The 2017 World Games, commonly known as Wrocław 2017, was the tenth World Games, a major international multi-sport event, meant for sports, or disciplines or events within a sport, that were not contested in the Olympic Games, held from 20 to 30 July 2017 in Wrocław, Poland. The World Games were organized by the Wrocław Organizing Committee. Wrocław was selected as the host city in January 2012 in Lausanne, over Budapest, Hungary. It was the first time The World Games was organised in Poland.
Sport climbing during World Games in Wrocław.
Stadion Miejski, during UEFA Euro 2012
National Forum of Music in Wrocław
The interior of the Centennial Hall
Floorball is a type of floor hockey with five players and a goalkeeper in each team. It is played indoors with 96–115.5 cm-long (37.8–45.5 in) sticks and a 70–72 mm-diameter (2.76–2.83 in) plastic ball with holes. Matches are played in three twenty-minute periods. The sport of bandy also played a role in the game's development.
A floorball game between the Czech Republic and Finland
Mika Kohonen, a Finnish floorball player and a four-time world champion in the sport, was voted best floorball player in the world in 2005, 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012.
Floorball stick blade that is held on the left side