The Singapore A team may have lost their men’s Asia-Oceania Floorball Confederation Cup (AOFC) title to Thailand on Sunday but were comforted by the fact that the gulf in quality between both sides is getting smaller. Following convincing 9-1 and 11-7 defeats in 2022, the...
Thailand defeated Singapore A 4-2 in the final of the Asia Oceania Floorball Confederation Cup 2023 at Our Tampines Hub on Oct 14.The Singapore A team may have lost their men’s Asia-Oceania Floorball Confederation Cup title to Thailand on Sunday but were comforted by the fact that the gulf in quality between both sides is getting smaller.
This is the third edition of the biennial AOFC. Thailand won the inaugural competition in 2017 and the 2021 edition was cancelled because of Covid-19. At Our Tampines Hub, about 800 spectators were treated to a fiery contest as sticks clashed and players passionately protested against refereeing decisions.
The local crowd’s hopes were dashed 25 seconds into the second period when Jeerayut Yaemyim gave the visitors a 3-2 lead that they never relinquished. While Singapore A piled on the pressure in the third period, two sin-bin offences in the closing minutes, which left the hosts a man down for two minutes each time, allowed Thailand to put the result beyond doubt via Tnakit Kayairit’s long-range strike in the 57th minute.