Turun Palloseura (TPS) is one of the oldest
sports clubs in
Finland. It was founded in 1922 and
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 ...
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
F-liiga is the highest-tier of floorball for women in Finland. The league was founded as Salibandyn naisten SM-sarja (English: ''Women's Floorball Finnish Championship'') in 1988 by the Finnish Floorball Federation (SSBL). The former name, ''Nais ...
, both on highest tiers of Finnish floorball.
History
The history of TPS's department of floorball begun in 1995 when a team named ''I.K.A. SBS'' gave their position in the men's top floorball league to TPS. Also a large number of players from I.K.A. SBS transferred to TPS. However, TPS soon fell from the top league to the I-division. It was until the end of season 2006-07 when men won the I-division and rose again to Salibandyliiga.
External links
Official website
Floorball teams in Finland
Turun Palloseura
Sport in Turku
1922 establishments in Finland
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