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73-464: Appleton Arena opened in January 1951. The Canton Community assisted with the construction of an adjacent outdoor rink previous to 1951. Appleton Arena was remodeled in the late 1970s and early 1980s to its current configuration. In 1999, the facade of the arena was renovated to allow for improved locker rooms (particularly for the growing women's program) and a larger lobby. Additionally, the playing surface

146-411: A face-off . A free hit means that a player from one of the teams restarts the play from the place where the ball was last deemed unplayable. A comparable situation to this is a free kick in association football. For many fouls, such as stick infractions, a free hit is the only disciplinary action prescribed. However, at their own discretion the referee may additionally award a two or five minute penalty to

219-440: A "broom." The broom may have a wooden or aluminum shaft and has a rubber-molded triangular head similar in shape to that of a regular broom (or, originally, an actual corn broom with the bristles either cut off or covered with tape or another restricting material). Players wear special rubber-soled shoes instead of skates, and the ice is prepared in such a way that it is smooth and dry to improve traction. The ball can differ whether

292-482: A "floating blue line" is employed, meaning the offensive team must pass the blue line, and then the defense must work to get it back over the red line. The other major difference is the size of the goalnets. While there are other slight differences, these two are by far the biggest. Broomball is played at many universities and colleges, mostly in North America. Some leagues are competitive while others function as

365-462: A "pocket" where the ball can be placed. Floorball at the Special Olympics is slightly modified from the "regular" form of floorball. Matches are played 3-on-3 with a goaltender, on a smaller court that measures 20 metres (66 ft) long by 12 metres (39 ft) wide. This form of floorball was developed for the intellectually disabled, and has yet to be played at the Special Olympics. Floorball

438-677: A 5-by-7-foot (1.5 m × 2.1 m) net, while American broomball uses 6-by-8-foot (1.8 m × 2.4 m) nets. The sport involves organized competitions and events run by its international governing body, the IFBA. The national organization in Canada is Broomball Canada while in the United States the two main organizations are All Elite Broomball (AEB) and the United States Broomball Association (USBA). Every two years

511-552: 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. The game was invented in Sweden in the late 1960s. The basic rules were established in 1979 when the first floorball club in the world, Sala IBK, from Sala , was founded in Sweden. Official rules for matches were first written down in 1981. The sport

584-523: A continental qualification tournament for the Americas. Floorball is played indoors on a rink whose size can officially vary from 18–20 m (59–66 ft) wide to 36–40 m (118–131 ft) long, and which is surrounded by 50 cm (20 in) high enclosed boards with rounded corners. The goals are 160 cm (63 in) wide and 115 cm (45 in) high. Their depth is 65 cm (26 in) and they are 2.85 m (9 ft 4 in) from

657-449: A goalie. The team to score more goals in the overtime period is declared the winner. In the event of another tie, a second overtime period may be played. In some games a shootout period will be played. The shooter has the choice to have the ball placed a specified distance from the net or, like in hockey, can play the ball from centre ice. Sport specific equipment involves broomball shoes, broomball sticks, and broomball balls. Equipment used

730-560: A medal at a World Championship event. From 1996 to 2009, the IFF used a World Floorball Championship format where the last team in the A-Division was relegated to the B-Division, while the top team in the B-Division was promoted to the A-Division. This format caused much hardship for countries such as Australia , Canada , Slovakia , and Spain , who have all been trying to get to the B-Division from

803-401: A player's traction on the ice. Though the sport can be played outdoors on snow, organized broomball in the 21st century is primarily played on an ice hockey rink . Players hit a ball around the ice or snow with a stick. Regardless of whether the broomball stick used by players is a literal broom or a conventional broomball stick with a molded paddle-shaped end , the stick is simply called

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876-593: A red arm band on one arm. They use this arm to signal penalties throughout the game. There is no known fully accurate history of broomball. The exact origin of the sport has been difficult to pinpoint. The best estimates in regards to its origin involves the First Nations in Canada , who are believed to have passed the sport on to the settlers. The first known recorded broomball games in North America have been found documented in Perdue, Saskatchewan , on March 5, 1909, though

949-484: A shirt, socks, and indoor sport shoes. Players may wear shin guards , eye protectors and protective padding for vital areas although most do not. Protective eyewear is, in some countries, compulsory for junior players. A floorball stick is short compared with one for ice hockey; the maximum size for a stick is 114 cm (45 in). As a stick cannot weigh any more than 350 grams (12 oz), floorball sticks are often made of carbon and composite materials. The blade of

1022-475: A significant renovation and upgrade. The project would bring a new entrance and lobby, new locker rooms, expanded concourses, and technology upgrades, while the traditional wooden bleachers and roof would stay the same. Along with the project is a new fitness facility built during the project. Construction on the project began in March 2019, with the demolition of the former entrance. Due to starting late and slow process,

1095-458: A social event. In the United States, broomball is played at the following educational institutions: Broomball is played, with a slightly different ruleset, by expatriates in Moscow . Floorball Floorball (also known by other names ) 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

1168-464: A speed of approximately 200 km/h (120 mph). This modality works almost the same as the normal 5v5 one, but with only 3 field players per team. Goalkeepers have a bag full of balls behind the goal, and they will play one if the current ball goes out the field. They can score directly if the ball bounces before the midfield line. Game time is divided in 2 parts of 10 minutes each with semi-effective time (only stops on goals or interruptions led by

1241-737: A sports venue in New York is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Broomball Broomball is a both a recreational and organized competitive winter team sport played on ice or snow and is played either indoors or outdoors, depending on climate and location. It is a ball sport and is most popularly played in Canada and the United States . Unlike most winter team sports played on ice, organized broomball does not use ice skates . Player footwear for formal play consists of shoes created specifically for broomball which are designed to improve

1314-413: Is allowed but ice hockey -like checking is forbidden. Pushing players without the ball or competing for a loose ball is also disallowed, and many of these infractions lead to two-minute penalties . The best comparison in terms of legal physical contact is Association football (soccer), where checking is used to improve one's positioning in relation to the ball rather than to remove an opposing player from

1387-427: Is allowed one timeout of 30 seconds, which is often used late in matches. There are two referees to oversee the game, each with equal authority. If a game ends in a tie, teams play ten minutes extra, and the team that scores first wins. If the game is still drawn after extra-time, a penalty shootout similar to ice-hockey decides the winner. Checking is prohibited in floorball. Controlled shoulder-to-shoulder contact

1460-650: Is an international club tournament that is held every year in Toronto , Ontario , Canada. It is the largest floorball club tournament outside of Europe, and attracts 55+ clubs from worldwide, every year. The world's largest club team tournament, the Czech Open is a traditional summer tournament held in Prague, Czech Republic. It is famous not only for its on-court activities, but also for those off-court. The tournament attracts 200+ clubs every year from 20 countries. The Champions Cup

1533-477: Is believed to have come from the ice skating team sport of bandy . By the 1950s and 1960s many public school systems within Michigan in the United States incorporated floorball into their primary and secondary school gym classes. Americans have since claimed to have invented floorball. America held interstate tournaments in the 1960s. Floorball was formally organized as an international and more organized sport in

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1606-429: Is called "smallcourt" (Kleinfeld), opposed to the usual style of playing on a bigger court, which is called "bigcourt" (Grossfeld). Originally developed for players with disabilities, wheelchair floorball is played with exactly the same rules as "regular" floorball. Players use the same stick and ball, and goaltenders are also allowed to play. The first ever IFF-sanctioned wheelchair floorball matches were played between

1679-409: Is either traditional for an informal style of play, or a deliberately manufactured design created for modern, formal play. In competitive play, protective equipment for broomball is similar to that used in the sports of ice hockey and ringette with some sport specific equipment designed for broomball. In traditional play, a broom is literally a broom, usually a corn broom, with tape added to keep

1752-409: Is not permitted. Goalkeepers do not use sticks and may use their hands to play the ball when they are within the goalkeeper's box. There, they are allowed to throw the ball out to their teammates provided that the ball touches the ground before the half court mark. They can assist but not score. When they are completely outside the box, goalkeepers are considered field players and are not allowed to touch

1825-538: Is now also member of IWGA, which runs the World Games , and floorball was on the programme for the first time in Wrocław 2017 . The world floorball championships is annual event, but each class only meet every other year—the men and women under 19 meet in even years, and the women and men under 19 meet in odd years. The Czech Republic, Finland, Norway, Sweden, and Switzerland remain the only five countries to have ever captured

1898-438: Is officially played over three periods lasting 20 minutes each (15 minutes for juniors). The clock is stopped in the case of penalties, goals, time-outs and any situation where the ball is not considered to be in play. The signal of a timeout is a triple honking sound. An intermission of 10 minutes (or maximum 15 minutes in some competitions) takes place between each period, where teams change ends and substitution areas. Each team

1971-606: Is organized internationally by the International Floorball Federation (IFF). As of 2019, there were about 377,000 registered floorball players worldwide, up from around 300,000 in 2014. Events include an annual Champions Cup , EuroFloorball Cup and EuroFloorball Challenge for club teams and the biennial World Floorball Championships with separate divisions for men and women. Men's semi-professional club leagues include Finland's F-liiga , Sweden's Svenska Superligan , Switzerland's Unihockey Prime League , and

2044-404: Is played in Sweden, with the following structure: Swiss floorball called unihockey is a revised version of a floorball match. The match is played on a slightly smaller court and often involves only three field players playing on each side, in 3-on-3 floorball. This form of floorball is also slightly shorter, with only two periods of 15 to 20 minutes each played. In Switzerland this form of playing

2117-496: Is similar to and sometimes identical to that found in the sport of ice hockey . Broomball gradually spread internationally over the following decades, and by the 1980s, organized broomball was being played in Australia , Japan , Sweden , Italy , Germany , and Switzerland . The International Federation of Broomball Associations (IFBA) is the world governing body of broomball. Its headquarters are in Canada. Every two years

2190-510: Is similar to those used by ice hockey and ringette goalies. Goalie's must also wear a chest protector. Broomball games are controlled by two on-ice referees . Both referees have the same powers to call all penalties, off-sides, goals, and so on. There usually are off-ice officials as well, depending on the level of the game being played, including a scorekeeper, a timekeeper, a penalty timekeeper, and goal judges. Referees are generally required to wear black and white vertical-striped jerseys, with

2263-427: Is usually the color blue, while the indoor ball is the color orange. Broomball goal nets have a different shape than those used in ice hockey and ringette and are larger. Goaltenders generally wear a full face cage in addition to thick padding on the legs, thighs, chest and shoulders. Goaltenders are permitted to use a blocker , a specially designed rectangular glove attachment that is used to block shots. A blocker

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2336-768: The Floorball World Championships , there are other IFF Events for club teams such as the Champions Cup which is for the national competition winners from the Top-4 ranked nations , and the EuroFloorball Cup for the national competition winners from the 5th and lower ranked nations. There are also many international floorball club competitions. The Asia Pacific Floorball Championships are played every single year in New Zealand, Australia, Singapore, or Japan. The event

2409-466: The C-Division since 2004. In 2010, the IFF adopted a FIFA -like continental qualification system, where teams must qualify to play at the world championships. Depending on the number of countries registered per continent or region, the IFF gives spots for the world championships. For example, Argentina , Brazil , Canada and the United States would need to play for one spot at the world championships in

2482-611: The Czech Republic's Superliga florbalu . Women's semi-professional leagues from the same countries are F-liiga , Svenska Superligan , Unihockey Prime League and Extraliga žen . While the IFF contains 80 members, floorball is most popular where it has been developed the longest, such as the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Latvia, Norway, Sweden, and Switzerland. It is gaining popularity in Australia, New Zealand, India, Canada, Germany, Ireland, Japan, Singapore, Malaysia,

2555-700: The IFBA runs the IFBA World Broomball Championships (also known as the Challenge Cup), an international event with teams from around the world. Historically, the championships have been dominated by the North Americans teams. A similar game called Moscow broomball is played in Russia. The sport is played on either an indoor or outdoor ice rink . Conventional play involves the use equipment designed specifically for broomball, though recreationally

2628-405: The IFBA runs the IFBA World Broomball Championships (also known as the Challenge Cup), an international event with teams from around the world. Historically, the championships have been dominated by the North Americans teams. Broomball has been gaining popularity internationally. The sport is now an established international recreational sport, played in many countries around the world. Canada and

2701-547: The IFF and the sport of floorball received recognition from the International Olympic Committee (IOC). In July 2011, the IOC officially welcomed the IFF into its family of Recognised International Sports Federations (ARISF). This will pave the way for floorball to enter the official sport programme. The IFF hoped that this recognition would help allow floorball to become a part of the 2020 Summer Olympics . As of 2024,

2774-559: The IFF has at least one national association on each continent of the world, with the exception of Antarctica. 10 years after the IFF was founded, the first world championships were played, with a sold out final of 15,106 people at the Globen in Stockholm , Sweden. In addition to that, the world's two largest floorball leagues, Finland's Salibandyliiga and Sweden's Svenska Superligan were formed, in 1986 and 1995 respectively. In December 2008,

2847-656: The IOC has not announced any plans to add floorball to future Olympic games. In January 2009, the IFF and the sport of floorball received recognition from the Special Olympics . In addition to recognition by the IOC and Special Olympics, the IFF is also a member of the Global Association of International Sports Federations (GAISF, formerly SportAccord), and co-operates with the International University Sports Federation (FISU). Floorball

2920-743: The United States are the "powerhouse" nations of the sport, with their local representative teams often battling in prestigious tournaments held annually across North America. In Japan, some top teams and players are attracted to regular tournaments. Australia holds its annual National Championships in centres across the country and is continually increasing its number of players in a country where ice sports are not considered popular. Switzerland and Italy regularly send representative teams to tournaments in North America. Other broomball nations include Finland, Germany, and Russia. There are two main differences between International Federation of Broomball Associations (IFBA) gameplay and American broomball gameplay:

2993-886: The United States, and the United Kingdom. Floorball was included in the World Games for the first time in 2017 in Wrocław , Poland, where Sweden became the first team to win a gold medal . The game of floorball is also known by many other names, such as saalihoki (in Estonia), salibandy (in Finland), innebandy (in Sweden and Norway), unihockey (in Switzerland and Ireland) and grindų riedulys (in Lithuania). The names salibandy and innebandy are derived from bandy and translate to "hall bandy" and "indoor bandy" respectively. In Sweden, voices have been raised to get rid of

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3066-402: The ball has to be touched with the stick before it can be passed to a teammate by foot (Rule change 2014). Passing by hand or head deliberately may result in a two minutes penalty for the offending player. A field player may not enter the marked goal area and playing without stick is prohibited. When a player commits a foul or when the ball is deemed unplayable, play is resumed from a free hit or

3139-401: The ball onto a stick and allowing air resistance and fast movements to keep the ball "stuck" to the stick. This technique is also referred to as "airhooking" or "skyhooking". In freebandy, the rules are very much the same of those of floorball, with the exception of high nets and no infractions for high sticking. As well, the sticks are slightly tweaked from those of a floorball variety to include

3212-425: The ball with their hands. A floor ball weighs 23 g (0.81 oz) and its diameter is 72 mm (2.8 in). It has 26 holes in it, each of which are 10 mm (0.39 in) in diameter. Many of these balls now are made with aerodynamic technology, where the ball has over a thousand small dimples in it that reduce air resistance. There have been several times where a ball has been recorded to have traveled at

3285-464: The bristles from fraying. In the modern game, a broomball stick has a shaft with a stylized hard plastic paddle at the end. Shoes designed specifically for broomball are available for purchase, but only for games played on ice. The soles are designed to give players traction on the ice. In informal play, players can use any type of ball, though a soccer ball is usually used. In more formal play, two types of balls are manufactured for use. An outdoor ball

3358-399: The end of the nearest boards. Face-off dots are marked on the center line. Dots are also marked 1.5 m (4 ft 11 in) from both sides of the rink on the goal lines imaginary extensions. The dots do not exceed 30 cm (12 in) in diameter. They do not have to be dots, they can also be crosses. Typical equipment for a floorball player consists of a stick, a pair of shorts,

3431-422: The end to increase the chances of scoring with one more outfield player. This can bring an advantage for the attacking side of the team but also disadvantages when it comes to their own defense. Both teams are also allowed to change players any time in the game; usually, a change comprises the whole team. Individual substitution happens sometimes, but usually only when a player is exhausted or hurt. A floorball game

3504-637: The game has also been observed to have been played by organized girls teams in the Canadian province of Ontario in the early 1900s. The Canadian style of the game is believed to have spread south to the United States, becoming especially popular in Minnesota . In 1910 a group of men would gather and play on the ice by the docks in Duluth, Minnesota . By the 1960s a broomball community was thriving in Minnesota. Initially

3577-453: The game is played indoors or outdoors. The indoor ball is smooth while the outdoor ball has ridges and resembles a small soccer ball. In a game of broomball there are two teams, each consisting of six players: a goaltender and five others. The object of the game is to score more goals than the opponent. Goals are scored by hitting the ball into the opponent's net using a traditional broom or the more conventional paddle-shaped stick designed for

3650-400: The game is played on snow mostly during organized winter festivals , but play using an ice surface, especially artificial ones, has grown in popularity and is the playing area more prevalently seen used today. In regards to equipment, sport specific sticks and balls are available and have been developed for the game with balls designed for both indoor and outdoor play, while protective equipment

3723-525: The hockey teams announced they would play their home games at the nearby Roos House on the campus of SUNY Canton until November 2019. However, more delays forced the teams to play at the Roos House until January 2020, until Appleton was finally ready. The first game at the newly renovation Appleton Arena took place on January 18, 2020, when the St. Lawrence women's hockey team defeated cross-town rival Clarkson, 1-0. After

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3796-455: The ice surface is especially small, some leagues use fewer players on the ice. The object of the game is to score goals into the opponent's goal or net. The team with the most goals at the end of a game is declared the winner. In some tournaments, if the scores are tied after regular time, an additional overtime period is played to determine a winner. In the overtime period (in most cases), six players, three on each team, play five minutes without

3869-501: The late 1970s in Gothenburg , Sweden . The sport began as something that was played for fun as a pastime in schools. After a decade or so, floorball began showing up in Nordic countries where the former schoolyard pastime was becoming a developed sport. Formal rules were soon developed, and clubs began to form. After some time, several countries developed national associations, and the IFF

3942-411: The local event organiser also gets automatic qualification, and then the last two spots are determined by qualification tournaments. The North American Floorball League is the first and only semi professional floorball league outside of Europe. It is not affiliated with any federation, so it has players from around the world. The inaugural set of teams are entirely based in the United States, though there

4015-465: The men's teams of the Czech Republic and Sweden during the 2008 Men's World Floorball Championships in Prague . In addition to this, there is also an electric wheelchair variation. Each team can field six players at a time on the court, one player being a goalkeeper . But the coach can take the goalkeeper off and substitute them for a field player whenever they like, although it usually only happens in

4088-452: The offending player being sat on a penalty seat next to the scorers/timekeepers and away from the team benches. Each penalty has a specific code that is recorded on the official match record along with the time of the foul. The team of the offending player will play short-handed for the full length of the penalty. The codes are as follows; Two Minute Penalties 2+2 Minute Penalties Personal Fouls/Penalties Match Penalties In addition to

4161-421: The offending player. In that case, the player who committed the foul has to leave the field and sit out his punishment in a dedicated penalty area, leaving his team shorthanded for the time of the penalty. If an 'extreme' foul is committed, such as physical contact or unsportsmanlike conduct, a player may receive a 10-minute personal penalty. Two-minute penalties can arise from a number of infractions and result in

4234-410: The play. In addition to checking, players cannot lift an opponent's stick or perform any stick infractions in order to get to the ball. Moreover, players may not raise their stick or play the ball above knee level, and a stick may not be placed in between a player's legs. Passing the ball by foot is allowed, but only once. After that, the ball has to be moved with the stick. After stopping the ball by foot

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4380-458: The refree) and a 2-minute break. First 3vs3 World Floorball Championships were celebrated in Lahti (11-12 May 2024) with Finland winning the female tournament and Latvia doing the same in the male category. This WFC format is expected to be celebrated each year. Freebandy is a sport that developed in the 2000s from floorball fanatics who specialize in a technique called "zorro", which involves lifting

4453-457: The sport used brooms , usually corn brooms, and an assortment of different types of balls which were bigger than a baseball but not larger than a soccer ball. The playing area for a game of broomball took place on either a snow-covered area or field, or on an area of ice created by frozen ponds, lakes, rivers and the like, until both enclosed indoor and outdoor ice rinks , usually ice hockey rinks using artificial ice became more prevalent. Today

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4526-429: The sport. Tactics and plays are similar to those used in sports such as ice hockey, roller hockey and floorball . The sport uses its own offside rules in both International Federation of Broomball Associations (IFBA) rules and American broomball rules, but both differ . While ice hockey goal nets are sometimes used, a regulation-sized broomball net is considerably larger by comparison. IFBA sanctioned games use

4599-563: The stick can either be "right" or "left" which indicates which way stick is supposed to be held from the player's point of view. A player who is right-handed will often use a "left" blade since they will be holding the stick to right, and the other way around for left-handed people. Goalkeepers wear limited protection provided by padded pants, a padded chest protector, knee pads and a helmet. Some goalkeepers like to wear gloves and/or wristbands The goalkeeper may also wear other protective equipment such as elbow pads and jock straps but bulky padding

4672-411: The time of the first men's world championships in 1996, 20 nations played floorball, with 12 of them participating at the tournament. Currently the IFF has 80 members, in addition to recognizing 11 other countries with ongoing floorball development. Of its members, 58 have national floorball associations that are recognized by the IFF. With the addition of Sierra Leone, Africa's first floorball nation,

4745-429: The tournament switched back to its one-year format. In 2011 it underwent another change when the Champions Cup was introduced for the first time. The EuroFloorball Cup (EFC) is now for the national competition winners from the 5th and lower ranked nations. Qualification can be made via a number of processes. Firstly, the teams from the 5th, 6th & 7th ranked nations receive automatic qualification. A team nominated by

4818-464: The traditional corn broom with tape is still used. A regulation broomball goal net is considerably larger than the one used in the sport of ice hockey , though conventional ice hockey nets are often used unofficially. A broomball game begins with a face-off . A typical game of broomball is broken up into two or three periods. Each team has a goaltender plus five other players, typically two defenders and three attackers (two forwards and one centre). If

4891-419: The way offside works, and the size of the net. The results of these rules are generally considered to effect the game by making both the score and the pace of play slightly slower under IFBA rules. Under IFBA rules, the red line (center ice) is the only line used to determine offside. Once the offensive team clears the red line, the defense must work to get it back over the same line. In American broomball ,

4964-436: The word innebandy as name of the sport, to avoid confusions with bandy . The name unihockey is shortened from universal hockey since it is meant to be a special and simplified hockey form. In various forms the game of floor hockey has been played since the early 20th Century in Canada as a recreational sport, especially in high school gymnasiums, as a playful variant of hockey . The basic design of floorball sticks

5037-750: Was created by the Singapore Floorball Association together with the cooperation of the Asia Oceania Floorball Confederation (AOFC). Members of the AOFC get together during this tournament to play for the Asia Pacific Floorball Championship every year. As of 2010, the Asia Pacific Floorball Championship is also the qualifying tournament for the World Floorball Championships . The Canada Cup

5110-587: Was expanded to 85 feet by 200 feet, and a weight training facility was added. Aside from being home to the Skating Saints, the arena also hosts intramural hockey and broomball games, a figure skating club, and Canton Pee Wee Hockey . In addition to its athletic uses, the University has also utilized the arena for concerts and for an alternate, indoor location for graduation ceremonies. On June 28, 2018, St. Lawrence University announced that Appleton would undergo

5183-474: Was founded in 1986. When the IFF was founded in 1986, the sport was played mostly in the Nordic countries, several parts of the rest of Europe and Japan. By 1990, floorball was recognized in 7 countries, and by the time of the first European Floorball Championships in 1994, the number had risen to 14. That number included the United States , who was the first country outside Europe and Asia to recognize floorball. By

5256-419: Was played as a demonstration sport at the 2013 Special Olympics World Winter Games , and was played as an official sport at the games in 2017 . A simplified less formal version of floorball, played with smaller team numbers and shorter periods, and typically outdoors on various surfaces, including AstroTurf. In its most basic form, it is an informal pick up game amongst friends. However, a more formal version

5329-431: Was played for the first time in 2011. It is now the premier IFF event for Men's and Women's Club teams. The national championship winners from the Top-4 ranked nations compete in the event. The EuroFloorball Cup (formerly European Cup) is an IFF-organised club event for both men's and women's teams. It has taken place every single year since 1993, and in 2000 it changed its format to a 2-year event (i.e. 2000–01). In 2008,

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