India has recently held a number of different floorball events. This past December the 15th National Floorball Championship for U19 (Boys & Girls) and the 7th National Floorball Federation Cup (Men) were organised by the Indian Floorball Federation and hosted by the Floorball Association of Rajasthan at the Floorball arena of Fortune International School, Sikar, Rajasthan, under the direction of Dr. Prabhat Kumar, (IAS) and presided by Mr. Harinder Kumar, President of the Indian Floorball Federation (InFF). In addition to these two events from December, India recently also held their Inter University Floorball championships in March of this year.
22 teams from all across India, participated in the 15th National Floorball Championship for U19 (Boys and Girls) and 8 top teams from various states in the 7th National Floorball Federation Cup this past December. A total of 657 players and officials collectively took part in both these events.
Furthermore, both U19 championships and the men’s Federation cup got full support from the local sports authorities, sponsors, local organising committee and the general populace. The tournaments were used to observe the players for their skills, fitness and tactical understanding to be in contention for selection to the Indian national team.
The tournaments were played with great exuberance as these were the first competitive event for the players (U19 boys & girls and Men) after more than 21 months. Many games were tight and the players were able to interact pretty well on the court. The winners for the U19 boys tournament were Delhi with Rajasthan winning the U19 girls championships. In the men’s Federation cup event Karnataka were the victors
The results for these tournaments are as follows:
15th National Floorball Championship, U19 Boys:
Result:
1 – Delhi
2 – Punjab
3 – Rajasthan
4 – Karnataka
15th National Floorball Championship, U19 Girls:
Result:
1 – Rajasthan
2 – Delhi
3 – Tamil Nadu
4 – Karnataka
7th National Federation Cup for Men:
Result:
1 – Karnataka
2 – Madhya Pradesh
3 – Delhi
4 – Maharashtra
The all India Inter University Floorball tournament were successfully organised by the Indian Floorball Federation from 9 to 11 March 2022 hosted by University Gwalior. 250 players from men’s and women’s teams from different states including Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, and Rajasthan participated in the tournament. An amazing show of numbers for this University tournament in India!
The winners of the tournament were ITM University Gwalior (who have now won 4 times in a row!) in the men’s event and MDU Rohtak in the women’s competition.
