Innebandymagazinet Award

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The Innebandymagazinet Award (also the Golden Floorball Award) is a poll for the best floorball player in the world, announced annually by the Swedish floorball magazine Innebandymagazinet. The rankings, compiled based on the poll, include the top ten male and ten female players for the calendar year. The poll has been voted on by national team coaches, journalists and experts since 2005. [1] [2]

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2024 winner Justus Kainulainen SVK vs. FIN, IFF WFC, 8.12.2024-099 (cropped to Justus Kainulainen).jpg
2024 winner Justus Kainulainen

In the 21 editions held so far, eleven different players have won in the men's category, with the most recent winner being Swede player Sakarias Ulriksson in 2025. [3] Swedish floorball players have finished in first place a total of fourteen times. In the remaining years, it was Finnish players, among whom Mika Kohonen holds the record with five wins. [4]

The winner of the poll for 2025 and the overall five-time winner, Veera Kauppi. IFF FCC 2019 IKSU-PIRANHA Veera Kauppi (cropped).jpg
The winner of the poll for 2025 and the overall five-time winner, Veera Kauppi.

In the 19 editions held so far in the women's category, nine different players have won, with the most recent winner being Finn Veera Kauppi in 2025, who claimed a record fifth victory. [3] Overall, Swedish floorball players are the most successful, finishing in first place twelve times. Among Finns, only Kauppi has won. Swiss Simone Berner  [ sv ] and Czech Eliška Krupnová  [ cs ] each have one victory. [5]

History of the poll

The poll was first announced for the calendar year 2005, initially only in the men's category. For the following few years, the best players of the completed season were selected. Since 2010, the voting has returned to being for the calendar year. [6]

In the women's category, voting was held for the first time in the 2007.

In the first three editions, the top 15 players were announced; after that, only the top 10 were published.

The best male players

Five-time winner Mika Kohonen Mikakohonencelebration (cropped).jpg
Five-time winner Mika Kohonen
Three-time winner Emil Johansson [sv] WFC2022 Final Sweden vs Czech Republic All Star Team (Emil Johansson) (cropped).jpg
Three-time winner Emil Johansson  [ sv ]

Multiple-time winners: 5× Mika Kohonen, 3× Emil Johansson  [ sv ], 2× Alexander Galante Carlström, Anders Hellgård  [ sv ], Rasmus Enström  [ de ] and Kim Nilsson

Source: [7] [8] [9]

The best female players

Four-time winner Anna Wijk SM-final Innebandy Damer 2018-160 (cropped).jpg
Four-time winner Anna Wijk

Multiple-time winners: 5× Veera Kauppi, 4× Anna Wijk, 3× Emelie Lindström  [ sv ], 2× Karolina Widar  [ sv ]

Source: [7] [8] [9]

References

  1. ↑ "Reprezentační kapitán čtvrtý na světě, česká teenagerka přepsala historii ankety - Sport.cz". www.sport.cz (in Czech). 24 January 2024. Retrieved 11 January 2025.
  2. ↑ "Innebandymagazinet firar Golden Floorball Award 20 år". Innebandymagazinet (in Swedish). Retrieved 20 January 2026.
  3. 1 2 Jansson, Henrik (15 January 2026). "Ulriksson and Kauppi break records as world's best floorball players". Innebandymagazinet (in Swedish). Retrieved 20 January 2026.
  4. ↑ "World's best floorball players 2023". Innebandymagazinet. Retrieved 11 January 2025.
  5. ↑ iDNES.cz, ČTK (22 December 2020). "Krupnová byla jako první Česka vyhlášena nejlepší florbalistkou světa". iDNES.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 11 January 2025.
  6. ↑ Bureš, Vítězslav (1 December 2010). "Fin Kohonen je potřetí nejlepším florbalistou světa, Čech Cepek je pátý". iDNES.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 11 January 2025.
  7. 1 2 "Golden Floorball Award - World's Best Floorball Player". Innebandymagazinet (in Swedish). 20 January 2026. Retrieved 20 January 2026.
  8. 1 2 "Veera Kauppi and Emil Johansson are the world's best floorball players 2023". IFF Main Site. 20 January 2025. Retrieved 11 January 2025.
  9. 1 2 "Justus Kainulainen arvioitiin maailman parhaaksi salibandyn pelaajaksi". Pääkallo.fi (in Finnish). 30 December 2024. Retrieved 11 January 2025.
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