2018 Men's World Floorball Championships

2018 Men's World Floorball Championships

Tournament details
Host country	Czech Republic
Venue(s)	2 (in 1 host city)
Dates	1–9 December 2018
Teams	16
Final positions
Champions	Finland
Runner-up	Sweden
Third place	Switzerland
Tournament statistics
Matches played	48
Goals scored	507 (10.56 per match)
Attendance	181,518 (3,782 per match)
Scoring leader(s)	Michal Dudovič (21 points)
MVP	Pascal Meier
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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.

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 – Tallinn (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

O2 arena	Arena Sparta – Podvinny mlyn	Prague
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]

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]

All times are local (UTC+1).

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	—

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	—

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	—

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	—

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

5 December 2018 10:00

Latvia

6–1 (2–1, 0–0, 4–0)

Slovakia

O2 Arena Attendance: 7,069

Game reference
	Jānis Salcevičs	Goalies	Rastislav Mazák	Referees: Håkan Söderman Glenn Boström
	0–1 2:22 – Mráz (Kubovič) Ceriņš (Raitums) – 8:14 1–1 Jansons (Blinds) – 12:50 2–1 Cerins (J. Rajeckis) – 44:03 3–1 Jansons – 54:18 4–1 Trekše (A. Rajeckis) – 57:52 5–1 Kovaļevskis (Raitums) – 59:45 6–1
	6 min	Penalties	6 min

5 December 2018 12:45

Denmark

3–2 (1–0, 0–1, 2–1)

Estonia

O2 Arena Attendance: 4,013

Game reference
	Mike Trolle	Goalies	Daniel Vaigur	Referees: Henri Heinola Manu Marttinen
	Odfeldt (Dalkvist) – 7:06 1–0 1–1 32:09 – Kareliusson (Widercrantz) Schmidt (Buckner) – 45:50 2–1 2–2 46:32 – Tamme (Pass) Nielsen (Odfeldt) – 51:46 3–2
	7 min	Penalties	0 min

5 December 2018 15:30

Norway

10–0 (3–0, 4–0, 3–0)

Australia

Arena Sparta Attendance: 365

Game reference
	Andreas Falkeid	Goalies	Eythan Yeoh	Referees: Kamil Sojka Tomáš Sojka
	no scorer (own goal) – 2:12 1–0 Kvisvik (Normann) – 2:37 2–0 Jansson (Olesen) (PP) – 6:16 3–0 Jansson (Olesen) – 23:53 4–0 Bjerknes (Kronberg) – 31:52 5–0 Kronberg (Bjerknes) – 33:58 6–0 Olesen (Normann) (SH) – 39:38 7–0 Kvisvik (Normann) – 40:40 8–0 Olesen (Jansson) – 47:51 9–0 Kronberg (Bjerknes) – 52:03 10–0
	6 min	Penalties	2 min

5 December 2018 18:30

Germany

7–2 (2–1, 3–1, 2–0)

Canada

Arena Sparta Attendance: 282

Game reference
	Nils Hallerstede	Goalies	Taylor Shipp	Referees: Vesa Vilkki Mikko Alakare
	0–1 0:39 – Viitakoski (Kuysten) Blanke (Hoppe) – 7:01 1–1 Schuschwary (J. Bröker) – 16:41 2–1 Weigelt (Schuschwary) – 29:52 3–1 Blanke (Ruger) – 30:45 4–1 von Pritzbuer (Nihlen) – 36:47 5–1 5–2 37:40 – Barber (Viitakoski) (PP) von Pritzbuer (Siede) – 48:15 6–2 Siede (Schuschwary) (PP) – 58:56 7–2
	6 min	Penalties	6 min

6 December 2018 16:30

Switzerland

3–2 OT (1–1, 0–0, 1–1, 1–0)

Norway

O2 Arena Attendance: 3,977

Game reference
	Pascal Meier	Goalies	Markus Jelsnes	Referees: Mārtiņš Larinovs Mārtiņš Gross
	Rüegger (Laely) – 7:16 1–0 1–1 14:59 – Bjerknes (Fredriksen) Maurer (Meier) – 41:24 2–1 2–2 56:18 – Kronberg (Jelsnes) Braillard (Laely) – 60:30 3–2
	0 min	Penalties	2 min

6 December 2018 19:30

Czech Republic

10–1 (3–1, 4–0, 3–0)

Denmark

O2 Arena Attendance: 5,073

Game reference
	Lukáš Souček	Goalies	Mike Trolle	Referees: Håkan Söderman Glenn Boström
	Rýpar (Suchánek) – 4:49 1–0 Šebek (Jendrišák) – 5:03 2–0 2–1 10:55 – Glass (Eldholm) Doza (Pražan) – 13:14 3–1 Jendrišák (Němeček) – 23:39 4–1 Kisugite (Curney) – 25:52 5–1 Veltšmíd (Beneš) – 30:32 6–1 Jendrišák (Kisugite) – 37:07 7–1 Jendrišák (Rýpar) (PP) – 43:46 8–1 Delong (Rýpar) – 50:57 9–1 Němeček (Curney) – 59:27 10–1
	2 min	Penalties	4 min

7 December 2018 15:10

Sweden

14–1 (7–0, 5–1, 2–0)

Latvia

O2 Arena Attendance: 3,871

Game reference
	Måns Parsjö-Tegner	Goalies	Jānis Salcevičs Ivars Dišereits	Referees: Henri Heinola Manu Marttinen
	Enström (Johansson) – 0:23 1–0 Wilhelmsson (Palmen) – 2:08 2–0 Rudd (PS) – 4:05 3–0 Carlström (Johansson) – 10:06 4–0 Sjögren (Rudd) – 11:19 5–0 Hedlund (Johansson) – 13:08 6–0 Enström (Hedlund) – 17:40 7–0 Johansson – 20:27 8–0 Enström (Samuelsson) – 22:34 9–0 9–1 23:35 – Kovaļevskis (Trekše) Östholm (Wilhelmsson) – 30:04 10–1 Östholm – 36:35 11–1 Nilsson (Wilhelmsson) (DP) – 39:59 12–1 Gustafsson (Sjögren) – 47:56 13–1 Carlström (Hedlund) – 49:47 14–1
	0 min	Penalties	2 min

7 December 2018 18:00

Finland

6–1 (2–0, 2–1, 2–0)

Germany

O2 Arena Attendance: 3,772

Game reference
	Lassi Toriseva	Goalies	Mike Dietz	Referees: Sandra Zurbuchen Corina Wehinger
	Johansson (Salo) – 0:48 1–0 Salo (Johansson) – 6:00 2–0 Kotilainen (Kukkola) – 22:42 3–0 Kotilainen (Kivilehto) – 30:52 4–0 4–1 37:23 – Nihlen (von Pritzbuer) Johansson (Salin) – 44:00 5–1 Kukkola (Johansson) – 59:20 6–1
	0 min	Penalties	0 min

8 December 2018 16:00

Czech Republic

2–7 (0–1, 0–2, 2–4)

Finland

O2 Arena Attendance: 12,811

Game reference
	Lukáš Souček	Goalies	Eero Kosonen	Referees: Thomas Andersson Rickard Wissman
	2 min	Penalties	4 min

8 December 2018 19:00

Sweden

5–4 PS (1–1, 2–1, 1–2, 0–0, 1–0)

Switzerland

O2 Arena Attendance: 10,267

Game reference
	Johan Rehn	Goalies	Pascal Meier	Referees: Henri Heinola Manu Marttinen
	2 min	Penalties	2 min

9 December 2018 13:00

Czech Republic

2–4 (1–2, 1–1, 0–1)

Switzerland

O2 Arena Attendance: 16,112

Game reference
	Lukáš Souček	Goalies	Pascal Meier	Referees: Hakan Soderman Glenn Boström
	0–1 8:16 – Kanzig (Hofbauer) 0–2 13:37 – no scorer (own goal) Rýpar (Garčar) – 18:06 1–2 Ondrušek (Dóža) – 33:07 2–2 2–3 39:24 – Braillard (Mendelin) (PP) 2–4 46:01 – Riedi (Braillard)
	4 min	Penalties	4 min

9 December 2018 16:00

Finland

6–3 (1–0, 1–1, 4–2)

Sweden

O2 Arena Attendance: 16,276

Game reference
	Eero Kosonen	Goalies	Johan Rehn	Referees: Mārtiņš Larinovs Mārtiņš Gross
	Kivilehto (Leikkanen) – 3:30 1–0 Kotilainen (Lastikka) – 23:57 2–0 2–1 27:25 – Carlstrom (Johansson) (PP) 2–2 42:41 – Rudd Kivilehto (Kotilainen) – 46:21 3–2 Kotilainen (Vaananen) – 48:34 4–2 Salo (Lamminen) – 49:35 5–2 5–3 55:29 – Rudd (PS) Johansson (Salin) (EN) – 58:11 6–3
	4 min	Penalties	4 min

	5–8th place semifinals				5th place
	8 December – O2 Arena
	Denmark	2
					9 December – O2 Arena
	Germany	4
					Germany	3
	8 December – Arena Sparta
					Latvia	5
	Latvia	6 (P)
	Norway	5
					7th place
					9 December – Arena Sparta
					Denmark	5
					Norway	9

8 December 2018 11:00

Latvia

6–5 (PS) (1–2, 1–1, 3–2, 0–0, 1–0)

Norway

Arena Sparta Attendance: 575

Game reference
	Jānis Salcevičs	Goalies	Andreas Falkeid	Referees: Hakan Soderman Glenn Boström
	0–1 2:45 – Jansson (Olesen) J. Rajeckis (Raitums) – 6:30 1–1 1–2 12:36 – Nilsson Jansons (Raitums) – 30:40 2–2 2–3 32:15 – Fredriksen (Kronberg) Kovaļevskis (Trekše) – 46:09 3–3 3–4 47:20 – Hjemgard (Kronberg) 3–5 52:24 – Hjemgard (Bjerknes) Kovaļevskis (Trekše) – 53:01 4–5 Kovaļevskis (A. Rajeckis) – 57:52 5–5 Jansons – 70:00 6–5
	2 min	Penalties	2 min

8 December 2018 13:00

Denmark

2–4 (1–0, 0–2, 1–2)

Germany

O2 Arena Attendance: 3893

Game reference
	Mike Trolle	Goalies	Mike Dietz	Referees: Kamil Sojka Tomáš Sojka
	Glass (Mørup) – 6:03 1–0 1–1 37:22 – N. Broker (von Pritzbuer) 1–2 38:05 – J. Broker (Wenning) Glass (Schmidt) – 41:31 2–2 2–3 49:46 – Schuschwary (J. Broker) (PP) 2–4 57:34 – J. Broker (Burmeister)
	4 min	Penalties	4 min

9 December 2018 10:00

Germany

3–5 (0–2, 2–2, 1–1)

Latvia

O2 Arena

Game reference
				Referees: Kamil Sojka Tomáš Sojka
	2 min	Penalties	2 min

9 December 2018 10:00

Denmark

5–9 (1–4, 3–3, 1–2)

Norway

Arena Sparta

	Matches 9th–11th				9th place
	6 December – Arena Sparta
	Australia	3
					7 December – Arena Sparta
	Slovakia	12
					Slovakia	7
	6 December – Arena Sparta
					Estonia	5
	Canada	2
	Estonia	9
					11th place
					7 December – Arena Sparta
					Australia	5
					Canada	6

	Matches 13th–16th				13th place
	6 December – Arena Sparta
	Singapore	3
					7 December – Arena Sparta
	Thailand	4
					Thailand	1
	6 December – Arena Sparta
					Poland	9
	Poland	6
	Japan	2
					15th place
					7 December – Arena Sparta
					Singapore	2
					Japan	4

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

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]

• Tournament webpage