Editing Floorball (section)

== Forms ==

=== 3v3 ===
This modality works almost the same as the normal 5v5 one, but with only 3 field players per team. Goalkeepers have a bag full of balls behind the goal, and they will play one if the current ball goes out the field. They can score directly if the ball bounces before the midfield line. Game time is divided in 2 parts of 10 minutes each with semi-effective time (only stops on goals or interruptions led by the referee) and a 2-minute break.

First 3vs3 World Floorball Championships were celebrated in [[Lahti]] (11-12 May 2024) with Finland winning the female tournament and Latvia doing the same in the male category. This WFC format is expected to be celebrated each year.
<ref>{{cite web | url=https://floorball.sport/3v3wfc2024/ | title=Home }}</ref>

=== Freebandy ===
Freebandy is a sport that developed in the 2000s from floorball fanatics who specialize in a technique called "zorro", which involves lifting the ball onto a stick and allowing air resistance and fast movements to keep the ball "stuck" to the stick. This technique is also referred to as "airhooking" or "skyhooking". In freebandy, the rules are very much the same of those of floorball, with the exception of high nets and no infractions for high sticking. As well, the sticks are slightly tweaked from those of a floorball variety to include a "pocket" where the ball can be placed.

=== Special Olympics ===
Floorball at the Special Olympics is slightly modified from the "regular" form of floorball. Matches are played 3-on-3 with a goaltender, on a smaller court that measures {{convert|20|m|ft}} long by {{convert|12|m|ft}} wide. This form of floorball was developed for the intellectually disabled, and has yet to be played at the Special Olympics. Floorball was played as a demonstration sport at the [[2013 Special Olympics World Winter Games]],<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.specialolympics.org/what-we-do/sports/floorball |title=Special Olympics: Floorball |website=Specialolympics.org |access-date=7 September 2016 |archive-date=15 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220515184046/https://www.specialolympics.org/what-we-do/sports/floorball |url-status=live }}</ref> and was played as an official sport at the [[2017 Special Olympics World Winter Games|games in 2017]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.specialolympics.org/Stories/General/Floorball_is_now_an_official_Special_Olympics_World_Games_Sport.aspx |title=Special Olympics: Floorball is now an official Special Olympics World Games Sport |website=Specialolympics.org |date=14 May 2014 |author=Mariusz Damentko |access-date=7 September 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180729013030/http://www.specialolympics.org/Stories/General/Floorball_is_now_an_official_Special_Olympics_World_Games_Sport.aspx|archive-date=29 July 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref>

=== Streetbandy ===
[[File:Katusählyä IMG 8429 C.JPG|thumb|Street Floorball Tournament was arranged on [[Helsinki]], Finland]]
A simplified less formal version of floorball, played with smaller team numbers and shorter periods, and typically outdoors on various surfaces, including AstroTurf. In its most basic form, it is an informal pick up game amongst friends. However, a more formal version is played in Sweden, with the following structure:<ref>{{cite web |url=http://streetgames.se/om-street-games/streetbandy/ |title=Streetbandy |website=Streetgames.se |access-date=7 September 2016|language=sv|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160917175326/http://streetgames.se/om-street-games/streetbandy/|archive-date=17 September 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* three field players on each team, with smaller overall team sizes (including subs.)
* small goals, with no goalie
* smaller playing area, usually closer to a half rink.
* 10-minute length.
* tendency towards "first team to score 5 goals in the time limit" rather than traditional scoring. Sudden death on a draw.
* penalties are taken from the centre line.
* most situations arising from the ball leaving play are resumed from a fixed point (e.g. corner, centre line)
* no physical contact, high sticks or dangerous activity allowed.

=== Swiss floorball ===
Swiss floorball called unihockey is a revised version of a floorball match. The match is played on a slightly smaller court and often involves only three field players playing on each side, in 3-on-3 floorball. This form of floorball is also slightly shorter, with only two periods of 15 to 20 minutes each played. In Switzerland this form of playing is called "smallcourt" (Kleinfeld), opposed to the usual style of playing on a bigger court, which is called "bigcourt" (Grossfeld).

=== Wheelchair floorball ===
[[File:WFC2022 Finland vs Switzerland Wheelchair Floorball 01.jpg|thumb|Wheelchair floorball game]]
Originally developed for players with disabilities, wheelchair floorball is played with exactly the same rules as "regular" floorball. Players use the same stick and ball, and goaltenders are also allowed to play.

The first ever IFF-sanctioned wheelchair floorball matches were played between the men's teams of the Czech Republic and Sweden during the [[2008 Men's World Floorball Championships]] in [[Prague]].

In addition to this, there is also an electric wheelchair variation.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Powerchair Hockey Floorball |url=https://floorball.sport/this-is-floorball/parafloorball/powerchair-hockey-floorball/ |access-date=30 January 2023 |website=IFF Main Site |language=en-GB |archive-date=30 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230130051504/https://floorball.sport/this-is-floorball/parafloorball/powerchair-hockey-floorball/ |url-status=live }}</ref>