Floorball is a type of floor hockey with five players and a goalkeeper in each team. It is played indoors with 96–115.5 cm-long (37.8–45.5 in) sticks and a 70–72 mm-diameter (2.76–2.83 in) plastic ball with holes. Matches are played in three twenty-minute periods. The sport of bandy also played a role in the game's development.
The 2006 Men's Floorball Championships were the sixth Men's Floorball World Championships. It was held in May 2006 in Sweden, with the host country defeating Finland in sudden victory in the gold medal game. Sweden thus continued its tradition of winning these championships, but for the first time in their history the team failed to win all games. Switzerland became the first team to accomplish a draw versus Sweden in a world championship game, and later won the bronze medal.
Niklas Jihde is a Swedish former floorball player. Jihde has won the Floorball World Championship with Sweden five times, in 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, and 2006. He scored 80 goals with the Swedish national floorball team.
Swedish Super League is the highest league in the league system of Swedish floorball and comprises the top 14 Swedish floorball teams. The first season began in 1995–96. The season ends with a play-off and a final.
AIK Innebandy is a Swedish floorball club and a department of AIK. The men's team played in Sweden's highest division, SSL, from the year 2000, but was relegated to Herrar Allsvenskan Norra in 2018 after ending the season 2017/2018 as second last. AIK won their first championship in 2006 when they defeated Pixbo Wallenstam IBK in the SSL final. In 2009 they won their second championship, beating Warberg IC in the final. The team is back in Sweden’s highest division SSL the season 2022/2023.
Jānis Jansons is a Latvian floorball player who is currently playing for Pixbo Wallenstam IBK in the SSL.
The F-liiga is the top men's floorball league in Finland. The league was founded as Salibandyn SM-sarja in 1986 by the Finnish Floorball Federation (SSBL). It was renamed to Salibandyliiga for the 1994–95 season. The Salibandyliiga was operated by the company SSBL Salibandy Oy, a subsidiary of the Finnish Floorball Federation. The current name F-liiga is used since season 2020–21.
Peter Sjögren is a Swedish floorball player (goalkeeper) who is ranked as the best goalie in the world. Sjögren, who plays in Warbergs IC, won the Swedish Championship in 2006, 2007 and 2008. He also won the World Cup in 2006.
Fredrik Djurling, born 1981 in Järfälla is a Swedish former floorball player, having played for AIK Innebandy and the national team of Sweden until his retirement in 2011. He grew up in Järfälla, Sweden and played for Järfälla IBK until April 2007 when he signed up for the Swedish team AIK Innebandy. He won the World Cup in 2006.
Finland Men's National Floorball Team is the national floorball team of Finland. The national team was founded in 1985 and they played their first official game against Sweden in 1985. Finland has won four World Championships and 1 European Championships (1995). Finland has appeared in every World and European Championships tournament organised by the IFF and is the only team with Sweden to have won such a tournament.
The Storvreta Innebandyklubb or Storvreta IBK, is a floorball club based in Storvreta, Sweden. The team plays its home matches in IFU Arena in Uppsala.
Tero Tiitu is a Finnish floorball player currently playing for EräViikingit of the F-liiga.
Sweden women's national floorball team represents Sweden in international competitions of women's floorball. The team played their first match in a world championship on 3 May 1997 against Austria in Mariehamn, Finland. The match ended in victory with 32-0 and is still the biggest victory ever in the floorball world championships. The team went unbeaten through the tournament and became the first world champions of women's floorball.
F-liiga is the highest-tier of floorball for women in Finland. The league was founded as Salibandyn naisten SM-sarja in 1988 by the Finnish Floorball Federation (SSBL). The former name, Naisten Salibandyliiga, was introduced for the 2000–01 season. The F-liiga is operated by SSBL Salibandy Oy, a limited corporation owned entirely by the Finnish Floorball Federation.
SSV Helsinki is a floorball team based in Helsinki, Finland. The team was founded in 1986 and they currently play in Salibandyliiga, the top floorball league in Finland.
Alexander Hart is a Swedish-American bandy and floorball player.
Anna Wijk is a Swedish former floorball player. She was named by Innebandymagazinet as female floorball player of the year in 2014, 2015, 2016, and 2019, as well as the best female player of all time. She was part of the Swedish national team that won gold in the Women's Floorball World Championship in 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, and 2019.
SB-Pro is a floorball club from Nurmijärvi, Finland. The women's first team plays in the Naisten Salibandyliiga and the men's first team in the V-Division. There are 532 members in the club and 21 teams in the Finnish Floorball Federation. SB-Pro has won the Women's Championship of Finland in 2014, 2018 and 2019.
The North American Floorball League (NAFL) is a semi professional floorball league in North America, consisting of five teams across the United States. The league was founded in June 2020, and began play in the summer of 2022. The NAFL is the first elite level floorball league in North America, taking place in what is typically the offseason of most upper tier floorball leagues worldwide so as to draw the best possible talent without conflicting with club schedules.
Kim Nilsson is a Swedish floorball player. He currently plays for FBC Kalmarsund, a club in the Swedish Super League. He has also played for Grasshopper Club Zürich in NLA and AIK in SSL. He is a part of Sweden's national floorball team, and is the top goal scorer all time for Sweden.
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