IFF News

IFF CB Meeting News 4/2024 - General Assembly and ATC elections approaching

5th November 2024 - News , Central Board

IFF Central Board held its fourth meeting of the year from 2nd–3rd November in Helsinki, Finland. On Saturday the 2nd of November in the CB working session, the CB discussed and updated the documents for the upcoming General Assembly, Strategy...

IFF and Spintso team up for the 2024 World Floorball Championships

21st October 2024 - IFF News , Men's WFC 2024 , Partnerships and Sponsors , Referees

The referee communication equipment provider Spintso will equip the IFF referees for the 2024 World Floorball Championships (WFC). This means that from December 7th to 15th, 2024, in Malmö, referees will be using top-of-the-line technical kits to...

”Free of Limits”- Visual Identity and Theme of the World Floorball Championships 2026 and 2027 revealed

18th October 2024 - News , IFF News , Finland Floorball News , World Floorball Championships

The visual identity and theme of the World Floorball Championships (WFC), which will be held in Finland in consecutive years 2026 and 2027, were unveiled on Friday October 18th in connection of the Euro Floorball (EFT) in Turku, Finland.   It...

IFF ATC Blog by Jarno Ihme: making floorball dreams come true

25th September 2024 - News , Athletes Commission

Members of the IFF Athletes’ Commission have been contributing Blog posts on what they are up to. Jarno Ihme joined the ATC in 2020. He played in highest league in Sweden and Finland for 14 years and he won gold medals at WFC, U19 WFC and World...

Filip Šuman to run for the position of President of the International Floorball Federation

25th September 2024 - News , IFF News

The former president of Czech floorball and current IFF Vice President, Filip Šuman, will run for the position of President of the International Floorball Federation in December. His candidacy for the role of presidency was confirmed on Tuesday by...

IFF CB Meeting news 3/2024 - Strategy implementation, General Assembly and discussions on the new event structure

10th September 2024 - News , Central Board

The third IFF Central Board meeting of the year 2024 took place in Winterthur, Switzerland on the weekend. During the working sessions both on Friday and Saturday the CB discussed the new planned competition calendar as well as the CB documents for...

IFF mourns the passing of Ethics Commission (ETC) chair Mr. Harri Syväsalmi

12th August 2024 - News , IFF News

The IFF has learnt of the sad news that our Ethics Commission (ETC) chair Mr. Harri Syväsalmi has passed away last week, after a long illness.   Mr. Syväsalmi was elected as the IFF ETC Chair in 2000 and brought a lot of experience and...

IFF ATC meeting during U19 WFC and 3v3 WFC 2024 in Lahti

4th July 2024 - News , Athletes Commission

The IFF Athletes’ Commission (ATC) was incredibly busy in May, during the Women's U19 World Floorball Championships and 3v3 World Floorball Championships in Lahti, Finland. Chaired by Agata Plechan from Poland, the meeting brought together...

IFF ATC blog by Josefina Eiremo: adjustments and new beginnings after playing career

6th June 2024 - News , Athletes Commission

Members of the IFF Athletes’ Commission have been contributing Blog posts on what they are up to. Josefina Eiremo is the longest-serving member of the ATC. She retired as a player from international and top-level Floorball in 2017, but in 2018 she...

The IOC published its 2023 Olympic Movement Sustainability Case Studies - includes two floorball-related case studies

3rd June 2024 - IFF News , Sweden Floorball News , Switzerland Floorball News , Member Associations , Men's WFC 2022 , Men's WFC 2024 , Sustainability , Equality news

For the past 8 years, the IOC has been selecting impressive sustainability efforts by the Olympic Movement. Floorball has now been featured in two selections with the IFF Stick with it! campaign (2019) and Floorball's Development Towards...