Fil-Swede players hope rise of oorball in future

By Peter Atencio

THE sport of floorball is expected to pick up in the Philippines in the coming years.

This is the hopes and wish of many Fil-Swede players, who made up the Philippine national team that took home the silver medal after competing against Thailand in the men’s floorball finals of the 32nd Southeast Asian Games.

“I have been playing floorball my whole life, since I was five,” said 20-year-old Melvin Mendoza, one of the main scorers of the squad.

Mendoza is the son of the team’s coach Noel, who has been coaching in Sweden for the last 30 years.

The young Mendoza has made appearances in two World Game events and one qualifier.