1998 Men's World Floorball Championships
Encyclopedia
The 1998 Men's Floorball Championships were the second world championships in men's floorball
. It was held in May 1998 in the Czech Republic
, and won by Sweden.
Official 1998 A-Division 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 1998 in the Czech Republic
Czech Republic
The Czech Republic is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Poland to the northeast, Slovakia to the east, Austria to the south, and Germany to the west and northwest....
, and won by Sweden.
Group A
| Team | |||||||
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| 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 6 | |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 4 | |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 17 | 2 | |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 34 | 0 |
Group B
| Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 3 | 6 | |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 3 | |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 3 | |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 0 |
Playoffs
Semi-Finals
Bronze Medal Match
Championship Match
7th Place Match
5th Place Match
Leading scorers
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Magnus Augustsson | 5 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 2 |
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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.... |
5 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 0 |
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Martin Olofsson Martin Olofsson - External links :*... |
5 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 0 |
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Michael Östlund | 5 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 0 |
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Christian Hellström | 5 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 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.... |
5 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 2 |
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Thomas Engel Thomas Engel Thomas Engel is a former New Zealand rower.At the 1950 British Empire Games he won the silver medal as part of the men's eight alongside crew members Donald Adam, Kerry Ashby, Murray Ashby, Bruce Culpan, Graham Jarratt, Don Rowlands, Edwin Smith and Bill Tinnock.-References:... |
5 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 2 |
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Klas Karlsson | 5 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 0 |
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Mikael Gunnarzon | 5 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 4 |
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Petter Pettersen | 4 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 2 |
Ranking & Statistics
Awards & All-Star Team
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Official 1998 A-Division 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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