The Czech Republic has been the nation with the fastest development during the last couple of years. The number of floorball players in the country has continued to grow and in 2005 the Czech Republic became the third largest floorball country when it comes to licensed players (pushing Switzerland back to fourth place). Also on then field the Czech team has improved by every year. In the WFC2004 they shocked their neighbours by knocking them out in the semifinal and then gave Sweden a good match in the final, winning the WFC Silver medal.
Floorball in the Czech Republic
Founded: 1992
Number of Clubs and Players 2005: 361 clubs, 27 862 players
Best WFC Result: 2nd place (2004)
Placement WFC 2004: 2nd place
WFC Participations: all WFC
Played International Games: 89
Most international games played: Radim Cepek, 79 games
All time top goalscorer: Radim Cepek, 47 goals
Best score WFC: Czech Republic - Singapore 20-1 (1996), Czech Republic-Germany 20-1 (2004)
Worst score WFC: Czech Republic-Sweden 0-13 (1996)
Official Website: www.cfbu.cz
Country of Czech Republic
Population: 10,241,138 (July 2005 est.)
Area: 78,866 sq km
Capital: Prague
Official languages: Czech
Currency: Czech koruna (CZK)
Religion: Roman Catholic 26.8%, Protestant 2.1%, other 3.3%, unspecified 8.8%, unaffiliated 59% (2001 census)
Government type: Parliamentary democracy
GNP: $172.2 billion (2004 est.)
GNP/capita: $16,800 (2004 est.)
GNP growth rate: 3.7% (2004 est.)
Inflation: 3.2% (2004 est.)
Un-employment: 10.6% (2004 est.)
Public dept: 33.5% of GDP (2004 est.)
More information: www.czechcentrum.cz