IFF News

Olympics dates clash with the World Games 2021 - alternative dates reviewed

31st March 2020 - News , IFF News , The World Games

The International Olympic Committee has yesterday announced the new dates for the postponed Olympic Games 2020 in Tokyo, Japan. The new dates, 23 July – 8 August 2021 clash partly with those of The World Games 2021, which were scheduled to be held...

Women's U19 World Floorball Championships 2020 postponed to September

20th March 2020 - News , IFF News , World Floorball Championships , Women's U19 WFC 2020 , U19 World Floorball Championships

The IFF Executive Committee (ExCo) has taken the decision to postpone the Women’s U19 World Floorball Championships 2020 due to the coronavirus situation. The WU19 WFC was originally planned to be played May 6th-10th 2020, but the event is now...

Athletes' Commission Election Results 2020

16th March 2020 - News , IFF News , Athletes Commission

Elections for the male candidates of the IFF Athletes' Commission (ATC) were held during the WFC qualifications in February. There were seven candidates from China, Czech Republic, Finland, Korea, Slovenia, Spain and Ukraine, and four were elected...

Coronavirus status update - as of March 16th

16th March 2020 - News , IFF News

Due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak many of the national floorball leagues have been effected and also the upcoming IFF Events are continuously evaluated. Since the last update on March 13th, new decisions have been made in Canada, Czech...

Coronavirus status update - as of March 13th

13th March 2020 - News , IFF News

Due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak many of the national floorball leagues have been effected and also the upcoming IFF Events are continuously evaluated. The IFF is in close contact with the local organisers who are communicating with the...

IFF received over 80 proposals for the Rules of the Game edition 2022

5th March 2020 - News , IFF News

The IFF will continue with the renewal process of the Game Rules edition 2022, when the newly formed reference group will meet on March 24th to evaluate the proposals made by the members for game rule changes that had arrived by the deadline,...

WFC 2020 AOFC Qualifications cancelled due to coronavirus

26th February 2020 - News , IFF News , Men's WFC 2020 , Men's WFCQ 2020

The IFF Executive Committee (ExCo) has been forced to take the decision to cancel the Men’s IFF World Floorball Championships 2020 qualification tournament for the Asia-Oceania region, which was to be played in Bangkok, Thailand, March 2nd –...

Finnish club EräViikingit and Czech Floorball exchange know-how

20th February 2020 - News , Finland Floorball News , Czech Floorball News

The Finnish club team EräViikingit wants to be a pioneer when it comes to developing floorball and  the club is investing in different cooperation projects both nationally and internationally. The quality of the coaching is one of the...

IFF CB Meeting news 1/2020: IFF office to stay in Finland

17th February 2020 - News , IFF News , Central Board

The IFF Central Board (CB) held its first meeting of the year in Zurich, Switzerland on February 16th. During the meeting, the Swiss Floorball Association informed, that the Men's WFC 2022 will be played in the Swiss Life Arena in Zurich and AXA...

Six Caribbean Special Olympics Organisations attended a floorball camp in Jamaica

11th February 2020 - News , ParaFloorball , Special Olympics , USA Floorball News

Special Olympics coaches and athletes from six Caribbean countries participated in a three day floorball camp organised in Kingston on January 24th – 26th 2020. The camp focused on the floorball basics such as basic game plays and rules. The...