home Floorball  (Innebandy, Salibandy, Unihockey)

 
  This is a relatively new and rapidly growing, indoor sport, dating back to the 1970's and may be considered as a kind of ice-free version of ice-hockey. It is  played using composite sticks with a plastic vented blade and a 72 mm plastic ball with the aim  to put the ball into the opponent's goal. A team consists of 5 players and a goalie (who plays without a stick) in a court 40 x 20 metres and enclosed by a board with rounded corners. Players must not use their hands, arms or head to play the ball on purpose. One may use other body parts ( the ball can be stopped by a foot, but not to score goals or pass to team mates). See Wikipedia for more background.  

"It was in Sala, Sweden,  everything began..." Carl-Åke Ahlqvist from Gothenburg brought some plastic sticks with him from a toy store when he returned home from a trip to Holland and he thought it would be fun to try playing with the sticks... Read on in  The birth of Floorball


The game is overseen at International level by The IFF International Floorball Federation, founded in Sweden in 1986 by the Floorball associations of Finland, Sweden and Switzerland. European Cups and Championships were introduced from 1993 onwards and World events in 1996. Membership has increased dramatically since then, all round the world

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The IFF World Champions is played every 2 years; even years for Men Seniors and Women Juniors. Odd years for Women Seniors and Men Juniors. See  IFF for details of Internationals, European Cup and World Events. See  for more details

Quick  Floorball Links
      The IFF
     International News from Planet Floorball
       The birth of Floorball
       Background from Wikipedia
       What Is Floorball from the Great Britain FA
       Exel Floorball for details of equipment used
       Tactical tips  and Rules from CalTech

Detailed Links		  
  International Floorball Federation  (IFF) is the head organisation of world floorball (innebandy, salibandy, unihockey). Floorball is a fast growing sport played indoors with "plastic" sticks. In each team there are five field players and a goalkeeper. The goalkeeper has no stick
Canada
  Floorball Canada
  BC Floorball
UK
  Great Britain Floorbal Association Youth Development
  Floorball in the UK
  Northern League based on Scotland;
    Northern League teams   from Aberdeen Floorball Club
USA
USA Floorbal Association News, articles, National Teams

 

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