1996 Men's World Floorball Championships

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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 1996
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Template:Fl-rt	0–10	Template:Flb
Template:Fl-rt	9–2	Template:Flb
12 May 1996
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Template:Fl-rt	17–0	Template:Flb
Template:Fl-rt	5–7	Template:Flb
13 May 1996
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Template:Fl-rt	6–2	Template:Flb
Template:Fl-rt	4–1	Template:Flb
14 May 1996
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Template:Fl-rt	4–4	Template:Flb
Template:Fl-rt	1–7	Template:Flb
15 May 1996
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Template:Fl-rt	14–1	Template:Flb
Template:Fl-rt	13–1	Template:Flb

Group B

Venue: Uppsala, Sweden

11 May 1996
Template:Fl-rt	30–0	Template:Flb
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Template:Fl-rt	6–2	Template:Flb
12 May 1996
Template:Fl-rt	21–0	Template:Flb
Template:Fl-rt	1–15	Template:Flb
Template:Fl-rt	1–5	Template:Flb
13 May 1996
Template:Fl-rt	2–9	Template:Flb
Template:Fl-rt	2–7	Template:Flb
Template:Fl-rt	3–0	Template:Flb
14 May 1996
Template:Fl-rt	2–4	Template:Flb
Template:Fl-rt	14–1	Template:Flb
Template:Fl-rt	0–11	Template:Flb
15 May 1996
Template:Fl-rt	10–1	Template:Flb
Template:Fl-rt	1–20	Template:Flb
Template:Fl-rt	3–8	Template:Flb

Placement round

11th Place match

16 May 1996 Template:Fl-rt 1–10 Template:Flb Uppsala, Sweden

9th Place match

16 May 1996 Template:Fl-rt 7–4 Template:Flb Uppsala, Sweden

7th Place match

16 May 1996 Template:Fl-rt 1–2 Template:Flb Uppsala, Sweden

5th Place match

16 May 1996 Template:Fl-rt 8–3 Template:Flb Uppsala, Sweden

Final round

Semifinals

17 May 1996 Template:Fl-rt 13–0 Template:Flb Globe Arena, Stockholm

Template:Fl-rt 4–1 Template:Flb Globe Arena, Stockholm

Bronze Medal match

18 May 1996 Template:Fl-rt 6–2 Template:Flb Globe Arena, Stockholm

Championship match

18 May 1996 Template:Fl-rt 5–0 Template:Flb Globe Arena, Stockholm

Leading scorers

Player		GP	G	A	PTS	PIM
Template:Flagicon	Template:Ill	7	11	5	16	0
Template:Flagicon	Template:Ill	6	6	9	15	0
Template:Flagicon	Andrei Kobelev	6	8	6	14	2
Template:Flagicon	Template:Ill	7	8	5	13	0
Template:Flagicon	Michael Östlund	7	7	6	13	0
Template:Flagicon	Timofei Andreev	6	6	7	13	0
Template:Flagicon	Akseli Ahtiainen	6	6	7	13	0
Template:Flagicon	Igor Zhilinski	6	6	7	13	2
Template:Flagicon	Jari Pekkola	7	5	8	13	2
Template:Flagicon	Mika Sandell	7	11	1	12	0

All-Star team

• Goalkeeper: Template:Flagicon Stefan Mattsson
• Defense: Template:Flagicon Template:Ill, Template:Flagicon Jonas Eriksson
• Forward: Template:Flagicon Template:Ill, Template:Flagicon Andrea Engel, Template:Flagicon Template:Ill

Ranking

Official 1996 Rankings according to the IFF

Rk.	Team
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External links

• Official results
• Final game report at SVT's open archive Template:In lang