Australia


Floorball in Australia

Founded: Joined IFF in 1996
Number of Clubs and Players 2005: 25 clubs, 1200 players
Best WFC Result: 1998 4th B-Div. (12th overall)
Placement WFC 2004: 2004 8th B-Div. (18th overall)
WFC Participations: 4, (1998, 2000, 2002, 2004)
Played International Games: 34
Most international games played: Andrew Cathie (34) Peter Harris (34)
All time top goalscorer: Scott O'Brien 18 goals
Best score WFC: 8-3 Australia-Singapore (1998) 8-3 Australia-Belgium (2002)
Worst score WFC: Australia-Estonia 2-9 (1998)
Official Website: www.floorballaustralia.org

Country of Australia
Population: 20,090 000 (July 2005 est.)
Area: 7,686,850 sq km
Capital: Canberra
Official languages: English 79.1%, Chinese 2.1%, Italian 1.9%, other 11.1%, unspecified 5.8% (2001 Census)
Currency: Australian dollar (AUD)
Religion: Catholic 26.4%, Anglican 20.5%, other Christian 20.5%, Buddhist 1.9%, Muslim 1.5%, other 1.2%, unspecified 12.7%, none 15.3% (2001 Census)
Government type: democratic, federal-state system
GNP: $611.7 billion (2004 est.)
GNP/capita: $30,700 (2004 est.)
GNP growth rate: 3.5% (2004 est.)
Inflation: 2.3% (2004 est.)
Un-employment: 5.1% (December 2004 est.)
Public dept: 17.4% of GDP (2004 est.)
More information: www.australia.com