http://www.floorball.org/news.asp?kieli=826 International Floorball Federation, IFF News http://www.floorball.org/news.asp?kieli=826&id_tiedote=1411 Media accreditation for theWomen´s Under 19 Championships played May 4th - 8thin Olomouc, Czech Republic has now started. The deadline for Pressaccreditation is April30th and the accreditation form is found here.Team Poland presented The Polish Women´s Under 19 team achieved their best placement ever whenreaching thebronze matchin the previous WU19 WFC played on home ground. Poland lost the bronze to Finland in the tight game with one goal, 3-4. In the Polish Cupthis February Poland was placed 5th out of five teams, so theteamwill need to improve a lot if they wish tobeamongst the top teamsalso in Czech Republic. The players presented on the Official Women´s Under 19 web pageare the young forward, Maja Stenka and the experienced forward, Kinga Bugajska. Read more here. You can also join Women´s U19 WFC 2010 on facebook! http://www.floorball.org/news.asp?kieli=826&id_tiedote=1393 The Canada Cup Floorball Championship takes place May 21-23, 2010 in Toronto, Canada. Get your team together andtakepart inthe action packed weekend of Floorball. Watch the brand-new Canada Cup trailer on YouTube! Registration is open for all seven youth & adult divisions; so pick the one thats best for you. To register, surf to the REGISTER YOUR TEAM PAGE and register online or download a Microsoft Excel based registration form. Register and pay now to take advantage of special early bird pricing that is available only until March 15th. New teams are encouraged to join as no previous floorball experience is required! To learn more, surf to our updated website at www.thecanadacup.com International Club Tournaments & Temporary Play 2010 InternationalClub Tournamentsareplayed in different parts of the worldand below you will finda list of the upcomingInternational ClubTournaments.The Temporary Playcan be done in order to play in theInternational Elite Club Tournaments. More information is found here. 17.-18.04.201015th Annual Tampere Floorball Tournament 2010Tampere, FinlandInternational tournament for JuniorsBoys: 92, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 00Girls:90, 94, 96, 98 Phone: +358 500 663 134 (Harry Hannelius)E-mail: harry.hannelius@ilves.fiWeb site: http://www.ilves-salibandy.net/joukkue3164 23.-24.04.2010Oilers Junior GamesEspoo, Finland International tournament forJuniorsBoys: 92, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99,00, 01Girls: 90, 94, 96, 98 Contact: Pekka KaartinenPhone: +358 9 420 8545E-mail: toimisto@espoonoilers.fiWeb site: www.oilersjuniorgames.com 02.-04.04.2010Katrineholm CupKatrineholm, Sweden International tournament for Adults and JuniorsMen: All teams "Elite"Women: All teams "Elite"Boys: 89, 91, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99Girls: 89, 93, 94, 95,96, 97,98, 99 Contact: Mats AndreasonPhone: +46 23 655 00 or +46 70 243 00 40E-mail: mats@idrottsarrangoren.comWeb site: www.katrineholmcup.se 23.-25.04.2010Mälarenergi CupVästerås, SwedenInternational tournament for Adults and JuniorsMen: All teams "Elite"Women: All teams "Elite"Boys: 89, 91, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99Girls: 89, 93, 94, 95,96, 97,98, 99 Contact: Mats AndreasonPhone: +46 23 655 00 or +46 70 243 00 40E-mail: mats@idrottsarrangoren.comWeb site: www.malarenergicup.com 13 - 16.05.2010Viking Line CupFalun, SwedenInternational tournament for Adults and JuniorsMen Elite: Highest-2nd division teams "Elite"Men Lower: 3rd-8th division teamsWomen: All teams "Elite"Boys: 89, 91, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99Girls: 89, 93, 94, 95,96, 97,98, 99 Contact: Mats AndreasonPhone: +46 23 655 00 or +46 70 243 00 40E-mail: mats@idrottsarrangoren.comWeb-site:www.vikinglinecup.com 15 - 16.05.2010Helsinki Junior Challenge (HJC)Myllypuro, Helsinki, FinlandInternational Junior TournamentContact: Joona MitsuiE-mail: joona.mitsui@arenacenter.fi Web-site: www.helsinkijuniorchallenge.fi 21- 23.05.2010The Canada Cup Floorball ChampionshipToronto, Ontario,CanadaInternational tournament for Adults,Studentsand JuniorsMen Elite "Elite"Other adults: Men Intermediate, Men Recreational, WomenBoys: 91, 95, 97Contact: Juha MikkolaPhone: +1 416 830 3992E-mail: info@floorballcanada.comWeb-site: http://www.thecanadacup.com 11 - 13.06.2010TS Cup 2010 MenTvrdosin, SlovakiaInternational tournament for MenMen: Slovakian teams all divisions (foreign teams: 2nd highest division of the nation or lower)Contact: Michal Cvanciger or Milan BurdelPhone: +421 903 610 038 or +421 903 629 996E-mail: micvanco@yahoo.comor burdel@orava.skWeb-site: www.tscup.php5.sk 11 - 13.06.2010Junior Fat Pipe CupOstrava, Czech Republic6th International tournament for JuniorsBoys: 94, 96, 98Girls: 92Contact: Mgr. Lubomír ŠimonPhone: +420 608 889 211E-mail: junior@fatpipecup,czWeb-site: www.fatpipecup.cz/junior/ 18 - 20.06.2010Fat Pipe CupOstrava, Czech Republic10th International tournament for Adults Men: Czech teamsall divisions (foreign teams: 2nd highest division of the nation or lower)Women: Czech teams all divisions (foreign teams: 2nd highest division of the nation or lower)Boys: 90Contact: Mgr. Lubomír ŠimonPhone: +420 608 889 211E-mail: cup@fatpipecup.cz Web-site: www.fatpipecup.cz/cup/ 26 - 27.06.2010Veteran Fat Pipe CupOstrava, Czech RepublicVeteran´s International Floorball TournamentMen: 34+ (born 1976 or earlier)Contact: Mgr. Lubomír ŠimonPhone: +420 608 889 211E-mail: veteran@fatpipecup.cz Web-site: www.fatpipecup.cz/veteran/ 07.-10.07.2010Chance Prague GamesPrague, Czech Republic7th International tournament for JuniorsBoys: 92, 94, 96, 98Girls: 92, 94, 96Phone +420-2 333 744 24, Fax +420-2 333 744 28 E-mail: info@praguegames.cz Web-site: www.praguegames.cz 15.-18.07.2010Austrian OpenLinz, AustriaInternational tournament for Adults and JuniorsMen: All teams "Elite"Women: All teams "Elite"Boys: 91Girls: 91Contact: Heidemarie LebPhone: +43 676 927 2234E-mail: leb@floorball.atWeb-site: http://www.floorball.at 24.-25.07.2010Amsterdamned Floorball Cup Amsterdam, the Netherlands. 6th International tournament for Adults (over 15 years old)Men: Dutch teams all divisions (foreign teams: 2nd highest division of the nation or lower)Women: Dutch teams all divisions (foreign teams: 2nd highest division of the nation or lower) E-mail: amsterdamned@amsterdamfloorball.nlWeb site: www.amsterdamfloorball.nl/amsterdamned/ 12.-15.08.2010Chance Czech OpenPrague, Czech Republic18th International tournament for AdultsMen Elite:Teams from highest division of nation"Elite"Men: Lower divisionsWomen Elite: Teams from highest division of nation"Elite"Women: Lower divisionsBoys: 91Fax +420-2 333 744 28, Phone +420-2 333 744 24E-mail: info@czechopen.czWeb-site: www.czechopen.cz 20. -22.08.2010Latvian Open 2010Valmiera and Koceni, Latvia4th International tournament for AdultsMen: All teams "Elite"Women: All teams "Elite"E-mail: info@latvianopen.comWeb-site: www.latvianopen.com27. -29.08.2010Minibar CupStockholm, SwedenInternational tournament for Adults and JuniorsMen:All teams "Elite"Women: All teams "Elite"Boys: 90, 92, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 00Girls: 90, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 00 Contact: Mats AndreasonPhone: +46 23 655 00 or +46 70 243 00 40E-mail: mats@idrottsarrangoren.comWeb-site: www.minibarcup.se 27. -29.08.2010Floorball SLO Open 2010Ljulblana, Slovenia7th International tournament for AdultsMen: Slovenian teams all divisions (foreign teams: 2nd highest division of the nation or lower)Women: Slovenian teams all divisions (foreign teams: 2nd highest division of the nation or lower)Contact: Janez JugovicPhone: +386 406 764 04E-mail: info@floorballsloopen.com Web-site: www.floorballsloopen.com 27- 29.08.2010TS Cup 2009 WomenTvrdosin, SlovakiaInternational tournament for WomenWomen: Slovakian teams all divisions (foreign teams: 2nd highest division of the nation or lower)Contact: Michal Cvanciger or Milan BurdelPhone: +421 903 610 038 or +421 903 629 996E-mail: micvanco@yahoo.comor burdel@orava.skWeb-site: www.tscup.php5.sk More tournaments can be found from IFF International Club Tournaments 2010 web page http://www.floorball.org/news.asp?kieli=826&id_tiedote=1409 The winner of the Women´s Salibandyliiga was only settled during the last round of the regular season. NST defeated PSS with 3-0 in the last match and won the regular season before Classic and the 3rd placed PSS. NSTchose the 8th placed TPS as their Quarter-final opponent. Classic took the 7th placed Happee and PSS then chosethe 6th placed Sb-Pro. The fourth Quarter-finalpair is Tiikerit- OLS. The first Quarter-final matches are played next Saturday(March 13th). NST´s Ukkonenregular seasontop scorer - We chose the team with the lowest rankingbut it will surely be a tight Quarter-final battle. Two of the regular season matches went into overtime, we wonthe firstand TPS the other, NST´s coach Mika Strömberg told in Salibandyliiga´s interview. Women´s Quarter-final pairs NST (1)- TPS (8) Classic (2)- Happee (7) PSS (3) - SB-Pro (6) Tiikerit (4) - OLS (5) NST´s Tiia Ukkonengathered 56 points (34+22) andis the top scorer of the regular season before Happee´s Jenni Timonen with 47 points (30+17). All regular season player statistics are found here 2nd roundofMen´s Quarter-finalsplayed today SSV, Koovee, Oilers and Erä are leading the Men´s Quarter-final series with 1-0 in matches and the 2nd Quarter-final round is played today, starting at 17:30 CET. You can follow the2nd Quarter-final matcheson-line from here. Oilers, that was placed 7th after the regular season,could surprise the 4th placed Classic in the first Quarter-final matchand wonwith8-4. Samu Rännäli scored four goals for Oilers.In all other pairsthe favourites won the first battles although the winner of the regular season, Erä, needed penalty shots totake the first Quarter-final match against Nokian KrP (placed 8th after regular season). The results and statistics from the 1st Quarter-finals are found here. Picture: Jyrki Paajanen/FFF http://www.floorball.org/news.asp?kieli=826&id_tiedote=1408 On Sunday it became clear which teams will play in the Women´s & Men´s play-offs in Sweden and the top teams could choose their Quarter-final opponents in ranking order. The Quarter-finals (best of five) will start this week (Friday 12th). There were no big surprises in the selectionsmade by the Women´s top teams.Theregular season winner, IKSU, chose the 8th placed Örnsköldsvik and the 2nd placed Rönnby chose the 7th placed Täby. The 3rd placed Balrog B/Stook the 5th placed Falun rather than the 6th placed Kais Mora. Kais Morawill then play againstthe 4th ranked Endre. Women´s Quarter-final pairs: IKSU (1) - Örnsködsvik (8) Rönnby (2) - Täby (7) Balrog B/S (3) - Falun (5) Endre(4)- Kais Mora (6) Sara Kristofferssongave7 assists New records for Kristoffersson and Lindström Falun´s Sara Kristoffersson ended theregular seasonbygathering nine points from which seven where assists and this is a new record for one match in the Elitserien. All Swedish records are found here. Balrog´s Emelie Lindström broke her previous record of 85 points from last seasonby scoring a total of 90 (48+42)points and the 48 goals is also a new Eliserien record for one season. A list ofthe womenwho have scored the most pointsin one season andis found hereand the previous top scorers 1994 - 2009 are found here. Caperiotäby won the regular season Caperiotäby secured the Superleague regular season victoryby achieving abetter goal differencethan Storvreta and chose the 7th placed Balrog B/S as their Quarter-final opponent. Storvreta then chose the 6th placed Dalen andAIK could then choose the 8th ranked Falun. The last pair is Warberg against Helsingborg. Men´s Quarter-final pairs: Caperiotäby (1) - Balrog B/S (7) Storvreta (2) - Dalen (6) AIK (3) - Falun (8) Warberg (4) - Helsingborg (5) Hyvärinen Superleague top scorer Rickie Hyvärinen becamethe ninthtop scorerin the Superleagueduring the last nine years. Hyvärinen collected 69 points (34+35), which was five points more than Storvreta´s Mika Kohonen. Previous top scorers are found here. http://www.floorball.org/news.asp?kieli=826&id_tiedote=1407 Red Ants Rychenberg could win the intense Women´s Cup Final against the reigning champion UHC Dietlikon with an overtime goal5-4 and Tigers Langnau were able to defend theirCup titleagainstUHC Waldkirch-St. Gallenand won with clear numbers 11-4. Tigers Langnau was able to get into an early3-0 lead in the Men´s Mobiliar Cup, but Waldkirch-St. Gallenstill cameback into the game and Tigers Langnau was leading with only one goal, 4-3, after the first period. The match was settled in the second period, which Tigers won with 3-0.Simon Stucki and Ales Zalesny were involved in all three goals and were the actors behind Tigers Langnau´s victory. Zalesny gathered 2+5 and Stucki 2+2 in the Cup final. The match statistics are found here. Over time goal settled the Women´s Cup victory The score was 1-1 when going into the third period and then Dietlikon seemed to be the team taking home the battle as they were leading with 4-1 with under nine minutes left of the match. The Red Ants were however able to fightand made a tremendouscomeback.The Red Antsriskof takingout the goalkeeper succeeded and resulted in two goals scored within ten seconds, in 58.39 by Daniela Stettler and in 58.49 by Julia Suter. Sandra Dirksengave the assistto both goals and thescorewas 4-4. The Red Ants comeback had given them the momentum andwith two minutesplayed of theovertimeDirksen could find Michaela Kathriner, whosebouncing ballpassed Laura Tomatis in the goaland the Red Ants Rychenberg could celebrate the Swiss Cup victory. The matchstatistics are found here. Kathriner scored the golden goal for Red Ants Picture: EFC Qualification 2009/Florian Büchting http://www.floorball.org/news.asp?kieli=826&id_tiedote=1406 The last round in Women´s Salibandyliiga in Finland will be played on Saturday and there is stilla lot at stake in the last matches. The top four teams NST-Lappeenranta (35 points), SC Classic (34), PSS (33)and Tikkurilan Tiikerit (31)have confirmed their spot in the top four and will therefore start the Play-offson home field. However,all final standings within the top four are still open.NST and Classic are battlingfor thefirst place and also PSS can achieve the 2ndplacewhileTiikerit can stillreach the3rd place. Topplacementsare important since the Quarter-final pairswill bechosen in ranking order. Matilda Rotewall (middle)istrying to achive the regular season victory with NST-Lappeenranta. After the top4, alsothe 5th-7th placedteams are stillfightingfor thebest possible position. Before the last round, Happeeand OLS have both 24 points and SB-Pro 23 points. The last Play-off spot is likely to go to TPS,who has collected 14 points. They are challenged in the last round bySB Vantaa, who has 12 points.SB Vantaa has however a threat also behind them, as KooVee has collected 10 points and is after the 9th place which would confirm the direct league spot for next season.The10thand 11th team willplay for their league spots against the best 1st division teams. The lastteam of the league willberelegated to the 1st division for next season. Currently that team is TuuU with 5 points. TuuU has still a chance to reach the 11th place, sinceOilers whoisat the moment 11th ranked, hasonly 7 points. Equal points - goal difference decides If teamshave collected same amount of points afterregular season, the standings will be decided with goal difference. This may create someunordinary situations for the last round, since in some matches the leading teamcan be forced to take out the goalie in order to try to make the goal difference better. After the regular season, the top four teams will choose their pairs for the Quarter-finals, the winner choosing first. The quarter-finals will start on Saturday 13th of March. Last round matches on Saturday 6th of March: 17:00NST-PSS17:00Classic-Happee17:00SB Vantaa-Oilers17:00TuuU-OLS17:00Tiikerit-SB-Pro17:00Koovee-TPS Points tableand on-line match records Photo: Jyrki Paajanen http://www.floorball.org/news.asp?kieli=826&id_tiedote=1404 The groups for the 4th World Floorball University Championships, which are played from the 12th - 16th of May 2010 in Umeå, Sweden, have been published.The Men´s WUC will be played with eight men´s teams divided into two groupsand six women´s teams in one group. Men´s WUC Group 1 Austria Japan Norway Sweden Men´s WUC Group 1 Czech Republic Denmark Finland Switzerland Women´s WUC Czech Republic Finland Poland Russia Sweden Switzerland Denmark and Norway are participating in the Men´s WUC for the first time and Czech Republic, Poland and Russia are playing in the Women´s tournament for the first time. More tournament information from the Official web page www.wufc2010.com. Results from the previous tournaments are found here. http://www.floorball.org/news.asp?kieli=826&id_tiedote=1399 Before the last round of the Men´s Superleague in Sweden the play-off teams are practically settled and it is clear that either Caperiotäby or Storvreta willtake their first regular season victory. Caperiotäby or Storvreta have nowan equal amount of points and have led the Superleague in turns. Both teams have collected 60 points but Caperiotäby have a better goal difference with three goals. In the last round on Sunday Caperiotäby will play against the 5th placedHelsingborg and Storvreta againstthe 11th placedVästerås. AIK IBF with 56 pointshas secured thethird place beforeWarberg IC (51), FC Helsingborg (46) and IBK Dalen (41).Balrog B/S IK (36) isplaced 7th one point ahead of the last play-off team Falun IBF (35).PixboWallenstam (32)lostyesterday against AIK and are practically out from the play-offs (although theyhave a small theoretical chance).Themen´s standings are found here. Finnish top scorers in SSL TwoFinnish players are leading the Super League´sscoringtable. The Finnish national team player, Caperiotäby´s Rickie Hyvärinen, is currently the top scorer with 67 points (33+34) and therunnerupis another Finnish national team star, Storvreta´s Mika Kohonen with 61 points (27+34). SSL top scorer Rickie Hyvärinen in WFC 2008IKSU winner of the women´s regular season In the Women´s Elitserien IKSU secured their regular season victory after winning Örnsköldsvik with 6-2lastSunday. IKSU is leading the Elitserien with 61 points. Rönnby IBK is the only top team that has played 25 out of 26 matches and is currently placed second with 54 points before KAIS Mora IF (52) and Balrog B/S K (51)that have played24 matches. The 5th placed IBF Falun (49) and 6th placed Endre IF (48) are also onthe way to the play-offs. The 7th placed Örnsköldsvik IBK (37)and 8th placed Täby IS IBK (36) are over 10 points behind. Pixbo Wallenstam with 32 pointsis currently the first team out of the play-offs, but Pixbostill has a small quarter-final chance. The women´s standings are found here. Emelie Lindström will be the top scorer after the regular season, with the record points 43+41, as she has gathered 20 points more than the runner up, IKSU´s Victoria Wikström with 34+30. Quarter-final selections on Sunday TV4 Sport will send the men´s quarter-final selections live on Sunday after the last Superleague match. The top four teams in both men and women will select their quarter-final opponents from theteams placed 5th-8thin ranking order. The quarter-finals are played with a best of five system. The women´s quarter finalpairs will be presented after the selections hereand the men´s quarter-final pairs will be presented here. Picture: Martin Neuzil http://www.floorball.org/news.asp?kieli=826&id_tiedote=1405 Tunet has not lost a single match this season in the Women´s Elitserienin Norway and the team has already secured the championship title. Tunet currently has 36 pointsandthe runner up, Sveiva, has31 points before Holmlia with 26 points.Sveiva and Holmlia have only two matches left and will not be able to catch Tunet. Sveiva will take the silver and Holmlia the bronze. The standings are found here. The national champions 2010 in Norway/Picture: Globall Sport http://www.floorball.org/news.asp?kieli=826&id_tiedote=1403 The quarter-final teams have also been settled in the Latvian Men´s league and the eight best teams will continueto fight for thechampionship title in the quarter-finals starting next weekend. The Estonian team Jõgeva SK Tähe is playing in the Latvian League like during the previous season. The first quarter-final match will be played on Friday between FK Riga and Telms/Energokomplekss. Men´s quarter-final pairs: RTU Inspecta - Pargauja (both teams from Riga) Cesu Lekrings – Lielvarde FK Riga - Telms/Energokomplekss Koceni Rubene - Jõgeva SK Tähe In 2008/2009 the Men´s Championships title was won by CelTik/Lekrings. http://www.floorball.org/news.asp?kieli=826&id_tiedote=1402 Runar Snellingen, playing for Sagene IF, is now the record holder in the Norwegian Top League with his incredible 105 points in 22 matches (54 goals + 51 assists). Snellingenbeats the earlier record made by Raymond Evensen (93 points) and reaches as the first player in Norway the magical 100 points limit.Snellingen is known as "the Man with the Magic Stick" because of his excellent Zorro-technique. You can find the final point ranking here: www.innebandy.no/poeng-e.asp Men´s Quarter-finals The four best teams in the regular season haveelected their quarter-final opponents. Sagene and Gjelleråsen already played their first quarter-final match yesterday and the strong third period settled the match forGjelleråsen that won6-5. Match statistics. Sveiva and Slevik will play their first quarter-final match this evening and Greåker - Fjerdingby and Nor 92 - Tunet will play tomorrow. Match schedules. Quarter-final pairs: Tunet - Nor 92Fjerdingby - GreåkerSlevik - SveivaSagene - Gjelleråsen http://www.floorball.org/news.asp?kieli=826&id_tiedote=1381 Peter Fischerström, the Swedish defender from AIK, expects even games in the World Championshipsin Helsinki andGrant Mead, Austrlia´s head coach,tells about the "Aussie Spirit" in the interviews onthe WFC 2010 web page. http://www.floorball.org/news.asp?kieli=826&id_tiedote=1401 Thethird team presented on the Official Women´s Under 19 web page is one of the favourite teams,team Sweden. Sweden lost the final to Switzerland in the previous WU19 Championships with Julia Suter´s over time goal, but is definitely a strong favourite in the upcoming WFC. On the WU19 web page you will find information about Women´s Floorball in Sweden,thehistory of Swedish U19 Women´s Floorball and a presentation of thecurrent team. The players noted are theforwardsAnna Wijk and Therese Karlsson as well as thedefender Jenny Gustafsson. Read more from here. You can also join Women´s U19 WFC 2010 on facebook! http://www.floorball.org/news.asp?kieli=826&id_tiedote=1392 The international transfer period from the 1st of July until the 31st of December included over560 transfers between Floorball countries. In 2009 thenumber of annual transfers wasfor the first time more than 500 transfers. There was ahuge increase in 2009, since the amount of transfers wasover 100transfersmore thanin2008. TheTemporary Play Transfer procedure, which startedin2008 continued alsoduring summer 2009. The amount of Temporary Play transfers was doubled compared to 2008. The TemporaryPlay windowwas open between1st of Julyand 31st of August 2009. This gave the clubs thepossibility to test players in the pre-season tournaments. International transfers1998: 2021999: 1942000: 2012001: 2032002: 2362003: 2772004: 3342005: 3862006: 4732007: 4442008: 4542009: 564 Temporary play transfers 2008: 102009: 21 The number of completed transfers was564 from which 126 (22 %) was made to Norway,110 (20 %) to Sweden,73 (13 %)toFinland and 70 (12 %) to Switzerland.International transfers were done to a total of 22 different countries and for the first timeinternational transfers werecompeted toAustralia. Compared to2008,16 countries increased their amount of transfers. The biggest increase was seen inGreat Britain where the amount of transfers rose from 3 to 38. In Germany and Finland the amount of transfers were almost doubled. Toptencountriesin received completed international transfers in 2009: 1. Norway: 1262. Sweden:1103. Finland: 734. Switzerland: 705. Germany: 385. Great Britain: 387. Denmark: 328. Czech Republic: 169. Netherlands: 1410. Estonia: 12See all the International Transfers 2009 from here. The next International Transfer period starts the1st of May 2010 and the transfers are made valid from the 1st of July 2010. Temporary Play Transfers 2009 There were21 completed Temporary Play Transfers during summer 2009.16 of them were done to Fortuna Czech Open, which was played in Czech Republic. See all the Temporary Play transfers from here. The IFF has decided to prolong theTemporary play windowin 2010 and the test play during pre-season isallowed from May 1st - August 31st 2010. Read more about the International Transfers from here. Transfer Statistics 1998-2009 International transfershave beenmade since 1998. Even though Norway had most transfers this year, the biggest amountof the transfers during 1998-2009 have beencompleted to Sweden.The 110 transfers to Sweden in 2009 lifted the total number of transfers toa new level, sinceSweden was the first country to brake the limit of1 000completed transfers. Since 1998,1 007 international transfershave beencompletedto Sweden and879 transfers to Norway. The 564international transfers in 2009made the total number of transfers growto nearly4 000 and the totalnumberof all transfersis now 3 948.International transfershave been completedto 24 different countries. Check out the IFF Transfer Statistics 1998-2009 from here. http://www.floorball.org/news.asp?kieli=826&id_tiedote=1385 The Temporary Play window has been prolonged in 2010 and the test play during pre-season isallowed from May 1st - August 31st 2010. The player needs to fill in the Temporary Play form (PDF document) where the player and the club of the player has a contract with, agrees to let the player play with another club in a specified tournament. With theTemporaryPlayform this process is informed to the National Association of the ordinary club and to the IFF. The Temporary Playcan be done in order to play in International Elite Club Tournaments, which are tournamentswithteams playing in the highest divisionof at least two different nations.The player can only test play in two tournaments per time window and the player has to be under contractual basis. The IFF will coordinate the procedure and thereis an administrative fee of 50 CHF included. The time window has been prolonged and starts on May 1st (previously July 1st) and lasts until the 31st of August (excluding the club teams participating in the EuroFloorball Cup). Read more about Temporary Playor about International Elite Club Tournaments. International Club Tournaments 2010 A lotofoff season InternationalClub Tournamentswill beplayed in different parts of the worldand below you will finda list of the upcomingInternational ClubTournaments. International club tournaments involving club teams from the highest division of a member association shall be informed to IFF by the organiseror the member association of the organiser with the IFF form “Information form for International Club Tournament” at least 30 days in advance. These tournaments will be published on the IFF list of International Club Tournaments with mark "Elite". Also other international tournaments can be informed to IFF with the form and those tournaments will then alsobe published on the list. 17.-18.04.201015th Annual Tampere Floorball Tournament 2010Tampere, FinlandInternational tournament for JuniorsBoys: 92, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 00Girls:90, 94, 96, 98 Phone: +358 500 663 134 (Harry Hannelius)E-mail: harry.hannelius@ilves.fiWeb site: http://www.ilves-salibandy.net/joukkue3164 23.-24.04.2010Oilers Junior GamesEspoo, Finland International tournament forJuniorsBoys: 92, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99,00, 01Girls: 90, 94, 96, 98 Contact: Pekka KaartinenPhone: +358 9 420 8545E-mail: toimisto@espoonoilers.fiWeb site: www.oilersjuniorgames.com 02.-04.04.2010Katrineholm CupKatrineholm, Sweden International tournament for Adults and JuniorsMen: All teams "Elite"Women: All teams "Elite"Boys: 89, 91, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99Girls: 89, 93, 94, 95,96, 97,98, 99 Contact: Mats AndreasonPhone: +46 23 655 00 or +46 70 243 00 40E-mail: mats@idrottsarrangoren.comWeb site: www.katrineholmcup.se 23.-25.04.2010Mälarenergi CupVästerås, SwedenInternational tournament for Adults and JuniorsMen: All teams "Elite"Women: All teams "Elite"Boys: 89, 91, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99Girls: 89, 93, 94, 95,96, 97,98, 99 Contact: Mats AndreasonPhone: +46 23 655 00 or +46 70 243 00 40E-mail: mats@idrottsarrangoren.comWeb site: www.malarenergicup.com 13 - 16.05.2010Viking Line CupFalun, SwedenInternational tournament for Adults and JuniorsMen Elite: Highest-2nd division teams "Elite"Men Lower: 3rd-8th division teamsWomen: All teams "Elite"Boys: 89, 91, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99Girls: 89, 93, 94, 95,96, 97,98, 99 Contact: Mats AndreasonPhone: +46 23 655 00 or +46 70 243 00 40E-mail: mats@idrottsarrangoren.comWeb-site:www.vikinglinecup.com 15 - 16.05.2010Helsinki Junior Challenge (HJC)Myllypuro, Helsinki, FinlandInternational Junior TournamentContact: Joona MitsuiE-mail: joona.mitsui@arenacenter.fi Web-site: www.helsinkijuniorchallenge.fi 21- 23.05.2010Canada Cup Floorball ChampionshipToronto, CanadaInternational tournament for Adults,Studentsand JuniorsMen Elite "Elite"Other adults: Men Intermediate, Men Recreational, WomenStudents: High SchoolBoys and girls: 95, 97Contact:Juha MikkolaPhone: +1 416 830 3992E-mail: info@floorballcanada.comWeb-site: http://www.thecanadacup.com 11 - 13.06.2010TS Cup 2010 MenTvrdosin, SlovakiaInternational tournament for MenMen: Slovakian teams all divisions (foreign teams: 2nd highest division of the nation or lower)Contact: Michal Cvanciger or Milan BurdelPhone: +421 903 610 038 or +421 903 629 996E-mail: micvanco@yahoo.comor burdel@orava.skWeb-site: www.tscup.php5.sk 11 - 13.06.2010Junior Fat Pipe CupOstrava, Czech Republic6th International tournament for JuniorsBoys: 94, 96, 98Girls: 92Contact: Mgr. Lubomír ŠimonPhone: +420 608 889 211E-mail: junior@fatpipecup,czWeb-site: www.fatpipecup.cz/junior/ 18 - 20.06.2010Fat Pipe CupOstrava, Czech Republic10th International tournament for Adults Men: Czech teamsall divisions (foreign teams: 2nd highest division of the nation or lower)Women: Czech teams all divisions (foreign teams: 2nd highest division of the nation or lower)Boys: 90Contact: Mgr. Lubomír ŠimonPhone: +420 608 889 211E-mail: cup@fatpipecup.cz Web-site: www.fatpipecup.cz/cup/ 26 - 27.06.2010Veteran Fat Pipe CupOstrava, Czech RepublicVeteran´s International Floorball TournamentMen: 34+ (born 1976 or earlier)Contact: Mgr. Lubomír ŠimonPhone: +420 608 889 211E-mail: veteran@fatpipecup.cz Web-site: www.fatpipecup.cz/veteran/07.-10.07.2010 07.-10.07.2010Chance Prague GamesPrague, Czech Republic7th International tournament for JuniorsBoys: 92, 94, 96, 98Girls: 92, 94, 96Phone +420-2 333 744 24, Fax +420-2 333 744 28 E-mail: info@praguegames.cz Web-site: www.praguegames.cz 15.-18.07.2010Austrian OpenLinz, AustriaInternational tournament for Adults and JuniorsMen: All teams "Elite"Women: All teams "Elite"Boys: 91Girls: 91Contact: Heidemarie LebPhone: +43 676 927 2234E-mail: leb@floorball.atWeb-site: http://www.floorball.at 24.-25.07.2010Amsterdamned Floorball Cup Amsterdam, the Netherlands. 6th International tournament for Adults (over 15 years old)Men: Dutch teams all divisions (foreign teams: 2nd highest division of the nation or lower)Women: Dutch teams all divisions (foreign teams: 2nd highest division of the nation or lower) E-mail: amsterdamned@amsterdamfloorball.nlWeb site: www.amsterdamfloorball.nl/amsterdamned/ 12.-15.08.2010Chance Czech OpenPrague, Czech Republic18th International tournament for AdultsMen Elite:Teams from highest division of nation"Elite"Men: Lower divisionsWomen Elite: Teams from highest division of nation"Elite"Women: Lower divisionsBoys: 91Fax +420-2 333 744 28, Phone +420-2 333 744 24E-mail: info@czechopen.czWeb-site: www.czechopen.cz 20. -22.08.2010Latvian Open 2010Valmiera and Koceni, Latvia4th International tournament for AdultsMen: All teams "Elite"Women: All teams "Elite"E-mail: info@latvianopen.comWeb-site: www.latvianopen.com27. -29.08.2010Minibar CupStockholm, SwedenInternational tournament for Adults and JuniorsMen:All teams "Elite"Women: All teams "Elite"Boys: 90, 92, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 00Girls: 90, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 00 Contact: Mats AndreasonPhone: +46 23 655 00 or +46 70 243 00 40E-mail: mats@idrottsarrangoren.comWeb-site: www.minibarcup.se 27. -29.08.2010Floorball SLO Open 2010Ljulblana, Slovenia7th International tournament for AdultsMen: Slovenian teams all divisions (foreign teams: 2nd highest division of the nation or lower)Women: Slovenian teams all divisions (foreign teams: 2nd highest division of the nation or lower)Contact: Janez JugovicPhone: +386 406 764 04E-mail: info@floorballsloopen.com Web-site: www.floorballsloopen.com 27- 29.08.2010TS Cup 2009 WomenTvrdosin, SlovakiaInternational tournament for WomenWomen: Slovakian teams all divisions (foreign teams: 2nd highest division of the nation or lower)Contact: Michal Cvanciger or Milan BurdelPhone: +421 903 610 038 or +421 903 629 996E-mail: micvanco@yahoo.comor burdel@orava.skWeb-site: www.tscup.php5.sk More tournaments can be found from IFF International Club Tournaments 2010 web page http://www.floorball.org/news.asp?kieli=826&id_tiedote=1400 Salibandyliiga´s quarter-final pairswere settled yesterday. The winner of the regular season, Tapanilan Erä, chose their opponent first from the teams placed 5th-8th and chose Nokian KrP. Then it was SSV´s turn to select their opponent and theytookHappee. Thethird placed team Classic then chose Espoon Oilers.The quarter-final pairs are: Tapanilan Erä, Helsinki (1)- Nokian KrP (8) SSV, Helsinki (2) - Happee, Jyväskylä (6) Classic, Tampere (3)- Espoon Oilers (7) Koovee, Tampere (4) - SPV, Seinäjoki (5) Three victories are needed for a place in the semi-finals. Erä´s Simon Riihelä & Nokia´s Henri Johansson Tapanilan Erä´s coach Petteri Bergman told in Salibandyliiga´s interview that the decision was made on purely sporting basis. - All the teams in theextremely tight regular season are challenging in their own way, but we believe that Nokian KrP suite us the best. We especially have faith in our wider material, which will become more important as theplay-offs proceed. Erä won both matches against Nokian KrP during the regular season, the first match with 4-0 and the second with 6-2. Top scorers in Nokian KrP Nokian KrP will play in the play-offs for the first time and the team relies much on their top scorers. Henri Johansson was the top scorer of Salibandyliiga´s regular season with 38+19. Veli-Matti Hynynengathered21+13 and Niko Nordlund (8+21)was one of the most effective defenders. Naumanenand 3 strong lines Erä´s keys to success Tapanilan Erä´s national team goalkeeper, Jani Naumanen, won the goalie statistics and is animportant player in Erä. The range of goal scorers is wider asErä can play with three strong lines.Pasi Laitila with 24+20 and Lauri Kapanen with 27+16 were in the top 10 scorers during the regular season. Petteri Bergman has coached Tapanilan Erä from the division 1 to a top team in the league. In 2007 Erä won their first medal after defeating Trackers in the bronze match,bronzewas also the result in 2008. Last year Erä played in the finals for the first time, but SSV was stronger. This season Erä has already two medals, the EFC silver and the Finnish Cup gold, and now the goal is to win the 1st Championship title. Preliminary dates for the Play-offs: Quarter final dates:Saturday6.3.,Monday 8.3.andFriday 12.3.and if neededMonday 15.3.andTuesday 16.3. Semi-finals:Saturday20.3.,Monday 22.3.andWednesday 24.3. and if neededSaturday 27.3.andMonday 29.3. Finals:Thursday1.4.,Monday 5.4.andWednesday 7.4. and if neededFriday 9.4.andSunday 11.4. Bronze match:Saturday3.4. Photo: Mika Hilska/FFF http://www.floorball.org/news.asp?kieli=826&id_tiedote=1398 The play-offs are also about to start in the Men´s Fortuna Extraliga. Tatran Stresovice won the regular season and will meet the 8th placed team AC Sparta Praha in the quarter-finals, which start next weekend. The other teams in the Men´s play-offs are Billy Boy FBK Sokol ML. Boleslav, TEAM X3M SSK FUTURE, 1. SC woow Vitkovice, GE-TRA CLUB SALIBANDY Liberec, TJ JM Chodovand Bulldogs Brno. Men´s quarter-final pairs: Tatran Stresovice (1) - AC Sparta Praha (8) 1. SC woow Vitkovice (2) - GE-TRA CLUB SALIBANDY Liberec (7) Billy Boy FBK Sokol ML. Boleslav (3)- X3M SSK FUTURE (6) TJ JM Chodov (4)- Bulldogs Brno (5) The first quarter final round is played on Saturday the 6th of March. Matej Jendrišák & Ilona Novotna elected MVP´s Tiger´s Ilona Novotna elected MVP Not only experts but also the players themselves considered the best player to beChodov´s Matthew Jendrišák before Tatran´s Milan Fridrich and Jan Jelinekfrom Vitkovice. The fourth annual survey of women´s "MVP" in which players vote the best playerswas won byIlona Novotnafrom the Tigerswith four points aheadof Michaela Rullová from Elite Praha. FbŠ Bohemians Křížová Eliška received the third most votes. More information from the Czech Floorball Union. http://www.floorball.org/news.asp?kieli=826&id_tiedote=1397 Erä won the Salibandyliiga´s regular season and theother teams continuing to thequarter-finals are SSV, Classic, Koovee, SPV, Happee, Oilers and Nokian KrP. The quarter-final pairs will be selected this eveninglive on TV. The decisive last round matches were really tight and three of the matches were only settled on overtime. Eräcelebrating his overtime goal/Photo: Mika Hilska Erä defeated the reigning champion SSV in the last match 5-4with an overtime goal scored by Mikko Pasanen. This was Pasanen´s first goal in the Salibandyliiga. Classic would have needed one point against SPV to finish second in the regular season, but SPV defeated the team from Tampere on overtime with 6-5. Erik Härkönen scored the match winning goal. Koovee could keep their fourth place and the home advantage for the semi-finalswhen they won the tight match against Nokia with 5-4. Despite the loss Nokia could celebrate their first play-off placeas TPS lost their match.Oilers climbed one place when they beated AC Haki 5-4 with an overtime goal scored by Niclas Meyer. Regular season placements in Men´s Salibandyliiga: Erä SSV Classic Koovee SPV Happee Oilers Nokian KrP Erä, as the winner of the regular season, gets to elect the quarter final opponent first from the teams placed 5th- 8th. More information fromFinnish Floorball League http://www.floorball.org/news.asp?kieli=826&id_tiedote=1396 Chur Unihockey was the last team to make it to the Men´s Mobiliar League semi-finals where they meetHC Rychenberg. The other semi-final battleis played between Wiler Ersigen andTigers Langnau. Wiler´s Reto Balmer in EFC 2009 Wiler-Ersigen was the only team from the top 4 team in the regular season that made it to the Mobiliar League semi-finals. HC Rychenberg played a tight sixth quarter-final match against Grasshopper Club Zürich. Rychenberg was leading with 1-0 and 3-1, but 19 seconds before theendof the third periodNico Scalvinoni evened the score to 3-3 and the match went to over time. Thomas Weber became the hero of the match as hescored Rychenberg to the semi-finals after 2:08 of the over time. Tigers Langnau, which was only placed 8th after the regular season,had an easier way to the semi-finals against Floorball Köniz.Tigers won the 6th quarter final match with 8-4 and will now face the winner of the regular season, Wiler-Ersigen in the semi-finals. Chur Unihockey needed seven matches against Alligator Malands to qualify to the semi-finals. The 6th quarter-final match was only settled on over time when Chur´s Riku Kekkonen scoredin 73:39. The 7th match was also tight, but Chur could win the match with 5-4 and is the fourth team in the semi-finals. Men´s semi-finals: SV Wiler-Ersigen (1)- Tigers Langnau (8) HC Rychenberg Winterthur (6) - Chur Unihockey (7) Women´s semi-finals Thelast matchesof the Women´s Mobiliar League regular seasonfinal rounds were also played and UHC Dietlikon, Burgdorf Wizards, Red Ants Rychenberg and Piranha Chur will play in the semi-finals (best of five). The winner of the regular season Piranha Chur will meet the 4th place Burgdorf Wizards and the second placed Dietlikon will play against the Red Ants. Dietlikon and Red Ants will also meet in the Women´s Cup Final next Saturday. Women´s semi-finals: Piranha Chur (1)- Burgdorf Wizards (4) UHC Dietlikon (2)- Red Ants Rychenberg Winterthur (3) More information from the Swiss Floorball Association´s web page. Red Ants and Dietlikon in EFC 2009. The teams will meet again in the semi-finals and Cup final. http://www.floorball.org/news.asp?kieli=826&id_tiedote=1395 Because of the late Withdrawal of India from the 8th Men’s World Floorball Championships qualification in Singapore 3rd to 7th of February 2010 the IFF Disciplinary Committee (DC) decided in its meeting on February 26th 2010to exclude India from participation in the Men´s World Floorball Championships 2012. India is alsosubject to a fine of CHF 7 500. Facts of the case: The organiser of the Men’s WFC qualification in Singapore had for a period of time asked (6th of January 2010) the arrival and accommodation information from the Indian team and then received the first information on the 14th of January, stating that they are not able to participate in the WFC qualifications. The IFF Competition Office directly sent the Indian federation a letter requesting an explanation and stating what the possible sanction of withdrawing from the WFC qualifications would be, in accordance with the IFF Juridical Regulations.The IFF Competition Office received a letter on the 14th of January, in which it was stated that the Floorball Federation of India will have a meeting to discuss the situation on the 17th of January. IFF then received on the 20th of January 2010 a letter from the Floorball Federation of India (FFI), in which the Indian federation informed that they for a number of mainly financial reasons and the lack of sponsors, have decided not to participate in the 8th Men’s World Floorball Championship 2010 qualification in Singapore from the 3rd to the 7th of February, 2010. Decision and applicable provisions:In accordance with the regulations namely Article 8, Sport offences, point 8. and Section 3, Disciplinary Committee, Article 42, General jurisdictions of the juridical regulations the disciplinary committee imposes the following sanction to the Floorball Federation of India; India is excluded from participation in the Men’s World Floorball Championships 2012 and subject to a fine of CHF 7.500,-. Reasons: The IFF DC finds based on the analysis of the available material and the previous behaviour of the Floorball Federation of India, in relation to neglect of proactively informing about late withdrawal from other competitions (Canada 2009, APAC 2008), that the FFI is not to the least performing in the way that it would be obvious that they are respecting the rules of the IFF. The fact that the FFI has decided to withdraw from the WFC 2010 and the qualification played in Singapore due to financial reasons and sponsorship, is not an acceptable reason for withdraw. There are a number of member associations where the players still pay from their own pocket for the participation to the IFF events. The IFF DC finds that the FFI has neglected to not only to inform the organiser of the WFC2010 qualifications of their travel plans, but also neglected that there will be a huge effect of their withdrawal on both the organiser and on Floorball at large. The FFI has not proactively informed that they will not participate in the WFCQ and failed to send in their withdrawal in time to avoid further sanctions, even after the IFF has informed of the possible sanctions. It is especially problematic that FFI has apart from the fact that they have now withdrawn from the WFCQ, also neglected to pay the participation fees and membership fees to the IFF, which are in relation to the IFF Juridical Regulations a reason for additional sanctions, but this is not the task of the IFF DC to deliberate this question now. The IFF DC still finds it to the advantage of the FFI, since the final letter of withdrawal has been sent to the IFF on the 20th of January, which is just 13 days prior to the start of the tournament. The IFF DC accepts the information sent to the organiser of the WFCQ on the 14th of January, which however is just 20 days prior to the start of the tournament, as an official statement of withdrawal, in order to reduce the sanction for the FFI. The IFF DC further finds that, in order to support the development of the FFI, there is however a possibility to lower the level of the fine. The FFI has in their letters to the IFF stated that a possible sanction might jeopardise the development of Floorball in India, as well as receiving official recognition from the authorities. This is unfortunate, but it has to be kept in mind that when you belong to an organisation, you have agreed to respect and follow the rules and regulation of that organisation. The IFF DC finds it alarming that the FFI is of the opinion that it is fully acceptable to withdraw from a competition the FFI has entered to. The IFF DC finds this totally unacceptable, since it shows a clear disrespect of the organiser and the Rules of IFF. The rules and regulations of the IFF are the basis we build the existence of International Floorball and all the member associations, clubs and players needs to respect these. Appeal procedure: The directions for an appeal according to the IFF Juridical Regulation Article 48.