Switzerland men's national ball hockey team

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Switzerland
Nickname(s)Switzerland
Association Swiss Street Hockey Association (SSHA)
Head coach Tibor Kapánek
Captain Raphael Melliger
Biggest win
Flag of Switzerland.svg Switzerland 22 - 0 Latvia Flag of Latvia.svg
(Sierre, Switzerland, 2003)
Biggest defeat
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic 19 - 0 Switzerland Flag of Switzerland.svg
(Bratislava, Slovakia, 1996)
Ball Hockey World Championship
Appearances11 (first in 1996 )
Best result4th (1999, 2001)

The Switzerland men's national ball hockey team is the men's national ball hockey team of Switzerland, and a member of the International Street and Ball Hockey Federation (ISBHF).

World Championships

YearLocationResult
1996 Bratislava, Slovakia7th place
1998 Litoměřice, Czech Republic7th place
1999 Zvolen, Slovakia4th place
2001 Toronto, Canada4th place
2003 Sierra, Switzerland5th place
2005 Pittsburgh, USA8th place
2007 Ratingen, Slovakia6th place
2009 Plzeň, Czech Republic11th place
2011 Bratislava, Slovakia10th place
2013 St.John's, Canada7th place
2015 Zug, Switzerland6th place
2017 Pardubice, Czech Republic7th place

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