2009 Men's under-19 World Floorball Championships

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2009 Men's U19
World Floorball Championships

A-Division
Official logo of the 2009 Men's under-19 World Floorball Championships
Tournament details
Host country	Finland
Dates	May 6 to 10, 2009
Teams	8
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions
Tournament statistics
Matches played	18
Goals scored	216 (12 per match)
Scoring leader(s)	(21 points)

The 2009 Men's under-19 World Floorball Championships were the fifth world championships in men's under-19 floorball. The tournament took place over May 6–10, 2009 in Turku, Finland.

defeated Finland 8–3 in the final match to win the men's under-19 world floorball championship for the 3rd consecutive year.

All matches took place at the Turkuhalli in Turku, Finland.

Tournament information[]

Facts and history[]

The 2009 Men's under-19 World Floorball Championships were the first men's over-19 floorball championships that were held in the month of May, after the International Floorball Federation (IFF) changed their international tournament calendar format in 2008. Previously, the tournament was hosted in the months of either October or November.

came into the tournament as two-time defending champions, after having won the world championship in both and . The Swedish team had also previously won a championship in , but did not defend their title in , as they would lose in the final to rivals, Finland. The Czech Republic, Finland, , and remain the only teams to have captured a women's under-19 world floorball championship medal.

Championship results[]

Preliminary round[]

Group A[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1		3	3	0	0	56	7	+49	6
2		3	2	0	1	24	15	+9	4
3		3	1	0	2	8	25	−17	2
4		3	0	0	3	5	46	−41	0

May 6, 2009[]

May 6, 2009 10.45

14–1 ( 5–0, 4–1, 5–0 )

Turku, Finland Turkuhalli

May 6, 2009 16.15

1–17 ( 0–2, 0–10, 1–5 )

Turku, Finland Turkuhalli

May 7, 2009[]

May 7, 2009 10.45

2–5 ( 2–3, 0–2, 0–0 )

Turku, Finland Turkuhalli

May 7, 2009 16.15

27–1 ( 8–0, 5–1, 14–0 )

Turku, Finland Turkuhalli

May 8, 2009[]

May 8, 2009 10.45

3–5 ( 2–1, 0–2, 1–2 )

Turku, Finland Turkuhalli

May 8, 2009 16.15

12–5 ( 7–0, 1–5, 4–0 )

Turku, Finland Turkuhalli

Group B[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Finland	3	3	0	0	28	4	+24	6
2	Czech Republic	3	2	0	1	29	10	+19	4
3		3	1	0	2	7	30	−23	2
4	Slovakia	3	0	0	3	8	28	−20	0

May 6, 2009[]

May 6, 2009 13.30

Czech Republic

12–1 ( 2–0, 7–1, 3–0 )

Turku, Finland Turkuhalli

May 6, 2009 19.00

Finland

9–0 ( 2–0, 3–0, 4–0 )

Slovakia

Turku, Finland Turkuhalli

May 7, 2009[]

May 7, 2009 13.30

Slovakia

5–6 ( 2–1, 2–4, 1–1 )

Turku, Finland Turkuhalli

May 7, 2009 19.00

Finland

6–4 ( 3–1, 2–1, 1–2 )

Czech Republic

Turku, Finland Turkuhalli

May 8, 2009[]

May 8, 2009 13.30

Slovakia

3–13 ( 0–3, 1–6, 2–4 )

Czech Republic

Turku, Finland Turkuhalli

May 8, 2009 19.00

0–13 ( 0–2, 0–6, 0–5 )

Finland

Turku, Finland Turkuhalli

Playoffs[]

	Semifinals					Finals
	A1		7
	B2	Czech Republic	5
						A1		8
						B1	Finland	3
	B1	Finland	3
	A2		2

Semi-finals[]

May 9, 2009 16.00

7–5 ( 2–1, 4–3, 1–1 )

Czech Republic

Turku, Finland Turkuhalli

May 9, 2009 19.00

Finland

3–2 (Penalty shots) ( 1–2, 0–0, 1–0, 0–0 )

Turku, Finland Turkuhalli

Bronze medal match[]

May 10, 2009 14.00

Czech Republic

1–7 ( 0–1, 1–4, 0–2 )

Turku, Finland Turkuhalli

World championship match[]

May 10, 2009 17.00

8–3 ( 2–2, 2–0, 4–1 )

Finland

Turku, Finland Turkuhalli

Placement round[]

7th place match[]

May 9, 2009 10.00

2–4 ( 0–3, 0–0, 2–1 )

Slovakia

Turku, Finland Turkuhalli

5th place match[]

May 9, 2009 13.00

6–4 ( 1–0, 2–2, 3–2 )

Turku, Finland Turkuhalli

Leading scorers[]

Player		GP	G	A	PTS	PIM
		5	14	7	21	0
		5	4	9	13	4
		5	9	3	12	0
		5	6	6	12	2
		5	10	1	11	2
		5	3	8	11	0
		5	9	1	10	0
		5	6	4	10	2
		5	6	4	10	4
		5	6	4	10	8

Media All-Star Team[]

Country	Player	Position
		Goaltender
		Defenseman
		Defenseman
		Left Wing
		Center
		Right Wing

Ranking and statistics[]

2009 Men's under-19 World Floorball Champions
4th World title

Official 2009 A-Division Rankings according to the International Floorball Federation

Rk.	Team
	Finland
4.	Czech Republic
5.
6.
7.	Slovakia
8.

• is relegated to the B-Division at the

See also[]

• 2009 Men's under-19 World Floorball Championships B-Division
• 2009 Men's under-19 World Floorball Championships Qualifying

External links[]

• Official Website
• Standings & Statistics
• Standings & Statistics – Qualifying