2008 Men's World Floorball Championships
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Group B[]
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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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 |
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Playoffs[]
Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||
A1 | Sweden | 3 (OT) | |||||||
B2 | 2 | ||||||||
Sweden | 6 | ||||||||
Finland | 7 (OT) | ||||||||
B1 | Finland | 4 | |||||||
A2 | Czech Republic | 2 |
Semi-finals[]
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Bronze medal match[]
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Championship match[]
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Placement round[]
9th place match[]
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7th place match[]
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5th place match[]
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External links[]
Categories:
- 2008 in floorball
- Floorball World Championships
- International floorball competitions hosted by the Czech Republic
- 2008 in Czech sport
- Sports competitions in Prague
- Sport in Ostrava
- December 2008 sports events in Europe
- 2000s in Prague