2008 Men's World Floorball Championships

2008 Men's World Floorball Championships
A-Division
Tournament details
Host country  CZE
Dates 6 – 14 December
Teams 10
Venue(s) 3 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions  Finland
Tournament statistics
Matches played 27
Goals scored 321 (11.89 per match)
Scoring leader(s) Fredrik Djurling
Infobox last updated on: 18:33, 11 June 2008 (UTC).

The 2008 Men's World Floorball Championships were the seventh world championships in men's floorball. The tournament was held from December 6th to December 14th, 2008. The tournament took place in the cities of Prague and Ostrava. All group stage matches were played in Ostrava's ČEZ Aréna, and all playoff matches were played in Prague's O2 Arena, with the exception of the 9th place match, which was played in Prague's Sparta Arena.

Finland won its first championship by defeating Sweden in overtime in the gold medal game, breaking Sweden's row of six championship victories. This was also the first-ever lost game for the Swedish team in world championships.

Contents

Championship Schedule

Preliminary round

Group A

Team GP W D L GF GA +/- PTS
 Sweden 4 4 0 0 53 9 44 8
 Czech Republic 4 3 0 1 29 11 18 6
 Latvia 4 2 0 2 20 23 −3 4
 Russia 4 0 1 3 12 37 −25 1
 Italy 4 0 1 3 12 46 −34 1
6 December 2008
 Sweden 18:0  Italy ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava
 
 Russia 1:8  Czech Republic ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava
7 December 2008
 Latvia 4:3  Russia ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava
 
 Czech Republic 4:5  Sweden ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava
8 December 2008
 Italy 3:9  Latvia ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava
 
 Russia 1:18  Sweden ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava
9 December 2008
 Italy 7:7  Russia ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava
 
 Latvia 3:5  Czech Republic ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava
10 December 2008
 Sweden 12:4  Latvia ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava
 
 Czech Republic 12:2  Italy ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava

Group B

Team GP W D L GF GA +/- PTS
 Finland 4 4 0 0 34 7 27 8
 Switzerland 4 3 0 1 28 17 11 6
 Norway 4 2 0 2 31 32 −1 4
 Estonia 4 1 0 3 18 32 −14 2
 Denmark 4 0 0 4 11 34 −23 0
6 December 2008
 Estonia 6:7  Switzerland ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava
 
 Norway 7:3  Denmark ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava
7 December 2008
 Finland 7:0  Estonia ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava
 
 Switzerland 9:6  Norway ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava
8 December 2008
 Denmark 2:8  Finland ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava
 
 Estonia 5:13  Norway ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava
9 December 2008
 Denmark 5:7  Estonia ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava
 
 Finland 4:0  Switzerland ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava
10 December 2008
 Norway 5:15  Finland ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava
 
 Switzerland 12:1  Denmark ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava

Playoffs

  Semi-finals Finals
                 
 A1    Sweden 3 (OT)  
 B2    Switzerland 2  
      Sweden 6
    Finland 7 (OT)
 B1    Finland 4
 A2    Czech Republic 2  

Semi-Finals

13 December 2008
 Sweden 3:2  Switzerland O2 Arena, Prague
 
 Finland 4:2  Czech Republic O2 Arena, Prague

Bronze Medal Match

14 December 2008
 Czech Republic 4:5  Switzerland O2 Arena, Prague

Championship Match

14 December 2008
 Sweden 6:7 (OT)  Finland O2 Arena, Prague

Placement Round

9th Place Match

13 December 2008
 Italy 2:5  Denmark Sparta Arena, Prague

7th Place Match

13 December 2008
 Russia 14:8  Estonia O2 Arena, Prague

5th Place Match

14 December 2008
 Latvia 6:5  Norway O2 Arena, Prague


Preceded by
2006 World Championships		 Floorball World Championships
2008		 Succeeded by
2010 World Championships
Preceded by
Globe Arena
Stockholm
2006		 Finals Venue
O2 Arena
Prague
2008		 Succeeded by
TBD
Finland
2010

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