IFF Information Letter 3/2007

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1 Information Letter 3/2007 Contents: 1 UPCOMING EVENTS 1.1 Men s 4th U19 WFC in Switzerland Relegation and promotion of the U19 WFC 1.2 The EuroFloorball Cup Finals in Finland Women's 3rd U19 WFC in Poland 1.4 Men s 7th WFC in Czech Republic World University Floorball Championships DEVELOP- MENT WORK 2.1 Development Program Seminars 2.2 Development material 3 PARTNER- SHIP AGREE- MENTS 3.1 Puma 3.2 A4SP 4 GENERAL ASSEMBLY 5 FLOORBALL VILLAGE at ispo Winter 2008 Office contacts: Phone: +358 (0) Fax: +358 (0) office@floorball.org Alakiventie Helsinki Finland 1 UPCOMING EVENTS 1.1 Men's 4th U19 WFC in Switzerland The tournament will be played in Kirchberg and Zuchwil 7th-11th of November. Kirchberg and Zuchwil are approximately 20km from each other. Both places are next to the freeway A1 and are therefore easy to reach. The official webpage has been launched: weblounge/ and the match schedule can also be found from the webpage from here. A-Division Group A Czech Republic Slovakia ITALY Sweden Italy Latvia Latvia Denmark B-Division Austria Group C Slovakia Denmark Slovenia Netherlands Hungary Austria Spain Japan A-Division Group B Norway Switzerland Poland NORWAY Finland Norway Russia B-Division Estonia Group Great D Britain Spain Netherlands Italy Germany Estonia Belgium Germany Poland Relegation and promotion for the U19 WFC CZECH REPUBLIC SC Classic (FIN) Tigers Langnau (SUI) Torpedo Havirov (CZE) The CB decided to leave 4 spots left open for qualifying teams (which means that only four best teams in the B-division are directly qualified), which is sufficient considering one qualification in Asia, one in Americas and two in Europe. A possible team being the single qualifying team on a continent (as was the case with Canada for the Women s WFC 2007) would then be given a free spot without affecting any other continent. The CB approved the RACC proposal for the promotion and relegation of the upcoming U19 WFC 2007 taking into consideration the possible qualification for the B-division 2009 and how to avoid an inter-continental qualification. The CB decided: a) that the 8th placed team of A-division shall be relegated to the B-division (no change) b) that the winner of the B-division shall be promoted to the A- division (no change) c) that the teams placed 5th-8th of the B-division shall qualify for the B-division 2009

2 PAGE The EuroFloorball Cup Finals in Finland 2008 The EuroFloorball Cup Finals will be played the 9th-13th of January in Energia Arena and Myyrmäki Sport Hall in Vantaa, Finland. The website for the EFC Finals has been launched: The teams that made it to the Men's EFC Final are the following: GROUP A GROUP B AIK (Swe, Reign. Champ.) SV Wiler Ersigen (Sui) Tatran Stresovice (Cze) Viking Roma (Ita) Warberg IC (Swe) SSV Helsinki (Fin) Fjerdingby IBK (Nor) SC Classic (Fin) The teams that made it to the Women's EFC Final are the following: GROUP A UHC Dietlikon (Sui, Reign. Champ.) HFK Dekanka (Cze) Sveiva IBK (Nor) Nizhny Novgorod (Rus) GROUP B Rönnby IBK (Swe) Tapanilan Erä (Fin) IKSU (Swe) Rubene (Lat) 1.3 Women's 3rd U19 WFC in Poland 2008 The tournament will be played in four cities in the Siedlec region in Poland in May The following teams have registered for the event: Sweden, Finland, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Poland, Norway, Latvia, Germany, Russia, Slovakia, Georgia & Ukraine. 1.4 Men s 7th WFC in Czech Republic 2008 The Championships will be played from 6-14th of December in the Czech Republic. All A-division and B-division group matches will be played in Ostrava and the final days in Prague. The championships website has also now been launched: The Men s 2008 C-Division is to be played in Bratislava, Slovakia 21st-27th of April There are 9 teams registered at the moment: Australia, Spain, Slovakia, Canada, France, Korea, Georgia, Iceland & Liechtenstein. 1.5 World University Floorball Championships 2008 The 3rd World University Floorball Championship will take place from November 6th to 9th, 2008 in Kuortane and Seinäjoki, Finland. This Championship will be the first time both women s and men s tournaments will be played. Read more from the official WUC 2008 webpage:

3 PAGE 3 2 DEVELOPMENT WORK 2.1 Development Program Seminars The s has now organised two Floorball Seminars in 2007, with one in North America and one coaching seminar in China. The third Development Program seminar will be held in Spain in the city of El Escorial, in the region of Madrid, Spain at the Sports Center between the 13th and 16th of September The participating countries are Italy, Spain and Portugal. Mini development seminars will also to be held in Canberra, Australia on the 1st-2nd of December 2007 and on the 4th- 5th of December 2007 in Singapore including the coaching and referee blocks. For next year there will be a seminar in Germany were the invited countries are: Ireland, Great Britain, Netherlands, Iceland, Poland and Germany. There are also plans to organise an Eastern European and a Balkan seminar during the spring In addition the is planning to organise a seminar in the USA in the year More details will be added to the webpage under Development Program. 2.2 Development material A new coaching manual for Floorball is now available on the web-page. has as a part of its Development programme published the first part of three English coaching manuals; Teaching Individual techniques and tactics in Floorball. The second part; Team Tactics will be published during autumn and the third part; Special Situations will be published In the spring of The Coaching Material is built in three different levels based on the development of the players, which helps the coach to plan practices in the most efficient way for players of all skills. The manual is aimed for coaches at all levels and consists of instructions for how to teach individual skills as well as how to teach tactical knowledge. The material also includes a lot of exercise examples. All the basic individual technical skills are included such as shooting, passing and dribbling. When teaching individual tactical skills the primary emphasis is on the different game situation roles and the creation of a game like environment where all the technical skills are present. The material has been edited by Ms. Anniina Paavilainen, who is a student of the Degree Programme of Sports and Leisure Management at the Finnish Sports institute, which is supported by the International Ice Hockey Federation. Ms. Paavilainen has worked at since September 2006 as a trainee, concentrating on development and educational issues. The material is found on the webpage under materials. The wants to thank all the persons who have helped the to put these Materials together. The Floorball Youth Start Up Kit has also now been translated to Russian language and is now available in eight different languages: English, French, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Chinese (Mandarin) and Russia. The Start Up Kits can be downloaded from the webpage under Materials.

4 PAGE 4 3 PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENTS 3.1 Puma Puma and have prolonged the apparel sponsor contract for the next two years until the end of year This sponsor contract gives the possibility to continue having the same look and feel for the international referees and will make it possible to support the major event organisers with materials. The cooperation between and Puma started in 1996 and the is looking forward to a positive continuation and development of the partnership. 3.2 A4SP The has signed a cooperation agreement with A4SP in order to build the hype around Floorball. The objective of the cooperation is to increase the interest in floorball as a sport and with the product of A4SP make training floorball more entertaining and goal-oriented. Both of the Parties aim to increase the interest in floorball, to develop the sport and to increase Floorball s competitiveness. By initiating the cooperation the Parties enhance reaching these goals. A4SP is a company, whose objective is to with its products develop profiency in floorball and other sports in an entertaining and a useful way. The products are suitable for both amateurs and competitive players. A4SP have invented a device that measures the technical skills of the Floorball players and the speed of the Floorball players shot. As a part of the cooperation has the possibility to inform about its needs for the development of the A4SP s product concept. In addition, the aim is to collaborate in the promoting of the activities of and the product concept of A4SP, for example in sport events, www-pages, publications etc. The contract is valid until and is updated if needed. 4 GENERAL ASSEMBLY As discussed during the President's meeting in Denmark the CB decided that the General Assembly will be held in connection with the WFC 2008, Saturday the 13th of December 2008 in Prague. The Asian and Oceanian Floorball Confederation (AOFC) is organising their General Assembly on the 7th of December 2007 in Singapore.

5 PAGE 5 5 FLOORBALL VILLAGE at ispo Winter 2008 The basic idea is that will organise and run the Floorball Village with activities; speed shooting, zorro shows and all the Floorball manufacturers are invited to have their own stands to promote both their brands and the sport at the fair. On the occasion of the great success achieved by the Floorball Village organised at the ispo Sport & Style in July the and the main part of the Floorball manufacturers have together with ispo decided to renew the Floorball Village during Winter ispo from the 27th to the 30th of January The objective of The Floorball Village, is to give the Austrian, German and Central-European market a true vision of what Floorball is today and re-launch it to the retailers in this area. Find out more from the official website: