FK Kurši Wins Helsinki Floorball Cup

The team, which has enjoyed success in the Latvian championships and international tournaments in Estonia and the Czech Republic in recent years, set off for Finland at the beginning of 2025 to test their strength for the first time in the strong “Helsinki Floorball Cup” tournament, where they competed against six Finnish teams, the club informs.

In the first game of the subgroup tournament, the Liepaja team failed to realize their chances and lost 3:4 to the “SB-97/United BBU” team.

In the continuation, “EräViikingit” was defeated convincingly with 12:1, but the most important events took place in the last match, where there was a meeting with the Finnish floorball flagship “Classic”.

Only victory was good for the “Kursu” team, so it mobilized to the maximum and in the end won convincingly with 5:1.

At the end of the main tournament, the three teams had the same number of points, but the better ratio of scored and lost goals allowed the Latvians to be at the top of the table.

In the semi-final, FK “Kurši” showed character from the first minutes, achieving a 4:1 lead.

In the second half, they managed to safely lead the game to a 5:1 success against “Mäntsälän NMKY”.

In the final, the already predicted reunion with the perpetrators of the group tournament “SB-97/United BBU”. The beginning of the game turned out to be excellent, taking the lead with 3:1.

In the second half as well, Liepāja residents maintained their momentum and led the game towards success.

When the final siren sounded, FK “Kurši” celebrated the victory with 6:2 and became the champions of the tournament in 2025!

Edvards Egliens became the top scorer of the tournament with ten (7+3) points, while captain Edvards Zariņš ranked third with eight (5+3).