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New Zealand is sending its first National Team to compete in the 2011 APAC tournament in Perth. The 12 player strong men's team will compete against teams from Australia, Singapore and India from 27. - 30th of January.
The Team playing at the APAC is:
2 Mike Stagg goalie
10 Meng Lim defender
19 Christian Bertschinger defender
9 William Goldberg defender
81 Jugde Anderson defender
83 Jon Herries wing
85 Travis Ancelet centre
21 Carl Rosen wing
5 Gavin Pereira wing
7 Patrick Noiseux centre
8 Nigel Pereira wing
13 Jonathan Rawstorn wing
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Floorball New Zealand
In New Zealand the sport is still relatively new but growing fast. Currently there are affiliated Floorball Clubs in Wellington and Auckland as well as floorball groups in Massey Albany, Blenheim and University of Otago.
Floorball New Zealand has been reorganised as the national body for the sport in 2009 and it is envisaged that the sport will grow rapidly over the next few years. A New Zealand national team is currently being formed and it is planned that New Zealand will play its first international tournament at the Asia Pacific Floorball Championships (APAC) in February 2011.
About Floorball
Floorball is a fast growing type of hockey played indoors with "plastic" sticks and a light weight plastic ball with holes. In New Zealand the sport is also known as unihoc or unihockey and sometimes played in schools. Typically five field players and a goalkeeper (without a stick) play on a fully enclosed rink.
The goals are set in so play continues behind the goal-line, similar to ice hockey.
Floorball is a safe, fast and fun sport and easy for people to pick up as other than a stick, no protective gear is required. There are few rules, mainly to make it a safe sport for everyone.
The sport was developed in the 1970s and first appeared in Scandinavia and central Europe. It has since grown to a sport being played world wide. It is played professionally in Europe and World Championships are held every two years with even years having men's and uneven years having women's World Championships. Sweden (women) and Finland (men) are the current World Champions.
The International Floorball Federation (IFF) has been founded in 1986 by Sweden, Finland and Switzerland and has currently about 50 member countries.
Floorball has now a total of 300,000 licensed players and a total of 2 million recreational players in the world.
It is one of the few sports which is equal between genders. One of the great advantages of Floorball is the easiness to start playing, the relatively low costs and the speed of the game.
The International Olympic Committee has accepted Floorball as a recognised sport in 2008.