Floorball

On 23.-25. August there was a floorball tournament called "Floorball Slo Open International Tournament 2013" in Ljubljana. There were floorball teams from different countries and they were playing 2x15min matches. When checking the web page, I noticed that there will be 3 teams from Finland as well, so of course as a floorball fan I went to cheer for them. :-)

I've been playing floorball for 10 years already - last 5 years as a goalkeeper. We are playing in women's 2nd division. Even our town is quite small, every year there are more people (especially juniors) who want to start playing floorball. It's really popular sport in Finland!

Lately I've noticed that there are several different versions of hockey games played either on ice or indoor sport hall. The main differences between these sports are on equipment and rules, but they also have a lot in common. Here are some pictures;

Ice hockey

Bandy

Ringette

Rink hockey (Roller Hockey (Quad) or just roller hockey (in British English))

Inline hockey (roller hockey or inline roller hockey)

Indoor hockey

Floorball

Also that floorball can be played also on sand, lake, swamp, snow, street..

Then there are usually less players on the field (3-4), and no goalkeeper because the goals are smaller. You'll see on these pictures :-)