# 1996 Men's World Floorball Championships

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
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Sweden | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 65 | 3 | +62 | 10 |
| Norway | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 33 | 16 | +17 | 7 |
| Switzerland | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 35 | 19 | +16 | 7 |
| Denmark | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 28 | −8 | 4 |
| Latvia | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 47 | −39 | 2 |
| Estonia | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 51 | −48 | 0 |
| 11 May 1996 |
| Denmark | 6–2 | Latvia |
| Estonia | 0–10 | Switzerland |
| Sweden | 9–2 | Norway |
| 12 May 1996 |
| Sweden | 8–0 | Estonia |
| Norway | 17–0 | Latvia |
| Denmark | 5–7 | Switzerland |
| 13 May 1996 |
| Switzerland | 0–9 | Sweden |
| Norway | 6–2 | Denmark |
| Latvia | 4–1 | Estonia |
| 14 May 1996 |
| Latvia | 1–18 | Sweden |
| Switzerland | 4–4 | Norway |
| Estonia | 1–7 | Denmark |
| 15 May 1996 |
| Sweden | 12–0 | Denmark |
| Switzerland | 14–1 | Latvia |
| Norway | 13–1 | Estonia |

#### Group B

Venue: Uppsala, Sweden
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Finland | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 62 | 4 | +58 | 10 |
| Czech Republic | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 42 | 10 | +32 | 8 |
| Russia | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 45 | 23 | +22 | 6 |
| Germany | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 23 | 18 | +5 | 4 |
| Hungary | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 45 | −31 | 2 |
| Singapore | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 89 | −86 | 0 |
| 11 May 1996 |
| Finland | 30–0 | Singapore |
| Germany | 3–7 | Russia |
| Czech Republic | 6–2 | Hungary |
| 12 May 1996 |
| Russia | 21–0 | Singapore |
| Hungary | 1–15 | Finland |
| Germany | 1–5 | Czech Republic |
| 13 May 1996 |
| Russia | 2–9 | Czech Republic |
| Singapore | 2–7 | Hungary |
| Finland | 3–0 | Germany |
| 14 May 1996 |
| Czech Republic | 2–4 | Finland |
| Russia | 14–1 | Hungary |
| Singapore | 0–11 | Germany |
| 15 May 1996 |
| Finland | 10–1 | Russia |
| Singapore | 1–20 | Czech Republic |
| Hungary | 3–8 | Germany |

## Placement round
### 11th Place match

* 16 May 1996
| Singapore | 1–10 | Estonia |
* Uppsala, Sweden

### 9th Place match

* 16 May 1996
| Latvia | 7–4 | Hungary |
* Uppsala, Sweden

### 7th Place match

* 16 May 1996
| Germany | 1–2 | Denmark |
* Uppsala, Sweden

### 5th Place match

* 16 May 1996
| Switzerland | 8–3 | Russia |
* Uppsala, Sweden

### Final round

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| A1 | Sweden | 13 | | | |
| B2 | Czech Republic | 0 | | | |
| B2 | Czech Republic | 0 | A1 | Sweden | 5 |
| | | | B1 | Finland | 0 |
| B1 | Finland | 4 | B1 | Finland | 0 |
| A2 | Norway | 1 | | | |

#### Semifinals

* 17 May 1996
| Sweden | 13–0 | Czech Republic |
* Globe Arena, Stockholm
| Finland | 4–1 | Norway |
* Globe Arena, Stockholm

#### Bronze Medal match

* 18 May 1996
| Norway | 6–2 | Czech Republic |
* Globe Arena, Stockholm

#### Championship match

* 18 May 1996
| Sweden | 5–0 | Finland |
* Globe Arena, Stockholm

## Leading scorers

| Player | GP | G | A | PTS | PIM |
| Martin Olofsson [sv] | 7 | 11 | 5 | 16 | 0 |
| Vladimír Fuchs [cs] | 6 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 0 |
| Andrei Kobelev | 6 | 8 | 6 | 14 | 2 |
| Christian Hellström [sv] | 7 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 0 |
| Michael Östlund | 7 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 0 |
| Timofei Andreev | 6 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 0 |
| Akseli Ahtiainen | 6 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 0 |
| Igor Zhilinski | 6 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 2 |
| Jari Pekkola | 7 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 2 |
| Mika Sandell | 7 | 11 | 1 | 12 | 0 |

## All-Star team

* Goalkeeper: Stefan Mattsson
* Defense: Jari-Pekka Lehtonen [fi], Jonas Eriksson
* Forward: Christian Hellström [sv], Andrea Engel, Martin Olofsson [sv]

## Ranking

Official 1996 Rankings according to the IFF
| Rk. | Team |
| | Sweden |
| | Finland |
| | Norway |
| 4. | Czech Republic |
| 5. | Switzerland |
| 6. | Russia |
| 7. | Denmark |
| 8. | Germany |
| 9. | Latvia |
| 10. | Hungary |
| 11. | Estonia |
| 12. | Singapore |