2014 Men's World Floorball Championships

The 2014 Men's World Floorball Championships were 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.

2014 Men's World
Floorball Championships
Tournament details
Host country Sweden
Dates5–14 December
Teams16
Venue(s)2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Sweden
Runner-up Finland
Third place Czech Republic
Tournament statistics
Matches played48
Goals scored488 (10.17 per match)
Attendance104,445 (2,176 per match)
Scoring leader(s) Stefan Hedorf (16 points)
MVP Kim Nilsson
2012
2016

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]

DateVenueVacanciesQualified
Host nation10 December 20101 Sweden
European Qualification 129 January – 2 February 2014 Łochów2 Finland
 Russia
European Qualification 229 January – 2 February 2014 Bratislava3  Switzerland
 Estonia
 Slovakia
European Qualification 328 January – 1 February 2014 Nijmegen3 Czech Republic
 Denmark
 Germany
European Qualification 428 January – 1 February 2014 Valmiera2 Norway
 Latvia
Asia-Oceania Qualification29 January – 1 February 2014 Wellington3 Australia
 South Korea
 Japan
Americas Qualification31 January – 2 February 2014 Markham2 Canada
 United States
Total16

Venues

ScandinaviumLisebergshallen
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
Source:
6 December 2014
12:30
Germany 2 – 9
(1–3, 0–2, 1–4)
 FinlandScandinavium, Gothenburg
Attendance: 2,103
6 December 2014
16:15
Sweden 11 – 2
(5–1, 6–1, 0–0)
 LatviaScandinavium, Gothenburg
Attendance: 7,529
7 December 2014
12:00
Finland 7 – 1
(3–0, 1–0, 3–1)
 LatviaScandinavium, Gothenburg
Attendance: 2,479
7 December 2014
16:15
Germany 3 – 13
(1–3, 1–5, 1–5)
 SwedenScandinavium, Gothenburg
Attendance: 7,097
8 December 2014
19:00
Latvia 5 – 3
(0–1, 3–1, 2–1)
 GermanyScandinavium, Gothenburg
Attendance: 768
9 December 2014
19:15
Finland 2 – 5
(1–0, 1–2, 0–3)
 SwedenScandinavium, 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
Source:
6 December 2014
19:30
Czech Republic 7 – 6
(4–3, 1–0, 2–3)
 NorwayScandinavium, Gothenburg
Attendance: 2,077
7 December 2014
18:30
Switzerland  7 – 3
(3–0, 3–1, 1–2)
 EstoniaScandinavium, Gothenburg
Attendance: 1,538
8 December 2014
12:00
Norway 4 – 2
(3–0, 0–1, 1–1)
 EstoniaScandinavium, Gothenburg
Attendance: 1,567
8 December 2014
16:00
Czech Republic 2 – 2
(1–2, 0–0, 1–0)
  SwitzerlandScandinavium, Gothenburg
Attendance: 2,413
9 December 2014
12:00
Norway 7 – 10
(1–1, 4–5, 2–4)
  SwitzerlandScandinavium, Gothenburg
Attendance: 732
9 December 2014
16:00
Czech Republic 12 – 2
(4–1, 3–1, 5–0)
 EstoniaScandinavium, 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
Source:
6 December 2014
18:00
Slovakia 9 – 4
(3–1, 2–2, 4–1)
 JapanLisebergshallen, Gothenburg
Attendance: 399
7 December 2014
11:00
South Korea 2 – 12
(0–2, 0–8, 2–2)
 United StatesLisebergshallen, Gothenburg
Attendance: 364
8 December 2014
10:00
Slovakia 15 – 2
(5–1, 4–1, 6–0)
 South KoreaLisebergshallen, Gothenburg
Attendance: 132
8 December 2014
13:30
Japan 1 – 9
(0–5, 0–0, 1–4)
 United StatesLisebergshallen, Gothenburg
Attendance: 146
9 December 2014
10:00
United States 2 – 4
(1–0, 0–4, 1–0)
 SlovakiaLisebergshallen, Gothenburg
Attendance: 297
9 December 2014
13:30
Japan 1 – 3
(0–0, 0–1, 1–2)
 South KoreaLisebergshallen, 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
Source:
6 December 2014
10:00
Australia 11 – 9
(5–4, 4–2, 2–3)
 RussiaLisebergshallen, Gothenburg
Attendance: 344
6 December 2014
13:30
Canada 2 – 7
(1–2, 0–2, 1–3)
 DenmarkLisebergshallen, Gothenburg
Attendance: 486
7 December 2014
13:30
Denmark 5 – 1
(1–1, 1–0, 3–0)
 RussiaLisebergshallen, Gothenburg
Attendance: 458
7 December 2014
18:00
Canada 7 – 1
(2–1, 1–0, 4–0)
 AustraliaLisebergshallen, Gothenburg
Attendance: 421
8 December 2014
18:00
Russia 8 – 9
(3–2, 3–4, 2–3)
 CanadaLisebergshallen, Gothenburg
Attendance: 154
9 December 2014
18:00
Denmark 9 – 5
(2–0, 2–3, 5–2)
 AustraliaLisebergshallen, 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 StatesScandinavium, Gothenburg
Attendance: 621
10 December 2014
13:00
Estonia 7 – 2
(2–1, 2–1, 3–0)
 SlovakiaScandinavium, Gothenburg
Attendance: 673
10 December 2014
17:00
Latvia 10 – 2
(0–0, 4–1, 6–1)
 CanadaScandinavium, Gothenburg
Attendance: 1,327
10 December 2014
20:00
Germany 3 – 4 PS
(1–1, 1–0, 1–2)
 DenmarkScandinavium, Gothenburg
Attendance: 493

Quarterfinals

11 December 2014
15:30
Finland 6 – 1
(3–0, 0–0, 3–1)
 NorwayScandinavium, Gothenburg
Attendance: 2,112
11 December 2014
19:00
Sweden 17 – 0
(3–0, 6–0, 8–0)
 EstoniaScandinavium, Gothenburg
Attendance: 2,968
12 December 2014
16:00
Czech Republic 5 – 1
(1–0, 4–1, 0–0)
 DenmarkScandinavium, Gothenburg
Attendance: 2,098
12 December 2014
19:00
Switzerland  6 – 1
(1–0, 2–0, 3–1)
 LatviaScandinavium, Gothenburg
Attendance: 2,994

Semifinals

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

Bronze medal game

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

Final

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

13th place bracket

 
Matches 13th-16th13th place
 
      
 
10 December – Lisebergshallen
 
 
 Australia4
 
11 December – Scandinavium
 
 Japan2
 
 Australia4
 
10 December – Lisebergshallen
 
 Russia11
 
 South Korea3
 
 
 Russia15
 
15th place
 
 
11 December – Scandinavium
 
 
 Japan5
 
 
 South Korea4
Matches 13th-16th
10 December 2014
13:30
Australia 4 – 2
(0–0, 3–0, 1–2)
 JapanLisebergshallen, Gothenburg
Attendance: 112
10 December 2014
18:00
South Korea 3 – 15
(1–4. 2–7, 0–4)
 RussiaLisebergshallen, Gothenburg
Attendance: 110
15th place match
11 December 2014
9:30
Japan 5 – 4 OT
(1–3, 2–0, 1–1)
 South KoreaScandinavium, Gothenburg
Attendance: 569
13th place match
11 December 2014
12:30
Australia 4 – 11
(2–4, 2–4, 0–3)
 RussiaScandinavium, Gothenburg
Attendance: 611

9th place bracket

 
Matches 9th-11th9th place
 
      
 
11 December – Lisebergshallen
 
 
 United States5
 
12 December – Lisebergshallen
 
 Germany6
 
 Germany7
 
11 December – Lisebergshallen
 
 Slovakia5
 
 Canada3
 
 
 Slovakia5
 
11th place
 
 
12 December – Scandinavium
 
 
 United States5
 
 
 Canada4
Matches 9th-12th
11 December 2014
10:00
Canada 3 – 5
(0–1, 2–1, 1–3)
 SlovakiaLisebergshallen, Gothenburg
Attendance: 101
11 December 2014
13:30
United States 5 – 6 OT
(1–1, 2–2, 2–2)
 GermanyLisebergshallen, Gothenburg
Attendance: 183
11th place match
12 December 2014
14:00
United States 5 – 4
(0–2, 4–1, 1–1)
 CanadaLisebergshallen, Gothenburg
Attendance: 214
9th place match
12 December 2014
13:00
Germany 7 – 5
(4–1, 1–3, 2–1)
 SlovakiaScandinavium, Gothenburg
Attendance: 471

5th place bracket

 
Matches 5th-8th5th place
 
      
 
13 December – Lisebergshallen
 
 
 Estonia1
 
14 December – Scandinavium
 
 Latvia6
 
 Latvia4
 
13 December – Lisebergshallen
 
 Norway3
 
 Denmark2
 
 
 Norway6
 
7th place
 
 
14 December – Lisebergshallen
 
 
 Estonia2
 
 
 Denmark7
Matches 5th-8th
13 December 2014
10:00
Denmark 2 – 6
(2–3, 0–0, 0–3)
 NorwayLisebergshallen, Gothenburg
Attendance: 748
13 December 2014
13:00
Estonia 1 – 6
(0-1, 1-0, 0-5)
 LatviaLisebergshallen, Gothenburg
Attendance: 180
7th place match
14 December 2014
9:00
Estonia 2 – 7
(1–3, 0–1, 1–3)
 DenmarkLisebergshallen, Gothenburg
Attendance: 104
5th place match
14 December 2014
9:00
Latvia 4 – 3
(1–1, 2–0, 1–2)
 NorwayScandinavium, 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

  • Best goalkeeper: Mike Trolle Wede
  • Best defenders: Tatu Väänänen, Martin Östholm
  • Best forwards: Rasmus Enström, Jani Kukkola, Kim Nilsson

References

  1. Men´s WFC 2014 Qualification schedules released International Floorball Federation. 9 July 2013.
  2. "Men´s WFC 2014 Group Ballot". Archived from the original on 2014-03-01. Retrieved 2014-02-25.
Men's World Floorball Championships
Preceded by
Bern and Zurich, Switzerland
2012
Gothenburg, Sweden
2014
Succeeded by
Latvia
2016
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