Singapore (white) in action against Korea. Our boys won 6-3 to wrap up the Asia Pacific crown. (Photo by Yoshiaki Ito/WFCQ 2012 AOFC; courtesy of Liu Wylyn)
Japan, February 8-11, 2012 — Singapore won the 2012 Asia Pacific Floorball Championship to earn themselves a spot in this year’s World Floorball Championship.
After the first three days of competition, Singapore, Japan, Australia and Korea were level with 2 wins and 1 loss each.
Singapore stepped up and beat Korea 6-3. Japan, playing in front of a home crowd, also clinched a 6-3 victory over Australia but Singapore were declared the Asia Pacific champions because they had beaten the Japanese 3-2 in the preliminaries.
Both Singapore and Japan will advance to the World Championship with 14 other top teams from Europe and North America.
Singapore head coach, Filip Dahlgren, selected a young team of talented players to take on the challenging task.
Mr. Sani Mohd Salim, the President of the Singapore Floorball Association said: “Given that the average age of the players in this year’s Singapore team is only 22 years old, there is still a lot of potential for them in the sport. This victory proves that Singapore has indeed the best team in the Asian and Oceania region.
“With floorball receiving full International Olympic Committee (IOC) recognition last year and the rapid growth of the sport in Singapore and the region, this is one team sport we can expect to see a lot of progress in the coming years.”
Men´s Asia Pacific Championship
Korea 3 Japan 4
Australia 5 Singapore 4
Japan 16 Iran 0
Singapore 17 Iran 1
Korea 5 Australia 0
Iran 0 Australia 12
Japan 2 Singapore 3
Iran 1 Korea 18
Singapore 6 Korea 3
Japan 6 Australia 3
Singapore Team List
GOALKEEPERS
19 Syed Irfan Syed Amir Shah (Nhac Tre No.1)
31 Abdul Khalique Arshad (Skools Innebandy)
DEFENDERS
5 Gary Wong (Z-Athletica Red Flamingoes)
11 Johnson Sivalingam (Z-Athletica Red Flamingoes)
17 Sean Huang Junhong (Z-Athletica Red Flamingoes)
23 Tan Yi Ru (Z-Athletica Red Flamingoes)
25 Vernon Ng Yong Sheng (Z-Athletica Red Flamingoes)
26 McKenrick Lim Jun Sheng (Z-Athletica Red Flamingoes)
29 Abdul Hafiz Zubir (Z-Athletica Red Flamingoes)
55 Mohammed Sabri Yuhari (Z-Athletica Red Flamingoes)
CENTRES/FORWARDS
4 Joshua Leroy Brown (Z-Athletica Red Flamingoes)
7 Mohammed Hafeez Mohd Kassim (Skools Innebandy)
8 Brandon Cheong Zhi Xian (Skools Innebandy)
9 Ahmad Afzal Mohd Kassim (Skools Innebandy)
12 Jesper Cheong Chu Siang (NUS Nemesis)
13 Muhammad Akmal Shaharudin (Victoria School Floorball)
24 Enrico Elifh Marican (Z-Athletica Red Flamingoes)
71 Calvin Lim Han Rong (Moosemen)
99 Hazmi Hasan (Skools Innebandy)
HEAD COACH – Filip Dahlgren
COACH – Kevin Tan Ee Chong
TEAM MANAGER – Rudy Pierre Low
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