2004 Men's World Floorball Championships

2004 Men's WorldFloorball Championships

A-Division
Tournament details
Host country	Switzerland
Venues	2 (in 2 host cities)
Dates	16–23 May 2004 (2004-05-16 – 2004-05-23)
Teams	10
Final positions
Champions	Sweden
Runners-up	Czech Republic
Third place	Finland
Tournament statistics
Scoring leader(s)	Matthias Hofbauer

The 2004 Men's Floorball Championships were the fifth Men's World Floorball Championship. It was held in May 2004 in Switzerland, and won by Sweden.^[1][2]

Championship results

Preliminary round

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Sweden	4	4	0	0	65	6	+59	8
Czech Republic	4	3	0	1	37	11	+26	6
Norway	4	2	0	2	43	30	+13	4
Germany	4	1	0	3	13	65	−52	2
Austria	4	0	0	4	6	52	−46	0

Source: ^[2]

May 16, 2004 Czech Republic  20–1  Germany Saalsporthalle, Zurich

Austria  1–17  Norway Saalsporthalle, Zurich

May 17, 2004 Germany  9–2  Austria Saalsporthalle, Zurich

Sweden  4–1  Czech Republic Saalsporthalle, Zurich

May 18, 2004 Czech Republic  7–2  Austria Saalsporthalle, Zurich

Norway  4–17  Sweden Saalsporthalle, Zurich

May 19, 2004 Norway  4–9  Czech Republic Saalsporthalle, Zurich

Sweden  25–0  Germany Saalsporthalle, Zurich

May 20, 2004 Germany  3–18  Norway Saalsporthalle, Zurich

Austria  1–19  Sweden Saalsporthalle, Zurich

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Switzerland	4	4	0	0	33	12	+21	8
Finland	4	3	0	1	49	7	+42	6
Latvia	4	1	0	3	15	25	−10	2
Russia	4	1	0	3	13	36	−23	2
Denmark	4	1	0	3	14	44	−30	2

Source: ^[2]

May 16, 2004 Switzerland  4–3  Latvia Eishalle Schluefweg, Zurich

Russia  6–7  Denmark Eishalle Schluefweg, Zurich

May 17, 2004 Finland  16–1  Russia Eishalle Schluefweg, Zurich

Denmark  4–15   Switzerland Eishalle Schluefweg, Zurich

May 18, 2004 Latvia  2–14  Finland Eishalle Schluefweg, Zurich

Russia  2–10   Switzerland Eishalle Schluefweg, Zurich

May 19, 2004 Latvia  3–4  Russia Eishalle Schluefweg, Zurich

Finland  16–0  Denmark Eishalle Schluefweg, Zurich

May 20, 2004 Denmark  3–7  Latvia Eishalle Schluefweg, Zurich

Switzerland  4–3  Finland Eishalle Schluefweg, Zurich

Placement round

9th place match

May 21, 2004 Austria  4–6  Denmark Eishalle Schluefweg, Zurich

7th place match

May 21, 2004 Germany  5–10  Russia Eishalle Schluefweg, Zurich

5th place match

May 21, 2004 Norway  6–4  Latvia Eishalle Schluefweg, Zurich

Final round

	Semifinals					Finals
	A1	Sweden	5
	B2	Finland	3
						A1	Sweden	6
						A2	Czech Republic	4
	B1	Switzerland	3
	A2	Czech Republic	5

Semi-finals

May 22, 2004 Sweden  5–3  Finland Eishalle Schluefweg, Zurich

Switzerland  3–5  Czech Republic Eishalle Schluefweg, Zurich

Bronze medal match

May 23, 2004 Finland  8–7   Switzerland Eishalle Schluefweg, Zurich

Championship match

May 23, 2004 Sweden  6–4  Czech Republic Eishalle Schluefweg, Zurich

Leading scorers

Player		GP	G	A	PTS	PIM
	Matthias Hofbauer	6	11	11	22	0
	Niklas Jihde	6	12	8	20	2
	Christoph Hofbauer	6	10	5	15	0
	Anders Hellgård [sv]	6	7	8	15	2
	Tero Karppanen [fi]	6	10	4	14	2
	Raymond Evensen [no]	5	8	6	14	0
	Mika Kohonen	4	1	13	14	0
	Willy Fauskanger	5	7	6	13	12
	Aleš Zálesný [cs]	6	7	5	12	4
	Henrik Quist [sv]	6	5	7	12	2
	Jari-Pekka Lehtonen [fi]	6	5	7	12	0

Ranking

Official 2004 Rankings according to the IFF:

Rk.	Team
	Sweden
	Czech Republic
	Finland
4.	Switzerland
5.	Norway
6.	Latvia
7.	Russia
8.	Germany
9.	Denmark
10.	Austria

All-star team

• Goalkeeper: Henri Toivoniemi [fi]
• Defence: Jari-Pekka Lehtonen [fi], Jakob Olofsson
• Forward: Matthias Hofbauer, Niklas Jihde, Mika Kohonen

See also

• 2004 Men's World Floorball Championships B-Division
• 2004 Men's World Floorball Championships C-Division

References

1. Svoboda, Vilém (May 23, 2004). "Florbalisté vybojovali historické stříbro". iDNES.cz (in Czech). Retrieved November 1, 2024.
2. "Men's WFC 2004". IFF Main Site. Retrieved November 1, 2024.

External links

• Official site
• Official results