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Germany and Singapore determined to win the WFC 2009 B-division

23rd November 2009 - News , Women's WFC 2009

A B-division victory in the WFC 2009 guarantees a spot in the World Championships in 2011 without qualification, which makes the battle for the 1st place very interesting. Singapore - Singapore was relegated to the B-division after losing...

Norway aiming for the semis & Poland for a direct Qualification spot

19th November 2009 - News , Women's WFC 2009

From the teams that are currently ranked 6th - 10th, Norway (ranked 8th) is determined to fight for a place in the semi-finals and also Russia (ranked 7th) is aiming to improve their current ranking. Poland was promoted to the A-division in 2009...

7th World Championships for Dahlerus & Jurusa - top 5 nations presented

18th November 2009 - News , Women's WFC 2009

The best female players in the world will play in the upcoming World Championships starting on the 5th of Decemeber. These are the 7th Women´s World Championships and there are only two players, Hermine Dahlerus and Baiba Jurusa, who have played...

NeFUB elected as full member of National Olympic Committee

18th November 2009 - News , Member Associations , Netherlands Floorball News

During the Yearly General Assembly on November 17th NeFUB was unanimously elected as the 75th full member of the Dutch Olympic Committee. The newly elected NeFUB president Mr. Henri Otjens is very pleased: "November 2009 marks the 10th...

Czech team P.CA Milada Prague Master Champions 2009

16th November 2009 - News , Czech Floorball News , International Club Tournaments

After four years the Finnish ascendancy over the veteran floorball the Czech team P.CA Milada became an unofficial European club champion of the year 2009. The Czech ladies of the team Ovocné Báze captured the title in newly opened female...

Foreword IFF President Women´s World Championships 2009

16th November 2009 - News , Women's WFC 2009

Distinguished guests and Floorball friends, On behalf of the International Floorball Federation (IFF) I have the pleasure and honour to announce the 2009 WFC in Sweden, which is the seventh edition. In December 2008 on the 11th we got it! That...

Number of Floorball players increasing with over 10 % in 13 countries

16th November 2009 - News , IFF News

The number of registered Floorball players is continuously increasing in the world. In 11 countries the growth has been more than 10% compared to last year´s statistics. The number of Floorball players has increased since last year. There is...

Tiitu and Svensson ready to challenge each other in WFC 2010

12th November 2009 - News , Finland Floorball News , Sweden Floorball News , Men's WFC 2010

Magnus Svensson and Tero Tiitu are used to decide important games. In the WFC Final 2006 Svensson scored the golden gold for Sweden and in the 2008 final the tables were turned when Tiitu scored the winning goal and settled the first WFC victory...

2010 World Championships logo & theme published

11th November 2009 - News , Finland Floorball News , Men's WFC 2010

The logo and theme of the World Championships 2010 was presented in a press conference held in Helsinki. The WFC 2010 logo is a Floorball ball with holes that create a human figure. The human figure describes the theme for the World...

Hermine Dahlerus first woman to play 100 internationals

10th November 2009 - News , Sweden Floorball News

In addition to being the first floorball woman to play 100 internationals Hermine Dahlerus is also the first Swedish floorball player, who has played 100 international matches. Dahlerus scored a hat trick in her 100th international against...