1997 Women's World Floorball Championships

Floorball competition 1997 Women's World Floorball Championships Finland 3–10 May 10 3 yes SWE 1 FIN NOR 27 312 5433 Scoring leader(s) Sara Wiksten SWE MVP Åsa Karlsson SWE 2014-06-25 1999 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.http://www.dn.se/arkiv/sport/historiskt-svenskt-vm-guld-innebandy-seger-mot-finland-i-finalen/ https://web.archive.org/web/20170205013331/http://www.dn.se/arkiv/sport/historiskt-svenskt-vm-guld-innebandy-seger-mot-finland-i-finalen/ dead February 5, 2017 Historiskt svenskt VM-guld. Innebandy. Seger mot Finland i finalen. Sara Wiksten avgjorde Dagens nyheter Swedish 11 May 1997 4 February 2017 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 main WDL Q 2 n SWE SWE SUI SUI RUS RUS GER GER AUT AUT 4 0 0 75 1 3 0 1 29 13 2 0 2 19 24 1 0 3 8 39 0 0 4 3 57 green1 A A complete w 3 May 1997 15:00 AUT 0 SWE 32 0-11 0-12 0-9 159 Mariehamn w 3 May 1997 19:00 GER 1 SUI 11 0-4 0-4 1-3 Mariehamn w 4 May 1997 15:00 RUS 7 AUT 2 4-1 1-1 2-0 87 Mariehamn w 4 May 1997 19:00 SWE 18 GER 0 4-0 2-0 12-0 59 Mariehamn w 5 May 1997 15:00 GER 5 AUT 1 2-0 0-1 3-0 26 Mariehamn w 5 May 19:00 SUI 4 RUS 3 1-1 1-2 2-0 98 Mariehamn w 6 May 1997 15:00 AUT 0 SUI 13 0-5 0-3 0-5 Mariehamn w 6 May 1997 19:00 SWE 16 RUS 0 5-0 8-0 3-0 95 Mariehamn w 7 May 1997 15:00 RUS 9 GER 2 3-1 3-1 3-0 40 Mariehamn w 7 May 1997 19:00 SUI 1 SWE 9 0-5 1-0 0-4 94 Mariehamn Group B main WDL Q 2 n FIN FIN NOR NOR CZE CZE LAT LAT JPN JPN 4 0 0 49 6 3 0 1 35 8 2 0 2 30 12 1 0 3 17 23 0 0 4 1 83 green1 A A complete w 3 May 1997 16:00 NOR 4 CZE 3 1-0 3-2 0-1 Godbyhallen, Godby w 3 May 1997 20:00 JPN 0 FIN 30 0-13 0-9 0-8 Godbyhallen, Godby w 4 May 1997 16:00 CZE 18 JPN 0 4-0 6-0 8-0 36 Godbyhallen, Godby w 4 May 1997 20:00 NOR 7 LAT 1 2-0 2-1 3-0 47 Godbyhallen, Godby w 5 May 1997 16:00 LAT 12 JPN 1 5-0 3-0 4-1 50 Godbyhallen, Godby w 5 May 1997 20:00 FIN 7 CZE 2 2-1 2-0 3-1 144 Godbyhallen, Godby w 6 May 1997 16:00 JPN 0 NOR 23 0-8 0-7 0-8 19 Godbyhallen, Godby w 6 May 1997 20:00 LAT 3 FIN 8 0-2 3-3 0-3 80 Godbyhallen, Godby w 7 May 1997 16:00 CZE 7 LAT 1 3-0 1-0 3-1 Godbyhallen, Godby w 7 May 1997 20:00 FIN 4 NOR 1 2-1 0-0 2-0 157 Godbyhallen, Godby Final stage A1 SWE 8 B2 NOR 0 B1 FIN 2 A2 SUI 0 A1 SWE 4 B1 FIN 2 B2 NOR 3(2) A2 SUI 3(0) w 8 May 1997 12:00 JPN 2 AUT 4 2-2 0-1 0-1 81 Godbyhallen, Godby w 8 May 1997 17:00 LAT 6 GER 3 2-0 0-0 4-3 120 Godbyhallen, Godby w 8 May 1997 20:00 RUS 5 CZE 3 1-1 4-1 0-1 142 Godbyhallen, Godby w 9 May 1997 16:00 SWE 8 NOR 0 1-0 2-0 5-0 854 Godbyhallen, Godby w 9 May 1997 19:00 FIN 2 SUI 0 0-0 1-0 1-0 Godbyhallen, Godby w 10 May 1997 13:00 NOR 3 SUI 3 2-1 0-0 1-2 0-0 2-0 1500 Godbyhallen, Godby Final w 10 May 1997 16:00 SWE 4 FIN 2 1-1 2-1 1-0 1498 Godbyhallen, Godby Final ranking SWEFINNOR4SUI5RUS6CZE7LAT8GER9AUT10JPN Top scorers  PlayerG GoalsA AssistsP Points1Sara Wiksten SWE165212Helena Lindberg SWE813213Johanna Ekeroth SWE137204Åsa Karlsson SWE87155Pernilla Gunnskog SWE65116Nicole Spicher SUI82107Hermine Dahlerus SWE64108Linda Werner SWE55109Linda Kristiansen SWE36910Carina Rosell SWE628 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 References Sources IFF tournament site Category:Floorball World Championships World Floorball Championships Women's World Championships Category:International floorball competitions hosted by Finland Women's World Floorball Championships