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.
Championship results
Preliminary round
Group A Venue: Skellefteå, Sweden
11 May 19966–20–109–2 12 May 19968–017–05–7 13 May 19960–96–24–1 14 May 19961–184–41–7 15 May 199612–014–113–1
Group B Venue: Uppsala, Sweden
11 May 199630–03–76–2 12 May 199621–01–151–5 13 May 19962–92–73–0 14 May 19962–414–10–11 15 May 199610–11–203–8
Placement round
11th Place match
9th Place match
7th Place match
5th Place match
Final round
Semifinals
Bronze Medal match
Championship match
Leading scorers Player 7 11 5 16 0 6 6 9 15 0Andrei Kobelev 6 8 6 14 2 7 8 5 13 0 Michael Östlund 7 7 6 13 0 Timofei Andreev 6 6 7 13 0Akseli Ahtiainen 6 6 7 13 0Igor Zhilinski 6 6 7 13 2Jari Pekkola 7 5 8 13 2Mika Sandell 7 11 1 12 0
All-Star team Goalkeeper: Stefan Mattsson Defense: , Jonas Eriksson Forward: , Andrea Engel,
Ranking Official 1996 Rankings according to the IFF Rk.Team 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12.
References
External links Official results Final game report at SVT's open archive