The 2026 Men's World Floorball Championships will be the 16th edition of Men's World Floorball Championship. It will held from 4 to 13 December 2026 in Tampere, Finland. It will be the fourth time that Finland hosts the men's championship, most recently in 2020.
Host nation Finland will defend the championship title won at the 2024 tournament.
Host selection Finland and Czech Republic both had expressed an interest in this event. In 1 December 2022, the Finnish Floorball Federation announced a bid for 2026. The bid had support from the Finnish government and the federation had already sent preliminary letters to Denmark and Latvia about a possible co-host. On 24 March 2023, Finland officially sent an application for the tournament. During January and February, the Finnish Floorball Federation stated that they had a lot of interest from multiple cities, but chose Tampere due to their arenas and fans. The negotiations with Denmark and Latvia for a potential joint bid never materialized to an official bid as Finland submitted a solo bid. Finland was given the hosting rights on 24 May 2023 at a meeting in Malmö.
After a bid for the 2026 men's and 2027 women's was announced, the Finnish Floorball Federation announced they wanted to do a two-year project, with sponsors and organisation in mind.
Qualification
A total of 16 national teams will participate in the final tournament. Finland qualified automatically as the host nation. The remaining 34 registered national teams competed for qualification through regional qualifiers.
Two European qualification divisions were held in Liepāja, Latvia, from 3 to 7 February 2026. The third European division took place in Trenčín, Slovakia, from 5 to 8 February. In the first and third divisions, eight teams competed, divided into two groups. The group winners, the winners of the matches between the second-placed teams, and the best losing second-placed team qualified. The second division consisted of six teams, of which the top three teams qualified.
The Asia–Oceania qualification was held from 13 to 19 January in Wellington, New Zealand. Ten teams in two groups competed for four qualification spots. Solomon Islands and Hong Kong participated for the first time. In the Americas qualification, the national teams of the United States and Canada faced each other in Austin, Texas, from 19 to 21 March 2026.
Qualified teams
Slots Qualified Appearance(s) Previous best performance Host nation 1 2nd 1st 16 16 2024 Champions (2008, 2010, 2016, 2018, 2024) European Qualification 1 3+1 4th 4th 15 14 2024 4th place (2024) 5th 5th 16 16 2024 2nd place (1998) 16th 13th 2 2 2024 13th place (2024) 8th 7th 16 16 2024 3rd place (1996) European Qualification 2 3 3rd 3rd 16 16 2024 2nd place (2004, 2022) 7th 8th 14 9 2024 4th place (2012) 9th 9th 11 10 2024 7th place (2010) European Qualification 3 3 1st 2nd 16 16 2024 Champions (ten times, last in 2022) 6th 6th 8 8 2024 6th place (2024) 10th 10th 15 7 2024 4th place (1998, 2000) Asia-Oceania Qualification 4 13th 14th 6 6 2024 13th place (2020) 17th – 8 1 2022 12th place (1996) 23rd – 5 1 2018 13th place (1998 – Division B) 12th 11th 4 4 2024 11th place (2024) Americas Qualification 1 15th 16th 9 9 2024 11th place (2010, 2018)
Venues The three arenas are situated in Tampere. The quarterfinals onwards will be in the Nokia Arena.
Tampere Nokia ArenaCapacity: 13,000 Hakametsä Ice HallCapacity: 7,000 Kauppi Sports hallCapacity: 1,300
Tournament format
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-finals. Teams placed third and fourth in group A and B and the teams placed first and second in group C and D go into the first play-off round (played before the quarter-finals).
Draw The draw was held on 5 March 2026 in Tampere, Finland, before American qualification took place. The pots were based on IFF World Ranking. Groups A and B were drawn from the first two pots, the top eight teams of the ranking. Groups C and D were formed from the remaining teams.
+ Pot 1Team1234 + Pot 2Team5678 + Pot 3Team9101213 + Pot 4Team15161723
Referees Seven referee pairs were selected on 8 September 2026.
Referees Joni KokkonenTommi Virkki Thomas ElisJanne Sjögren Simon BromanMartin Matti Tobias Pauli SchmidtSteffen Leholk Lukáš ČížekLukáš Laštovička Sharil IsmailOswind Rosayro Josef FässlerBenjamin Schläpfer
Results Preliminary round
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Knock-out stage Bracket
Play-off round
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Bronze medal game
Final
Placement matches
5th–8th place play-off
5th–8th place bracket
5th–8th place semi-finals
7th place match
5th place match
9th–12th place play-off
9th–12th place bracket
9th–12th place semi-finals
11th place match
9th place match
13th–16th place play-off
13th–16th place bracket
13th–16th place semifinals
15th place match
13th place match
Preparations
Tickets On 22 April 2026, tickets were released.https://www.floorball.sport/all-tickets-for-the-mens-world-floorball-championships-2026-now-available/
Notes
References
External links
Official results