2009 Men's under-19 World Floorball Championships
Encyclopedia
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...
. The tournament took place over May 6th to 10th, 2009 in Turku
Turku
Turku is a city situated on the southwest coast of Finland at the mouth of the Aura River. It is located in the region of Finland Proper. It is believed that Turku came into existence during the end of the 13th century which makes it the oldest city in Finland...
, Finland
Finland
Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...
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Sweden defeated Finland 8:3 in the final match to win the men's under-19 world floorball championship for the 3rd consecutive year.
All matches took place at the Turkuhalli in Turku
Turku
Turku is a city situated on the southwest coast of Finland at the mouth of the Aura River. It is located in the region of Finland Proper. It is believed that Turku came into existence during the end of the 13th century which makes it the oldest city in Finland...
, Finland
Finland
Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...
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Facts and history
The 2009 Men's under-19 World Floorball Championships were the first men's under-19 floorball championships that were held in the month of May, after the International Floorball FederationInternational 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...
(IFF) changed their international tournament calendar format in 2008. Previously, the tournament was hosted in the months of either October or November.
Sweden came into the tournament as 2-time defending champions, after having won the world championship in both 2005 and 2007. The Swedish team had also previously won a championship in 2001, but did not defend their title in 2003, as they would lose in the final to rivals, Finland. The Czech Republic, Finland, Sweden, and Switzerland remain the only teams to have captured a men's under-19 world floorball championship medal.
Group A
| Team | ||||||||
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| 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 56 | 7 | 6 | ||
| 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 15 | 4 | ||
| 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 25 | |||
| 2 | ||||||||
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 46 | |||
| 0 |
May 6th, 2009
May 7th, 2009
May 8th, 2009
Group B
| Team | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 4 | 6 | ||
| 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 10 | 4 | ||
| 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 30 | |||
| 2 | ||||||||
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 28 | |||
| 0 |
May 6th, 2009
May 7th, 2009
May 8th, 2009
Playoffs
Semi-Finals
Bronze Medal Match
World Championship Match
7th Place Match
5th Place Match
Media All-Star Team
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Pascal Meier | Goaltender Goaltender In ice hockey, the goaltender is the player who defends his team's goal net by stopping shots of the puck from entering his team's net, thus preventing the opposing team from scoring... |
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Janne Karisto | Defenseman |
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Adam Stegl | Defenseman |
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Casper Pfitzner | Left Wing |
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Kevin Lundgren | Center |
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Henrik Stenberg | Right Wing |
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Henrik Stenberg | 5 | 14 | 7 | 21 | 0 |
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Victor Andersson | 5 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 4 |
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Bobby Edberg | 5 | 9 | 3 | 12 | 0 |
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Kevin Lundgren | 5 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 2 |
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Casper Pfitzner | 5 | 10 | 1 | 11 | 2 |
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Jere Oksanen | 5 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 0 |
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Rickard Hessmer | 5 | 9 | 1 | 10 | 0 |
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Marc Oliver Gerber | 5 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 2 |
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Sandro Cavelti | 5 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 4 |
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Martin Tokoš | 5 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 8 |
Ranking & Statistics
Official 2009 A-Division Rankings according to the International Floorball Federation
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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- Denmark is relegated to the B-Division at the 2011 Men's under-19 World Floorball Championships
See also
- 2009 Men's under-19 World Floorball Championships B-Division2009 Men's under-19 World Floorball Championships B-Division-Semi-Finals:-Bronze Medal Match:-Gold Medal Match:-15th Place Match:-13th Place Match:-See also:*2009 Men's under-19 World Floorball Championships*2009 Men's under-19 World Floorball Championships Qualifying-External links:***...
- 2009 Men's under-19 World Floorball Championships Qualifying2009 Men's under-19 World Floorball Championships QualifyingThe 2009 Men's under-19 World Floorball Championships Qualifying rounds took place over September 10-14, 2008 in Kartal, Hungary.The top 2 teams advanced to play in the B-Division at the 2009 Men's under-19 World Floorball Championships....