Floorball Canada is the highest governing body for the sport of
floorball
Floorball is a type of floor hockey with five players and a goalkeeper in each team. Men and women play indoors with sticks and a plastic ball with holes. Matches are played in three twenty-minute periods. The sport of bandy also played a role ...
in
Canada
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. Floorball Canada is a self-governed organization which is recognized by the
International Floorball Federation (IFF),
Government of Canada
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,
Sport Canada
Sport Canada is a branch of the Department of Canadian Heritage that develops federal sport policy in Canada, provides funding programs in support of sport, and administers special projects related to sport. Its mission "to enhance opportunities ...
, and the
Canadian Olympic Committee
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.
CUFF News - Floorball Ontario
Floorball Canada organizes the Canada Cup every year, which hosts teams from all across the country to compete in elite, intermediate, recreation and children divisions. Floorball Canada organizes the elite-level national league (
Floorball League of Canada as well as
men's,
women's
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,
men's under-19, and
women's under-19 national floorball teams. Floorball Canada has hosted the
2016 Women's under-19 World Championships, in
Belleville, Ontario
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, and the
2019 Men's under-19 World Floorball Championships, in
Halifax, Nova Scotia
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.
Floorball Canada has been recognized by
Hockey Canada
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as an excellent sport for off ice training for hockey players.
Organization
Floorball Canada is divided into four regional federations:
Alberta Floorball Association,
British Columbia Floorball Federation,
Floorball Ontario, and
Québec Floorball Association. Floorball Canada's goal is to add three more regional branches:
Saskatchewan
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,
Manitoba
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, and an
Atlantic
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federation, which would include the three
maritime
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* Maritime Region, a region in Togo
* Maritime Southeast Asia
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provinces and
Newfoundland & Labrador
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.
Floorball Canada has been an ordinary member of the
International Floorball Federation
The International Floorball Federation (IFF) is the worldwide governing body for the sport of floorball. It was founded on 12 April 1986 in Huskvarna, Sweden, by representatives from the national floorball associations of Finland, Sweden and Swit ...
since 2001. Canada was given membership as part of the IFF in 1998, and have been competing in World Championships since that time.
Floorball is looking to grow as an organization over the next several years. Hoping to grow the game into a common game known by everyone around the country.
See also
*
Canada men's national floorball team
The Canada men's national floorball team is the men's national floorball team of Canada, and a member of the International Floorball Federation (IFF). Canada's men's team is currently ranked 13th in the world at floorball following their result ...
*
Canada men's under-19 national floorball team
*
Canadian Floorball League
References
External links
Official website
{{Sports governing bodies of Canada
Canada
Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering over , making it the world's second-largest country by tot ...
Floorball
Floorball is a type of floor hockey with five players and a goalkeeper in each team. Men and women play indoors with sticks and a plastic ball with holes. Matches are played in three twenty-minute periods. The sport of bandy also played a role ...
Floorball in Canada
1998 establishments in Canada