2010 Men's World Floorball Championships

2010 Men's World
Floorball Championships
Tournament details
Host country  FIN
Dates 4 December to 11 December 2010
Teams 16
Venue(s) (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions  Finland
Tournament statistics
Matches played 43
Goals scored 616 (14.33 per match)
Scoring leader(s) Matthias Hofbauer
MVP Mika Kohonen
Infobox last updated on: 11 December 2011.

The 2010 Men's World Floorball Championships was the eighth such world championships in men's floorball. The tournament was held from 4 December to 11 December 2010 in the cities of Helsinki, and Vantaa, Finland.

This was the first world championships under the International Floorball Federation's (IFF) FIFA-like continental qualification system. A total of 32 countries had registered for this event, which is the most nations to ever register for an IFF-sanctioned world championship event. The previous record was 29 for the 2008 Men's World Floorball Championships.

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Qualifying

Under the IFF's new qualification system, the 32 countries registered for the world championships had to qualify for only 16 spots. 8 of these spots had already been pre-determined, with the top 7 teams from the 2008 Men's World Floorball Championships A-Division and the top team from the B-Division automatically qualifying. This left just 8 spots for the other 24 registered countries.

The countries already qualified are as follows:

 Czech Republic     Finland
 Germany  Latvia
 Norway  Russia
 Sweden  Switzerland          

Asia/Oceania

Qualifying in the Asia/Oceanian region for the world championships will be overseen by the Asia Oceania Floorball Confederation (AOFC).

Only 3 out of 5 registered AOFC countries qualified. The 5 countries were as follows:

 Australia                Singapore           
 Japan Korea
 Malaysia

Note: India withdrew from world championships due to financial difficulties [1]

Europe

Only 4 out of 16 countries registered in Europe qualified. The 16 countries were as follows:

 Austria                  Belgium  Denmark  Estonia
 France  Georgia  Great Britain         Hungary             
 Italy  Liechtenstein         Netherlands  Poland
 Serbia  Slovakia  Slovenia  Spain

North America

Only 1 out of 2 countries registered in North America qualified. The 2 countries were as follows:

 Canada                  United States      

Groups

Ballots for the groups in this event were drawn on May 9th, 2009 during one of the semi-final matches of the 2009 Men's under-19 World Floorball Championships in Turku, Finland.

In the way the ballots were drawn, no team qualified from the AOFC played against each other in group stage matches, and no team qualified from Europe either.

The groups were assembled based on qualifying as follows:

Group A Group B Group C Group D
 Finland  Latvia  Germany  Czech Republic    
 Russia  Switzerland  Sweden  Norway
Europe 1 AOFC 1 AOFC 3 AOFC 2
North America Europe 2 Europe 4 Europe 3

Final Groups

Group A Group B Group C Group D
 Finland  Latvia  Germany  Czech Republic    
 Russia  Switzerland  Sweden  Norway
 Denmark  Singapore  Australia  Japan
 Canada  Poland  Estonia  Italy

Championship Schedule

Preliminary round

Group A

Team GP W D L GF GA +/- PTS
 Finland 3 3 0 0 36 5 31 6
 Russia 3 2 0 1 17 23 -6 4
 Canada 3 1 0 2 14 27 -13 2
 Denmark 3 0 0 3 8 20 -12 0
December 4, 2010
 Canada 6 – 9  Russia Hartwall Areena, Helsinki
1-4 Michael Grönlund - 20:08
2-6 Michael Grönlund - 36:00
3-7 Paavo Parikka - 38:46
4-7 Stephane Laporte - 41:18
5-8 Risto Parikka - 44:49
6-8 Patrice Pare - 53:53
0-1 Pavel Semenov - 0:46
0-2 Anatoly Bykov - 1:59
0-3 Sergey Yuryev - 3:59
0-4 Artem Olin - 11:10
1-5 Pavel Semenov - 23:40
1-6 Valery Maslov - 32:09
2-7 Alexander Tyapkov - 37:20
4-8 Artem Olin - 44:19
6-9 Yuriy Osin - 59:45
 
 Finland 8 – 1  Denmark Energia Areena, Vantaa
December 5, 2010
 Finland 14 – 2  Canada Hartwall Areena, Helsinki
 
 Denmark 3 – 6  Russia Energia Areena, Vantaa
December 7, 2010
 Canada 6 – 4  Denmark Energia Areena, Vantaa
1-0 Paavo Parikka - 08:41
2-0 Lauri Hannelius - 12:32
3-1 Eric Ulli-Vanasse - 17:34
4-1 Mathieu Ferron - 32:04
5-2 Michael Grönlund - 34:28
6-2 Risto Parikka - 39:00
2-1 Alex Jensen - 17:18
4-2 Niklas Juul Jensen - 32:39
6-3 Henrik Engelsen - 42:49
6-4 Alex Jensen - 43:15
 
 Russia 2 – 14  Finland Hartwall Areena, Helsinki

Group B

Team GP W D L GF GA +/- PTS
 Switzerland 3 3 0 0 55 4 51 6
 Latvia 3 2 0 1 35 7 28 4
 Poland 3 1 0 2 12 22 -10 2
 Singapore 3 0 0 3 5 74 -69 0
December 4, 2010
 Latvia 2 – 6  Switzerland Hartwall Areena, Helsinki
 
 Singapore 4 – 10  Poland Energia Areena, Vantaa
December 6, 2010
 Singapore 1 – 27  Latvia Hartwall Areena, Helsinki
 
 Poland 2 – 12  Switzerland Hartwall Areena, Helsinki
December 7, 2010
 Latvia 6 – 0  Poland Hartwall Areena, Helsinki
 
 Switzerland 37 – 0  Singapore Hartwall Areena, Helsinki

Group C

Team GP W D L GF GA +/- PTS
 Sweden 3 3 0 0 81 3 78 6
 Estonia 3 2 0 1 25 28 -3 4
 Germany 3 1 0 2 16 30 -14 2
 Australia 3 0 0 3 8 69 -61 0
December 4, 2010
 Estonia 1 – 21  Sweden Hartwall Areena, Helsinki
1-6 Oskar Salm - 21.55
0-1 Jimmy Lindblom - 02.17
0-2 Rasmus Sundstedt - 12.57
0-3 Henrik Stenberg - 13.40
0-4 Magnus Svensson - 14.14
0-5 Mattias Helgesson - 15.35
0-6 Mattias Samuelsson - 19.00
1-7 Johan Samuelsson - 22.07
1-8 Kim Nilsson - 23.57
1-9 Fredrik Djurling - 25.30
1-10 Magnus Svensson - 29.18
1-11 Kim Nilsson - 29.27
1-12 Mattias Helgesson - 30.01
1-13 Magnus Svensson - 34.07
1-14 Mattias Helgesson - 39.52
1-15 Daniel Calebsson - 41.02
1-16 Jim Canerstam - 42.01
1-17 Fredrik Djurling - 45.52
1-18 Fredrik Djurling - 48.17
1-19 Henrik Stenberg - 48.38
1-20 David Gillek - 49.29
1-21 Karl-Johan Nilsson - 59.38
 
 Germany 12 – 3  Australia Energia Areena, Vantaa
December 5, 2010
 Estonia 6 – 3  Germany Energia Areena, Vantaa
 
 Sweden 39 – 1  Australia Hartwall Areena, Helsinki
December 7, 2010
 Australia 4 – 18  Estonia Energia Areena, Vantaa
 
 Germany 1 – 21  Sweden Hartwall Areena, Helsinki

Group D

Team GP W D L GF GA +/- PTS
 Czech Republic 3 2 1 0 45 5 40 5
 Norway 3 2 1 0 34 7 27 5
 Italy 3 1 0 2 5 29 -24 2
 Japan 3 0 0 3 3 46 -43 0
December 4, 2010
 Italy 0 – 16  Czech Republic Hartwall Areena, Helsinki
 
 Norway 18 – 1  Japan Energia Areena, Vantaa
December 5, 2010
 Norway 12 – 2  Italy Hartwall Areena, Helsinki
 
 Japan 1 – 25  Czech Republic Hartwall Areena, Helsinki
December 6, 2010
 Italy 3 – 1  Japan Hartwall Areena, Helsinki
 
 Czech Republic 4 – 4  Norway Hartwall Areena, Helsinki

Playoff round

  Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
                           
  A1   Finland 12  
B2   Latvia 2  
  Q1   Finland 6  
  Q4   Czech Republic 1  
D1   Czech Republic 3 (PS)
  C2   Estonia 2  
    W1   Finland 6
  W2   Sweden 2
  B1   Sweden 10  
D2   Norway 1  
  Q2   Sweden 3
  Q3   Switzerland 2  
C1   Switzerland 9
  A2   Russia 2  

Quarter Finals

December 8, 2010
 Finland 12 – 2  Latvia Hartwall Areena, Helsinki
 
 Czech Republic 3 – 2 (PS)  Estonia Hartwall Areena, Helsinki
December 9, 2010
 Sweden 10 – 1  Norway Hartwall Areena, Helsinki
 
 Switzerland 9 – 2  Russia Hartwall Areena, Helsinki

Semi-Finals

December 10, 2010
 Finland 6 – 1  Czech Republic Hartwall Areena, Helsinki
 Sweden 3 – 2  Switzerland Hartwall Areena, Helsinki

Bronze Medal Game

December 11, 2010
 Czech Republic 9 – 3  Switzerland Hartwall Areena, Helsinki

Gold Medal Game

december 11, 2010
 Finland 6 – 2  Sweden Hartwall Areena, Helsinki

Placement Round

13-16

December 8, 2010
 Denmark 24 – 1  Singapore Energia Areena, Vantaa
 
 Australia 3 – 2  Japan Energia Areena, Vantaa

9-12

December 8, 2010
 Canada 4 – 9  Poland Hartwall Areena, Helsinki
 
 Germany 8 – 4  Italy Hartwall Areena, Helsinki

15th Place Match

December 9, 2010
 Singapore 6 – 8  Japan Energia Areena, Vantaa

13th Place Match

December 9, 2010
 Denmark 13 – 4  Australia Energia Areena, Vantaa

11th Place Match

December 9, 2010
 Canada 7 – 4  Italy Hartwall Areena, Helsinki

9th Place Match

December 9, 2010
 Poland 6 – 5 (OT)  Germany Hartwall Areena, Helsinki

5-8

December 10, 2010
 Latvia 8 – 1  Estonia Hartwall Areena, Helsinki
 
 Norway 11 – 6  Russia Hartwall Areena, Helsinki

5th Place Match

December 11, 2010
 Latvia 6 – 5 (OT)  Norway Hartwall Areena, Helsinki

3rd Place Match

December 11, 2010
 Czech Republic 9 – 3  Switzerland Hartwall Areena, Helsinki

See also

References

External links

Men's World Floorball Championships
Preceded by
Prague, Czech Republic
2008
Helsinki
Finland

2010
Succeeded by
TBA, Switzerland
2012