Floorball Canada is the highest governing body for the sport of

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. Floorball Canada is a self-governed organization which is recognized by the International Floorball Federation (IFF),

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, and the

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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,

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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

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, and the 2019 Men's under-19 World Floorball Championships, in

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. Floorball Canada has been recognized by

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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:

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, and an

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federation, which would include the three

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provinces and

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. Floorball Canada has been an ordinary member of the

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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.

References

External links

Official website
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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

Organization

See also

References

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