Floorball World Championship 1998

The 2nd men's floorball world championship was held from May 25th to 30th, 1998 in the Czech Republic . The venues were Brno for group A group matches and Prague for group B group matches and all placement and final matches.

The title was won for the second time in a row by Sweden , who beat Switzerland 10: 3 in the final . Bronze went to Finland .

Group games

Group A

country	Sp	S.	U	N	+	-	Pt
Sweden	3	3	0	0	35	0	6th
Switzerland	3	2	0	1	16	9	4th
Czech Republic	3	1	0	2	9	17th	2
Germany	3	0	0	3	0	34	0

Group B

country	Sp	S.	U	N	+	-	Pt
Finland	3	3	0	0	18th	3	6th
Denmark	3	2	1	1	9	7th	3
Norway	3	1	1	1	8th	7th	3
Russia	3	0	0	3	3	21st	0

Placement games

Game for 7th place

Germany

2

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6th

Russia

May 29, 1998, 1:00 p.m.

Prague

Germany played with it at the Floorball World Cup 2000 in the B division.

Play for 5th place

Czech Republic

4th

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5

Norway

May 30, 1998, 10:00 am

Prague

Finals

	Semifinals				final
	May 29, 1998, 5:00 p.m., Prague
	Sweden	11
	Denmark	2
					May 30, 1998, 4:00 p.m., Prague
					Sweden	10
					Switzerland	3
					Game for third place
	May 29, 1998, 8:00 p.m., Prague				May 30, 1998, 1:00 p.m., Prague
	Finland	4th			Denmark	1
	Switzerland	5			Finland	4th

Best scorer

Abbreviations: Sp = games, T = goals, V = assists , pts = points, SM = penalty minutes;

rank	player		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM
1		Magnus Augustsson	5	6th	4th	10	2
2		Niklas Jihde	5	5	5	10	0
3		Michael Östlund	5	4th	5	9	0
4th		Martin Olofsson	5	4th	5	9	0
5		Christian Hellström	5	6th	2	8th	0
6th		Thomas Engel	5	6th	2	8th	2
7th		Mika Kohonen	5	6th	2	8th	2
8th		Klas Karlsson	5	2	6th	8th	0
9		Mikael Gunnarzon	5	4th	3	7th	4th
10		Petter Pettersen	4th	1	6th	7th	2

Final placement

space	country
1	Sweden
2	Switzerland
3	Finland
4th	Denmark
5	Norway
6th	Czech Republic
7th	Russia
8th	Germany

Web links

• Results of the IFF