# 1997 Women's World Floorball Championships

The 1997 Women's World Floorball Championships were the first world championship in women's floorball, following the first world championship for men the previous year. The matches of the championship were played in Mariehamn and Godby, Åland, Finland 3–10 May 1997. Sweden won the tournament and became the first world champions in the history of women's floorball.

## Preliminary round

The two best placed teams from each group advances to semifinals. The third placed team from each group plays the game for 5th position. The fourth best teams plays the game for 7th position and so on.

### Group A

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Sweden | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 75 | 1 | +74 | 8 |
| Switzerland | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 13 | +16 | 6 |
| Russia | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 24 | −5 | 4 |
| Germany | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 39 | −31 | 2 |
| Austria | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 57 | −54 | 0 |
| 3 May 1997 15:00 | Austria | 0–32 (0-11, 0-12, 0-9) | Sweden | Mariehamn |
| 3 May 1997 19:00 | Germany | 1–11 (0-4, 0-4, 1-3) | Switzerland | Mariehamn |
| 4 May 1997 15:00 | Russia | 7–2 (4-1, 1-1, 2-0) | Austria | Mariehamn |
| 4 May 1997 19:00 | Sweden | 18–0 (4-0, 2-0, 12-0) | Germany | Mariehamn |
| 5 May 1997 15:00 | Germany | 5–1 (2-0, 0-1, 3-0) | Austria | Mariehamn |
| 5 May 19:00 | Switzerland | 4–3 (1-1, 1-2, 2-0) | Russia | Mariehamn |
| 6 May 1997 15:00 | Austria | 0–13 (0-5, 0-3, 0-5) | Switzerland | Mariehamn |
| 6 May 1997 19:00 | Sweden | 16–0 (5-0, 8-0, 3-0) | Russia | Mariehamn |
| 7 May 1997 15:00 | Russia | 9–2 (3-1, 3-1, 3-0) | Germany | Mariehamn |
| 7 May 1997 19:00 | Switzerland | 1–9 (0-5, 1-0, 0-4) | Sweden | Mariehamn |

### Group B

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Finland | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 49 | 6 | +43 | 8 |
| Norway | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 35 | 8 | +27 | 6 |
| Czech Republic | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 30 | 12 | +18 | 4 |
| Latvia | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 23 | −6 | 2 |
| Japan | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 83 | −82 | 0 |
| 3 May 1997 16:00 | Norway | 4–3 (1-0, 3-2, 0-1) | Czech Republic | Godbyhallen, Godby |
| 3 May 1997 20:00 | Japan | 0–30 (0-13, 0-9, 0-8) | Finland | Godbyhallen, Godby |
| 4 May 1997 16:00 | Czech Republic | 18–0 (4-0, 6-0, 8-0) | Japan | Godbyhallen, Godby |
| 4 May 1997 20:00 | Norway | 7–1 (2-0, 2-1, 3-0) | Latvia | Godbyhallen, Godby |
| 5 May 1997 16:00 | Latvia | 12–1 (5-0, 3-0, 4-1) | Japan | Godbyhallen, Godby |
| 5 May 1997 20:00 | Finland | 7–2 (2-1, 2-0, 3-1) | Czech Republic | Godbyhallen, Godby |
| 6 May 1997 16:00 | Japan | 0–23 (0-8, 0-7, 0-8) | Norway | Godbyhallen, Godby |
| 6 May 1997 20:00 | Latvia | 3–8 (0-2, 3-3, 0-3) | Finland | Godbyhallen, Godby |
| 7 May 1997 16:00 | Czech Republic | 7–1 (3-0, 1-0, 3-1) | Latvia | Godbyhallen, Godby |
| 7 May 1997 20:00 | Finland | 4–1 (2-1, 0-0, 2-0) | Norway | Godbyhallen, Godby |

## Final stage

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| A1 | Sweden | 8 | | | |
| B2 | Norway | 0 | | | |
| B2 | Norway | 0 | A1 | Sweden | 4 |
| | | | B1 | Finland | 2 |
| B1 | Finland | 2 | B1 | Finland | 2 |
| A2 | Switzerland | 0 | Third place | Third place | Third place |
| | | | B2 | Norway | 3(2) |
| | | | A2 | Switzerland | 3(0) |
| 8 May 1997 12:00 | Japan | 2–4 (2-2, 0-1, 0-1) | Austria | Godbyhallen, Godby |
| 8 May 1997 17:00 | Latvia | 6–3 (2-0, 0-0, 4-3) | Germany | Godbyhallen, Godby |
| 8 May 1997 20:00 | Russia | 5–3 (1-1, 4-1, 0-1) | Czech Republic | Godbyhallen, Godby |
| 9 May 1997 16:00 | Sweden | 8–0 (1-0, 2-0, 5-0) | Norway | Godbyhallen, Godby |
| 9 May 1997 19:00 | Finland | 2–0 (0-0, 1-0, 1-0) | Switzerland | Godbyhallen, Godby |
| 10 May 1997 13:00 | Norway | 3–3 (a.e.t) (2-1, 0-0, 1-2, 0-0) Pen: 2-0 | Switzerland | Godbyhallen, Godby |
| 10 May 1997 16:00 | Sweden | 4–2 (1-1, 2-1, 1-0) | Finland | Godbyhallen, Godby |

## Final ranking

| | Sweden |
| | Finland |
| | Norway |
| 4 | Switzerland |
| 5 | Russia |
| 6 | Czech Republic |
| 7 | Latvia |
| 8 | Germany |
| 9 | Austria |
| 10 | Japan |

## Top scorers

| | Player | G | A | P |
| 1 | Sara Wiksten (SWE) | 16 | 5 | 21 |
| 2 | Helena Lindberg (SWE) | 8 | 13 | 21 |
| 3 | Johanna Ekeroth (SWE) | 13 | 7 | 20 |
| 4 | Åsa Karlsson (SWE) | 8 | 7 | 15 |
| 5 | Pernilla Gunnskog (SWE) | 6 | 5 | 11 |
| 6 | Nicole Spicher (SUI) | 8 | 2 | 10 |
| 7 | Hermine Dahlerus (SWE) | 6 | 4 | 10 |
| 8 | Linda Werner (SWE) | 5 | 5 | 10 |
| 9 | Linda Kristiansen (SWE) | 3 | 6 | 9 |
| 10 | Carina Rosell (SWE) | 6 | 2 | 8 |

## All star team

Goalkeeper: Lena Schjölin (SWE) Defender: Pirjo Haukamaa (FIN) Defender: Jenny Magnusson (SWE) Centre: Åsa Karlsson (SWE) Forward: Birgitte Lersbyggen (NOR) Forward: Helena Lindberg (SWE)
MVP: Åsa Karlsson (SWE)