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
Dates	3–10 May
Teams	10
Final positions
Champions	Sweden (1st title)
Runners-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)	Sara Wiksten (SWE)
Awards
MVP	Åsa Karlsson (SWE)
1999 → All statistics correct as of 2014-06-25.

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	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

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

	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

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	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

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)