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45 000 licensed Floorball players in Finland

12th March 2010 - News , Finland Floorball News

A new record has been reached in the Finnish Floorball Federation as there are now 45 000 licensed Floorball players in Finland. The number of licensed players has increased annually since 1986. There are now 821 Floorball clubs and 2 300 teams...

Ukraine suspension affects the WU19 WFC B-division schedule

12th March 2010 - News , Ukraine Floorball News , Women's U19 WFC 2010

The IFF Central Board decided in its last meeting, held on the 2nd of February 2010, to suspend the member associations which have not started to pay off their membership fee debts by the end of February 2010. In accordance with the IFF Statutes...

Number of doping tests conducted in Floorball 2009

11th March 2010 - News , Anti-Doping

There was a total of 570 doping tests conducted in Floorball in 2009. 52 tests were conducted in the IFF events (Women´s WFC, Men´s U19 WFC and the EFC) in addition to 19 out of competition tests conducted by the IFF. The IFF Member...

Red Ants Rychenberg & Tigers Langnau Swiss Cup winners

8th March 2010 - News , Switzerland Floorball News

Red Ants Rychenberg could win the intense Women´s Cup Final against the reigning champion UHC Dietlikon with an overtime goal 5-4 and Tigers Langnau were able to defend their Cup title against UHC Waldkirch-St. Gallen and won with clear...

Tunet IBK women´s champion in Norway

4th March 2010 - News , Norway Floorball News

Tunet has not lost a single match this season in the Women´s Elitserien in Norway and the team has already secured the championship title. Tunet currently has 36 points and the runner up, Sveiva, has 31 points before Holmlia with 26...

Runar Snellingen´s 105 points a new record in Norway

4th March 2010 - News , Norway Floorball News

Runar Snellingen, playing for Sagene IF, is now the record holder in the Norwegian Top League with his incredible 105 points in 22 matches (54 goals + 51 assists). Snellingen beats the earlier record made by Raymond Evensen (93 points) and...

Amount of International Transfers increased in 2009

3rd March 2010 - News , Transfer News

The international transfer period from the 1st of July until the 31st of December included over 560 transfers between Floorball countries. In 2009 the number of annual transfers was for the first time more than 500 transfers. There was a huge...

IFF DC decision concerning India´s withdrawal from WFCQ

1st March 2010 - News , AOFC , India Floorball News

  Because of the late Withdrawal of India from the 8th Men’s World Floorball Championships qualification in Singapore 3rd to 7th of February 2010 the IFF Disciplinary Committee (DC) decided in its meeting on February 26th 2010 to exclude...

24 teams registered for the Women´s WFC 2011

24th February 2010 - News , Women's WFC 2011

A total of 24 teams have registered for the 8th Women´s World Floorball Championships. The WFC Final will be played with 16 teams in four groups in Switzerland in December 2011. Eight teams are directly qualified for the WFC Final round and...

Successful Floorball seminar in the Philippines

19th February 2010 - News , AOFC , Philippines Floorball News

In the end of January (28th - 29th) a two day Floorball seminar was organised in the Makati City University and Quezon City in the Philippines. The IFF Referee Committee member, Mr. Klaus Koskela, instructed the educational seminar, which...