36 teams registered for the 14th IFF Men's World Floorball Championships. 16 have qualified to reach to the final championship. Host country, Switzerland, qualified automatically. Côte d'Ivoire has participated in the European qualifiers for the second time in a row, remaining the only team from Africa to have ever participated in the World Floorball Championship Qualifiers. Malaysia was the lone nation to register in 2020 but failed to do so in 2022. Philippines registered in 2020, but was not able to participate due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and did so for the first time in 2022.[3] However both China and India ultimately did not compete in the Asia-Oceania qualifiers.
After the group ballot, 16 teams were divided into 4 groups. In the group stage each team has played each other once, while the second stage of the event included play-offs and placement matches.
The two best teams of group A and B went directly to quarter-final. Teams placed 3rd and 4th in group A and B and the teams placed 1st and 2nd in group C and D made it to the first playoff round (played before the quarter-finals).