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Floorball making progress in Turkey

4th March 2008 - News , Member Associations , Turkey Floorball News

Floorball is developing in Turkey and is currently played in six different parts of the country; Erzincan, Cappadocia, Ankara, Adana, Mersin and Istanbul. There are approximately 330 active floorball players in Turkey. The international schools...

Increased amount of doping tests in floorball

4th March 2008 - News , Anti-Doping

The number of doping tests conducted in floorball increased in 2007 both in the IFF events and in the IFF´s member associations. In 2007 there were 44 tests conducted in the IFF events (Women´s WFC, Men´s U19 WFC and EC 2007) compared to 34...

Seven countries participated in the development seminar in Slovenia

3rd March 2008 - News , IFF News , Development news , Slovenia Floorball News

The IFF development seminar in Slovenia was organised in Zelezniki from the 28th of February to 2nd of March. All in all there were 37 participants from Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Hungary, Serbia, Slovenia, Turkey and the UK. As there were...

A new coaching manual "Team Tactics" now published

28th February 2008 - News , IFF News , Development news

The second part of the three sequel coaching material; Team Tactics is now available on the IFF´s website under Materials. Team Tactics - Teaching team tactics in Floorball; Instructions and drills, is the second part of a coaching...

First floorball club established in Bosnia and Herzegovina

27th February 2008 - News , Member Associations , Bosnia & Herzegovina Floorball News

In Bosnia and Herzegovina floorball is a relatively new sport, but it is developing and spreading rapidly both in quantity and quality. A historical event took place in Banja Luka on the 15th of February, 2008 when the founding meeting of the first...

Record number of spectators in the Swedish league

19th February 2008 - News , Sweden Floorball News

The amount of spectators in the Swedish floorball league, Superligan, is the highest ever during this season. The amount of spectators is now 13 % higher than during the previous record season 2005/06, the average number of spectators now...

IFF to define its strategical future

12th February 2008 - News , IFF News , Central Board

The IFF Central Board decided in its previous meeting in Vantaa, Finland, on the 12th of January to form a working group, which would have the task to discuss and define the “raison d’être” for IFF, the strategic direction and the objectives...

International transfers in 2007

6th February 2008 - News , IFF News , Transfer News

The internationl transfer period lasting from the 1st of July until the 31st of December included again over 400 transfers between the floorball countries. The number of annual transfers has steadily increased during this century but has now become...

Results from the Internationals

5th February 2008 - News , International Matches

The international weekend included three bigger tournaments and few friendly international matches. The national men´s teams from Sweden, Finland, Czech Republic and Switzerland played the Euro Floorball Tournament in Zurich Switzerland. Sweden...

Edwin Wiedmer the new president of the SUHV

4th February 2008 - News , Switzerland Floorball News , Member Associations

The Swiss Floorball Federation (SUHV) has at their "Verbandsratssitzung" during the Euro Floorball Tour tournamnet in Zurich last weekend, elected Mr. Edwin Wiedmer as the new president of the SUHV. Mr. Wiedmer, who is 57 years of age and living...