2008 Men's World Floorball Championships

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2008 Men's World Floorball Championships

A-Division
Tournament details
Host country	CZE
Dates	6–14 December
Teams	10
Venue(s)	3 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Finland
Runner-up	Sweden
Third place
Tournament statistics
Matches played	27
Goals scored	321 (11.89 per match)
Scoring leader(s)	Fredrik Djurling
← 2006 2010 →

The 2008 Men's World Floorball Championships were the seventh men's Floorball World Championships. The tournament was held from 6 to 14 December 2008. The tournament took place in the cities of Prague and Ostrava. All group stage matches were played in Ostrava's ČEZ Aréna, and all playoff matches were played in Prague's O₂ Arena, with the exception of the 9th place match, which was played in Prague's Sparta Arena.

Finland won its first championship by defeating Sweden in overtime in the gold medal game, breaking Sweden's row of six championship victories. This was also the first-ever lost game for the Swedish team in world championships.

Championship schedule[]

Preliminary round[]

Group A[]

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Sweden	4	4	0	0	53	9	+44	8
Czech Republic	4	3	0	1	29	11	+18	6
Latvia	4	2	0	2	20	23	−3	4
	4	0	1	3	12	37	−25	1
	4	0	1	3	12	46	−34	1

6 December 2008 Sweden  18:0   ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava

1:8  Czech Republic ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava

7 December 2008 Latvia  4:3   ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava

Czech Republic  4:5  Sweden ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava

8 December 2008   3:9  Latvia ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava

1:18  Sweden ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava

9 December 2008   7:7   ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava

Latvia  3:5  Czech Republic ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava

10 December 2008 Sweden  12:4  Latvia ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava

Czech Republic  12:2   ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava

Group B[]

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Finland	4	4	0	0	34	7	+27	8
	4	3	0	1	28	17	+11	6
	4	2	0	2	31	32	−1	4
Estonia	4	1	0	3	18	32	−14	2
	4	0	0	4	11	34	−23	0

6 December 2008 Estonia  6:7    ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava

7:3   ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava

7 December 2008 Finland  7:0  Estonia ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava

9:6   ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava

8 December 2008   2:8  Finland ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava

Estonia  5:13   ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava

9 December 2008   5:7  Estonia ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava

Finland  4:0    ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava

10 December 2008   5:15  Finland ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava

12:1   ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava

Playoffs[]

	Semifinals					Finals
	A1	Sweden	3 (OT)
	B2		2
						Sweden		6
						Finland		7 (OT)
	B1	Finland	4
	A2	Czech Republic	2

Semi-finals[]

13 December 2008 Sweden  3:2 (OT)    O2 Arena, Prague

Finland  4:2  Czech Republic O2 Arena, Prague

Bronze medal match[]

14 December 2008 Czech Republic  4:5 (OT)    O2 Arena, Prague

Championship match[]

14 December 2008 Sweden  6:7 (OT)  Finland O2 Arena, Prague

Placement round[]

9th place match[]

13 December 2008   2:5   Sparta Arena, Prague

7th place match[]

13 December 2008   14:8  Estonia O2 Arena, Prague

5th place match[]

14 December 2008 Latvia  6:5   O2 Arena, Prague

External links[]

• Official Website

Preceded by 2006 World Championships	Floorball World Championships 2008	Succeeded by 2010 World Championships
Preceded by Globe Arena Stockholm 2006	Finals Venue O2 Arena Prague 2008	Succeeded by TBD Finland 2010