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
fl. SWE	5	5	0	0	65	3	10
fl. NOR	5	3	1	1	33	16	7
fl. SUI	5	3	1	1	35	19	7
fl. DEN	5	2	0	3	20	28	4
fl. LAT	5	1	0	4	8	47	2
fl. EST	5	0	0	5	3	51	0

May 11, 1996
Denmark	6–2	fl. LAT
Estonia	0–10	fl. SUI
Sweden	9–2	fl. NOR
May 12, 1996
Sweden	8–0	fl. EST
Norway	17–0	fl. LAT
Denmark	5–7	fl. SUI
May 13, 1996
Switzerland	0–9	fl. SWE
Norway	6–2	fl. DEN
Latvia	4–1	fl. EST
May 14, 1996
Latvia	1–18	fl. SWE
Switzerland	4–4	fl. NOR
Estonia	1–7	fl. DEN
May 15, 1996
Sweden	12–0	fl. DEN
Switzerland	14–1	fl. LAT
Norway	13–1	fl. EST

Group B

Venue: Uppsala, Sweden

Team	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA	PTS
fl. FIN	5	5	0	0	62	4	10
fl. CZE	5	4	0	1	42	10	8
fl. RUS	5	3	0	2	45	23	6
fl. GER	5	2	0	3	23	18	4
fl. HUN	5	1	0	4	14	45	2
fl. SGP	5	0	0	5	3	89	0

May 11, 1996
Finland	30–0	fl. SGP
Germany	3–7	fl. RUS
Czech Republic	6–2	fl. HUN
May 12, 1996
Russia	21–0	fl. SGP
Hungary	1–15	fl. FIN
Germany	1–5	fl. CZE
May 13, 1996
Russia	2–9	fl. CZE
Singapore	2–7	fl. HUN
Finland	3–0	fl. GER
May 14, 1996
Czech Republic	2–4	fl. FIN
Russia	14–1	fl. HUN
Singapore	0–11	fl. GER
May 15, 1996
Finland	10–1	fl. RUS
Singapore	1–20	fl. CZE
Hungary	3–8	fl. GER

Placement Round

11th Place Match

May 16, 1996 Singapore 1–10 fl. EST Uppsala, Sweden

9th Place Match

May 16, 1996 Latvia 7–4 fl. HUN Uppsala, Sweden

7th Place Match

May 16, 1996 Germany 1–2 fl. DEN Uppsala, Sweden

5th Place Match

May 16, 1996 Switzerland 8–3 fl. RUS Uppsala, Sweden

Final Round

	Semifinals					Finals
	A1	fl. SWE	13
	B2	fl. CZE	0
						A1	fl. SWE	5
						B1	fl. FIN	0
	B1	fl. FIN	4
	A2	fl. NOR	1

Semifinals

May 17, 1996 Sweden 13–0 fl. CZE Globe Arena, Stockholm

Finland 4–1 fl. NOR Globe Arena, Stockholm

Bronze Medal Match

May 18, 1996 Norway 6–2 fl. CZE Globe Arena, Stockholm

Championship Match

May 18, 1996 Sweden 5–0 fl. FIN 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
fl. SWE 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
	fl. SWE
	fl. FIN
	fl. NOR
4.	fl. CZE
5.	fl. SUI
6.	fl. RUS
7.	fl. DEN
8.	fl. GER
9.	fl. LAT
10.	fl. HUN
11.	fl. EST
12.	fl. SGP

External links

• Tournament Statistics
• final game report at SVT's open archive Template:Sv icon