The IFF will host a one-day seminar on female participation in the sport ©IFF

The International Floorball Federation (IFF) has announced it will host a one-day seminar on the women's game during the upcoming World Championships.

It will be held in conjunction with the 11th edition of the women's flagship event, due to be held in Slovakian capital Bratislava from December 1 to 9. 

The seminar is open to all IFF National Association and club representatives.

Topics that will be discussed include examples of different floorball programmes for female players and measures that can be used to reduce the number of girls dropping out of playing the sport.

Ideas will be shared on how to build programmes for girls for competition and participation as well as coaching women’s floorball.

Female coach development will also be on the agenda, as will building networks for peer support. 

The seminar will be held in conjunction with the 11th Women’s World Floorball Championships ©IFF
The seminar will be held in conjunction with the 11th Women’s World Floorball Championships ©IFF

The seminar will be presented in English and participation is free of charge.

It is due to take place on December 7 in Bratislava, with a venue to be confirmed at a later date.

The biennial event was last staged in Tampere, where hosts Finland were beaten by Sweden in the final after a penalty shoot-out.

Switzerland were the bronze medallists having defeated Czech Republic in the third-place play-off.

Sweden have won the Women's WFC on seven occasions, while Finland have triumphed twice and Switzerland once in 2005.