When will we see a Russian floorball team in the WFC semifinals? A lot of people have thought through the years that with the traditions for hockey and similar sports in Russia it would only be a matter of time before Russia becomes a world power in floorball as well. But so far that has not happened. In 2000 Russia was relegated to the B-division but got right back into the A-division. At the WFC2004 Russia beat Latvia but lost the rest of the games and ended up playing for the 7th place (beat Germany). How will the Russian team do in Solna?
Floorball in Russia
Founded: November 10, 1992
Number of Clubs and Players 2005: 25 clubs - 500 players
Best WFC Result: 6th 1996
Placement WFC 2004: 7th
WFC Participations: 5 times
Played International Games: 31
Most international games played: Nikolai Kutishev, 27 games
All time top goalscorer: Aleksander Zavertjaev, 21 goals
Best score WFC: Russia – Malaysia (25-1) 2002
Worst score WFC: Finland – Russia (16-1) 2004
Official Website:www.ffrus.ru
Country of Russia
Population: 143,420,309 (July 2005 est.)
Area: 17,075,200 sq km
Capital: Moscow
Official languages: Russian, many minority languages
Currency: Russian ruble (RUR)
Religion: Russian Orthodox, Muslim, other
Government type: Federation
GNP: $1.408 trillion (2004 est.)
GNP/capita: $9,800 (2004 est.)
GNP growth rate: 6.7% (2004 est.)
Inflation: 11.5% (2004 est.)
Un-employment: 8.3% plus considerable underemployment (2004 est.)
Public dept: 28.2% of GDP (2004 est.)
More information:en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia