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IFBA World Broomball Championships
Current season, competition or edition:
Current sports event 2024 World Broomball Championship
SportBroomball
Founded1991; 33 years ago (1991)
No. of teamsDiffering
CountriesWorld
Most recent
champion(s)
  • Men's:
    Canada Helicopters


Women's:
United States Canards gris d'Amérique
Mixed:
United States Squall
Masters:
United States Minnesota Masters

Most titlesCanada Canadian teams

The IFBA World Broomball Championships (WBC), formerly the "World Broomball Championships", is the premiere international competition for the sport of broomball and is organized and administered by the International Federation of Broomball Associations (IFBA). The competition is organized every even-numbered year and is held every two years in international locations using the skills and expertise of various host cities and member associations. Teams named after their respective nation such as "Team Canada" are monikers earned by the team which has won the most recent national tournament in their country of origin.[1]

Unlike the provincial and national championships in Ontario and Canada, teams from a variety of countries apply rather than qualify to compete in the World Broomball Championships and there is no need to compete for entry.[1] Most events now have a minimum of 48 teams and well over 1100 athletes attend. The vast majority of broomball players and teams are based in Canada or the USA and as a result most of the championships to date have been held in this part of the world.

Traditionally World Championships see teams enter from Canada, United States, Italy, Japan, Switzerland, France and Australia. Teams representing Austria, Slovenia and Germany, have also taken part but due to limited player numbers and broomball programs these nations are not able to attend each World Championship. Australia, Japan and Canada have sent teams to every World Championship.

History

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The World Broomball Championships (WBC) were initially known as the, "Challenge Cup". The largest number of teams ever registered for the world championships was seen in Ottawa, Canada at the 2012 World Broomball Championships.

Competition format

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The World Championships are primarily held between member association national teams but club teams are also accepted. There are different divisions:

  • Men's - 2 divisions (full contact)
  • Women's (non contact)
  • Mixed (co-ed - non contact)
  • Masters (non contact)

Champions

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Key:

  • WC = World Cup Division (top division)
  • CC = Challenge Cup Division (second division)
  • NAC = North American Cup (third division).
Year Host City Men's Champion Women's Champion Mixed (Coed)
Champion
1991 Canada Victoria Canada Embrun Plumbing Canada Amigo Bécancour (Qc) Canada Selkirk Flying Angels
1996 Canada Victoria Canada Ottawa Not Contested Canada Edmonton Selects
1998 Italy Bolzano Canada Montreal Not Contested United States Minnesota Flames
2000 Canada Victoria Canada Ottawa Nationals Not Contested Canada Edmonton Extreme
2002 United States Minneapolis United States USA Red Not Contested Canada Cabano
2004 Canada Corner Brook Canada Ottawa Nationals Canada Durham Angels Canada Briquetal
2006 United States Blaine Canada Le Frost (WC)

United States St Paul Barons (CC)

United States Colorado Crusaders (NAC)

United States Minnesota Selects (WC)

Australia Australia Dingoes (CC)

Canada East Ontario Wildcats (WC)

Canada Manitoba Rebels (CC)
2008 Canada Vancouver[3] Canada Le Frost (WC) Canada McMillan Sand and Gravel (WC) Canada Eastern Ontario Wildcats (WC)
2010 Austria Innsbruck[4] Canada Le Frost (WC)

Canada Ottawa Icemen (CC)

Italy Italy Girls (WC)

Canada Lapierre Sport / Olymel Cornwall (CC)

Canada Canada - New Brunswick (WC)

Italy Broomball Club Belluno Mixed (CC)

2012 Canada Ottawa[5] Canada Ottawa Nationals[6] Canada Ottawa Stars[7] Canada Broom-Shak Bécancour (QC)[8]
2014 Japan Tomakomai[9] Canada Ravens Yellowknife (NWT)[10] Canada Rebels Yellowknife (NWT)[11] Canada GT Quebec (QC)[12]
2016 Canada Regina[13] Canada Ottawa Nationals Canada Huskies (QC)[14] Canada Broom-Shak Bécancour (QC)[15]
2018 United States Blaine[16] Canada Ottawa Nationals (ON)[17] Canada Amigo Bécancour (QC)[18] Canada Broom-Shak Bécancour (QC)[19]
2019
2020
2021
2022 Canada Kingston Canada Minto Selects[1] Canada Team Canada
(Eastern Rebels)[20]
2024 France Mont Blanc Canada Helicopters United States Canards gris d'Amérique United States Squall

See also

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References

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  3. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-07-17. Retrieved 2011-05-26.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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