Belleville to host the 2016 international floorball championship

By Corey Jacobs

BELLEVILLE – Quinte Sports and Wellness Centre will host the 2016 Women’s Under 19 World Floorball Championships.

14-year-old Alexa Hoskins is from Belleville and has been chosen to play on Canada’s national floorball team. She attends Moira Secondary School.

Congrats 2 @MoiraSSnews Alexa Hoskins named to Team Can. for @U19WFC . @CKWS_TV Mike Postovit shooting away! pic.twitter.com/L74vOc9bnR

— Tim Durkin (@QuinteDurkin) November 10, 2015

It is the first international floorball championship that will be held outside of Europe with a record of 16 teams competing.

A record amount of teams registered for the 7th WU19 World #Floorball Championships in Canada! http://t.co/M20GJaL8xH pic.twitter.com/vXX6WH9RMX

— IFF (@IFF_Floorball) March 27, 2015

Floorball is not an Olympic sport. Jamaica, Japan, Thailand and USA are the newest competitors to join the league.

Canada’s first game is set for May 4, 2016 at 11 a.m. against Japan. See the full schedule on the International Floorball Federation website.

QNet News has reached out to Hoskins and will update as soon as possible.