The 2024 IFF Men's World Floorball Championships qualification is a series of tournaments to decide the teams which will play in the 2024 Men's World Floorball Championships. The 2024 World Championship will once again feature 16 teams. 1 place were allocated to the hosts, Sweden. The remaining 15 places will be determined by a qualification process, in which entrants from among the other teams from the five IFF confederations will compete.
Distribution of spots The distribution by confederation for the 2024 Men's World Floorball Championships will be:
Host: 1 Asia and Oceania: 3 places Americas: 1 Europe: 11 (Sweden qualified automatically as host nations for a total of 12 places)
Qualified teams TeamQualified asQualification dateAppearancePrevious best performanceLastTotalStreak 2022 15 15 Americas qualification 2022 8 8 ) Asia-Oceania qualification 2022 3 3 ) Asia-Oceania qualification 2022 4 4 ) Asia-Oceania qualification 2022 6 2 )
Americas qualification The American qualification were played between 17 and 18 February 2024 in Toronto, Canada at the Toronto Metropolitan University. Colombia wanted to enter for the first time, but International Floorball Federation rejected the Colombian entry due to financial reasons. Canada won both games with a 26–7 aggregate score. This result also qualified Canada to the 2025 World Games in Chengdu.
Teams (12) (17)
Group
Asia-Oceania qualification The Asia-Oceania qualification will be played between 21 and 25 May 2024 in Pasig, Philippines. The event was originally going to be held in February 2024, but was postponed to May due to the delay of the 2021 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games to February. The top three will make the 2024 Men's World Floorball Championships. Since China entered the event, they will take the host quota at the 2025 World Games in Chengdu. On, 26 April 2024, the team lists were announced.
Group composition
Group AGroup B (13) (16) (21) (36) (14) (15) (H) (22) (25)
Notes Teams in bold qualified for the final tournament. (H): Qualification group hosts
Group A
Group B
Final round All times are local (UTC+7).
Seventh place game
Fifth place game
Knockout stage
Semifinals
Third place game
Final
Final ranking Rank Team12345678 Qualified for the 2024 Men's World Floorball Championships
European qualification Format The first two qualification tournaments were eight team competitions, held in Liepāja and Łochów. Both qualification tournaments have four available spots in the world championship. The third tournament was a round-robin group consisting of five teams organised in Škofja Loka. The top three in this group qualify for the world championship. The qualification schedule was announced on 5 July 2023. The squads were confirmed on 4 January 2024.
European qualification tournament 1 The European qualification tournament 1 were played between 31 January and 3 February 2024 in Liepāja, Latvia.
Group seeding Group A Group B (3) (9) (23) (27) (5) (H) (8) (20) (29)
Group B
Seventh place game
Qualification play off
Estonia qualified for the 2024 World Championships
Germany qualified for the 2024 World Championships
Final
European qualification tournament 2 The European qualification tournament 2 were played between 1 and 4 February 2024 in Łochów, Poland.
Group seeding Group A Group B (6) (7) (19) (31) (2) (11) (H) (24) (26)
Group B
Seventh place game
Qualification play off
Norway qualified for the 2024 World Championships
Poland qualified for the 2024 World Championships
Final
European qualification tournament 3 The European qualification tournament 3 were played between 31 January and 4 February 2024 in Škofja Loka, Slovenia.
Group seeding (4) (10) (18) (H) (30) (32)
References
External links Americas qualification tournament official page Asia and Oceania qualification tournament official page European qualification tournament 1 official page European qualification tournament 2 official page European qualification tournament 3 official page