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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...

IFF Receives International Olympic Committee Recognition

12th December 2008 - News , IFF News , Development news

Floorball moves towards becoming an Olympic Sport The Executive Board of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) decided in its meeting on Thursday the 11th of December 2008, to grant the International Floorball Federation (IFF) the provisional...

WFC 2008 Day 5 last of the group matches

10th December 2008 - News , Men's WFC 2008

No wins for Great Britain in the group stage The morning match on Wednesday in B-division was between Austria and Great Britain. Both teams had secured their positions in Group C already before the match. The spirit of the match was seen right...

WFC 2008 Day 4 match news

9th December 2008 - News , Men's WFC 2008

Tight match between Italy and Russia In the A-division Tuesday started with an interesting match between Italy and Russia. Neither of the teams had been able to take points in the previous matches. This meant that the points from the internal...

Breakthrough for Floorball as a TV sport

8th December 2008 - News , Men's WFC 2008

During the ongoing WFC there is a record number of televised matches, a record number of channels showing the matches and a great number of viewers watching the games on Television. Altogether 17 matches and seven countries plus Eurosport...

WFC 2008 Day 3 match news

8th December 2008 - News , Men's WFC 2008

Estonian penalties helped Norway to win Willy Fauskanger scored the 1-0 lead to Norway, assisted by the WFC Veteran, Raymond Evensen. Evensen has participated in all European and World Championships where Norway has played, which is all except...

New spectator record in WFC group matches

7th December 2008 - News , Men's WFC 2008

A new record is set in the amount of spectators in WFC group matches as a full house with 8 914 spectators created an amazing atmosphere the Cez Arena in Ostrava in the Czech Republic - Sweden match. The previous group match record is 5 620...

WFC 2008 Day 2 match news

7th December 2008 - News , Men's WFC 2008

The reigning champions had a hard time against Czech Republic, which was supported by a great number of fans in the CEZ arena. The match was very tight right from the start and when the Czechs took the lead in the first period, the crowd...

WFC 2008 Day 1 match news

6th December 2008 - News , Men's WFC 2008

Home team starts with victory over Russia Nearly a new WFC record in the amount of spectators (for WFC group matches) was reached in the ČEZ Arena A in Ostrava as the Czech team´s opening match versus Russia draw 5 108 fans to the arena. The...