1997 Women's World Floorball Championships

1997 Women's World Floorball Championships
Tournament details
Host country	Finland
Dates	3–10 May
Teams	10
Final positions
Champions	Sweden (1st title)
Runner-up	Finland
Third place	Norway
Tournament statistics
Matches played	27
Goals scored	312 (11.56 per match)
Attendance	5,433 (201 per match)
Scoring leader(s)	(SWE)
MVP	(SWE)
	1999 → ;

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, Finland 3–10 May 1997. Sweden won the tournament and became the first world champions in the history of women's floorball.^[1]

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	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Sweden	4	4	0	75	1	+74	8
Switzerland	4	3	1	29	13	+16	6
Russia	4	2	2	19	24	−5	4
Germany	4	1	3	8	39	−31	2
Austria	4	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[]

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Finland	4	4	0	49	6	+43	8
Norway	4	3	1	35	8	+27	6
Czech Republic	4	2	2	30	12	+18	4
Latvia	4	1	3	17	23	−6	2
Japan	4	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	, Godby


3 May 1997 20:00	Japan	0 - 30 (0-13, 0-9, 0-8)	Finland	, Godby


4 May 1997 16:00	Czech Republic	18 - 0 (4-0, 6-0, 8-0)	Japan	, Godby


4 May 1997 20:00	Norway	7 - 1 (2-0, 2-1, 3-0)	Latvia	, Godby


5 May 1997 16:00	Latvia	12 - 1 (5-0, 3-0, 4-1)	Japan	, Godby


5 May 1997 20:00	Finland	7 - 2 (2-1, 2-0, 3-1)	Czech Republic	, Godby


6 May 1997 16:00	Japan	0 - 23 (0-8, 0-7, 0-8)	Norway	, Godby


6 May 1997 20:00	Latvia	3 - 8 (0-2, 3-3, 0-3)	Finland	, Godby


7 May 1997 16:00	Czech Republic	7 - 1 (3-0, 1-0, 3-1)	Latvia	, Godby


7 May 1997 20:00	Finland	4 - 1 (2-1, 0-0, 2-0)	Norway	, Godby

Final stage[]

Semifinals			Final

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	, Godby


8 May 1997 17:00	Latvia	6 - 3 (2-0, 0-0, 4-3)	Germany	, Godby


8 May 1997 20:00	Russia	5 - 3 (1-1, 4-1, 0-1)	Czech Republic	, Godby


9 May 1997 16:00	Sweden	8 - 0 (1-0, 2-0, 5-0)	Norway	, Godby


9 May 1997 19:00	Finland	2 - 0 (0-0, 1-0, 1-0)	Switzerland	, Godby


10 May 1997 13:00	Norway	3 - 3 (a.e.t) (2-1, 0-0, 1-2, 0-0) Pen: 2-0	Switzerland	, Godby


10 May 1997 16:00	Sweden	4 - 2 (1-1, 2-1, 1-0)	Finland	, Godby

Statistics[]

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	(SWE)	16	5	21
2	(SWE)	8	13	21
3	(SWE)	13	7	20
4	(SWE)	8	7	15
5	(SWE)	6	5	11
6	(SUI)	8	2	10
7	(SWE)	6	4	10
8	(SWE)	5	5	10
9	(SWE)	3	6	9
10	(SWE)	6	2	8

All star team[]

Goalkeeper:   (SWE)
Defender:   (FIN)
Defender:   (SWE)
Centre:   (SWE)
Forward:   (NOR)
Forward:   (SWE)

MVP: (SWE)

References[]

^ "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[]

IFF tournament site

[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.

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