Swiss Unihockey

Swiss Floorball Association
IOC nationSUI
National flagSwitzerland
SportFloorball
Official websitewww.swissunihockey.ch
History
Year of formation1985; 40 years ago (1985)
Affiliations
International federationInternational Floorball Federation (IFF)
IFF member since1986; 39 years ago (1986)
Elected
PresidentMichael Zeiss

Swiss Unihockey, formerly Schweizer Unihockey Verband, is a sports association which is representing floorball in Switzerland.[1][2]

The Swiss Floorball Association organizes the Unihockey Prime League, the National League B and several regional leagues.

History

The Swiss floorball association was founded April 20, 1985 in Sarnen. In 1986 the Swedish, Finnish and Swiss floorball decided to found the International Floorball Federation.[2]

Facts

Number of licensed players

Total: 30791

  • Men: 11622
  • Women: 3557
  • Men Under 19: 13073
  • Women Under 19: 2539

Number of Floorball Clubs: 417

Participation and results in IFF events

Men‘s WFC Women‘s WFC Men‘s U19 WFC Women‘s U19 WFC
2016: Registered 2016: A-division
2014: 4th 2015: 3rd 2015: 2nd 2014: 4th
2012: 3rd 2013: 3rd 2013: 2nd 2012: 2nd
2010: 4th 2011: 4th 2011: 3rd 2010: 4th
2008: 3rd 2009: 2nd 2009: 3rd 2008: 1st
2006: 3rd 2007: 3rd 2007: 4th 2006: 3rd
2004: 4th 2005: 1st 2005: 3rd 2004: 3rd
2002: 3rd 2003: 2nd 2003: 4th
2000: 3rd 2001: 4th 2001: 2nd
1998: 2nd 1999: 2nd
1996: 5th 1997: 4th

IFF events organized by the association

Event Location
2014 Champions Cup Zurich
2012 Men's World Floorball Championships Bern and Zürich
2011 Women's World Floorball Championships St. Gallen
2009 EuroFloorball Cup Qualifications 2nd best teams Langnau and Winterthur
2008 EuroFloorball Cup Final round Winterthur
2007 Men's under-19 World Floorball Championships Kirchberg and Zuchwil
2004-05 European Cup Final Round Men/Women Adliswil and Zürich
2004 Men's World Floorball Championships Kloten and Zürich
2003 Women's World Floorball Championships Bern, Gümligen, Wünnewil
1999 European Cup Final Round Men/Women Bern, Sarnen, Winterthur, Zuchwil
1995 Open European Championships Men/Women Aarau, Adliswil, Jona, Gümligen, Sursee, Zürich
1994 European Cup Final Round Men/Women

References

  1. ^ "swiss unihockey :: Verband". www.swissunihockey.ch. Retrieved 2016-02-05.
  2. ^ a b "Switzerland". floorball.sport. Retrieved 2020-10-06.