# 1999 Women's World Floorball Championships

The 1999 Women's World Floorball Championships was the second world championship in women's floorball. The games were played in Borlänge, Sweden 9–15 May 1999. Finland won the tournament defeating Switzerland, 5–1, in the final-game and it was their first title. This also was the first time that the world championships were divided into two separate divisions, although all games were played at the same dates in Borlänge. Sweden won the bronze medals defeating Norway, 5–1, in the bronze medal game.
Australia, Denmark and Singapore made their first appearances in the women's floorball world championships.

## Division A
### Results

Originally there were planned to be two groups consisting of four teams each, but because of a withdrawal from Russia group A dropped to three teams. The two best placed teams in each group advance to play semifinals while the third best teams went to play the game for 5th place. Because of Russia's withdrawal, they were automatically ranked last place and were relegated to the B-division for the next championship.

#### Group A

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Sweden | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 2 | +12 | 4 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 2 |
| Germany | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 16 | −14 | 0 |
| 10 May 1999 16:30 | Switzerland | 6–1 (4–0, 2–1, 0–0) | Germany | Borlänge |
| 11 May 1999 17:00 | Sweden | 4–1 (0–0, 1–1, 3–0) | Switzerland | Borlänge |
| 12 May 1999 19:30 | Germany | 1–10 (0–4, 0–2, 1–4) | Sweden | Borlänge |

#### Group B

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Norway | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 4 | +19 | 6 |
| Finland | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 30 | 9 | +21 | 4 |
| Czech Republic | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 19 | −11 | 2 |
| Latvia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 35 | −29 | 0 |
| 10 May 1999 17:00 | Finland | 9–2 (3–0, 3–1, 3–1) | Czech Republic | Borlänge |
| 10 May 1999 19:00 | Norway | 11–1 (4–0, 5–1, 2–0) | Latvia | Borlänge |
| 11 May 1999 16:30 | Czech Republic | 5–3 (1–1, 4–0, 0–2) | Latvia | Borlänge |
| 11 May 1999 19:30 | Finland | 2–5 (0–1, 0–1, 2–3) | Norway | Borlänge |
| 12 May 1999 16:30 | Norway | 7–1 (1–1, 3–0, 3–0) | Czech Republic | Borlänge |
| 12 May 1999 17:00 | Latvia | 2–19 (1–1, 1–7, 0–11) | Finland | Borlänge |

#### Final stage

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| A1 | Sweden | 2(1) | | | |
| B2 | Finland | 2(2) | | | |
| B2 | Finland | 2(2) | B2 | Finland | 3 |
| | | | A2 | Switzerland | 1 |
| B1 | Norway | 0 | A2 | Switzerland | 1 |
| A2 | Switzerland | 4 | Third place | Third place | Third place |
| | | | A1 | Sweden | 5 |
| | | | B1 | Norway | 1 |
| 14 May 1999 14:00 | Germany | 4–8 (2–1, 0–4, 2–3) | Czech Republic | Borlänge |
| 14 May 1999 17:00 | Sweden | 2–2 (a.e.t) (0–1, 2–0, 0–1, 0–0) Pen: 1–2 | Finland | Borlänge |
| 14 May 1999 20:00 | Norway | 0–4 (0–0, 0–0, 0–4) | Switzerland | Borlänge |
| 15 May 1999 12:00 | Sweden | 5–1 (0–1, 3–0, 2–0) | Norway | Borlänge |
| 15 May 1999 15:00 | Finland | 3–1 (0–1, 2–0, 1–0) | Switzerland | Borlänge |

### Statistics
#### Top scorers

| | Player | G | A | P |
| 1 | Linda Kristiansen (NOR) | 5 | 9 | 14 |
| 2 | Birgitte Lersbryggen (NOR) | 8 | 3 | 11 |
| 3 | Jonna Kettunen (FIN) | 7 | 1 | 8 |
| 4 | Lise Johansen (NOR) | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 5 | Satu Puustinen (FIN) | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 6 | Marilla Puustinen (FIN) | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 7 | Merja Pitkänen (FIN) | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 8 | Camilla Granelid (SWE) | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 9 | Ingrid Gigstad (NOR) Anne Averio (FIN) | 3 | 1 | 4 |

#### All-star team

The inclusion of Laura Tomatis and Regula Kindhauser made them the first non-Nordic players to be included in the world championship history.
Goalkeeper: Laura Tomatis (SUI) Defender: Lena Birath (SWE) Defender: Regula Kindhauser (SUI) Centre: Anna-Maija Keränen (FIN) Forward: Birgitte Lersbryggen (NOR) Forward: Susanna Tuominen (FIN)
MVP: Anna-Maija Keränen (FIN)

## Division B
### Results

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Austria | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 15 | +5 | 7 |
| Australia | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 14 | +1 | 5 |
| Denmark | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 14 | +3 | 3 |
| Japan | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 16 | −1 | 3 |
| Singapore | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 20 | −8 | 2 |
| 9 May 1999 17:00 | Australia | 5–4 (1–2, 1–2, 3–0) | Singapore | Borlänge |
| 9 May 1999 16:30 | Japan | 5–5 (2–1, 1–2, 2–2) | Austria | Borlänge |
| 10 May 1999 14:30 | Austria | 6–5 (3–0, 1–1, 2–4) | Australia | Borlänge |
| 10 May 1999 14:00 | Singapore | 2–7 (1–2, 1–1, 0–4) | Denmark | Borlänge |
| 11 May 1999 14:00 | Australia | 2–2 (0–1, 1–0, 1–1) | Japan | Borlänge |
| 11 May 1999 14:30 | Denmark | 2–3 (1–2, 0–0, 1–1) | Austria | Borlänge |
| 12 May 1999 14:30 | Japan | 6–6 (0–2, 5–2, 1–2) | Denmark | Borlänge |
| 12 May 1999 14:00 | Austria | 6–3 (2–0, 3–1, 1–2) | Singapore | Borlänge |
| 13 May 1999 11:00 | Singapore | 3–2 (2–0, 0–2, 1–0) | Japan | Borlänge |
| 13 May 1999 11:30 | Australia | 3–2 (0–1, 2–1, 1–0) | Denmark | Borlänge |

### Statistics
#### Top scorers

| | Player | G | A | P |
| 1 | Jill Quek (SIN) | 7 | 4 | 11 |
| 2 | Sachi Yokoe (JPN) | 6 | 3 | 9 |
| 3 | Jutta Haberrmann (AUT) | 5 | 4 | 9 |
| 4 | Gabriele Leitner (AUT) | 6 | 1 | 7 |
| 5 | Louise Strøbech (DEN) | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| 6 | Miho Koike (JPN) Chikae Ogawa (JPN) | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| 8 | Elizabeth Privschek (AUT) | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 9 | Gerlinde Weishaupt (AUT) | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| 10 | Sam Gill (AUS) | 2 | 3 | 5 |

## Final rankings

| | Finland |
| | Switzerland |
| | Sweden |
| 4 | Norway |
| 5 | Czech Republic |
| 6 | Germany |
| 7 | Latvia |
| 1 | Austria |
| 2 | Australia |
| 3 | Denmark |
| 4 | Japan |
| 5 | Singapore |