The 2006 Men's Floorball Championships were the sixth Men's World Floorball Championship. It was held in May 2006 in

Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. It borders Norway to the west and north, and Finland to the east. At , Sweden is the largest Nordic count ...

, with the host country defeating

Finland Finland, officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It borders Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of Bothnia to the west and the Gulf of Finland to the south, ...

in sudden victory in the gold medal game.

thus continued its tradition of winning these championships, but for the first time in their history the team failed to win all games.

Switzerland Switzerland, officially the Swiss Confederation, is a landlocked country located in west-central Europe. It is bordered by Italy to the south, France to the west, Germany to the north, and Austria and Liechtenstein to the east. Switzerland ...

became the first team to accomplish a draw versus Sweden in a world championship game, and later won the bronze medal.

Championship results

Preliminary round

Group A

Group B

Final round

Semifinals

Bronze-medal match

Championship Match

Placement round

9th-place match

7th-place match

5th-place match

Leading scorers

All-Star Team

*Goalkeeper: *Defense: , Marcus Gerber *Forward:

Tero Tiitu Tero Tiitu (born April 23, 1982) is a Finnish floorball player currently playing for EräViikingit of the F-liiga. Tiitu is the holder of the F-liiga's one season goal scoring record of 63 goals. Swedish floorball magazine Innebandymagazinet ch ...

, , Mika Kohonen

Ranking

Official 2006 Rankings according to the

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References

External links

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Official results
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Floorball Floorball (also known by other names) is a sport played with five players and a goalkeeper in each team. It is played indoors with sticks and a hollow plastic ball with holes. Matches are played in three periods. The sport of bandy also playe ...

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