Champions Cup (floorball)

The Champions Cup is floorball tournament organized by the International Floorball Federation for the best clubs from the top four countries according to IFF World Ranking. As of 2023, those are Finland, Sweden, the Czech Republic and Switzerland, both for men and women. The tournament takes place every year in January both for men's and women's teams, that won in the previous season in their national leagues. Those are Finnish F-liiga, Swedish Svenska Superligan, Czech men's Superliga florbalu and women's Extraliga žen ve florbale and Swiss Unihockey Prime League. Since 2024, winners of national cups will also attend. That means, there will eight men's and either women's teams in the tournament in total.[1]

IFF Champions Cup
SportFloorball
Founded1993 (1993)
No. of teams8 men's and 8 women's
Countries Czech Republic
 Finland
 Sweden
  Switzerland
ConfederationIFF
Most recent
champion(s)		M: Sweden IBF Falun
W: Sweden Thorengruppen
(2023)
Most titlesM:  Sweden (23)
W:  Sweden (23)
Related
competitions		EuroFloorball Cup, EuroFloorball Challenge
Official websiteOfficial website
IKSU celebrate their 2019 Champions Cup.

In various formats, the tournament took place 28 times, the last time in 2023. The first tournament was played in 1993. The new format with eight teams will be used since 2024. Swedes won most titles, 23, in both men's and women's tournaments.[2]

There are other tournaments organized for clubs from European countries at lower ranks: EuroFloorball Cup for countries at the fifth through tenth rank, and EuroFloorball Challenge for the rest.[2]

History of the tournament

The first international club tournament was European Cup. It took place the first time in 1993.[2] In 2008, the tournament was renamed to EuroFloorball Cup due to a naming conflict.

In 2011, the tournament was split to the Champions Cup for six teams and the EuroFloorball Cup for the rest. The Champions Cup was played by teams from the top five ranked countries. The hosting country had two teams in the tournament. In all tournaments played in this format, teams from the Czech Republic, Finland, Sweden and Switzerland competed. The sixth participant in men's tournament varied throughout the years from Germany, Latvia and Norway. In women's tournament, they were from Latvia, Norway and Russia.

The tournament was further split in 2019 to the Champions Cup for clubs from the top four countries, and EuroFloorball Cup and EuroFloorball Challenge for rest. At the same time, a tournament term was changed from October to January of the next year. For this reason, there was no tournament in 2018. The competing countries alternated in hosting the tournament. The event lasted two days.

Men's tournament
Tournament Champion Runner-up Score Location Website
2023 Champions Cup Sweden IBF Falun[3] Finland SC Classic 2:1 Finland Lempäälä Website
2022 Champions Cup Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic[4] Switzerland Winterthur
2021 Champions Cup Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic[5] Switzerland Winterthur
2020 Champions Cup Sweden Storvreta IBK[6] Switzerland SV Wiler-Ersigen 10:4 Czech Republic Ostrava Website
2019 Champions Cup Finland Classic[7] Sweden Storvreta IBK 10:3 Sweden Gävle Website
2017 Champions Cup Sweden IBF Falun[8] Finland Classic 7:4 Finland Seinäjoki Website
2016 Champions Cup Sweden Storvreta IBK Finland Classic 2:1 Sweden Borås Website
2015 Champions Cup Sweden IBF Falun Switzerland SV Wiler-Ersigen 3:2 Czech Republic Mladá Boleslav Website
2014 Champions Cup Sweden IBF Falun Finland Happee Jyväskylä 12:0 Switzerland Zürich Website
2013 Champions Cup Sweden IBF Falun Finland SPV 7:5 Finland Tampere Website
2012 Champions Cup Sweden Storvreta IBK Sweden IBK Dalen 6:3 Sweden Umeå Website
2011 Champions Cup Finland SSV Helsinki Czech Republic Tatran Omlux Střešovice 4:3 Czech Republic Mladá Boleslav Website
2010 EuroFloorball Cup Sweden Storvreta IBK Czech Republic 1. SC WOOW Vítkovice 6:3 Latvia Valmiera & Kocēni Website
2009 EuroFloorball Cup Finland SSV Helsinki Finland Tapanilan Erä 6:5 OT Norway Frederikshavn Website
2008 EuroFloorball Cup Sweden AIK IBF Switzerland SV Wiler-Ersigen 5:2 Switzerland Winterthur Website
2007–08 EuroFloorball Cup Sweden AIK IBF Sweden Warberg IC 2:1 OT Finland Vantaa Website
2006–07 European Cup Sweden AIK IBF Sweden Warberg IC 6:5 Sweden Varberg Website
2005–06 European Cup Sweden Warberg IC Finland SSV Helsinki 7:6 PS Czech Republic Ostrava Website
2004–05 European Cup Switzerland SV Wiler-Ersigen Sweden Pixbo Wallenstam IBK 9:1 Switzerland Zürich Website
2003–04 European Cup Sweden Pixbo Wallenstam IBK Finland Espoon Oilers 10:7 Germany Weissenfels Website
2002–03 European Cup Sweden Haninge IBK Sweden Pixbo Wallenstam IBK 3:2 PS Czech Republic Prague Website
2001–02 European Cup Sweden Haninge IBK Finland SSV Helsinki 7:3 Sweden Botkyrka Website
2000–01 European Cup Finland Helsingfors IFK Sweden Haninge IBK 2:0 Sweden Gothenburg Website
1999 European Cup Sweden Warberg IC Sweden Haninge IBK 7:5 Switzerland Bern Website
1998 European Cup Sweden Warberg IC Finland SSV Helsinki 5:4 OT Finland Helsinki Website
1997 European Cup Sweden Fornudden IB Sweden Balrog IK 5:0 Sweden Stockholm Website
1996 European Cup Sweden Balrog IK Sweden Kista IBK 5:2 Sweden Stockholm Website
1995 European Cup Sweden Kista IBK Sweden Balrog IK 5:2 Sweden Karlstad Website
1994 European Cup Sweden Balrog IK Sweden Fornudden IB 6:3 Switzerland Chur Website
1993 European Cup Sweden Balrog IK Finland SSV Helsinki 9:2 Sweden Stockholm Website

Women's tournament
Tournament Champion Runner-up Score Location Website
2023 Champions Cup Sweden Team Thorengruppen[9] Finland TPS 5:2 Finland Lempäälä Website
2022 Champions Cup Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic[4] Switzerland Winterthur
2021 Champions Cup Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic[5] Switzerland Winterthur
2020 Champions Cup Sweden Täby FC[10] Finland SB-Pro 10:3 Czech Republic Ostrava Website
2019 Champions Cup Sweden IKSU[7] Czech Republic 1. SC Tempish Vítkovice 8:3 Sweden Gävle Website
2017 Champions Cup Sweden IKSU[11] Finland Classic 5:1 Finland Seinäjoki Website
2016 Champions Cup Sweden Pixbo Wallenstam Finland Classic 6:2 Sweden Borås Website
2015 Champions Cup Sweden KAIS Mora IF Finland Classic 13:6 Czech Republic Mladá Boleslav Website
2014 Champions Cup Sweden Djurgårdens IF IBF[12] Czech Republic 1. SC Vítkovice 10:4 Switzerland Zürich Website
2013 Champions Cup Sweden Rönnby IBK Finland SB-Pro 4:3 Finland Tampere Website
2012 Champions Cup Sweden IKSU Finland SC Classic 10:5 Sweden Umeå Website
2011 Champions Cup Sweden IF Djurgårdens IBF Finland SC Classic 9:5 Czech Republic Mladá Boleslav Website
2010 EuroFloorball Cup Sweden IKSU Innebandy Switzerland Pirhana Chur 5:4 Latvia Valmiera & Kocēni Website
2009 EuroFloorball Cup Sweden IKSU Innebandy Switzerland UHC Dietlikon 9:5 Norway Frederikshavn Website
2008 EuroFloorball Cup Sweden IKSU Innebandy Sweden Balrog IK 3:2 OT Switzerland Winterthur Website
2007–08 EuroFloorball Cup Switzerland UHC Dietlikon Sweden IKSU Innebandy 3:2 PS Finland Vantaa Website
2006–07 European Cup Switzerland UHC Dietlikon Sweden IKSU Innebandy 4:3 Sweden Varberg Website
2005–06 European Cup Sweden IKSU Innebandy Finland Tikkurilan Tiikerit 7:4 Czech Republic Ostrava Website
2004–05 European Cup Switzerland RA Rychenberg Finland Tikkurilan Tiikerit 3:2 Switzerland Zürich Website
2003–04 European Cup Finland SC Classic Sweden Södertälje IBK 6:3 Germany Weissenfels Website
2002–03 European Cup Sweden Balrog IK Switzerland RA Rychenberg 3:2 Czech Republic Prague Website
2001–02 European Cup Sweden Balrog IK Switzerland RA Rychenberg 8:4 Sweden Botkyrka Website
2000–01 European Cup Sweden Balrog IK Switzerland RA Rychenberg 5:4 PS Sweden Gothenburg Website
1999 European Cup Finland Tapanilan Erä Switzerland RA Rychenberg 5:1 Switzerland Bern Website
1998 European Cup Sweden Högdalens AIS Finland Vantaa FT 1:0 Finland Helsinki Website
1997 European Cup Sweden Högdalens AIS Switzerland RA Rychenberg 4:2 Sweden Stockholm Website
1996 European Cup Sweden Högdalens AIS Sweden Sjöstad IF 5:0 Sweden Stockholm Website
1995 European Cup Sweden Sjöstad IF Sweden IBK Lockerud 5:1 Sweden Karlstad Website
1994 European Cup Sweden Sjöstad IF Sweden VK Rakset 3:2 Switzerland Chur Website
1993 European Cup Sweden VK Rasket Switzerland RA Rychenberg 8:3 Finland Helsinki Website

See also

References
  1. "IFF Champions Cup". IFF. Retrieved 11 January 2023.
  2. "Tournament History". IFF. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
  3. "IBF Falun win their fifth Champions Cup title". IFF. 8 January 2023. Retrieved 11 January 2023.
  4. "Champions Cup 2022 in Switzerland cancelled". IFF. 9 December 2021. Archived from the original on 2022-02-19. Retrieved 19 February 2022.
  5. "Champions Cup 2021 in Switzerland cancelled". IFF. 6 November 2020. Retrieved 6 November 2020.
  6. "Storvreta IBK seize Men's Champions Cup 2020". IFF. 12 January 2020. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
  7. "IKSU and Classic win Champions Cup 2019". IFF. 6 January 2019. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
  8. "IBF Falun Champions Cup winners again". IFF. 8 October 2017. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
  9. "First Champions Cup title for Team Thorengruppen IBK". IFF. 8 January 2023. Retrieved 11 January 2023.
  10. "Täby FC win Women's Champions Cup 2020". IFF. 12 January 2020. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
  11. "IKSU from Umeå take the title!". IFF. 8 October 2017. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
  12. "Djurgårdens IF IBF wins the Champions Cup 2014". IFF. 5 October 2014. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
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