2018 Men's World Floorball Championships

The 2018 Men's World Floorball Championships were the 12th World Championships in men's floorball. The tournament took place in Prague, Czech Republic, from 1 to 9 December 2018.

2018 Men's World
Floorball Championships
Tournament details
Host country Czech Republic
Dates1–9 December
Teams16
Venue(s)2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Finland
Runner-up Sweden
Third place  Switzerland
Tournament statistics
Matches played48
Goals scored507 (10.56 per match)
Attendance181,518 (3,782 per match)
Scoring leader(s) Michal Dudovič (21 point)
MVP Pascal Meier
2016
2020

WFC 2018 Qualification

  Host
  Qualified
  Did not qualify

33 teams have registered for the 12th IFF Men’s World Floorball Championships, only 16 of them to reach the final group consisted of 16 teams. Host country, Czech Republic, qualifies automatically.

In Europe, there were four qualification groups with three event locations - Talinn (Estonia), Nitra (Slovakia) and Valmiera (Latvia). The Asia-Oceania group tournament took place in Jeju Island, South Korea. It was the first IFF event hosted by Korea. USA and Canada played their qualification in Toronto, Canada.[1]

Date Venue Vacancies Qualified
Host nation 1  Czech Republic
Asia-Oceania Qualification 22–27 January 2018 Jeju Island 4  Australia
 Singapore
 Thailand
 Japan
European Qualification 1 31 January – 4 February 2018 Tallinn 3  Finland
 Estonia
 Poland
European Qualification 2 31 January – 4 February 2018 Nitra 3  Sweden
 Germany
 Slovakia
European Qualification 3 30 January – 3 February 2018 Valmiera 2   Switzerland
 Latvia
European Qualification 4 31 January – 4 February 2018 Nitra 2  Denmark
 Norway
Americas Qualification 10–11 February 2018 Toronto 1  Canada
Total 16

Venues

O2 arena Arena Sparta - Podvinny mlyn
Capacity: 17 000

The main competition arena.

Capacity: 1 300

The second competition arena and practice arena.

Address: Českomoravská 2345/17, 190 93 Praha 9

Opened since: 2004

Distance to City Center: cca 10 km[2]

Address: Kovanecká 2405/27, 190 00 Praha 9

Opened since: 2008

Distance to City Center: cca 10 km[2]

Tournament groups

After the group ballot, 16 teams are divided into 4 groups. In the group stage each team plays each other once, while the second stage of the event includes play-offs and placement matches.

The two best teams of group A and B go directly to the quarter-final. Teams placed 3rd and 4th in group A and B and the teams placed 1st and 2nd in group C and D make it to the first playoff round (played before the quarter-finals).[3]

Group A Group B Group C Group D

  Switzerland
 Czech Republic (hosts)
 Latvia
 Germany

 Sweden
 Finland
 Norway
 Denmark

 Australia
 Estonia
 Poland
 Thailand

 Canada
 Slovakia
 Singapore
 Japan

Results

All times are local (UTC+1).

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Czech Republic (H) 3 2 0 1 19 13 +6 4 Quarterfinals 6–4 10–5 3–4
2   Switzerland 3 2 0 1 24 10 +14 4 4–6 13–1 7–3
3  Germany 3 1 0 2 11 27 16 2 Play-off round 5–10 1–13 5–4
4  Latvia 3 1 0 2 11 15 4 2 4–3 3–7 4–5
Source: IFF
(H) Host.

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Sweden 3 3 0 0 39 5 +34 6 Quarterfinals 5–4 9–1 25–0
2  Finland 3 2 0 1 20 7 +13 4 4–5 9–1 7–1
3  Norway 3 1 0 2 11 21 10 2 Play-off round 1–9 1–9 9–3
4  Denmark 3 0 0 3 4 41 37 0 0–25 1–7 3–9
Source: IFF

Group C

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Estonia 3 3 0 0 26 2 +24 6 Play-off round 11–5 4–3 11–4
2  Australia 3 2 0 1 13 16 3 4 5–11 4–2 4–3
3  Poland 3 1 0 2 10 10 0 2 13th-16th place playoff 3–4 2–4 5–2
4  Thailand 3 0 0 3 9 20 11 0 4–11 3–4 2–5
Source: IFF

Group D

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Slovakia 3 3 0 0 45 6 +39 6 Play-off round 12–3 18–2 15–1
2  Canada 3 1 1 1 21 18 +3 3 3–12 4–4 14–2
3  Singapore 3 1 1 1 15 27 12 3 13th-16th place playoff 2–18 4–4 9–5
4  Japan 3 0 0 3 8 38 30 0 1–15 2–14 5–9
Source: IFF

Knock-out stage

Play-off Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
                           
    6 December – O2 Arena        
5 December – O2 Arena
  Czech Republic  10
  Denmark  3 8 December – O2 Arena
    Denmark   1  
  Estonia  2     Czech Republic  2
  7 December – O2 Arena
5 December – Arena Sparta     Finland  7  
  Finland  6
  Germany  7 9 December – O2 Arena
    Germany  1  
  Canada  2     Finland  6
  7 December – O2 Arena
5 December – O2 Arena     Sweden  3
  Sweden  14
  Latvia  6 8 December – O2 Arena
    Latvia  1  
  Slovakia  1     Sweden  5 (P) Bronze medal game
  6 December – O2 Arena
5 December – Arena Sparta      Switzerland  4   9 December – O2 Arena
   Switzerland  3 (OT)
  Norway  10   Czech Republic  2
    Norway  2  
  Australia  0      Switzerland  4

Play-off

5 December 2018
10:00
Latvia 6–1
(2–1, 0–0, 4–0)
 SlovakiaO2 Arena
Attendance: 7,069
5 December 2018
12:45
Denmark 3–2
(1–0, 0–1, 2–1)
 EstoniaO2 Arena
Attendance: 4,013
5 December 2018
15:30
Norway 10–0
(3–0, 4–0, 3–0)
 AustraliaArena Sparta
Attendance: 365
5 December 2018
18:30
Germany 7–2
(2–1, 3–1, 2–0)
 CanadaArena Sparta
Attendance: 282

Quarterfinals

6 December 2018
16:30
Switzerland  3–2 OT
(1–1, 0–0, 1–1, 1–0)
 NorwayO2 Arena
Attendance: 3,977
6 December 2018
19:30
Czech Republic 10–1
(3–1, 4–0, 3–0)
 DenmarkO2 Arena
Attendance: 5,073
7 December 2018
15:10
Sweden 14–1
(7–0, 5–1, 2–0)
 LatviaO2 Arena
Attendance: 3,871
7 December 2018
18:00
Finland 6–1
(2–0, 2–1, 2–0)
 GermanyO2 Arena
Attendance: 3,772

Semifinals

Error: Goals/Progression mismatch: N1 = 9 N2 = 0 PN = 9

8 December 2018
16:00
Czech Republic 2–7
(0–1, 0–2, 2–4)
 FinlandO2 Arena
Attendance: 12,811

Error: Goals/Progression mismatch: N1 = 0 N2 = 4 PN = 9

8 December 2018
19:00
Sweden 5–4 PS
(1–1, 2–1, 1–2, 0–0, 1–0)
  SwitzerlandO2 Arena
Attendance: 10,267

Bronze medal game

9 December 2018
13:00
Czech Republic 2–4
(1–2, 1–1, 0–1)
  SwitzerlandO2 Arena
Attendance: 16,112

Final

9 December 2018
16:00
Finland 6–3
(1–0, 1–1, 4–2)
 SwedenO2 Arena
Attendance: 16,276

5th place bracket

 
5–8th place semifinals5th place
 
      
 
8 December – O2 Arena
 
 
 Denmark2
 
9 December – O2 Arena
 
 Germany4
 
 Germany3
 
8 December – Arena Sparta
 
 Latvia5
 
 Latvia6 (P)
 
 
 Norway5
 
7th place
 
 
9 December – Arena Sparta
 
 
 Denmark5
 
 
 Norway9
5–8th place semifinals
8 December 2018
11:00
Latvia 6–5 (PS)
(1–2, 1–1, 3–2, 0–0, 1–0)
 NorwayArena Sparta
Attendance: 575
8 December 2018
13:00
Denmark 2–4
(1–0, 0–2, 1–2)
 GermanyO2 Arena
Attendance: 3893
5th place match
9 December 2018
10:00
Germany 3–5
(0–2, 2–2, 1–1)
 LatviaO2 Arena
7th place match

Error: Goals/Progression mismatch: N1 = 8 N2 = 0 PN = 14

9 December 2018
10:00
Denmark 5–9
(1–4, 3–3, 1–2)
 NorwayArena Sparta

9th place bracket

 
Matches 9th-11th9th place
 
      
 
6 December – Arena Sparta
 
 
 Australia3
 
7 December – Arena Sparta
 
 Slovakia12
 
 Slovakia7
 
6 December – Arena Sparta
 
 Estonia5
 
 Canada2
 
 
 Estonia9
 
11th place
 
 
7 December – Arena Sparta
 
 
 Australia5
 
 
 Canada6

13th place bracket

 
Matches 13th-16th13th place
 
      
 
6 December – Arena Sparta
 
 
 Singapore3
 
7 December – Arena Sparta
 
 Thailand4
 
 Thailand1
 
6 December – Arena Sparta
 
 Poland9
 
 Poland6
 
 
 Japan2
 
15th place
 
 
7 December – Arena Sparta
 
 
 Singapore2
 
 
 Japan4

Ranking and statistics

Final ranking

The official IFF final ranking of the tournament:

 Finland
 Sweden
  Switzerland
4 Czech Republic
5 Latvia
6 Germany
7 Norway
8 Denmark
9 Slovakia
10 Estonia
11 Canada
12 Australia
13 Poland
14 Thailand
15 Japan
16 Singapore

All-star team

Tournament all-star team:[4]

  • Best goalkeeper: Pascal Meier
  • Best defenders: Emil Johansson, Robin Nilsberth
  • Best center: Joonas Pylsy
  • Best forwards: Adam Delong, Kim Nilsson
  • Most valuable player: Pascal Meier[5]

References

  1. "Men's WFC 2018 Qualifications". IFF. Retrieved 2020-12-14.
  2. "Arenas". IFF. Retrieved 2018-08-21.
  3. "Tournament Format". IFF. Retrieved 2018-08-21.
  4. "WFC 2018 All Star Team – 09.12.2018". WFC2018. Retrieved 2018-12-09.
  5. "Pascal Meier is the MVP of WFC 2018 – 09.12.2018". WFC2018. Retrieved 2018-12-09.
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