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) hollow 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.
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.
Täby FC is a Swedish floorball team from Täby, Stockholm. The club have played in the top Swedish floorball league, SSL, both on the men's and women's side. Their men's team have never won a championship but got to the final in 2006/07 where they lost to Warberg IC, and in 2009/2010 where they lost to Storvreta IBK. Their women's team won the championship in 2019.
Pixbo IBK, also known as Redfox, is a Swedish floorball club, based in Mölnlycke, Västra Götaland, near Gothenburg. It was known officially as Pixbo Wallenstam IBK after its sponsor until June 2023. The club was founded in 1981 and is one of the oldest Swedish floorball clubs.
Jānis Jansons is a Latvian floorball player who is currently playing for Pixbo Wallenstam IBK in the SSL.
Mika Kohonen is a retired Finnish floorball player and nowadays a floorball coach. He currently coaches Storvreta IBK, a club in the Swedish Super League. He has also played for Balrog IK in SSL and Happee in Salibandyliiga. He also used be a part of Finland's national floorball team for many years both as a player and assistant coach.
The Champions Cup is floorball tournament organized by the International Floorball Federation for the best clubs from the top four countries according to IFF World Ranking. Since 2019, those are Sweden, the Czech Republic, Finland and Switzerland, both for men and women. The tournament culminates every year in January both for men's and women's teams, that won in the previous season in their national league and cup competitions. That means, there are eight men's and either women's teams in the tournament in total.
Czech Open is an international floorball tournament. It takes place every year in August in Prague, Czech Republic. It is one of the largest floorball tournaments in the world. Every year over 200 teams from around the world participate. The first season was played in 1993. The tournament is organized by Prague floorball club Tatran Střešovice.
Swedish Super League is the highest league in the league system of Swedish women's floorball and comprises the top 14 Swedish floorball teams. The first season began in 1997–98. The season ends with the playoffs and a final.
IBF Falun is a professional floorball club based in Falun, Sweden. Both the men's and women's teams play in the Svenska Superligan (SSL). The men's team won their first SSL gold in 2013 and proceeded to win in 2014, 2015, 2017, 2020, 2021 and 2022 as well. During these successful years, IBF Falun men's team also won three straight Champions Cup golds.
Superliga florbalu is the highest league in the league system of Czech men's floorball and comprises the top 14 Czech floorball teams. The season culminates in a play-off played by the best ten teams. The first season began in 1993–94.
Tatran Střešovice is a floorball club based in Prague, Czech Republic. The team was founded in 1991.
1. SC Vítkovice is a floorball club based in the Vítkovice district of Ostrava, Czech Republic. The team was founded in 1992.
The 2024 Men's World Floorball Championships was the 15th World Championships in men's floorball. It was held from 7 to 15 December 2024 in Malmö, Sweden. The city had already hosted group stage of 2006 Championships.
The 2023–24 Men's Floorball Champions Cup was the 29th edition of the premier competition for floorball clubs and the first in a new format for league and cup winners. The reigning champions were IBF Falun. Tatran Střešovice became the first Czech team to win the cup by beating Falun 6–4 in Prague.
The 2023–24 Women's Floorball Champions Cup was the 29th edition of the premier competition for floorball clubs and the first in a new format for league and cup winners. The reigning champions were Thorengruppen IBK.
The 2024–25 Men's Floorball Champions Cup is the 30th edition of the premier competition for floorball clubs and the second in a format for league and cup winners. The reigning champions are Tatran Střešovice.
The 2024–25 Women's Floorball Champions Cup is the 30th edition of the premier competition for floorball clubs and the second in a format for league and cup winners. The two-time reigning champions are Thorengruppen IBK.
Team Thorengruppen is a sports club based in Umeå, Sweden. The club was founded in 2005 and is named after its main sponsor.
