2004 Men's World Floorball Championships
Encyclopedia
The 2004 Men's Floorball Championships were the fifth world championships in men's floorball
. It was held in May 2004 in Switzerland
, and won by Sweden.
Official 2004 Rankings according to the IFF
Floorball
Floorball, a type of floor hockey, is an indoor team sport which was developed in the 1970s in Sweden. Floorball is most popular in areas where the sport has developed the longest, such as the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Latvia, Norway, Sweden and Switzerland. The game is played...
. It was held in May 2004 in Switzerland
Switzerland
Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....
, and won by Sweden.
Group A
| Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 65 | 6 | 8 | |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 37 | 11 | 6 | |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 43 | 30 | 4 | |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 65 | 2 | |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 52 | 0 |
Group B
| Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 12 | 8 | |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 49 | 7 | 6 | |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 25 | 2 | |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 36 | 2 | |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 44 | 2 |
Final round
Semi-finals
Bronze medal match
Championship match
9th place match
7th place match
5th place match
Leading scorers
| Player | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Matthias Hofbauer | 6 | 11 | 11 | 22 | 0 |
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Niklas Jihde Niklas Jihde Niklas Jihde is a Swedish former floorball player. Jihde has won the Floorball World Championship with Sweden five times, in 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, and 2006.... |
6 | 12 | 8 | 20 | 2 |
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Christoph Hofbauer | 6 | 10 | 5 | 15 | 0 |
| |
Anders Hellgård | 6 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 2 |
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Tero Karppanen | 6 | 10 | 4 | 14 | 2 |
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Raymond Evensen | 5 | 8 | 6 | 14 | 0 |
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Mika Kohonen Mika Kohonen Mika Kohonen is a Finnish floorball player. He currently plays for Storvreta IBK, a club in the Swedish Super League. He has his own line of floorball sticks, called MK29, which were released by floorball company Karhu.... |
4 | 1 | 13 | 14 | 0 |
| |
Willy Fauskanger | 5 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 12 |
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Ales Zalesny | 6 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 4 |
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Henrik Quist | 6 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 2 |
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Jari-Pekka Lehtonen | 6 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 0 |
Ranking and statistics
All-star team
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Official 2004 Rankings according to the IFF
International Floorball Federation
The International Floorball Federation is the worldwide governing body for the sport of floorball. It was founded in 1986 in Huskvarna, Sweden, by the national floorball associations of Finland, Sweden and Switzerland. As of March 2011, it had 52 member associations, with 3,983 clubs and 277,752...
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See also
- 2004 Men's World Floorball Championships B-Division
- 2004 Men's World Floorball Championships C-Division2004 Men's World Floorball Championships C-DivisionThe 2004 Men's World Floorball Championships C-Division took place over April 21 to 25, 2004 in Leganés, Spain.The 2004 Men's World Floorball Championships were the first men's floorball championships that required a C-Division...