Floorball

Indoor team sport

Floorball

A floorball game between the Czech Republic and Finland

Highest governing body| International Floorball Federation
Nicknames|

* indoor bandy
* innebandy
* salibandy
* unihockey
* plastic hockey

First played| 1960; 65 years ago (1960)
– late 1960s in Gothenburg, Sweden
Clubs| 4396
Characteristics
Contact| Yes
Team members| 6, including goalkeeper
Mixed-sex| Yes, and separate competitions
Type| Indoor
Equipment|

* Shoes
* Floorball stick
* Glasses for safety

Presence
Country or region| Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Hungary, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden, Switzerland, Singapore
Olympic| No
Paralympic| No
World Games| 3 (Since in 2017)

Floorball (also known by other names) is a sport played with five players and a goalkeeper in each team. It is played indoors with 96–115.5 cm-long (37.8–45.5 in) sticks and a 70–72 mm-diameter (2.76–2.83 in) hollow plastic ball with holes. Matches are played in three periods. The sport of bandy played a role in the game's development.

The game was invented in Sweden in the late 1960s.[1] The basic rules were established in 1979 when the first floorball club in the world, Sala IBK, from Sala, was founded in Sweden.[2] Official rules for matches were first written down in 1981.[3]

The sport is organized internationally by the International Floorball Federation (IFF). As of 2019, there were about 377,000 registered floorball players worldwide,[4] up from around 300,000 in 2014.[5] Events include an annual Champions Cup, EuroFloorball Cup and EuroFloorball Challenge for club teams and the biennial World Floorball Championships with separate divisions for men and women. Men's semi-professional club leagues include Finland's F-liiga, Sweden's Svenska Superligan, Switzerland's Unihockey Prime League, and the Czech Republic's Superliga florbalu. Women's semi-professional leagues from the same countries are F-liiga, Svenska Superligan, Unihockey Prime League and Extraliga žen.

While the IFF contains 80 members, floorball is most popular where it has been developed the longest, such as the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Latvia, Norway, Sweden, and Switzerland. It is gaining popularity in Australia, New Zealand, India,[6] Canada,[7] Germany,[8] Ireland,[9] Japan,[10] Singapore,[11] Malaysia,[12] the United States,[13] and the United Kingdom.

Floorball was included in the World Games for the first time in 2017 in Wrocław, Poland, where Sweden became the first team to win a gold medal.

## Etymology

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The game of floorball is also known by many other names, such as saalihoki (in Estonia), salibandy (in Finland), innebandy (in Sweden and Norway), unihockey (in Switzerland and Ireland), unihokej (in Poland), Unihockey (in Germany) and grindų riedulys (in Lithuania). The names salibandy and innebandy are derived from bandy and translate to "hall bandy" and "indoor bandy" respectively. In Sweden, voices have been raised to get rid of the word innebandy as name of the sport, to avoid confusions with bandy.[14][15] The name unihockey is shortened from universal hockey since it is meant to be a special and simplified hockey form.

## History

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In various forms the game of floor hockey has been played since the early 20th Century in Canada as a recreational sport, especially in high school gymnasiums, as a playful variant of hockey. The basic design of floorball sticks is believed to have come from the ice skating team sport of bandy.

By the 1950s and 1960s[citation needed] many public school systems within Michigan in the United States incorporated floorball into their primary and secondary school gym classes. Americans have since claimed to have invented floorball. America held interstate tournaments in the 1960s.[16]

Floorball was formally organized as an international and more organized sport in the late 1970s in Gothenburg, Sweden.[17][18][19] The sport began as something that was played for fun as a pastime in schools.[17] After a decade or so, floorball began showing up in Nordic countries where the former schoolyard pastime was becoming a developed sport. Formal rules were soon developed, and clubs began to form. After some time, several countries developed national associations, and the IFF was founded in 1986.

### Expansion

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Floorball match in 1990

Main article: List of IFF member nations

When the IFF was founded in 1986, the sport was played mostly in the Nordic countries, several parts of the rest of Europe and Japan. By 1990, floorball was recognized in 7 countries, and by the time of the first European Floorball Championships in 1994, the number had risen to 14. That number included the United States, who was the first country outside Europe and Asia to recognize floorball.[5] By the time of the first men's world championships in 1996, 20 nations played floorball, with 12 of them participating at the tournament.

Currently the IFF has 80 members, in addition to recognizing 11 other countries with ongoing floorball development.[20] Of its members, 58 have national floorball associations that are recognized by the IFF. With the addition of Sierra Leone, Africa's first floorball nation, the IFF has at least one national association on each continent of the world, with the exception of Antarctica.

### Development

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10 years after the IFF was founded, the first world championships were played, with a sold out final of 15,106 people at the Globen in Stockholm, Sweden. In addition to that, the world's two largest floorball leagues, Finland's Salibandyliiga and Sweden's Svenska Superligan were formed, in 1986 and 1995 respectively.

#### Recognition

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In December 2008, the IFF and the sport of floorball received recognition from the International Olympic Committee (IOC). In July 2011, the IOC officially welcomed the IFF into its family of Recognised International Sports Federations (ARISF). This will pave the way for floorball to enter the official sport programme. The IFF hoped that this recognition would help allow floorball to become a part of the 2020 Summer Olympics.[21] As of 2024, the IOC has not announced any plans to add floorball to future Olympic games.[22]

In January 2009, the IFF and the sport of floorball received recognition from the Special Olympics.[23]

In addition to recognition by the IOC and Special Olympics, the IFF is also a member of the Global Association of International Sports Federations (GAISF, formerly SportAccord), and co-operates with the International University Sports Federation (FISU).[24] Floorball is now also member of IWGA, which runs the World Games, and floorball was on the programme for the first time in Wrocław 2017.

## Rules

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### Core

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Each team can field six players at a time on the court, one player being a goalkeeper. But the coach can take the goalkeeper off and substitute them for a field player whenever they like, although it usually only happens in the end to increase the chances of scoring with one more outfield player. This can bring an advantage for the attacking side of the team but also disadvantages when it comes to their own defense. Both teams are also allowed to change players any time in the game; usually, a change comprises the whole team. Individual substitution happens sometimes, but usually only when a player is exhausted or hurt.

### Time

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A floorball game is officially played over three periods lasting 20 minutes each (15 minutes for juniors). The clock is stopped in the case of penalties, goals, time-outs and any situation where the ball is not considered to be in play. The signal of a timeout is a triple honking sound.[25] An intermission of 10 minutes (or maximum 15 minutes in some competitions)[25] takes place between each period, where teams change ends and substitution areas. Each team is allowed one timeout of 30 seconds, which is often used late in matches. There are two referees to oversee the game, each with equal authority. If a game ends in a tie, teams play ten minutes extra, and the team that scores first wins.[25] If the game is still drawn after extra-time, a penalty shootout similar to ice-hockey decides the winner.

### Contact

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Checking is prohibited in floorball. Controlled shoulder-to-shoulder contact is allowed but ice hockey-like checking is forbidden. Pushing players without the ball or competing for a loose ball is also disallowed, and many of these infractions lead to two-minute penalties. The best comparison in terms of legal physical contact is Association football (soccer), where checking is used to improve one's positioning in relation to the ball rather than to remove an opposing player from the play. In addition to checking, players cannot lift an opponent's stick or perform any stick infractions in order to get to the ball. Moreover, players may not raise their stick or play the ball above knee level, and a stick may not be placed in between a player's legs. Passing the ball by foot is allowed more than once, following a rule change from 2022. Passing by hand or head deliberately may result in a two minutes penalty for the offending player. A field player may not enter the marked goal area and playing without stick is prohibited.

When a player commits a foul or when the ball is deemed unplayable, play is resumed from a free hit or a face-off. A free hit means that a player from one of the teams restarts the play from the place where the ball was last deemed unplayable. A comparable situation to this is a free kick in association football. For many fouls, such as stick infractions, a free hit is the only disciplinary action prescribed. However, at the referee's discretion, a two- or five-minute penalty may be assessed to the offending player. In that case, the player who committed the foul has to leave the field and sit out the punishment in a dedicated penalty area, leaving the player's team shorthanded for the time of the penalty. If an 'extreme' foul is committed, such as physical contact or unsportsmanlike conduct, a player may receive a 10-minute personal penalty.

### Penalties

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Referee indicating a penalty

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Two-minute penalties can arise from a number of infractions and result in the offending player being sat on a penalty seat next to the scorers/timekeepers and away from the team benches. Each penalty has a specific code that is recorded on the official match record along with the time of the foul. The team of the offending player will play short-handed for the full length of the penalty. The codes are as follows;

Two Minute Penalties

* 201: Hit
* 202: Blocking Stick
* 203: Lifting Stick
* 204: Incorrect Kick
* 205: High Kick
* 206: High Stick
* 207: Incorrect Push
* 208: Tackle/Trip
* 209: Holding
* 210: Obstruction
* 211: Incorrect Distance
* 212: Lying Play
* 213: Hands
* 214: Header
* 215: Incorrect Substitution
* 216: Too Many Players
* 217: Repeated Offences
* 218: Delaying
* 219: Protest
* 220: Incorrect Entering of the Rink
* 221: Incorrect Equipment
* 222: Measuring Stick
* 223: Incorrect Numbering
* 224: Play without Stick
* 225: Non-removal of Broken Stick
* 226: Penalty at Penalty Shot

2+2 Minute Penalties

* 501: Violent Hit
* 502: Dangerous Play
* 503: Hooking
* 504: Roughing
* 505: Repeated Offences

Personal Fouls/Penalties

* 101: Unsportsmanlike Conduct

Match Penalties

* 301: Technical Match Penalty
* 302: Match Penalty

### Rink

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The dimensions of a floorball rink

Floorball is played indoors on a rink whose size can officially vary from 18–20 m (59–66 ft) wide to 36–40 m (118–131 ft) long,[25] and which is surrounded by 50 cm (20 in) high enclosed boards with rounded corners. The goals are 160 cm (63 in) wide and 115 cm (45 in) high. Their depth is 65 cm (26 in) and they are 2.85 m (9 ft 4 in) from the end of the nearest boards. Face-off dots are marked on the center line. Dots are also marked 1.5 m (4 ft 11 in) from both sides of the rink on the goal lines imaginary extensions. The dots do not exceed 30 cm (12 in) in diameter. They do not have to be dots, they can also be crosses.[25]

### Equipment

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Floorball stick blade that is held on the left side

Typical equipment for a floorball player consists of a stick, a pair of shorts, a shirt, socks, and indoor sport shoes. Players may wear shin guards, eye protectors and protective padding for vital areas although most do not. Protective eyewear is, in some countries, compulsory for junior players.

A floorball stick is short compared with one for ice hockey; the maximum size for a stick is 114 cm (45 in). As a stick cannot weigh any more than 350 grams (12 oz), floorball sticks are often made of carbon and composite materials. The blade of the stick can either be "right" or "left" which indicates which way stick is supposed to be held from the player's point of view. A player who is right-handed will often use a "left" blade since they will be holding the stick to right, and the other way around for left-handed people.[26]

### Goalkeepers

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goal and goalkeeper

Goalkeepers wear limited protection provided by padded pants, a padded chest protector, knee pads and a helmet. Some goalkeepers like to wear gloves and/or wristbands The goalkeeper may also wear other protective equipment such as elbow pads and jock straps but bulky padding is not permitted. Goalkeepers do not use sticks and may use their hands to play the ball when they are within the goalkeeper's box. There, they are allowed to throw the ball out to their teammates provided that the ball touches the ground before the half court mark. They can assist but not score. When they are completely outside the box, goalkeepers are considered field players and are not allowed to touch the ball with their hands.

### Ball

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A floorball ball. This is a plastic precision type ball, characterized by 1,516 tiny dimples that reduce air resistance, as well as friction on the floor.

A floor ball weighs 23 g (0.81 oz) and its diameter is 72 mm (2.8 in). It has 26 holes in it, each of which are 10 mm (0.39 in) in diameter. Many of these balls now are made with aerodynamic technology, where the ball has over a thousand small dimples in it that reduce air resistance. There have been several times where a ball has been recorded to have traveled at a speed of approximately 200 km/h (120 mph).[27]

## Competitions

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### World Games

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Main article: Floorball at the World Games

### World championships

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Main articles: Men's Floorball World Championships, Women's World Floorball Championship, and List of World Floorball Champions

World Championships venue Mika Kohonen, a Finnish floorball player and a four-time world champion in the sport,[28] was voted best floorball player in the world in 2005, 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012.[29]

The world floorball championships is annual event, but each class only meet every other year—the men and women under 19 meet in even years, and the women and men under 19 meet in odd years. The Czech Republic, Finland, Norway, Sweden, and Switzerland remain the only five countries to have ever captured a medal at a World Championship event.

* The Men's World Floorball Championship takes place every December (since 2008) in every even year.
* The Women's World Floorball Championship takes place every December (since 2009) in every odd year.
* The Men's under-19 World Floorball Championship takes place every May (since 2009) in every odd year.
* The Women's under-19 World Floorball Championships takes place every May (since 2008) in every even year.

From 1996 to 2009, the IFF used a World Floorball Championship format where the last team in the A-Division was relegated to the B-Division, while the top team in the B-Division was promoted to the A-Division. This format caused much hardship for countries such as Australia, Canada, Slovakia, and Spain, who have all been trying to get to the B-Division from the C-Division since 2004. In 2010, the IFF adopted a FIFA-like continental qualification system, where teams must qualify to play at the world championships. Depending on the number of countries registered per continent or region, the IFF gives spots for the world championships. For example, Argentina, Brazil, Canada and the United States would need to play for one spot at the world championships in a continental qualification tournament for the Americas.[30]

In addition to the Floorball World Championships, there are other IFF Events for club teams such as the Champions Cup which is for the national competition winners from the Top-4 ranked nations, and the EuroFloorball Cup for the national competition winners from the 5th and lower ranked nations. There are also many international floorball club competitions.

### Asia Pacific Floorball Championship

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Main article: Asia Pacific Floorball Championship

The Asia Pacific Floorball Championships are played every single year in New Zealand, Australia, Singapore, or Japan. The event was created by the Singapore Floorball Association together with the cooperation of the Asia Oceania Floorball Confederation (AOFC). Members of the AOFC get together during this tournament to play for the Asia Pacific Floorball Championship every year.

As of 2010, the Asia Pacific Floorball Championship is also the qualifying tournament for the World Floorball Championships.

### Canada Cup

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Main article: List of Canada Cup winners

The Canada Cup is an international club tournament that is held every year in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is the largest floorball club tournament outside of Europe, and attracts 55+ clubs from worldwide, every year.

### Czech Open

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Main article: Czech Open (floorball)

The world's largest club team tournament, the Czech Open is a traditional summer tournament held in Prague, Czech Republic. It is famous not only for its on-court activities, but also for those off-court. The tournament attracts 200+ clubs every year from 20 countries.

### Champions Cup

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Main article: Champions Cup

The Champions Cup was played for the first time in 2011. It is now the premier IFF event for Men's and Women's Club teams. The national championship winners from the Top-4 ranked nations compete in the event.

### EuroFloorball Cup

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The EuroFloorball Cup (formerly European Cup) is an IFF-organised club event for both men's and women's teams. It has taken place every single year since 1993, and in 2000 it changed its format to a 2-year event (i.e. 2000–01). In 2008, the tournament switched back to its one-year format. In 2011 it underwent another change when the Champions Cup was introduced for the first time.

The EuroFloorball Cup (EFC) is now for the national competition winners from the 5th and lower ranked nations. Qualification can be made via a number of processes. Firstly, the teams from the 5th, 6th & 7th ranked nations receive automatic qualification. A team nominated by the local event organiser also gets automatic qualification, and then the last two spots are determined by qualification tournaments.

### North American Floorball League

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Main article: North American Floorball League

The North American Floorball League is the first and only semi professional floorball league outside of Europe. It is not affiliated with any federation, so it has players from around the world. The inaugural set of teams are entirely based in the United States, though there is potential for expansion into Canada.

## Variations

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### 3v3

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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. [31]

### Freebandy

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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

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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 20 metres (66 ft) long by 12 metres (39 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,[32] and was played as an official sport at the games in 2017.[33]

### Streetbandy

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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:[34]

* 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

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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

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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.[35]

## See also

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* Indoor hockey
* Floor hockey
* Field hockey

## Notes and references

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* Belarus
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* Brazil
* Burkina Faso
* Cameroon
* Canada
* Central African Republic
* China
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* Cote d'Ivoire
* Croatia
* Czech Republic
* Denmark
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* France
* Georgia
* Germany
* Haiti
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* Iceland
* India
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* Iran
* Ireland
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* Italy
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* Japan
* Kazakhstan
* Kenya
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* Kuwait
* Latvia
* Liechtenstein
* Lithuania
* Macau
* Malaysia
* Malta
* Mexico
* Moldova
* Mongolia
* Mozambique
* Netherlands
* New Zealand
* Nigeria
* Norway
* Pakistan
* Philippines
* Poland
* Portugal
* Romania
* Russia
* Rwanda
* Serbia
* Sierra Leone
* Singapore
* Slovakia
* Slovenia
* Solomon Islands
* Somalia
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* South Korea
* Spain
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* Switzerland
* Thailand
* Togo
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* Uganda
* Ukraine
* United Kingdom
* United States
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Team sports

* Sport
* Governing bodies
* National sport
* Sportspeople

Ball sports|

| Invasion games|

| Basket sports|

* Basketball
* beach
* deaf
* 3x3
* water
* wheelchair
* Cestoball
* Dueball
* Korfball
* Netball
* Fast5
* indoor
* wheelchair
* Rezball
* Ringball
* SlamBall

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Football
codes|

* Australian rules football
* AFLX
* Lightning football
* Metro footy
* Nine-a-side
* Rec footy
* Gaelic football
* Ladies'
* Circle rules football

Association football|

* Association football
* amputee
* beach soccer
* freestyle
* futsal
* Indoor soccer
* minifootball
* paralympic
* powerchair
* roller soccer
* socca
* street

Gridiron codes|

* American football
* eight-man
* flag
* nine-man
* six-man
* sprint
* touch
* wheelchair
* Arena football
* Canadian football

Hybrid codes|

* Austus
* Eton wall game
* International rules football
* Samoa rules
* Speedball
* Swedish football
* Universal football
* Volata

Medieval/historical
football codes|

* Ba' Game
* Caid
* Calcio fiorentino
* Camping
* Cnapan
* Cornish hurling
* Cuju
* Harpastum
* Kemari
* La soule
* Lelo burti
* Marn grook
* Pasuckuakohowog
* Royal Shrovetide
* Uppies and downies

Rugby codes|

* Rugby league
* masters
* mod
* nines
* sevens
* tag
* wheelchair
* Rugby union
* American flag
* beach
* mini
* sevens
* snow
* tag
* Tambo
* touch
* tens
* X
* Touch
* Wheelchair

Other related codes|

* Cuju
* Kī-o-rahi
* Jegichagi
* Yubi lakpi

Stick-and-ball
sports|

* Bando
* Cammag
* Gateball
* Hurling
* Camogie
* Super11s
* Shinty–Hurling
* Indigenous North American stickball
* Iomain
* Knattleikr
* Knotty
* Lacrosse
* box/indoor
* field
* intercrosse
* women's
* Ritinis
* Shinty
* Shinty–Hurling

Hockey sports|

* Ball hockey
* Bandy
* rink
* Broomball
* Field hockey
* indoor
* Floor hockey
* Floorball
* Ice hockey
* pond
* power
* ice sledge
* Ringette
* Rinkball
* Roller hockey
* in-line
* quad
* Rossall hockey
* Shinny
* Street hockey
* Underwater hockey
* Unicycle hockey

Polo sports|

* Auto polo
* Cowboy polo
* Cycle polo
* Elephant polo
* Hobby horse polo
* Horseball
* Pato
* Polo
* Arena polo
* Chovgan
* Snow polo
* Polocrosse
* Segway polo
* Yak polo

Other goal sports|

* Angleball
* Cycle ball
* Flickerball
* Goalball
* Handball
* beach
* Czech
* field
* wheelchair
* Home Ball
* Motoball
* Pushball
* Quidditch
* Roll ball
* Underwater football
* Underwater rugby
* Water polo
* canoe
* inner tube
* Whirlyball

Bat-and-ball
games|

| Baseball variants|

* Baseball
* Baseball5
* Brännboll
* Corkball
* Kickball
* Matball
* Over-the-line
* Pesäpallo
* Rounders
* Schlagball
* Softball
* Fastpitch
* 16-inch
* Stickball
* Vitilla
* British baseball
* English baseball
* Welsh baseball
* Wiffle ball
* Town ball
* Wireball

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Cricket variants|

* Cricket
* One Day
* Test
* Twenty20
* Indoor cricket
* Vigoro

Other games|

* Danish longball
* Lapta
* Oină
* Stoolball

Net and wall games|

* Ball badminton
* Biribol
* Bossaball
* Fistball
* Fives
* Eton
* Rugby
* Footbag net
* Football tennis
* Footvolley
* Jianzi
* Jokgu
* Newcomb ball
* Peteca
* Sepak takraw
* teqball
* Throwball
* Volleyball
* beach
* indoor
* sitting
* standing
* pioneerball
* snow

Other ball games|

* Dodgeball
* Gain-ground
* Balle à la main
* Ballon au poing
* Jeu de paume
* Longue paume
* Kaatsen
* Kin-Ball
* Lagori
* Mesoamerican ballgame
* Pelota mixteca
* Prisonball
* Tamburello
* Tchoukball
* Ulama
* Valencian pilota
* Llargues
* Yukigassen

Tag sports|

* Kabaddi
* Kho kho
* World Chase Tag

Water sports|

* Synchronized swimming
* Yacht racing

Other non-ball sports|

* Airsoft
* Bo-taoshi
* Buzkashi
* Combat (juggling)
* Curling
* wheelchair
* Guts
* Hornussen
* Jereed
* Makura-Nage
* Paintball
* Roller derby
* Synchronized skating
* Tug of war
* Ultimate

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Sports of the World Games program

Artistic and dance sports|

* Dancesport
* Gymnastics
* Acrobatic gymnastics
* Aerobic gymnastics
* Parkour
* Rhythmic gymnastics
* Trampolining
* Tumbling

Ball sports|

* Beach handball
* Canoe polo
* Fistball
* Flag football
* Floorball
* Inline hockey
* Korfball
* Lacrosse sixes
* Racquetball
* Softball
* Squash

Martial arts|

* Ju-jitsu
* Karate
* Kickboxing
* Muaythai
* Sambo
* Wushu

Precision sports|

* Archery
* Billiard sports
* Boules sports

Strength sports|

* Powerlifting
* Tug of war

Trend sports|

* Air sports
* Parachuting
* Drone racing
* Canoe sports
* Canoe marathon
* Dragon boat
* Duathlon
* Finswimming
* Flying disc
* Lifesaving
* Inline freestyle skating
* Orienteering
* Speed roller skating
* Road
* Track
* Competition climbing
* Water skiing
* Wakeboarding

Past official sports|

* Artistic roller skating
* Badminton
* Baseball
* Beach volleyball
* Bodybuilding
* Bowling
* Casting
* Field lacrosse (women)
* Indoor cycling
* Netball
* Raffa
* Roller hockey
* Rugby sevens
* Sumo
* Taekwondo
* Triathlon
* Weightlifting (women)
* Wheelchair rugby

Invitational sports
(never made official)|

* Aikido
* American football
* Baton twirling
* Boomerang
* Equestrian vaulting
* Gateball
* Indoor field hockey
* Indoor motorcycle trials
* Indoor rowing
* Military pentathlon
* Minigolf
* Motocross
* Motorcycle speedway
* Pesäpallo
* Tchoukball
* Water polo (women)

* Sports at the World Games
* International World Games Association

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* Czech Republic
* Latvia
* Israel

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