2020 Men's World Floorball Championships

The 2020 Men's World Floorball Championships was the 13th World Championships in men's floorball. The tournament took place in Helsinki, Finland, during 3–11 December 2021. Originally planned for December 2020, it was rescheduled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

2020 Men's World Floorball Championships
Tournament details
Host country Finland
Dates3–11 December 2021
Teams16
Final positions
Champions  Sweden
Runner-up  Finland
Third place  Czech Republic
Scoring leader(s) Patrik Kareliusson (25 points)
MVP Ville Lastikka
2018
2022

WFC 2020 Qualification

  Host
  Direct qualification
  Qualified
  Did not qualify

35 teams registered for the 13th IFF Men's World Floorball Championships. 16 qualified reach to the final championship. Host country, Finland, qualified automatically. Though they did not ultimately qualify, Côte d'Ivoire became the first ever team from Africa to participate in the WFC Qualifiers.

In Europe, there were six qualification groups with three event locations – Frederikshavn in Denmark, Poprad in Slovakia, and Liepāja in Latvia. The Asia-Oceania qualifier in Bangkok, Thailand, was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Instead the highest ranked countries of the region were qualified. USA and Canada both qualified automatically due to the World Games taking place in the United States in 2022.[1]

Date Venue Vacancies Qualified
Host nation 1  Finland
Direct Qualification 2  United States
 Canada
Highest Ranked Asia-Oceania Countries 2  Australia1
 Singapore
 Thailand
 Japan1
European Qualification 1 30 January – 2 February 2020 Frederikshavn 3  Sweden
 Poland
 Denmark
European Qualification 2 30 January – 2 February 2020 Poprad 3   Switzerland
 Norway
 Slovakia
European Qualification 3 30 January – 3 February 2020 Liepāja 3  Czech Republic
 Latvia
 Germany
Wildcard/Replacements 2  Estonia2
 Philippines2
Total 16
1.^ Australia and Japan confirmed to IFF that they were unable to travel due to COVID-19 travel restrictions, hence their withdrawal from the competition.[2]
2.^ On September 28, 2021, the IFF Central Board confirmed the inclusion of Estonia and the Philippines to replace Australia and Japan.[3]

Venues

Helsinki
Hartwall Arena Helsinki Ice Hall

Tournament groups

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).[4]

Group A Group B Group C Group D
 Finland (hosts)
 Sweden
 Denmark
 Latvia

  Switzerland
 Czech Republic
 Germany
 Norway

 Slovakia
 Poland
 Thailand
 United States

 Canada
 Singapore
 Estonia1
 Philippines1

1.^ Estonia and the Philippines replaced Australia and Japan.

Results

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Finland (H) 3 3 0 0 21 5 +16 6 Quarterfinals 7–3 7–2 7–0
2  Sweden 3 2 0 1 29 9 +20 4 3–7 11–1 15–1
3  Latvia 3 0 1 2 8 23 15 1 Play-off round 2–7 1–11 5–5
4  Denmark 3 0 1 2 6 27 21 1 0–7 1–15 5–5
Source: IFF
(H) Host

Error: Goals/Progression mismatch: N1 = 8 N2 = 12 PN = 12

3 December 2021
15:15
Sweden 11–1
(2–1, 4–0, 5–0)
 LatviaHelsinki Ice Hall
Attendance: 573

Error: Goals/Progression mismatch: N1 = 6 N2 = 7 PN = 7

3 December 2021
18:30
Finland 7–0
(5–0, 1–0, 1–0)
 DenmarkHelsinki Ice Hall
Attendance: 2,665

Error: Goals/Progression mismatch: N1 = 8 N2 = 4 PN = 9

4 December 2021
12:45
Denmark 5–5
(2–2, 0–2, 3–1)
 LatviaHelsinki Ice Hall
Attendance: 963

Error: Goals/Progression mismatch: N1 = 4 N2 = 10 PN = 10

4 December 2021
18:55
Finland 7–3
(2–1, 1–1, 4–1)
 SwedenHelsinki Ice Hall
Attendance: 7,120

Error: Goals/Progression mismatch: N1 = 3 N2 = 4 PN = 7

5 December 2021
15:00
Latvia 2–7
(1–2, 1–4, 0–1)
 FinlandHelsinki Ice Hall
Attendance: 2,307

Error: Goals/Progression mismatch: N1 = 7 N2 = 2 PN = 7

6 December 2021
17:00
Denmark 1–15
(1–4, 0–3, 0–8)
 SwedenHelsinki Ice Hall
Attendance: 302

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Switzerland 3 3 0 0 20 9 +11 6 Quarterfinals 4–2 7–5 9–2
2  Czech Republic 3 2 0 1 20 7 +13 4 2–4 3–7 11–0
3  Norway 3 1 0 2 15 18 3 2 Play-off round 5–7 7–3 7–4
4  Germany 3 0 0 3 6 27 21 0 2–9 0–11 4–7
Source:

Error: Goals/Progression mismatch: N1 = 11 N2 = 7 PN = 11

3 December 2021
19:30
Germany 0–11
(0–3, 0–3, 0–5)
 Czech RepublicHelsinki Ice Hall 2
Attendance: 113

Error: Goals/Progression mismatch: N1 = 7 N2 = 12 PN = 12

4 December 2021
15:30
Norway 5–7
(2–3, 2–1, 1–3)
  SwitzerlandHelsinki Ice Hall
Attendance: 2,233

Error: Goals/Progression mismatch: N1 = 5 N2 = 1 PN = 6

5 December 2021
12:00
Germany 4–7
(0–4, 3–0, 1–3)
 NorwayHelsinki Ice Hall
Attendance: 512

Error: Goals/Progression mismatch: N1 = 6 N2 = 3 PN = 6

5 December 2021
18:45
Czech Republic 2–4
(2–1, 0–1, 0–2)
  SwitzerlandHelsinki Ice Hall
Attendance: 789

Error: Goals/Progression mismatch: N1 = 2 N2 = 6 PN = 6

6 December 2021
17:15
Switzerland  9–2
(2–1, 2–0, 5–1)
 GermanyHelsinki Ice Hall 2
Attendance: 155

Error: Goals/Progression mismatch: N1 = 1 N2 = 6 PN = 6

6 December 2021
19:45
Czech Republic 7–3
(2–0, 4–1, 1–2)
 NorwayHelsinki Ice Hall
Attendance: 216

Group C

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Slovakia 3 3 0 0 38 7 +31 6 Play-off round 8–4 15–2 15–1
2  Poland 3 2 0 1 30 14 +16 4 4–8 8–6 18–0
3  Thailand 3 1 0 2 17 26 9 2 13th-16th place playoff 2–15 6–8 9–3
4  United States 3 0 0 3 4 42 38 0 1–15 0–18 3–9
Source:

Error: Goals/Progression mismatch: N1 = 9 N2 = 7 PN = 11

3 December 2021
14:00
Poland 8–6
(3–2, 1–3, 4–1)
 ThailandHelsinki Ice Hall 2
Attendance: 78

Error: Goals/Progression mismatch: N1 = 6 N2 = 9 PN = 9

3 December 2021
16:45
Slovakia 15–1
(7–1, 4–0, 4–0)
 United StatesHelsinki Ice Hall 2
Attendance: 67

Error: Goals/Progression mismatch: N1 = 2 N2 = 6 PN = 7

4 December 2021
14:45
Thailand 9–3
(2–1, 2–0, 5–2)
 United StatesHelsinki Ice Hall 2
Attendance: 421

Error: Goals/Progression mismatch: N1 = 6 N2 = 2 PN = 7

4 December 2021
17:30
Poland 4–8
(1–3, 1–3, 2–2)
 SlovakiaHelsinki Ice Hall 2

Error: Goals/Progression mismatch: N1 = 8 N2 = 2 PN = 8

5 December 2021
17:30
Thailand 2–15
(1–5, 1–5, 0–5)
 SlovakiaHelsinki Ice Hall 2
Attendance: 275

Error: Goals/Progression mismatch: N1 = 7 N2 = 1 PN = 7

6 December 2021
14:30
United States 0–18
(0–7, 0–7, 0–4)
 PolandHelsinki Ice Hall 2
Attendance: 127

Group D

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Estonia 3 3 0 0 47 12 +35 6 Play-off round 21–4 13–6 13–2
2  Canada 3 2 0 1 26 37 11 4 4–21 13–8 9–8
3  Philippines 3 1 0 2 23 30 7 2 13th-16th place playoff 6–13 8–13 9–4
4  Singapore 3 0 0 3 14 31 17 0 2–13 8–9 4–9
Source:

Error: Goals/Progression mismatch: N1 = 18 N2 = 14 PN = 17

3 December 2021
12:30
Singapore 8–9
(3–2, 0–3, 5–4)
 CanadaHelsinki Ice Hall
Attendance: 350

Error: Goals/Progression mismatch: N1 = 11 N2 = 3 PN = 19

4 December 2021
12:00
Philippines 6–13
(0–3, 2–7, 4–3)
 EstoniaHelsinki Ice Hall 2
Attendance: 301

Error: Goals/Progression mismatch: N1 = 7 N2 = 1 PN = 13

5 December 2021
12:00
Singapore 4–9
(0–5, 1–1, 3–3)
 PhilippinesHelsinki Ice Hall 2
Attendance: 295

Error: Goals/Progression mismatch: N1 = 7 N2 = 1 PN = 7

5 December 2021
14:45
Canada 4–21
(1–6, 2–9, 1–6)
 EstoniaHelsinki Ice Hall 2
Attendance: 311

Error: Goals/Progression mismatch: N1 = 1 N2 = 4 PN = 3

6 December 2021
10:15
Estonia 13–2
(4–0, 3–1, 6–1)
 SingaporeHelsinki Ice Hall
Attendance: 103

Error: Goals/Progression mismatch: N1 = 3 N2 = 1 PN = 3

6 December 2021
13:00
Canada 13–8
(6–3, 4–3, 3–2)
 PhilippinesHelsinki Ice Hall
Attendance: 306

Knock-out stage

Play-off Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
                           
    8 December        
7 December
  Finland  5
  Germany  3 10 December
    Slovakia  1  
  Slovakia  7     Finland  3
  8 December
7 December     Czech Republic  2  
  Czech Republic  9
  Latvia  16 11 December
    Latvia  1  
  Canada  3     Finland  4
  9 December
7 December     Sweden  6
   Switzerland  9
  Denmark  3 10 December
    Estonia  0  
  Estonia  5      Switzerland  1 Bronze medal game
  9 December
7 December     Sweden  6   11 December
  Sweden  8
  Norway  7   Czech Republic  4 (OT)
    Norway  2  
  Poland  3      Switzerland  3

Play-off

Error: Goals/Progression mismatch: N1 = 5 N2 = 2 PN = 7

7 December 2021
13:00
Germany 3–7
(0–3, 1–1, 2–3)
 SlovakiaHelsinki Ice Hall
Attendance: 473

Error: Goals/Progression mismatch: N1 = 5 N2 = 3 PN = 5

7 December 2021
19:00
Norway 7–3
(2–1, 1–2, 4–0)
 PolandHelsinki Ice Hall
Attendance: 163

Error: Goals/Progression mismatch: N1 = 3 N2 = 2 PN = 3

7 December 2021
10:00
Denmark 3–5
(0–0, 2–2, 1–3)
 EstoniaHelsinki Ice Hall
Attendance: 1,065

Error: Goals/Progression mismatch: N1 = 1 N2 = 4 PN = 4

7 December 2021
16:00
Latvia 16–3
(6–1, 3–0, 7–2)
 CanadaHelsinki Ice Hall
Attendance: 213

Quarterfinals

Error: Goals/Progression mismatch: N1 = 1 N2 = 7 PN = 7

8 December 2021
15:30
Czech Republic 9–1
(1–0, 2–1, 6–0)
 LatviaHelsinki Ice Hall
Attendance: 468

Error: Goals/Progression mismatch: N1 = 3 N2 = 6 PN = 6

8 December 2021
18:45
Finland 5–1
(2–0, 2–1, 1–0)
 SlovakiaHelsinki Ice Hall
Attendance: 1,728

Error: Goals/Progression mismatch: N1 = 2 N2 = 6 PN = 6

9 December 2021
15:30
Switzerland  9–0
(3–0, 2–0, 4–0)
 EstoniaHelsinki Ice Hall
Attendance: 1,209

Error: Goals/Progression mismatch: N1 = 3 N2 = 9 PN = 10

9 December 2021
18:30
Sweden 8–2
(6–0, 0–0, 2–2)
 NorwayHelsinki Ice Hall
Attendance: 1,112

Semifinals

Error: Goals/Progression mismatch: N1 = 6 N2 = 1 PN = 6

10 December 2021
15:30
Switzerland  1–6
(0–2, 1–0, 0–4)
 SwedenHartwall Arena
Attendance: 6,453

Error: Goals/Progression mismatch: N1 = 3 N2 = 4 PN = 4

10 December 2021
18:45
Finland 3–2
(0–2, 2–0, 1–0)
 Czech RepublicHartwall Arena
Attendance: 10,263

Bronze Medal Game

Error: Goals/Progression mismatch: N1 = 4 N2 = 2 PN = 5

11 December 2021
14:30
Czech Republic 4–3 OT
(1–1, 0–1, 2–1)
OT: 1–0
  SwitzerlandHartwall Arena
Attendance: 10,065

Final

Error: Goals/Progression mismatch: N1 = 6 N2 = 3 PN = 7

11 December 2021
17:30
Finland 4–6
(2–0, 0–3, 2–3)
 SwedenHartwall Arena
Attendance: 12,508

5th Place Bracket

 
5th–8th Place Semi-finals5th Place
 
      
 
10 December
 
 
 Slovakia2
 
11 December
 
 Latvia6
 
 Latvia4
 
10 December
 
 Norway2
 
 Estonia4
 
 
 Norway5 (OT)
 
7th Place
 
 
11 December
 
 
 Slovakia8 (OT)
 
 
 Estonia7

5th–8th Place Semi-finals

Error: Goals/Progression mismatch: N1 = 3 N2 = 1 PN = 3

10 December 2021
10:00
Slovakia 2–6
(0–1, 1–2, 1–3)
 LatviaHelsinki Ice Hall 2
Attendance: 323

Error: Goals/Progression mismatch: N1 = 2 N2 = 0 PN = 2

10 December 2021
13:00
Estonia 4–5 OT
(2–2, 0–2, 2–0)
OT: 0–1
 NorwayHelsinki Ice Hall 2
Attendance: 240

5th Place Match

11 December 2021
13:00
Latvia 4–2
(0–0, 3–0, 1–2)
 NorwayHelsinki Ice Hall 2
Attendance: 143

7th Place Match

11 December 2021
10:00
Slovakia 8–7 OT
(3–1, 3–3, 1–3)
OT: 1–0
 EstoniaHelsinki Ice Hall 2
Attendance: 163

9th Place Bracket

 
9th-11th Place Semi-finals9th Place
 
      
 
8 December
 
 
 Poland3
 
9 December
 
 Denmark7
 
 Denmark3
 
8 December
 
 Germany6
 
 Canada7
 
 
 Germany15
 
11th Place
 
 
9 December
 
 
 Poland (p.s.o)6
 
 
 Canada5

9th–12th Place Semi-finals

Error: Goals/Progression mismatch: N1 = 6 N2 = 2 PN = 7

8 December 2021
11:00
Canada 7–15
(1–3, 2–4, 4–8)
 GermanyHelsinki Ice Hall 2
Attendance: 360

Error: Goals/Progression mismatch: N1 = 4 N2 = 1 PN = 4

8 December 2021
12:30
Poland 3–7
(1–5, 1–2, 1–0)
 DenmarkHelsinki Ice Hall
Attendance: 812

9th Place Match

Error: Goals/Progression mismatch: N1 = 6 N2 = 3 PN = 6

9 December 2021
12:30
 Denmark3–6
(2–1, 0–4, 1–1)
Germany Helsinki Ice Hall 2
Attendance: 574

11th Place Match

9 December 2021
09:30
 Poland6–5 PSO
(1–2, 2–3, 2–0)
OT: 0–0
PSO: 3–1
Canada Helsinki Ice Hall 2
Attendance: 1,013

13th Place Bracket

 
13th-16th Place Semi-finals13th Place
 
      
 
7 December
 
 
 Philippines10
 
8 December
 
 United States5
 
 Philippines8
 
7 December
 
 Thailand (p.s.o.)9
 
 Thailand11
 
 
 Singapore6
 
15th Place
 
 
8 December
 
 
 United States4
 
 
 Singapore2

13th–16th Place Semi-finals

Error: Goals/Progression mismatch: N1 = 1 N2 = 8 PN = 9

7 December 2021
14:30
Philippines 10–5
(4–3, 2–1, 4–1)
 United StatesHelsinki Ice Hall 2
Attendance: 101

Error: Goals/Progression mismatch: N1 = 1 N2 = 9 PN = 9

7 December 2021
17:15
Thailand 11–6
(4–1, 6–1, 1–4)
 SingaporeHelsinki Ice Hall 2
Attendance: 217

13th Place Match

Error: Goals/Progression mismatch: N1 = 4 N2 = 1 PN = 6

8 December 2021
17:00
Philippines 8–9 PSO
(2–3, 2–1, 4–4)
OT: 0–0
PSO: 1–2
 ThailandHelsinki Ice Hall 2
Attendance: 128

15th Place Match

Error: Goals/Progression mismatch: N1 = 2 N2 = 4 PN = 4

8 December 2021
14:00
United States 4–2
(0–1, 2–0, 2–1)
 SingaporeHelsinki Ice Hall 2
Attendance: 123

Ranking and statistics

Final ranking

The official IFF final ranking of the tournament:

 Sweden
 Finland
 Czech Republic
4  Switzerland
5 Latvia
6 Norway
7 Slovakia
8 Estonia
9 Germany
10 Denmark
11 Poland
12 Canada
13 Thailand
14 Philippines
15 United States
16 Singapore

Qualification for the 2022 World Games

Qualify to the 2022 World Games
Qualify to the 2022 World Games via regional rank
Qualify to the 2022 World Games as the host country
#AmericasEuropeAsia Oceania
1 Canada Sweden Thailand (TBC)
2 United States Finland
3 Czech Republic
4  Switzerland
5 Latvia

References

  1. "Qualifications". WFC 2020. Retrieved 2020-12-15.
  2. "Tournament". WFC 2020. Retrieved 2021-09-29.
  3. ""It is great that we get to play the WFC with a full number of teams" - Estonia and the Philippines participate in the WFC". WFC 2020. Retrieved 2021-09-29.
  4. "Tournament". WFC 2020. Retrieved 2020-12-15.
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