2020 Men's World Floorball Championships
The 2020 Men's World Floorball Championships will be the 13th World Championships in men's floorball. The tournament will take place in Helsinki, Finland, and was originally scheduled for December 2020, but due to the COVID-19 pandemic, was rescheduled for December 3–11, 2021.
Tournament details | |
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Host country | Finland |
Dates | December 3–11, 2021 |
Teams | 16 |
← 2018 |
WFC 2020 Qualification
35 teams registered for the 13th IFF Men's World Floorball Championships. 16 qualified reach to the final championship. Host country, Finland, qualified automatically. Though they did not ultimately qualify, Côte d'Ivoire became the first ever team from Africa to participate in the WFC Qualifiers.
In Europe, there were six qualification groups with three event locations – Frederikshavn in Denmark, Poprad in Slovakia, and Liepāja in Latvia. The Asia-Oceania qualifier in Bangkok, Thailand, was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Instead the highest ranked countries of the region were qualified. USA and Canada both qualified automatically due to the World Games taking place in the United States in 2022.[1]
Date | Venue | Teams | Vacancies | Qualified | |
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Host nation | 1 | Finland | |||
Direct Qualification | 2 | United States Canada | |||
Highest Ranked Asia-Oceania Countries | 4 | Australia Singapore Japan | |||
European Qualification 1 | 30 January – 2 February 2020 | Frederikshavn | Sweden
Denmark Poland Slovenia Great Britain Iceland Ukraine |
3 | Sweden Poland Denmark |
European Qualification 2 | 30 January – 2 February 2020 | Poprad | Switzerland
Norway Russia Belgium Hungary Italy Ivory Coast |
3 | Switzerland Norway |
European Qualification 3 | 30 January – 3 February 2020 | Liepāja | Czech Republic
Germany Spain Netherlands Austria France Liechtenstein |
3 | Czech Republic Latvia Germany |
Total | 16 |
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).[2]
Group A | Group B | Group C | Group D |
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Finland (hosts)
Denmark |
Switzerland
Germany Norway |
Slovakia
Poland |
Canada
Australia Japan |
References
- "Qualifications". WFC 2020. Retrieved 2020-12-15.
- "Tournament". WFC 2020. Retrieved 2020-12-15.