Host country Sweden Teams 12 Runner-up Switzerland | Dates 9–15 May Champions Finland (1st title) Third place Sweden | |
The 1999 Women's World Floorball Championships was the second world championship in women's floorball. The games were played in Borlänge, Sweden 9–15 May 1999. Finland won the tournament defeating Switzerland, 5-1, in the final-game and it was their first title. This also was the first time that the world championships were divided into two separate divisions, although all games were played at the same dates in Borlänge. Sweden won the bronze medals defeating Norway, 5-1, in the bronze medal game.
Contents
Australia, Denmark & Singapore made their first appearances in the women's floorball world championships.
Results
Originally there were planned to be two groups consisting of four teams each, but because of a withdrawal from Russia group A dropped to three teams. The two best placed teams in each group advance to play semifinals while the third best teams went to play the game for 5th place. Because of Russia's withdrawal, they were automatically ranked last place and were relegated to the B-division for the next championship.
All-star team
The inclusion of Laura Tomatis and Regula Kindhauser made them the first non-Nordic players to be included in the world championship history.
Goalkeeper: Laura Tomatis (SUI)
Defender: Lena Birath (SWE)
Defender: Regula Kindhauser (SUI)
Centre: Anna-Maija Keränen (FIN)
Forward: Birgitte Lersbryggen (NOR)
Forward: Susanna Tuominen (FIN)
MVP: Anna-Maija Keränen (FIN)