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Founded | 1985 |
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Manager | Mika Packalén |
Coach | Niklas Nordén & Thomas Brottman |
First game | 13–1, vs. Finland (28 September 1985) |
Largest win | 43–1, vs. France (31 January 2018) |
All-time top scorer | Kim Nilsson (210 points (127 and 83 assists goals)[1] |
Championships | 9 World Championships (1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2012, 2014, 2020, 2022) 1 European Championships (1994) |
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.