2010 Canada Cup (floorball)
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The 2010 Canada Cup Floorball Championship was the seventh such championship contested in the tournament
Canada Cup (floorball)
The Canada Cup Floorball Championship, more commonly referred to as The Canada Cup, is an international floorball club open competition held annually during the Victoria Day long weekend in Toronto, Ontario, Canada....

's history. The tournament took place from May 21 to May 23, 2010 at York University
York University
York University is a public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is Canada's third-largest university, Ontario's second-largest graduate school, and Canada's leading interdisciplinary university....

 in Toronto
Toronto
Toronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the largest city in Canada. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. A relatively modern city, Toronto's history dates back to the late-18th century, when its land was first purchased by the British monarchy from...

, Ontario
Ontario
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, Canada
Canada
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.

The tournament saw its first Ontario
Ontario
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-based club win the elite division, as the Salming Vikings defeated the Ottawa Blizzard 9:2 in the championship match to capture the gold medal.

A record 57 clubs participated in the competition. In addition to that, the first youth clubs from abroad captured respective division championships as well, as Sweden
Sweden
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's Skogsäng Cobras captured the high school title and Salem Panthers IF won the bantam division.

The tournament also saw the first clubs win multiple divisions. The Mississauga Red Devils captured both the recreational and atom/peewee crowns, and came close to capturing the bantam division with an impressive second place finish. Although they participated under different names, the two Swedish teams belonged to the same club, capturing both the high school and bantam titles.

Source for Sports also returned as the tournament's headline sponsor, and 4 Finnish
Finland
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 referees from the Salibandyliiga
Salibandyliiga
The Salibandyliiga is the top floorball league in the country of Finland. There are men's and women's divisions, and the winner at the end of each season is presented with a national championship. The league was founded in 1986, but has only been referred to as the salibandyliiga since 1994...

 and the International Floorball Federation
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...

 (IFF) were also on hand to officiate matches.

Group A: Salming Conference

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Club
 Canada Salming Vikings 3 2 0 1 12 5
7
5
 Canada Ottawa Blizzard 3 1 1 1 5 6
3
 Czech Republic SKP Nymburk 3 1 1 1 7 6
1
3
 Canada Canada U19 3 0 2 1 2 9
1

May 21, 2010

May 22, 2010

Group B: X3M Conference

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Club
 United States NYC Floorball 3 2 0 1 20 3
17
5
 United States SF X3M Floorball 3 2 1 0 11 6
5
4
 Canada FC Toronto 3 1 1 1 4 5
3
 Canada Dunnville Floor Dogs 3 0 3 0 2 23
0

May 21, 2010

May 22, 2010

Playoffs

At this point in the competition, the clubs play in a cross-division playoff round, where the top club in one conference plays the weakest club in the other conference, the second placed club plays the third, and so on.

Draws between clubs were settled by points, wins, head-to-head match-ups, goal differential, goals against, goals for, and finally a coin toss.

Bracket

Quarter finals

Semi finals

Bronze medal match

Gold medal match

Leading scorers

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Club Player
 United States NYC Floorball  Sebastian Agdur  6 5 7 12 2
 United States NYC Floorball  Fredrik Heimerback  6 6 5 11 0
 Canada Salming Vikings  Andrew Radjenovic  6 5 5 10 0
 United States NYC Floorball  Per Thunberg  6 6 2 8 0
 Canada Salming Vikings  Magnus Augustsson  6 5 3 8 2
 Canada Salming Vikings  Andreas Ackevi  6 1 7 8 0
 United States SF X3M Floorball  Daniel Hinks  4 5 2 7 2

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Standings

Official Standings:
Rank Club
 Canada Salming Vikings
 Canada Ottawa Blizzard
 United States NYC Floorball
4  Czech Republic SKP Nymburk
5  United States SF X3M Floorball
6  Canada FC Toronto
7  Canada Canada U19
8  Canada Dunnville Floor Dogs

Awards

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Award Club Player
MVP
Most Valuable Player
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:
 Canada Salming Vikings Andreas Ackevi
Top Defenseman:  Canada Ottawa Blizzard Phil Paradis
Top Goalkeeper:  Czech Republic SKP Nymburk Martin Patek
Top Forward:  Canada Salming Vikings Andrew Radjenovic
Top Scorer:  United States NYC Floorball Sebastian Agdur

Other divisions

In addition to the elite division, 6 other divisions were contested:
Intermediate Ladies Recreational High School Bantam Atom/Peewee
 Quebec Young Guns IBK  Canada Darkside FC  Canada Red Devils  Sweden Skogsäng Cobras  Sweden Salem Panthers IF  Canada Red Devils

Intermediate

Ladies

Although accurate scoring summaries are not available, Darkside FC defeated Minneapolis 612 in the Ladies final for the gold medal, and Girls with Balls defeated the Ottawa Blizzard for bronze.

Recreational

High school

Bantam

Atom/Peewee

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