floorball
Sign in to saveFloorball (also known by other names) is a sport played with five players and a goalkeeper in each team. It is played indoors with sticks and a hollow plastic ball with holes. Matches are played in three periods. The sport of bandy played a role in the game's development.
Key facts
- Sport.image
- WFC2018 Czech Republic vs Finland Adam Delong 9.jpg
- Sport.caption
- A floorball game
- Sport.union
- International Floorball Federation
- Sport.first
- – late 1960s in Gothenburg, Sweden
- Sport.region
- Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Japan, Latvia, Norway, Poland, Slovakia, Sweden, Switzerland
- Sport.clubs
- 4396
- Sport.contact
- Yes
- Sport.team
- 6, including goalkeeper
- Sport.mgender
- Yes, and separate competitions
- Sport.type
- Indoor
- Sport.olympic
- No
- Sport.paralympic
- No
- Sport.IWGA
- 3 (Since 2017)
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Article
32 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- History
- Expansion
- Development
- Recognition
- Rules
- Core
- Time
- Contact
- Penalties
- Rink
- Equipment
- Goalkeepers
- Ball
- Competitions
- World Games
- World championships
- Asia Pacific Floorball Championship
- Czech Open
- Champions Cup
- EuroFloorball Cup
- North American Floorball League
- Variations
- 3v3
- Freebandy
- Special Olympics
- Streetbandy
- Swiss floorball
- Wheelchair floorball
- See also
- Notes and references
- External links
Floorball (also known by other names) is a sport played with five players and a goalkeeper in each team. It is played indoors with sticks and a hollow plastic ball with holes. Matches are played in three periods. The sport of bandy played a role in the game's development.
thumb|Gameplay at World Championships