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.[1]

1997 Women's World Floorball Championships
Tournament details
Host country Finland
Dates3–10 May
Teams10
Final positions
Champions  Sweden (1st title)
Runner-up  Finland
Third place  Norway
Tournament statistics
Matches played27
Goals scored312 (11.56 per match)
Attendance5,433 (201 per match)
Scoring leader(s) Sara Wiksten (SWE)
MVP Åsa Karlsson (SWE)
1999 →

All statistics correct as of 2014-06-25.

Preliminary round

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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

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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
Source: [citation needed]
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

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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
Source: [citation needed]
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

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Semifinals Finals
      
A1   Sweden 8
B2   Norway 0
A1   Sweden 4
B1   Finland 2
B1   Finland 2
A2    Switzerland 0 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

Statistics

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Final ranking

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

Top scorers

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  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

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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)

References

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  1. ^ "Historiskt svenskt VM-guld. Innebandy. Seger mot Finland i finalen. Sara Wiksten avgjorde" (in Swedish). Dagens nyheter. 11 May 1997. Retrieved 4 February 2017.

Sources

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