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WUC Floorball 2020 preparations in full swing

19th February 2020 - News , IFF News , World University Championships , WUC 2020

Slovenia is gearing up for its first FISU World University Championship in over a decade, with organisers of this year's FISU WUC Floorball ready to welcome the best student-athlete floorballers to the picturesque city of Koper, June 24-28. The...

IFF Doping Control statistics in 2019

18th February 2020 - News , IFF News , Anti-Doping

In 2019, the IFF initiated a total 93 doping controls and there were no anti-doping rule violations in the IFF initiated tests. Out of these 93 IFF tests, 54 tests were conducted in the IFF Events (in-competition tests) and 39 were IFF...

IFF CB Meeting news 1/2020: IFF office to stay in Finland

17th February 2020 - News , IFF News , Central Board

The IFF Central Board (CB) held its first meeting of the year in Zurich, Switzerland on February 16th. During the meeting, the Swiss Floorball Association informed, that the Men's WFC 2022 will be played in the Swiss Life Arena in Zurich and AXA...

World's first floorball museum to be opened in Finland

14th February 2020 - News , Finland Floorball News

Four Finnish floorball pioneers founded the Finnish Floorball Museum (registered ass.) during summer 2019. The world's first Floorball Museum will be opened at Ideapark shopping centre in Lempäälä, Finland on Tuesday 25th of February.  The...

Half of all WFC 2020 final weekend tickets already sold

13th February 2020 - News , Men's WFC 2020 , World Floorball Championships

The tickets sales for the final weekend of the Men's World Floorball Championships 2020 are off to a good start. The WFC 2020 is still 10 months away, but many sections have already been sold out for the final weekend. There has also been a lot...

WFC 2020 AOFC Qualifications to go ahead

13th February 2020 - News , Men's WFC 2020 , Men's WFCQ 2020

The Men’s WFC 2020 AOFC Qualifications are scheduled to take place in Bangkok, Thailand from 2nd – 7th March 2020. Due to the COVID-19 (coronavirus) situation, a consultation process has taken place, involving all of the AOFC participating...

Cote d'Ivoire Floorball received award for promoting the sport

13th February 2020 - News , Côte d'Ivoire Floorball News

The 8th edition of "les Awards du Sport Ivoirien" SPORTS +  awarded Cote d'Ivoire Floorball Federation with this special acknowledgement. The award was received for promoting and developing the sport of floorball  in Cote d'Ivoire. The...

Rolf Kern continues coaching the Swiss women's national team

12th February 2020 - News , Switzerland Floorball News

After winning the silver medal at the Women's World Floorball Championships in Neuchâtel, Switzerland, the Swiss Floorball Association prolonged the contract with the head coach Rolf Kern until 2024. In April, he will start the new WFC project with...

Six Caribbean Special Olympics Organisations attended a floorball camp in Jamaica

11th February 2020 - News , ParaFloorball , Special Olympics , USA Floorball News

Special Olympics coaches and athletes from six Caribbean countries participated in a three day floorball camp organised in Kingston on January 24th – 26th 2020. The camp focused on the floorball basics such as basic game plays and rules. The...

SB-Pro and Classic win the Finnish Cup 2020

10th February 2020 - News , Finland Floorball News

The Finnish Cup finals were played on Saturday the 8th of February in Tallinn, Estonia. SB-Pro won the Women's final against PSS and Classic won the Men's final against Nokian KrP. This was the first time the cup finals were played outside of...