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International transfers in 2006

16/02/2007 - News , IFF News , Transfer News

There were 462 international player transfers completed in year 2006, which is a new record in Floorball. The previous record is from year 2005 when there were 407 players transferring from one country to another. International transfers...

Over 40 000 licensed Floorball players in Finland

14/02/2007 - News , IFF News , Finland Floorball News , Member Associations

In January 2007 the amount of licensed Floorball players in Finland for the first time passed the boundary mark of 40,000. The exact number in the end of January was 40,194 licensed players. There has been a 4-6 % growth in the amount of...

News from the German Floorball Association

13/02/2007 - News , Member Associations , Germany Floorball News

With beginning of the year 2007 two new state associations have joined the German Floorball Association/Deutscher Unihockey Bund (DUB) e.V. covering their clubs within their federal states. With these new members DUB has now 9 state associations...

Poland, Italy and Slovakia in the WFC 2007

12/02/2007 - News , Poland Floorball News , Italy Floorball News , Slovakia Floorball News , Women's WFC 2007

The first real qualifications for a World Floorball Championship were played last weekend simultaneously in Wolsztyn, Poland and in Kapfenberg, Austria. The qualifications were played in two groups of three teams, where the winners and the best...

Results from internationals

12/02/2007 - News , International Matches

There were a record number of international matches played during the weekend. Due to the upcoming Women´s 6th World Floorball Championships many national teams had their last chance to test their players on the international level before the WFC...

Constitution of the IFF Medical Committee

09/02/2007 - News , IFF News , Medical

The IFF Medical Committee constituted itself in a meeting held in Zürich, 8th of February 2007. Dr. Med. Walter O. Frey from Switzerland was elected Chair of the IFF Medical Committee and Dr. Med. Tiina Nylander from Finland was elected Vice...

Floorball reaches Nicaragua

06/02/2007 - News , Development news

Sonja Hotke, a Canadian floorball player, has written an article about floorball outreach efforts in Nicaragua. Sonja plays in the local Toronto league in Canada, and has also been chosen to represent Canada in the World Championships in Denmark the...

CE-marking of protective goggles for floorball use

02/02/2007 - News , IFF News , Rules and Regulations

There is now CE-marked protective goggles available for Floorball players. Although the use of protective eyewear is not mandatory in Floorball the International Floorball Federation recommends the use of eye protection. The Swedish Floorball...

Ms. Evelin Siklósi elected new President of Hungarian Floorball

23/01/2007 - News , Member Associations , Hungary Floorball News

Ms. Evelin Siklósi was elected new President of the Hungarian Floorball Federation on the 6th of January 2007. Also a new board was elected consisting of the following persons: Mr. Gábor Bokor; Mr. Barna Kovács; Mr. Gergely Kovács; Mr....

Floorball promotion project in Italian schools

19/01/2007 - News , Development news , Member Associations , Italy Floorball News

The Italian Floorball Association (F.I.U.F.) is running a project to promote floorball in the schools of Rome. The project includes demonstrative lessons, school tournaments and courses for school teachers. The main instructor is Marcus Tingland,...