1996 Men's World Floorball Championships

The 1996 Men's Floorball Championships were the first world championships in men's floorball. It was held in May 1996 in Sweden, and was won by the host nation. The 1996 World Floorball Championships were the first in IFF history.

Contents

Championship results

Preliminary round

Group A

Team GP W D L GF GA PTS
 Sweden 5 5 0 0 65 3 10
 Norway 5 3 1 1 33 16 7
 Switzerland 5 3 1 1 35 19 7
 Denmark 5 2 0 3 20 28 4
 Latvia 5 1 0 4 8 47 2
 Estonia 5 0 0 5 3 51 0
May 11, 1996
 Denmark 6–2  Latvia Skellefteå, Sweden
 
 Estonia 0–10  Switzerland Skellefteå, Sweden
 
 Sweden 9–2  Norway Skellefteå, Sweden
May 12, 1996
 Norway 8–0  Latvia Skellefteå, Sweden
 
 Sweden 17–0  Estonia Skellefteå, Sweden
 
 Denmark 5–7  Switzerland Skellefteå, Sweden
May 13, 1996
 Switzerland 0–9  Sweden Skellefteå, Sweden
 
 Norway 6–2  Denmark Skellefteå, Sweden
 
 Latvia 4–1  Estonia Skellefteå, Sweden
May 14, 1996
 Latvia 1–18  Sweden Skellefteå, Sweden
 
 Switzerland 4–4  Norway Skellefteå, Sweden
 
 Estonia 1–7  Denmark Skellefteå, Sweden
May 15, 1996
 Sweden 12–0  Denmark Skellefteå, Sweden
 
 Switzerland 14–1  Latvia Skellefteå, Sweden
 
 Norway 13–1  Estonia Skellefteå, Sweden

Group B

Team GP W D L GF GA PTS
 Finland 5 5 0 0 62 4 10
 Czech Republic 5 4 0 1 42 10 8
 Russia 5 3 0 2 45 23 6
 Germany 5 2 0 3 23 18 4
 Hungary 5 1 0 4 14 45 2
 Singapore 5 0 0 5 3 89 0
May 11, 1996
 Finland 30–0  Singapore Uppsala, Sweden
 
 Germany 3–7  Russia Uppsala, Sweden
 
 Czech Republic 6–2  Hungary Uppsala, Sweden
May 12, 1996
 Russia 21–0  Singapore Uppsala, Sweden
 
 Hungary 1–15  Finland Uppsala, Sweden
 
 Germany 1–5  Czech Republic Uppsala, Sweden
May 13, 1996
 Russia 2–9  Czech Republic Uppsala, Sweden
 
 Singapore 2–7  Hungary Uppsala, Sweden
 
 Finland 3–0  Germany Uppsala, Sweden
May 14, 1996
 Czech Republic 2–4  Finland Uppsala, Sweden
 
 Russia 14–1  Hungary Uppsala, Sweden
 
 Singapore 0–11  Germany Uppsala, Sweden
May 15, 1996
 Finland 10–1  Russia Uppsala, Sweden
 
 Singapore 1–20  Czech Republic Uppsala, Sweden
 
 Hungary 3–8  Germany Uppsala, Sweden

Final Round

  Semi-finals Finals
                 
A1   Sweden 13  
B2   Czech Republic 0  
    A1   Sweden 5
  B1   Finland 0
B1   Finland 4
A2   Norway 1  

Semifinals

May 17, 1996
 Sweden 13–0  Czech Republic Globe Arena, Stockholm
 
 Finland 4–1  Norway Globe Arena, Stockholm

Bronze Medal Match

May 18, 1996
 Norway 6–2  Czech Republic Globe Arena, Stockholm

Championship Match

May 18, 1996
 Sweden 5–0  Finland Globe Arena, Stockholm

Placement Round

11th Place Match

May 16, 1996
 Singapore 1–10  Estonia Uppsala, Sweden

9th Place Match

May 16, 1996
 Latvia 7–4  Hungary Uppsala, Sweden

7th Place Match

May 16, 1996
 Germany 1–2  Denmark Uppsala, Sweden

5th Place Match

May 16, 1996
 Switzerland 8–3  Russia Uppsala, Sweden

Leading scorers

Player GP G A PTS PIM
Martin Olofsson 7 11 5 16 0
Vladimír Fuchs 6 6 9 15 0
Andrei Kobelev 6 8 6 14 2
Christian Hellström 7 8 5 13 0
Michael Östlund 7 7 6 13 0
Timofei Andreev 6 6 7 13 0
Akseli Ahtiainen 6 6 7 13 0
Igor Zhilinski 6 6 7 13 2
Jari Pekkola 7 5 8 13 2
Mika Sandell 7 11 1 12 0

Ranking & Statistics

 
 1996 Men's World Floorball Championship Winners 

Sweden
1st World title

All-Star Team

  • Goalkeeper: Stefan Mattsson
  • Defense: Jari-Pekka Lehtonen, Jonas Eriksson
  • Forward: Christian Hellström, Andrea Engel, Martin Olofsson

Official 1996 Rankings according to the IFF

Rk. Team
 Sweden
 Finland
 Norway
4.  Czech Republic
5.  Switzerland
6.  Russia
7.  Denmark
8.  Germany
9.  Latvia
10.  Hungary
11.  Estonia
12.  Singapore


Preceded by
No Previous Championships		 Floorball World Championships
1996		 Succeeded by
1998 World Championships
Preceded by
No Previous
Championships		 Finals Venue
Globe Arena
Stockholm
1996		 Succeeded by
Slavia
Prague
1998

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