1996 Men's World Floorball Championships

The 1996 Men's Floorball Championships were the first men's Floorball World Championships. 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.

1996 Men's World Floorball Championships

Tournament details
Host country	Sweden
Venue(s)	3 (in 3 host cities)
Teams	12
Final positions
Champions	Sweden
Runner-up	Finland
Third place	Norway
Tournament statistics
Scoring leader(s)	Martin Olofsson (16 points)
1998 →

Championship results

Preliminary round

Group A

Venue: Skellefteå, Sweden

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Sweden	5	5	0	0	65	3	+62	10
Norway	5	3	1	1	33	16	+17	7
Switzerland	5	3	1	1	35	19	+16	7
Denmark	5	2	0	3	20	28	−8	4
Latvia	5	1	0	4	8	47	−39	2
Estonia	5	0	0	5	3	51	−48	0

Source:^{[citation needed]}

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

Group B

Venue: Uppsala, Sweden

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Finland	5	5	0	0	62	4	+58	10
Czech Republic	5	4	0	1	42	10	+32	8
Russia	5	3	0	2	45	23	+22	6
Germany	5	2	0	3	23	18	+5	4
Hungary	5	1	0	4	14	45	−31	2
Singapore	5	0	0	5	3	89	−86	0

Source:^{[citation needed]}

11 May 1996
Finland	30–0	Singapore
Germany	3–7	Russia
Czech Republic	6–2	Hungary
12 May 1996
Russia	21–0	Singapore
Hungary	1–15	Finland
Germany	1–5	Czech Republic
13 May 1996
Russia	2–9	Czech Republic
Singapore	2–7	Hungary
Finland	3–0	Germany
14 May 1996
Czech Republic	2–4	Finland
Russia	14–1	Hungary
Singapore	0–11	Germany
15 May 1996
Finland	10–1	Russia
Singapore	1–20	Czech Republic
Hungary	3–8	Germany

Placement round

11th Place match

16 May 1996 Singapore   1–10   Estonia Uppsala, Sweden

9th Place match

16 May 1996 Latvia   7–4   Hungary Uppsala, Sweden

7th Place match

16 May 1996 Germany   1–2   Denmark Uppsala, Sweden

5th Place match

16 May 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

17 May 1996 Sweden   13–0   Czech Republic Globe Arena, Stockholm

Finland   4–1   Norway Globe Arena, Stockholm

Bronze Medal match

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

Championship match

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

1996 Men's World Floorball Championship winners
fl. SWE 1st World title

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

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

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