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
2006
2010

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.

Championship Schedule

Preliminary round

Group A

Team GP W D L GF GA +/- PTS
 Sweden 4400539448
 Czech Republic 43012911186
 Latvia 42022023−34
 Russia 40131237−251
 Italy 40131246−341
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 4400347278
  Switzerland 43012817116
 Norway 42023132−14
 Estonia 41031832−142
 Denmark 40041134−230
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

Semifinals 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

External links

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