1999 Women's World Floorball Championships

Floorball competition Women's World Floorball Championships 1999 Sweden 9–15 May 1999 12 yes FIN 1 SUI SWE 24 204 7210 Scoring leader(s) Linda Kristiansen NOR MVP Anna-Maija Keränen FIN 2014-06-25 1997 2001 The 1999 Women's World Floorball Championships was the second world championship in women's floorball. The games were played in Borlänge, Sweden 9–15 May 1999. Finland won the tournament defeating Switzerland, 5–1, in the final-game and it was their first title. This also was the first time that the world championships were divided into two separate divisions, although all games were played at the same dates in Borlänge. Sweden won the bronze medals defeating Norway, 5–1, in the bronze medal game.http://www.dn.se/arkiv/sport/femetta-gav-brons-innebandy-vm-norge-tog-ledningen-sen-vande/ https://web.archive.org/web/20170205013310/http://www.dn.se/arkiv/sport/femetta-gav-brons-innebandy-vm-norge-tog-ledningen-sen-vande/ dead February 5, 2017 Femetta gav brons. Innebandy-VM. Norge tog ledningen. Sen vände ett tänt svenskt lag Dagens Nyheter Swedish 16 May 1999 4 February 2017 Australia, Denmark and Singapore made their first appearances in the women's floorball world championships. Division A Results Originally there were planned to be two groups consisting of four teams each, but because of a withdrawal from Russia group A dropped to three teams. The two best placed teams in each group advance to play semifinals while the third best teams went to play the game for 5th place. Because of Russia's withdrawal, they were automatically ranked last place and were relegated to the B-division for the next championship. Group A main WDL Q 2 n SWE SWE SUI SUI GER GER 2 0 0 14 2 1 0 1 7 5 0 0 2 2 16 green1 A A complete w 10 May 1999 16:30 SUI 6 GER 1 4–0 2–1 0–0 157 Borlänge w 11 May 1999 17:00 SWE 4 SUI 1 0–0 1–1 3–0 Borlänge w 12 May 1999 19:30 GER 1 SWE 10 0–4 0–2 1–4 447 Borlänge Group B main WDL Q 2 n NOR NOR FIN FIN CZE CZE LAT LAT 3 0 0 23 4 2 0 1 30 9 1 0 2 8 19 0 0 3 6 35 green1 A A complete w 10 May 1999 17:00 FIN 9 CZE 2 3–0 3–1 3–1 Borlänge w 10 May 1999 19:00 NOR 11 LAT 1 4–0 5–1 2–0 146 Borlänge w 11 May 1999 16:30 CZE 5 LAT 3 1–1 4–0 0–2 132 Borlänge w 11 May 1999 19:30 FIN 2 NOR 5 0–1 0–1 2–3 377 Borlänge w 12 May 1999 16:30 NOR 7 CZE 1 1–1 3–0 3–0 137 Borlänge w 12 May 1999 17:00 LAT 2 FIN 19 1–1 1–7 0–11 287 Borlänge Final stage A1 SWE 2(1) B2 FIN 2(2) B1 NOR 0 A2 SUI 4 B2 FIN 3 A2 SUI 1 A1 SWE 5 B1 NOR 1 w 14 May 1999 14:00 GER 4 CZE 8 2–1 0–4 2–3 Borlänge w 14 May 1999 17:00 SWE 2 FIN 2 0–1 2–0 0–1 0–0 1–2 1738 Borlänge w 14 May 1999 20:00 NOR 0 SUI 4 0–0 0–0 0–4 738 Borlänge w 15 May 1999 12:00 SWE 5 NOR 1 0–1 3–0 2–0 1569 Borlänge w 15 May 1999 15:00 FIN 3 SUI 1 0–1 2–0 1–0 Borlänge Statistics Top scorers  PlayerG GoalsA AssistsP Points1Linda Kristiansen NOR59142Birgitte Lersbryggen NOR83113Jonna Kettunen FIN7184Lise Johansen NOR4265Satu Puustinen FIN3366Marilla Puustinen FIN2467Merja Pitkänen FIN1568Camilla Granelid SWE3259Ingrid Gigstad NORAnne Averio FIN314 All-star team The inclusion of Laura Tomatis and Regula Kindhauser made them the first non-Nordic players to be included in the world championship history. Goalkeeper: Laura Tomatis SUI Defender: Lena Birath SWE Defender: Regula Kindhauser SUI Centre: Anna-Maija Keränen FIN Forward: Birgitte Lersbryggen NOR Forward: Susanna Tuominen FIN MVP: Anna-Maija Keränen FIN Division B Results main WDL Q 2 n AUT AUT AUS AUS DEN DEN JPN JPN SIN SIN 3 1 0 20 15 2 1 1 15 14 1 1 2 17 14 0 3 1 15 16 1 0 3 12 20 green1 A complete w 9 May 1999 17:00 AUS 5 SIN 4 1–2 1–2 3–0 287 Borlänge w 9 May 1999 16:30 JPN 5 AUT 5 2–1 1–2 2–2 397 Borlänge w 10 May 1999 14:30 AUT 6 AUS 5 3–0 1–1 2–4 Borlänge w 10 May 1999 14:00 SIN 2 DEN 7 1–2 1–1 0–4 178 Borlänge w 11 May 1999 14:00 AUS 2 JPN 2 0–1 1–0 1–1 Borlänge w 11 May 1999 14:30 DEN 2 AUT 3 1–2 0–0 1–1 Borlänge w 12 May 1999 14:30 JPN 6 DEN 6 0–2 5–2 1–2 223 Borlänge w 12 May 1999 14:00 AUT 6 SIN 3 2–0 3–1 1–2 Borlänge w 13 May 1999 11:00 SIN 3 JPN 2 2–0 0–2 1–0 197 Borlänge w 13 May 1999 11:30 AUS 3 DEN 2 0–1 2–1 1–0 200 Borlänge Statistics Top scorers  PlayerG GoalsA AssistsP Points1Jill Quek SIN74112Sachi Yokoe JPN6393Jutta Haberrmann AUT5494Gabriele Leitner AUT6175Louise Strøbech DEN5276Miho Koike JPNChikae Ogawa JPN4378Elizabeth Privschek AUT2579Gerlinde Weishaupt AUT51610Sam Gill AUS235 Final rankings Division A FINSUISWE4NOR5CZE6GER7LAT *Because of their withdrawal, Russia were relegated to division B for 2001. Division B 1AUT2AUS3DEN4JPN5SIN *Austria is promoted to division A for 2001. See also IFF Tournament Site 1999 Womens Floorball, World Championships Women's World Championships Women's World Championships, 1999 Category:Sport in Borlänge Category:Sports competitions in Dalarna County Category:May 1999 sports events in Europe Category:20th century in Dalarna County