USA Floorball Association USFbA

Homepage: www.usafloorball.org
National Association founded: 1993-05-05
Member of IFF since: 1994
Number of Clubs: 23
Number of licensed players: 920
Growth in players since last year: 53.3%
WFC-ranking Men: 17th in 2006 (7th B-Division)
WFC-ranking Women: 9th in 2007
WFC-ranking Men U19: no participation, yet
WFC-ranking Women U19: no participation, yet

March 31st, 2009

First ever floorball tournament in New York City

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NYC Floorball Club organised the first ever floorball tournament in New York City. Eight teams from Canada and the US partcipated. The Big Apple Floorball Cup was won by Ottawa Blizzard. The long term aim of the tournament is to appear on the international agenda. NYC Floorball Club also wants to start a youth programm. A local hockey team is interested in playing floorball in summer. Juha Mikkola conducted an interview with Per Hammarlund - the main organiser - and published it on his blog. By following this link you can read the transcript. If you want to read the standings go to www.bigapplefloorballcup.com

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Pictures www.bigapplefloorballcup.com
Information Juha Mikkola