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.

Championship results

Preliminary round

Group A

Venue: Skellefteå, Sweden

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
Estonia	0–10	Switzerland
Sweden	9–2	Norway
May 12, 1996
Sweden	8–0	Estonia
Norway	17–0	Latvia
Denmark	5–7	Switzerland
May 13, 1996
Switzerland	0–9	Sweden
Norway	6–2	Denmark
Latvia	4–1	Estonia
May 14, 1996
Latvia	1–18	Sweden
Switzerland	4–4	Norway
Estonia	1–7	Denmark
May 15, 1996
Sweden	12–0	Denmark
Switzerland	14–1	Latvia
Norway	13–1	Estonia

Group B

Venue: Uppsala, Sweden

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
Germany	3–7	Russia
Czech Republic	6–2	Hungary
May 12, 1996
Russia	21–0	Singapore
Hungary	1–15	Finland
Germany	1–5	Czech Republic
May 13, 1996
Russia	2–9	Czech Republic
Singapore	2–7	Hungary
Finland	3–0	Germany
May 14, 1996
Czech Republic	2–4	Finland
Russia	14–1	Hungary
Singapore	0–11	Germany
May 15, 1996
Finland	10–1	Russia
Singapore	1–20	Czech Republic
Hungary	3–8	Germany

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

Final Round

	Semifinals					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

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

External links

• Tournament Statistics
• final game report at SVT's open archive (Swedish)