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.
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.Men´s WFC 2014 Qualification schedules released International Floorball Federation. 9 July 2013.
Date Venue Vacancies Qualified Host nation 10 December 2010 1 European Qualification 1 29 January – 2 February 2014 Łochów 2 European Qualification 2 29 January – 2 February 2014 Bratislava 3 European Qualification 3 28 January – 1 February 2014 Nijmegen 3 European Qualification 4 28 January – 1 February 2014 Valmiera 2 Asia-Oceania Qualification 29 January – 1 February 2014 Wellington 3 Americas Qualification 31 January – 2 February 2014 Markham 2 Total 16
Venues Scandinavium Lisebergshallen Capacity: 12,044Group A/B and playoff round Capacity: 1,800Group 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. (World rankings shown in parentheses).
Pot 1Pot 2Pot 3Pot 4 (hosts) (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (11) (12) (13) (14) (17) (19) (20)
Results
Preliminary round Team advanced to quarter-finals Team advanced to playoff round Team advanced to 13th–16th place playoff
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Playoff round
Play-off
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Bronze medal game
Final
Placement round
13th place bracket
Matches 13th–16th
15th place match
13th place match
9th place bracket
Matches 9th–12th
11th place match
9th place match
5th place bracket
Matches 5th–8th
7th place match
5th place match
Ranking and statistics
Final ranking The official IFF final ranking of the tournament: 4567 89101112 131415 16
All-star team Best goalkeeper: Mike Trolle Wede Best defenders: Tatu Väänänen, Martin Östholm Best forwards: Rasmus Enström, Jani Kukkola, Kim Nilsson
References
External links Official results