Kids with Sticks project news

The first selection of IFF Kids with Sticks applications has been made and 28 projects continue to the final voting on IFF Facebook page. Below you can find the name, country and the short description of each project and instructions for the...