The World Broomball

Broomball

Broomball is a recreational ice game originating in Canada and played around the world. It is played in a hockey rink, either indoors or outdoors, depending on climate and location. Broomball is popular in the Canadian province of Manitoba, where Glenella is the Broomball Capital of the World...

 Championships are organized every even-numbered year by the IFBA.

The first World Championships (then known as the Challenge Cup) were held in Victoria, British Columbia

Victoria, British Columbia

Victoria is the capital city of British Columbia, Canada and is located on the southern tip of Vancouver Island off Canada's Pacific coast. The city has a population of about 78,000 within the metropolitan area of Greater Victoria, which has a population of 360,063, the 15th most populous Canadian...

 in 1991, and were attended by over 800 athletes and 44 teams http://www.internationalbroomball.com/modules.php?name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=2. The most recent event, held in Vancouver, British Columbia, was the eight edition of the championships.

Year	Host City	Men's Champion	Women's Champion	Mixed (Coed) Champion
1991	Victoria Victoria, British Columbia Victoria is the capital city of British Columbia, Canada and is located on the southern tip of Vancouver Island off Canada's Pacific coast. The city has a population of about 78,000 within the metropolitan area of Greater Victoria, which has a population of 360,063, the 15th most populous Canadian...	Embrun Plumbing	Not Contested	Unknown
1996	Victoria Victoria, British Columbia Victoria is the capital city of British Columbia, Canada and is located on the southern tip of Vancouver Island off Canada's Pacific coast. The city has a population of about 78,000 within the metropolitan area of Greater Victoria, which has a population of 360,063, the 15th most populous Canadian...	Ottawa	Not Contested	Unknown
1998	Bolzano	Montreal	Not Contested	Unknown
2000	Victoria Victoria, British Columbia Victoria is the capital city of British Columbia, Canada and is located on the southern tip of Vancouver Island off Canada's Pacific coast. The city has a population of about 78,000 within the metropolitan area of Greater Victoria, which has a population of 360,063, the 15th most populous Canadian...	Ottawa Nationals	Not Contested	Edmonton Extreme
2002	Minneapolis Minneapolis, Minnesota Minneapolis , nicknamed "City of Lakes" and the "Mill City," is the county seat of Hennepin County, the largest city in the U.S. state of Minnesota, and the 48th largest in the United States...	USA Red	Not Contested	Cabano
2004	Corner Brook Corner Brook, Newfoundland and Labrador Corner Brook is a city located on the west coast of the island of Newfoundland in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada....	Ottawa Nationals	Durham Angels	Briquetal
2006	Blaine Blaine, Minnesota As of the census of 2000, there were 44,942 people, 15,898 households, and 12,177 families residing in the city. The population density is 1,330 people per square mile . There are 16,169 housing units at an average density of 477.6 per square mile...	Le Frost (WC) St Paul Barons (CC) Colorado Crusaders (NAC)	Minnesota Selects (WC) Australia Dingoes (CC)	East Ontario Wildcats (WC) Manitoba Rebels (CC)
2008	Vancouver Vancouver Vancouver is a coastal seaport city on the mainland of British Columbia, Canada. It is the hub of Greater Vancouver, which, with over 2.3 million residents, is the third most populous metropolitan area in the country,...	Le Frost (WC)	McMillan Sand and Gravel (WC)	Eastern Ontario Wildcats (WC)
2010	Innsbruck Innsbruck - Main sights :- Buildings :*Golden Roof*Kaiserliche Hofburg *Hofkirche with the cenotaph of Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor*Altes Landhaus...	Le Frost (WC) Ottawa Icemen (CC)	Italy Girls (WC) Lapierre Sport / Olymel Cornwall (CC)	Canada - New Brunswick (WC) Broomball Club Belluno Mixed (CC)
2012	Ottawa Ottawa Ottawa is the capital of Canada, the second largest city in the Province of Ontario, and the fourth largest city in the country. The city is located on the south bank of the Ottawa River in the eastern portion of Southern Ontario...	-	-	-
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