In the IFF ranking, Finland is second (behind Sweden and ahead of the Czech Republic), following first and third place finishes in the championships in 2024 and 2022.

The Finland national floorball team was founded in 1985 and they played their first game against Sweden in Sollentuna on 28 September 1985.

In 1994 tournament Finland lost to Sweden in the final (4–1) on home ground in Helsinki after upsetting the Swedes earlier in the group stage.

The 1995 European Championships tournament was held in Switzerland and the national team succeeded in making their way in to the final, where they were to meet Sweden again.

Successful penalty shots by Jari Pekkola and Jari-Pekka Lehtonen, and goaltending by Jan Gråsten guaranteed the victory.

Finland lost to Switzerland (4–5) in the semi-finals in a penalty shootout and the national team placed third after beating Denmark 4–1 in the bronze medal game.

[1][3] 2000 World Championships Finland was expected to challenge Sweden for real this time around and two teams met yet again in the final match.

The game was again close fought with team Finland emerging on top in a high scoring 8–7 win decided in a penalty shootout.

Henri Toivoniemi (GK), Jari Lehtonen (D) and Mika Kohonen (F) were selected to the tournament's All-Stars line-up.

The match ended 7–6 to Sweden with Magnus Svensson scoring the deciding sudden death goal in overtime.

[1][3] 2012 World Championships The tournament was held in Switzerland and the two floorball juggernauts clashed again in the final game.