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Latvia won the match for 5th place with strong defence

14th December 2008 - News , Latvia Floorball News , Men's WFC 2008

The final day in O2 Arena started with the match for 5th place between Latvia and Norway. Both teams were willing to fight for the victory and the match offered an intensive game for the 3 267 spectators. In the first period Norway...

Denmark placed 9th

13th December 2008 - News , Men's WFC 2008 , Denmark Floorball News

Denmark  the 9th place in a A-division battle between Italy and Denmark. After two periods the match was still 1-1. In the third period the Danish scored 4 times. Pondaco Domenico, who was chosen the best player of the Italian team, scored for...

Sudden death goal took Sweden to WFC Final

13th December 2008 - News , Sweden Floorball News , Men's WFC 2008

The second semi-final became a thriller as the score was 2-2 after both the second and third period. The decisive goal, which took Sweden to the WFC Final, was scored by Karl-Johan Nilsson in 63.17. Both Swiss and Swedish fans had found the O2...

USA won the B-division bronze

13th December 2008 - News , Men's WFC 2008 , USA Floorball News

USA won the B-division bronze match with a strong start for the match as the score was already 4-0 for team USA in 6.49. Austria put the full speed on in the end of the second period and continued their good drive in the beginning of the...

Finland in the WFC 2008 Final

13th December 2008 - News , Finland Floorball News , Men's WFC 2008

The Czech spectators were really living the home team´s semi-final versus Finland as 10 348 spectators were either cheering for the home team or booing and whistling for the Finns. The game was quite even and the shots on goal were 21-21, but...

Germany directly qualified for the WFC 2010

13th December 2008 - News , Germany Floorball News , Men's WFC 2008

Before this decisive match, neither of the teams had yet lost a single point in these championships. There were 3 110 spectators following the B-division final in the O2 Arena and the fans got to enjoy a floorball match with open doors....

International Floorball Federation´s 10th General Assembly

13th December 2008 - News , IFF News , Central Board

The International Floorball Federation held its General Assembly in Prague, Czech Republic on the 13th of December 2008 during the Men´s 7th World Floorball Championships 2008. The IFF’s main achievements in 2006-2008 were presented. During...

Singapore won the Asian derby and got the 15th place

13th December 2008 - News , Men's WFC 2008 , Singapore Floorball News

The Asian rivals Singapore and Japan met in the match for 15th place in Sparta Arena. Both teams have had time to rest before the match because the last group matches were played on Thursday. The match started with very accurate playing as both...

Russia 7th and directly qualified to WFC 2010

13th December 2008 - News , Men's WFC 2008 , Russia Floorball News

The stakes were high in the first match in O2 Arena. Estonia and Russia played for the 7th place of the WFC. The winner of this match will be directly qualified to the WFC 2010, but the loser will have to take part in the qualifications. Both...

WFC 2008 B-division play-offs

12th December 2008 - News , Men's WFC 2008

The World Championships moved from Ostrava to Prague during Thursday. For the A-division teams Friday is reserved for training. In the B-division the placement matches started today.   Netherlands took the 19th place after an exciting...