2009 Canada Cup (floorball)


The 2009 Canada Cup Floorball Championship was the sixth such championship contested in the tournament's history. The tournament took place over 15 to 17 May 2009 at York University in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
California's X-Stream IBK defeated the Czech Republic's TJ Sokol Jaroměř 6:5 in the championship match to capture the gold medal in the [|elite] division.
Canadian teams swept the rest of the 6 divisions, including the brand new high school division, which was won by the Centre Dufferin Royals, and back-to-back championships for both Manitoba in the [|ladies] division and Cambridge FC in the [|recreational] division.
The tournament also saw its first international referees take part, as 4 International Floorball Federation officials from the Czech Republic helped bring the refereeing up to international standard.
The competition also saw a withdrawal in the, where the Georgian national team was slated to play but withdrew due to Visa problems.
As well, the tournament saw its first headline sponsor, as the competition was presented by Source for Sports.

Elite Division results

Group A: Alpha Conference

Club
FC Lemmings3300174+136
Sherwood Saints32101314−14
UHC Lenzburg3120712−52
Innebandy Chicago3030714−70

15 May 2009

16 May 2009

Group B: Platinum Conference

Club
M-Team3201157+85
TJ Sokol Jaroměř30038803
NYC Floorball311167−13
FC Toronto3021714−71

15 May 2009

16 May 2009

Group C: Hammer Conference

Club
X-Stream IBK2200135+84
Montréal United2110511−62
Ottawa Blizzard202035−20

15 May 2009

16 May 2009

Playoffs

At this point in the competition, the top 8 clubs from all 3 conferences are ranked and placed into their respective playoff brackets. Draws between clubs were settled by points, wins, head-to-head match-ups, goal differential, goals against, goals for, and finally a coin toss.
Due to the withdrawal of the Georgian national team, the Ottawa Blizzard played UHC Lenzburg in a [|one-match playoff] for the 8th and final playoff spot. This was decided by the tournament jury, which concluded that the highest placed 3rd place club in either the or conference would play the last placed club in the conference.

One-match playoff

Playoff rankings

RankClub
1
FC Lemmings3300174+136
2
M-Team3201157+85
3
Sherwood Saints32101314−14
4
X-Stream IBK2200135+84
5
NYC Floorball311167−13
6
TJ Sokol Jaroměř30038803
7
Montréal United2110511−62
8
Ottawa Blizzard202035−20

Bracket

Semifinals

Bronze medal match

Gold Medal match

Placement round

The placement round saw the 3 clubs who did not qualify for the playoffs play against each other for the 9, 10, and 11 spots.
The format for the placement round saw a match between the bottom 2 clubs, where the losing club was given 11 place in the tournament. From there, the 9 placed club after round robin play, in this case the losing club from the one-match playoff, played against the winning club in the previous 11 place match.

11 place match

9 place match

Statistics and awards

Leading scorers

ClubPlayer
M-TeamJonas Hällfors6108182
X-Stream IBKDaniel Dalbjer4107174
FC LemmingsJyri Laine6121132
M-TeamMikko Soini674112
M-TeamVille Hasanen67290
FC LemmingsMatti Keltanen65490
M-TeamLari Lundström63690
FC LemmingsMika Laine60992
M-TeamJanne Oinonen64480
M-TeamAntti Itkonen63582

Standings

Official Standings:
RankClub
X-Stream IBK
TJ Sokol Jaroměř
M-Team
4FC Lemmings
5Sherwood Saints
6NYC Floorball
7Montréal United
8Ottawa Blizzard
9UHC Lenzburg
10FC Toronto
11Innebandy Chicago

Awards

AwardClubPlayer
MVP:X-Stream IBKDaniel Dalbjer
Top Defenseman:M-TeamLari Lundström
Top Goalkeeper:TJ Sokol JaroměřTomas Martinek
Top Forward:X-Stream IBKDaniel Dalbjer
Top Scorer:M-TeamJonas Hällfors

Other divisions

In addition to the elite division, six other divisions were contested, all won by Canadian clubs.
IntermediateLadiesRecreationalHigh SchoolBantamAtom/Peewee
Striation Six Manitoba Cambridge FC Dufferin Royals Sherwood 9'ers North York Bolts