The 1996 Men's Floorball Championships were the first world championships in men's floorball

Floorball

Floorball, a type of floor hockey, is an indoor team sport which was developed in the 1970s in Sweden. Floorball is most popular in areas where the sport has developed the longest, such as the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Latvia, Norway, Sweden and Switzerland. The game is played...

. It was held in May 1996 in Sweden

Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

, and was won by the host nation. The 1996 World Floorball Championships were the first in IFF

International Floorball Federation

The International Floorball Federation is the worldwide governing body for the sport of floorball. It was founded in 1986 in Huskvarna, Sweden, by the national floorball associations of Finland, Sweden and Switzerland. As of March 2011, it had 52 member associations, with 3,983 clubs and 277,752...

 history.

Group A

Team
	5	5	0	0	65	3	10
	5	3	1	1	33	16	7
	5	3	1	1	35	19	7
	5	2	0	3	20	28	4
	5	1	0	4	8	47	2
	5	0	0	5	3	51	0

Group B

Team
	5	5	0	0	62	4	10
	5	4	0	1	42	10	8
	5	3	0	2	45	23	6
	5	2	0	3	23	18	4
	5	1	0	4	14	45	2
	5	0	0	5	3	89	0

Final Round

Semifinals

Bronze Medal Match

Championship Match

11th Place Match

9th Place Match

7th Place Match

5th Place Match

Leading scorers

Player
	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

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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

International Floorball Federation

The International Floorball Federation is the worldwide governing body for the sport of floorball. It was founded in 1986 in Huskvarna, Sweden, by the national floorball associations of Finland, Sweden and Switzerland. As of March 2011, it had 52 member associations, with 3,983 clubs and 277,752...

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External links

• Tournament Statistics