Switzerland men's national floorball team

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IFF Ranking5th (2024)

The Switzerland men's national floorball team is the national floorball team of Switzerland, and a founding member of the International Floorball Federation.

Switzerland's team at 2022 World Championships

The team has participated in all World and European Championships as well as floorball tournaments at the World Games. Its biggest success is silver medal from the second World Championships in 1998. The team also won seven bronze medals, the last time in 2018.[1][2] That makes Switzerland the fourth most successful team after the third Czech Republic and before the fifth Norway.

Fans of Switzerland's team at 2022 World Championships match against Finland

At the last World Championship in 2024, Switzerland ended on the fifth place, their worst result together with the first World Championships in 1996.[1] At the 2006 tournament, the Swiss became the first team in history not to lose to Sweden at a World Championship.[3] At the first World Games in 2017, the Swiss won silver.[4] In contrast, in 2022 they failed to reach the semifinals and finished fifth.[5] At the most recent Games in 2025, they placed fourth.[6]

Switzerland's team celebrates their victory in the bronze medal match against the Czech Republic at the 2018 World Championships

Switzerland is ranked fifth in the IFF ranking (behind Latvia and ahead of Slovakia), following their fifth and fourth-place finishes at the World Championships in 2024 and 2022.

Players of the Swiss team (in white) in the bronze medal match against the Czech Republic at the 2018 World Championship
Year Hosting Country Rank Final match
1996 Sweden Sweden 5th place  Russia 8–3
1998 Czech Republic Czech Republic 2nd place  Sweden 3–10
2000 Norway Norway 3rd place  Denmark 4–2
2002 Finland Finland 3rd place  Czech Republic 4–3 OT
2004 Switzerland Switzerland 4th place  Finland 7–8ts
2006 Sweden Sweden 3rd place  Czech Republic 9–4
2008 Czech Republic Czech Republic 3rd place  Czech Republic 5–4 OT
2010 Finland Finland 4th place  Czech Republic 3–9
2012 Switzerland Switzerland 3rd place  Germany 8–0
2014 Sweden Sweden 4th place  Czech Republic 3–4
2016 Latvia Latvia 3rd place  Czech Republic 8–5
2018 Czech Republic Czech Republic 3rd place  Czech Republic 4–2
2020 Finland Finland 4th place  Czech Republic 3–4 OT
2022 Switzerland Switzerland 4th place  Finland 3–5
2024 Sweden Sweden 5th place  Slovakia 6–3
2026 Finland Finland
Players of the Swiss team (in white) in the match for fifth place against Slovakia at the 2024 World Championship

World Games

Year Hosting Country Rank Final match
2017  Poland 2nd place  Sweden 5–7
2022  USA 5th place  Canada 12–1
2025  China 4th place  Czech Republic 2–7

European Championships

References

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