Sweden men's national floorball team

Sweden Men's National Floorball Team
Founded1985
ManagerSweden Mika Packalén
CoachSweden Niklas Nordén & Thomas Brottman
First game13–1, vs. Finland Finland
(28 September 1985)
Largest win43–1, vs. France France
(31 January 2018)
All-time top scorerKim Nilsson (210 points (127 and 83 assists goals)[1]
Championships9 World Championships (1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2012, 2014, 2020, 2022)
1 European Championships (1994)
Sweden men's national floorball team (2014)

The Sweden men's national floorball team is the national floorball team of Sweden, and a member of the International Floorball Federation. It has won ten out of 14 men's world championships (1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2012, 2014, 2020 and 2022). Its dominance has decreased somewhat though – in 1996 the overall goal difference was 83–3, while ten years later, the team suffered its first draw in the tournament versus Switzerland, and needed sudden victory to defeat Finland in the final. In 2008, Finland defeated Sweden in overtime, giving Sweden its first loss in the World Floorball Championships. This loss happened in the final match, and therefore Sweden did not retain their 12-year title as world floorball champions. In 2012, Sweden defeated Finland and won the title for the first time in six years.

Current roster

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As of February 2, 2023 [2]

# Player Club Pos. Grip Age Birthplace
1 Jon Hedlund Sweden Pixbo Wallenstam IBK G R 33 Sweden
2 Johan Samuelsson Sweden IBF Falun F L 35 Sweden
7 Kim Nilsson Sweden FBC Kalmarsund F L 36 Sweden
8 Malte Lundmark Sweden IBF Falun F R 23 Sweden
9 Alexander Galante Carlstrom Sweden IBF Falun F R 35 Sweden
10 Albin Sjögren Sweden Strovreta IBK F R 29 Sweden
13 Ludwig Persson Sweden Växjö IBK D L 29 Sweden
14 Tobias Gustafsson Sweden Storvreta IBK D L 31 Sweden
17 Rasmus Enström Sweden IBF Falun D R 34 Sweden
19 Jesper Sankell Sweden Växjö IBK F R 31 Sweden
21 Linus Holmgren Sweden IBF Falun F L 26 Sweden
22 Emil Johansson Sweden IBF Falun D L 32 Sweden
23 Hampus Ahrén Sweden Nykvarns IBF Ungdom F L 24 Sweden
26 Linus Nordgren Sweden FC Helsingborg F L 35 Sweden
28 Niklas Ramirez Sweden Växjö IBK

United States Florida Vikings

F L 29 Sweden
66 Kevin Haglund Sweden FBC Kalmarsund

United States Florida Vikings

F L 26 Sweden
68 Casper Backby Sweden IBF Falun F L 27 Sweden
72 Carl Bending Sorling Sweden FBC Kalmarsund G R 29 Sweden
77 Linus Malmström Sweden FC Helsingborg

United States Florida Vikings

F R 24 Sweden
97 Robin Nilsberth Switzerland Zug United F R 35 Sweden

World Championships Record

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Year Hosting Country Rank
1996 Sweden Sweden 1st place
1998 Czech Republic Czech Republic 1st place
2000 Norway Norway 1st place
2002 Finland Finland 1st place
2004 Switzerland Switzerland 1st place
2006 Sweden Sweden 1st place
2008 Czech Republic Czech Republic 2nd place
2010 Finland Finland 2nd place
2012 Switzerland Switzerland 1st place
2014 Sweden Sweden 1st place
2016 Latvia Latvia 2nd place
2018 Czech Republic Czech Republic 2nd place
2020 Finland Finland 1st place
2022 Switzerland Switzerland 1st place
2024 Sweden Sweden

Rankings and records

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Rankings

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Year Rank Details Change
2020 1st 1st A-Division +1
2018 2nd 2nd A-Division 0
2016 2nd 2nd A-Division -1
2014 1st 1st A-Division 0
2012 1st 1st A-Division +1
2010 2nd 2nd A-Division 0
2008 2nd 2nd A-Division -1
2006 1st 1st A-Division 0
2004 1st 1st A-Division 0
2002 1st 1st A-Division 0
2000 1st 1st A-Division 0
1998 1st 1st A-Division 0
1996 1st 1st A-Division NEW

All-time World Championship records

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Year GP W D L GF GA +/-
Sweden 1996 7 7 0 0 83 3 +80
Czech Republic 1998 5 5 0 0 56 5 +51
Norway 2000 5 5 0 0 31 10 +21
Finland 2002 6 6 0 0 75 8 +67
Switzerland 2004 6 6 0 0 76 13 +63
Sweden 2006 6 5 1 0 58 16 +42
Czech Republic 2008 6 5 0 1 62 18 +44
Finland 2010 6 5 0 1 96 12 +84
Switzerland 2012 6 6 0 0 96 12 +84
Sweden 2014 6 6 0 0 59 10 +49
Latvia 2016 6 5 0 1 44 14 +30
Czech Republic 2018 6 5 0 1 61 16 +45
Finland 2020 6 5 0 1 49 16 +33
Switzerland 2022 6 5 1 0 64 17 +47
Totals 83 76 2 5 910 170 +740

References

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  1. ^ "Nilsson tidernas främste målskytt". Aftonbladet (in Swedish). 6 December 2016.
  2. ^ "Team". IFF Main Site. Retrieved 3 August 2023.
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