Finnish national floorball team
The Finnish national floorball team presents Finland at international games and tournaments in the sport of floorball (also known as floorball). After the men's team won the last two world championship titles in 2008 and 2010, the team counts as the strongest in the world ahead of the Swedish national team .
history
Finland is one of the birth countries of floorball. The national association Suomen Salibandyliitto (Swedish: Finlands Innebandyförbund ), founded in 1985, was a founding member of the world association IFF in 1986 alongside the associations of Switzerland and Sweden. There are currently 42,182 registered players in Finland playing in 838 clubs.
The Finnish men's national team played their first international match against Sweden on September 28, 1985 in Sollentuna, Sweden. Sweden won the game 13: 1 and gave the Finnish national team the highest international defeat to date (as of December 2010). The team won their first internationally important title in 1995 with the European Championship. In the same year Finland had played out their highest international win (as of December 2010) with a 30-0 win over Japan. With the playing of the first World Cup in 1996, the dominance of the Swedish national team began, which won the world title five times in a row. It was not until 2008 that the Finnish team was able to end this series at the World Cup in Prague. Tero Tiitu had scored the decisive goal in the final against Sweden in extra time. Two years later in Helsinki the Finnish men defended their title with a 6-2 win over the again defeated Swedes. This title also gave the team the team of the year title in Finland for the first time .
The senior national team has been coached by Petri Kettunen since 2010 .
World championships
| WM | Venue (s) | space |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 |
 Skellefteå , Uppsala , Stockholm
|
2nd place |
| 1998 |
 Brno , Prague
|
3rd place |
| 2000 |
 Drammen , Oslo , Sarpsborg
|
2nd place |
| 2002 |
 Helsinki
|
2nd place |
| 2004 |
 Zurich , Kloten
|
3rd place |
| 2006 |
Helsingborg , Malmö , Botkyrka , Solna , Stockholm
|
2nd place |
| 2008 |
Ostrava , Prague
|
1st place |
| 2010 |
Helsinki , Vantaa
|
1st place |
| 2012 |
Zurich , Bern
|
2nd place |
| 2014 |
Gothenburg
|
2nd place |
| 2016 |
 Riga
|
1st place |
| 2018 |
Prague
|
1st place |
European championships
In 1994 and 1995 two European floorball championships were held.
| EM | Venue (s) | space |
|---|---|---|
| 1994 |
Helsinki
|
2nd place |
| 1995 |
|
1st place |
Squad
World Cup squad 2010: Henri Toivoniemi , Jani Naumanen - Jouni Vehkaoja , Juha Kivilehto , Patrick Wardi , Markus Bollström , Esa Jussila , Emil Kotamies , Tatu Väänänen , Saku Lehti - Juho Järvinen , Harri Forsten , Mika Moilanen , Hannes Öhman , Oscar Hänninen , Jani Kukkola , Mikael Järvi , Rickie Hyvärinen , Mika Kohonen , Lassi Vänttinen , Tero Tiitu , Jami Manninen - trainers: Petri Kettunen , assistant trainers : Juha Jäntti , Petri Kettunen.
World Cup squad 2012: Eero Kosononen , Henri Toivoniemi - Juha Kivilehto , Esa Jussila , Oliver Wardi , Tatu Väänänen , Mika Savolainen - Harri Forsten , Sami Koski , Mika Moilanen , Oscar Hänninen , Mikko Kohonen , Lauri Kapanen , Jani Kukkola , Mikael Järvi , Kari Koskelainen , Mika Kohonen , Lassi Vänttinen , Henri Johansson , Tero Tiitu - trainers: Petri Kettunen , assistant trainers : Mika Ahonen , Ray Backman .
Former players
- Vesa Punkari (* 1976)
Trainer
- Petteri Nykky (2004-2010)
- Petri Kettunen (2010-)
See also
Web links
- Team profile on floorball.org (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ floorball.org: Team card - Team presentation: Finland Men (accessed December 29, 2010)