Floorball is a type of floor hockey with five players and a goalkeeper in each team. Men and women play indoors with 96–115.5 cm-long (37.8–45.5 in) sticks and a 70–72 mm-circumference (2.76–2.83 in) plastic ball with holes. Matches are played in three twenty-minute periods. Floorball was included in the World Games for the first time in 2017 in Wrocław, Poland. Sweden were the first World Games gold medal winners.
TPS or Tps may refer to:
Jarkko Kalervo Nieminen is a Finnish former professional tennis player. His highest ranking of world No. 13, achieved in July 2006, is a Finnish record. He has won two ATP singles titles and five doubles titles in his career. His best performances in Grand Slam tournaments have been reaching the quarterfinals of the 2005 US Open, the 2006 Wimbledon Championships, and the 2008 Australian Open.
Mika Kohonen is a Finnish floorball player. He currently plays for FC Helsingborg, a club in the Swedish Super League. He has also played for Balrog IK in SSL and Happee in Salibandyliiga. He has also been a part of Finland's national floorball team for many years.
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.
Porvoon Salibandyseura (PSS) is a Finnish sports club specialized on floorball. It was founded in 2003 when sports clubs Gammelbackan Terä, SaFa and Porvoon Butchers were joined together. Women play in nations highest league Naisten Salibandyliiga and men play in the I-division. The club has also boys teams from age groups A to G and girls teams from A to F. In 2008, PSS had 35 teams.
Founded in 1985, the Finnish Floorball Federation (SSBL) is the governing body for floorball in the country of Finland. The SSBL's number of professional licensed players is 39,104, making it the nation's third most popular sport, after association football and ice hockey.
Turun Palloseura (TPS) is one of the oldest sports clubs in Finland. It was founded in 1922 and floorball department was founded in 1995. The floorball department has over 850 members and it is the third largest floorball club in Finland. Men's team plays in Salibandyliiga and the women's team plays in Naisten Salibandyliiga, both on highest tiers of Finnish floorball.
Tapanilan Erä is a Finnish sports club that was founded in 1933, with various teams in different disciplines. It is one of Finland's largest sporting clubs.
Tikkurilan Tiikerit is a Finnish floorball club from Vantaa. By licensed players, it is the fourth largest floorball club in Finland. It has 837 licensed players and over one thousand members.
The United States Floorball Association (USFbA) is the highest governing body for floorball in the United States of America. The USFbA is a self-governed organization, recognized by both state and federal governments. It is based in Incline Village, NV.
Koovee is a Finnish sport club based in Tampere. It was founded at 1929 and soon expanded to many different kinds of sports. The full name of the club used to be Tampereen Kilpa-Veljet Ry (TK-V), but it was first changed to KOO-VEE ry and in 2010 to the form Koovee Ry. Koovee is one of the biggest sport clubs in Finland.
Tero Tiitu is a Finnish floorball player currently playing for EräViikingit of the F-liiga.
The Canada Cup Floorball Championship, more commonly referred to as The Canada Cup, is an international floorball club open competition held annually during the Victoria Day long weekend in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Floorball League is a floorball video game developed by Prodigium Game Studios. The game was released on December 3, 2010. FBL features authentic floorball teams provided by International Floorball Federation and Finnish Salibandyliiga. FBL is the first major official modern floorball video game being released. The first 3D floorball game ever known was called "MER-innebandy", released in the mid-1990s.
Ilta-Sanomat Player of the Year Award is an annual award given by the Finnish evening paper Ilta-Sanomat for the best individual players of Finnish top leagues in ice hockey (SM-liiga), basketball (Korisliiga), volleyball (Mestaruusliiga) and floorball (Salibandyliiga). Due to sponsorship reasons the award has not been given in football Veikkausliiga since 2009.
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 and its current name for the 2020–21 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.
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.
Rasmus Österman is a professional floorball goalie who currently plays for NTK Nakkila in III-divisioona. Österman has also played in the Salibandyliiga for FBT Karhut.