2014 Men's World Floorball Championships

2014 Men's World
Floorball Championships
Tournament details
Host country  Sweden
Dates 5–14 December
Teams 16
Venue(s) 2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions  Sweden
Tournament statistics
Matches played 48
Goals scored 488 (10.17 per match)
Attendance 104,445 (2,176 per match)
Scoring leader(s) Denmark Stefan Hedorf (16 points)
MVP Sweden Kim Nilsson
2012
2016

The 2014 Men's World Floorball Championships was the 10th World Championships in men's floorball. The tournament took place in Gothenburg, Sweden in December 2014. Home team Sweden defended their title in a close game against Finland. Czech Republic earned the bronze after defeating Switzerland by 4–3.

Qualification

For the first time ever, all teams, except from the host country, must qualify for the Championships. A total of 30 teams are scheduled to take part in the qualification tournaments.[1]

Date Venue Vacancies Qualified
Host nation 10 December 2010 1  Sweden
European Qualification 1 29 January – 2 February 2014 Poland Łochów 2  Finland
 Russia
European Qualification 2 29 January – 2 February 2014 Slovakia Bratislava 3   Switzerland
 Estonia
 Slovakia
European Qualification 3 28 January – 1 February 2014 Netherlands Nijmegen 3  Czech Republic
 Denmark
 Germany
European Qualification 4 28 January – 1 February 2014 Latvia Valmiera 2  Norway
 Latvia
Asia-Oceania Qualification 29 January – 1 February 2014 New Zealand Wellington 3  Australia
 South Korea
 Japan
Americas Qualification 31 January – 2 February 2014 Canada Markham 2  Canada
 United States
Total 16

Venues

Scandinavium Lisebergshallen
Capacity: 12,044
Group A/B and playoff round
Capacity: 1,800
Group C/D and ranking matches

Draw

The final draw for the tournament was held at Casino Cosmopol in Gothenburg on 25 February 2014. The teams were divided into four pots according to the world ranking.[2] (World rankings shown in parentheses).

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4

 Sweden (hosts) (1)
 Finland (2)
  Switzerland (3)
 Czech Republic (4)

 Norway (5)
 Latvia (6)
 Germany (7)
 Estonia (8)

 Russia (9)
 Canada (11)
 Slovakia (12)
 Japan (13)

 Denmark (14)
 Australia (17)
 United States (19)
 South Korea (20)

Results

Preliminary Round

     Team advanced to quarter-finals
     Team advanced to playoff round
     Team advanced to 13th-16th place playoff

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Sweden 3 3 0 0 29 7 +22 6
 Finland 3 2 0 1 18 8 +10 4
 Latvia 3 1 0 2 8 21 −13 2
 Germany 3 0 0 3 8 27 −19 0
6 December 2014
12:30
Germany  2 – 9
(1–3, 0–2, 1–4)
 Finland Scandinavium, Gothenburg
Attendance: 2,103
6 December 2014
16:15
Sweden  11 – 2
(5–1, 6–1, 0–0)
 Latvia Scandinavium, Gothenburg
Attendance: 7,529
7 December 2014
12:00
Finland  7 – 1
(3–0, 1–0, 3–1)
 Latvia Scandinavium, Gothenburg
Attendance: 2,479
7 December 2014
16:15
Germany  3 – 13
(1–3, 1–5, 1–5)
 Sweden Scandinavium, Gothenburg
Attendance: 7,097
8 December 2014
19:00
Latvia  5 – 3
(0–1, 3–1, 2–1)
 Germany Scandinavium, Gothenburg
Attendance: 768
9 December 2014
19:15
Finland  2 – 5
(1–0, 1–2, 0–3)
 Sweden Scandinavium, Gothenburg
Attendance: 10,414

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Czech Republic 3 2 1 0 21 10 +11 5
  Switzerland 3 2 1 0 19 12 +7 5
 Norway 3 1 0 2 17 19 −2 2
 Estonia 3 0 0 3 7 23 −16 0
6 December 2014
19:30
Czech Republic  7 – 6
(4–3, 1–0, 2–3)
 Norway Scandinavium, Gothenburg
Attendance: 2,077
7 December 2014
18:30
Switzerland   7 – 3
(3–0, 3–1, 1–2)
 Estonia Scandinavium, Gothenburg
Attendance: 1,538
8 December 2014
12:00
Norway  4 – 2
(3–0, 0–1, 1–1)
 Estonia Scandinavium, Gothenburg
Attendance: 1,567
8 December 2014
16:00
Czech Republic  2 – 2
(1–2, 0–0, 1–0)
  Switzerland Scandinavium, Gothenburg
Attendance: 2,413
9 December 2014
12:00
Norway  7 – 10
(1–1, 4–5, 2–4)
  Switzerland Scandinavium, Gothenburg
Attendance: 732
9 December 2014
16:00
Czech Republic  12 – 2
(4–1, 3–1, 5–0)
 Estonia Scandinavium, Gothenburg
Attendance: 1,834

Group C

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Slovakia 3 3 0 0 28 8 +20 6
 United States 3 2 0 1 23 7 +16 4
 South Korea 3 1 0 2 7 28 −21 2
 Japan 3 0 0 3 6 21 −15 0
6 December 2014
18:00
Slovakia  9 – 4
(3–1, 2–2, 4–1)
 Japan Lisebergshallen, Gothenburg
Attendance: 399
7 December 2014
11:00
South Korea  2 – 12
(0–2, 0–8, 2–2)
 United States Lisebergshallen, Gothenburg
Attendance: 364
8 December 2014
10:00
Slovakia  15 – 2
(5–1, 4–1, 6–0)
 South Korea Lisebergshallen, Gothenburg
Attendance: 132
8 December 2014
13:30
Japan  1 – 9
(0–5, 0–0, 1–4)
 United States Lisebergshallen, Gothenburg
Attendance: 146
9 December 2014
10:00
United States  2 – 4
(1–0, 0–4, 1–0)
 Slovakia Lisebergshallen, Gothenburg
Attendance: 297
9 December 2014
13:30
Japan  1 – 3
(0–0, 0–1, 1–2)
 South Korea Lisebergshallen, Gothenburg
Attendance: 176

Group D

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Denmark 3 3 0 0 21 8 +13 6
 Canada 3 2 0 1 18 16 +2 4
 Australia 3 1 0 2 17 25 −8 2
 Russia 3 0 0 3 18 25 −7 0
6 December 2014
10:00
Australia  11 – 9
(5–4, 4–2, 2–3)
 Russia Lisebergshallen, Gothenburg
Attendance: 344
6 December 2014
13:30
Canada  2 – 7
(1–2, 0–2, 1–3)
 Denmark Lisebergshallen, Gothenburg
Attendance: 486
7 December 2014
13:30
Denmark  5 – 1
(1–1, 1–0, 3–0)
 Russia Lisebergshallen, Gothenburg
Attendance: 458
7 December 2014
18:00
Canada  7 – 1
(2–1, 1–0, 4–0)
 Australia Lisebergshallen, Gothenburg
Attendance: 421
8 December 2014
18:00
Russia  8 – 9
(3–2, 3–4, 2–3)
 Canada Lisebergshallen, Gothenburg
Attendance: 154
9 December 2014
18:00
Denmark  9 – 5
(2–0, 2–3, 5–2)
 Australia Lisebergshallen, Gothenburg
Attendance: 216

Playoff round

Play-off Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
                           
    11 December – Scandinavium        
10 December – Scandinavium
  Sweden  17
  Estonia  7 13 December – Scandinavium
    Estonia  0  
  Slovakia  2     Sweden  10
  12 December – Scandinavium
10 December – Scandinavium      Switzerland  1  
   Switzerland  6
  Latvia  10 14 December – Scandinavium
    Latvia  1  
  Canada  2     Sweden  3
  12 December – Scandinavium
10 December – Scandinavium     Finland  2
  Czech Republic  5
  Germany  3 13 December – Scandinavium
    Denmark  1  
  Denmark  4     Czech Republic  3 Bronze medal game
  11 December – Scandinavium
10 December – Scandinavium     Finland  6   14 December – Scandinavium
  Finland  6
  Norway  6    Switzerland  3
    Norway  1  
  United States  2     Czech Republic  4

Play-off

10 December 2014
10:00
Norway  6 – 2
(2–0, 1–0, 3–2)
 United States Scandinavium, Gothenburg
Attendance: 621
10 December 2014
13:00
Estonia  7 – 2
(2–1, 2–1, 3–0)
 Slovakia Scandinavium, Gothenburg
Attendance: 673
10 December 2014
17:00
Latvia  10 – 2
(0–0, 4–1, 6–1)
 Canada Scandinavium, Gothenburg
Attendance: 1,327
10 December 2014
20:00
Germany  3 – 4 PS
(1–1, 1–0, 1–2)
 Denmark Scandinavium, Gothenburg
Attendance: 493

Quarterfinals

11 December 2014
15:30
Finland  6 – 1
(3–0, 0–0, 3–1)
 Norway Scandinavium, Gothenburg
Attendance: 2,112
11 December 2014
19:00
Sweden  17 – 0
(3–0, 6–0, 8–0)
 Estonia Scandinavium, Gothenburg
Attendance: 2,968
12 December 2014
16:00
Czech Republic  5 – 1
(1–0, 4–1, 0–0)
 Denmark Scandinavium, Gothenburg
Attendance: 2,098
12 December 2014
19:00
Switzerland   6 – 1
(1–0, 2–0, 3–1)
 Latvia Scandinavium, Gothenburg
Attendance: 2,994

Semifinals

13 December 2014
13:00
Czech Republic  3 – 6
(2–3, 1–1, 0–2)
 Finland Scandinavium, Gothenburg
Attendance: 8,878
13 December 2014
17:15
Sweden  10 – 1
(6–0, 3–1, 1–0)
  Switzerland Scandinavium, Gothenburg
Attendance: 10,779

Bronze medal game

14 December 2014
12:00
Switzerland   3 – 4
(2–0, 1–4, 0–0)
 Czech Republic Scandinavium, Gothenburg
Attendance: 9,148

Final

14 December 2014
15:30
Sweden  3 – 2
(0–2, 2–0, 1–0)
 Finland Scandinavium, Gothenburg
Attendance: 12,044

Placement round

13th place bracket

Matches 13th-16th 13th place
10 December – Lisebergshallen
  Australia  4  
  Japan  2  
 
11 December – Scandinavium
      Australia  4
    Russia  11
15th place
10 December – Lisebergshallen 11 December – Scandinavium
  South Korea  3   Japan  5
  Russia  15     South Korea  4
Matches 13th-16th
10 December 2014
13:30
Australia  4 – 2
(0–0, 3–0, 1–2)
 Japan Lisebergshallen, Gothenburg
Attendance: 112
10 December 2014
18:00
South Korea  3 – 15
(1–4. 2–7, 0–4)
 Russia Lisebergshallen, Gothenburg
Attendance: 110
15th place match
11 December 2014
9:30
Japan  5 – 4 OT
(1–3, 2–0, 1–1)
 South Korea Scandinavium, Gothenburg
Attendance: 569
13th place match
11 December 2014
12:30
Australia  4 – 11
(2–4, 2–4, 0–3)
 Russia Scandinavium, Gothenburg
Attendance: 611

9th place bracket

Matches 9th-11th 9th place
11 December – Lisebergshallen
  United States  5  
  Germany  6  
 
12 December – Lisebergshallen
      Germany  7
    Slovakia  5
11th place
11 December – Lisebergshallen 12 December – Scandinavium
  Canada  3   United States  5
  Slovakia  5     Canada  4
Matches 9th-12th
11 December 2014
10:00
Canada  3 – 5
(0–1, 2–1, 1–3)
 Slovakia Lisebergshallen, Gothenburg
Attendance: 101
11 December 2014
13:30
United States  5 – 6 OT
(1–1, 2–2, 2–2)
 Germany Lisebergshallen, Gothenburg
Attendance: 183
11th place match
12 December 2014
14:00
United States  5 – 4
(0–2, 4–1, 1–1)
 Canada Lisebergshallen, Gothenburg
Attendance: 214
9th place match
12 December 2014
13:00
Germany  7 – 5
(4–1, 1–3, 2–1)
 Slovakia Scandinavium, Gothenburg
Attendance: 471

5th place bracket

Matches 5th-8th 5th place
13 December – Lisebergshallen
  Estonia  1  
  Latvia  6  
 
14 December – Scandinavium
      Latvia  4
    Norway  3
7th place
13 December – Lisebergshallen 14 December – Lisebergshallen
  Denmark  2   Estonia  2
  Norway  6     Denmark  7
Matches 5th-8th
13 December 2014
10:00
Denmark  2 – 6
(2–3, 0–0, 0–3)
 Norway Lisebergshallen, Gothenburg
Attendance: 748
13 December 2014
13:00
Estonia  1 – 6
(0-1, 1-0, 0-5)
 Latvia Lisebergshallen, Gothenburg
Attendance: 180
7th place match
14 December 2014
9:00
Estonia  2 – 7
(1–3, 0–1, 1–3)
 Denmark Lisebergshallen, Gothenburg
Attendance: 104
5th place match
14 December 2014
9:00
Latvia  4 – 3
(1–1, 2–0, 1–2)
 Norway Scandinavium, Gothenburg
Attendance: 2,733

Ranking and statistics

Final ranking

The official IFF final ranking of the tournament:

 Sweden
 Finland
 Czech Republic
4  Switzerland
5 Latvia
6 Norway
7 Denmark
8 Estonia
9 Germany
10 Slovakia
11 United States
12 Canada
13 Russia
14 Australia
15 Japan
16 South Korea

All-star team

References

External links

Men's World Floorball Championships
Preceded by
Bern and Zurich, Switzerland
2012
Gothenburg, Sweden
2014
Succeeded by
Latvia
2016
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