The Spanish Unihockey Floorball Association has presented the first independent 3v3 World Championship at the CSD, which will be held from June 12 to 14 in San Lorenzo de El Escorial. The tournament, supported by the Fundación Deporte Joven through the España Compite program, breaks away from the U-19 World Championship, marking a new competitive format in the discipline.
Game technology reduces space and accelerates transitions 🏃♂️
The 3v3 format, with goals measuring 90x60 cm and boards 20 meters long, requires quick spatial reading and short transitions. Teams, without a fixed goalkeeper, rotate constantly between attack and defense. The playing surface is reduced to 24x14 meters, multiplying contacts and tactical decisions per minute. The scoring system prioritizes speed: each match lasts two periods of 10 minutes with a running clock, except for the last two minutes of each set.
Fewer players, more excuses not to pass the ball 😅
With only three players per team, the old excuse of the long pass was lost on the wing no longer works. Now you have to run and think at the same time, something that in traditional floorball can be disguised with five on the court. Defenders will have to really sweat, and attackers will have to stop looking at the floor. The good news: rotations will be so fast that no one will notice who missed the decisive pass.