The Canadian Team will immediately start to recruit Players to play in the Prague Wheel Open this August.
Written by BC Floorball
Friday, 17 February 2012 00:43
At a small coffee and bagel shop off Main Street in Vancouver, the BC Floorball Federation held it’s first planning meeting with local Wheelchair Hockey athletes Adam Frost and Hilary Brown.
The outcome was the launch of a local Wheelchair Floorball team, the organizing of Canada’s first official Wheelchair Floorball demonstration game at the Richmond Olympic Oval, and a full review of the International Wheelchair Floorball tournament circuit and Power Hockey Floorball events.
Great Ovations at Dollymen's Exhibition at Skoda Cup
Written by IWFF Events
Sunday, 13 November 2011 00:27
Czech Wheelchair Floorball Federation has again sent the national team to an exhibition match to accompany an IFF event. The visit rate record from the very first exhibition held at O2 Arena during final of the Men's World Championship 2008 will probably not be topped any time soon. Then, a Czech-Swedish mini-match was played in front of over 14 000 spectators.
Wheelchair Floorball is played almost with the same rules as Floorball. Wheelchair Floorball was played for the first time in the ParaGames 2011 played in Breda, the Netherlands, October 6th to 9th 2011.The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) officially certified ParaGamesBreda (PGB). The Paragames is a multisport event for disabled players and 3000 sportsmen and women from close to 25 different sports and 40 countries participated in the event.
Four Floorball teams representing Czech Republic, Germany, Netherlands and Sweden played in the ParaGames 2011. The winner of the tournament was Sweden. ParaFloorball section IFF
Floorball, a type of floor hockey, is an indoor team sport which was developed in the 1970s. It is a fast paced sport, with limited physical contact allowed. Floorball is most popular in areas where the sport has developed the longest,such as the Czech Republic, Finland, Sweden, and Switzerland. The game is played indoors on a gym floor, making it a year-round sport at the amateur and professional levels. There are professional leagues, such as Finland's Salibandyliiga and Sweden's Svenska Superligan. While there are 49 members of the International Floorball Federation (IFF), the Czech Republic, Finland, Sweden, and Switzerland have finished in most of the coveted 1st, 2nd and 3rd places at the Floorball World Championships. In addition to those four countries, floorball is gaining popularity in countries such as Australia, Canada, Japan, Singapore, and the United States.
EMWF 2012 Invitation.pdf
Czech Wheelchair Floorball Federation has again sent the national team to an exhibition match to accompany an IFF event. The visit rate record from the very first exhibition held at O2 Arena during final of the Men's World Championship 2008 will probably not be topped any time soon. Then, a Czech-Swedish mini-match was played in front of over 14 000 spectators.
Floorball, a type of floor hockey, is an indoor team sport which was developed in the 1970s. It is a fast paced sport, with limited physical contact allowed. Floorball is most popular in areas where the sport has developed the longest,such as the Czech Republic, Finland, Sweden, and Switzerland. The game is played indoors on a gym floor, making it a year-round sport at the amateur and professional levels. There are professional leagues, such as Finland's Salibandyliiga and Sweden's Svenska Superligan. While there are 49 members of the International Floorball Federation (IFF), the Czech Republic, Finland, Sweden, and Switzerland have finished in most of the coveted 1st, 2nd and 3rd places at the Floorball World Championships. In addition to those four countries, floorball is gaining popularity in countries such as Australia, Canada, Japan, Singapore, and the United States.
