One of Norway's biggest clubs comes to Gothenburg with eight teams
Tunet IBK is big at home - and in the Gothia Innebandy Cup.
Tunet IBK from Norway has registered eight teams for the Gothia Innebandy Cup and it looks like they will be one of the biggest clubs in the tournament in January.
Tunet IBK was founded on February 13, 1991. They're one of Norway's largest and oldest floorball clubs and the largest in the country on the girls' side. The club has approximately 500 members and over 30 teams in league play. Tunet IBK is centrally located in Oslo, about three hours from Gothenburg. Also, the club has a long history of participating in the Gothia Innebandy Cup.
– Our girls born in 2000 have won the Gothia Innebandy Cup three times and our girls born in 2007 and boys born in 2005 have both made it to the semifinals in the A-playoffs of the tournament, says the coach Morten Larsen.
Tunet IBK will come to the Gothia Innebandy Cup with eight teams in 2023. The players in the teams are between twelve and seventeen years old.
– Many of our teams have been in the Gothia Innebandy Cup before. Now we are looking forward to finally coming back after two years of pandemic. We're very much looking forward to playing against teams from other countries. The Gothia Innebandy Cup is one of the highlights of the season. It's fun to play tournaments that last for several days. Our 13-, 14- and 15-year-old girls have already played tournaments in Sweden in 2022 and are well known in the Gothenburg area. We have participated in Mölndalscupen and in Bästkustcupen, says Morten Larsen.
They're known for their offensive style of play.
– Tunet IBK's teams wants to play offensive and entertaining floorball. We want to control the matches and play our game. With good team morale and hard work, we will be able to reach our goals in the long term, says the coach.
Their biggest goal with their participating in the Gothia Innebandy Cup is to have fun together.
– We want to develop our teams, meet other teams and players and of course play as well as possible. If we want to get better and develop, we must look at Sweden and other good countries such as the Czech Republic and Finland. We're very much looking forward to the Gothia Innebandy Cup, then we will get a reality check on our teams and see what we need to work on more and what we can build on. See you in January, says Morten Larsen.