2014 Men's World Floorball Championships

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2014 Men's World
Floorball Championships
Tournament details
Host country Sweden
Dates5–14 December
Teams16
Venue(s)(in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Gold medal blank.svg Sweden
Runner-up Silver medal blank.svg Finland
Third place Bronze medal blank.svg Czech Republic
Tournament statistics
Matches played48
Goals scored488 (10.17 per match)
Attendance104,445 (2,176 per match)
Scoring leader(s)Denmark (16 points)
MVPSweden Kim Nilsson
2012
2016

The 2014 Men's World Floorball Championships were the 10th World Championships in men's floorball. The tournament took place in Gothenburg, Sweden in December 2014. Home team Sweden defended their title in a close game against Finland. Czech Republic earned the bronze after defeating by 4–3.

Qualification[]

For the first time ever, all teams, except from the host country, must qualify for the Championships. A total of 30 teams are scheduled to take part in the qualification tournaments.[1]

Date Venue Vacancies Qualified
Host nation 10 December 2010 1  Sweden
European Qualification 1 29 January – 2 February 2014 Poland Łochów 2  Finland
 
European Qualification 2 29 January – 2 February 2014 Slovakia Bratislava 3   
 Estonia
 Slovakia
European Qualification 3 28 January – 1 February 2014 Netherlands Nijmegen 3  Czech Republic
 
 
European Qualification 4 28 January – 1 February 2014 Latvia Valmiera 2  
 Latvia
Asia-Oceania Qualification 29 January – 1 February 2014 New Zealand Wellington 3  
 
 
Americas Qualification 31 January – 2 February 2014 Canada Markham 2  Canada
 United States
Total 16

Venues[]

Scandinavium Lisebergshallen
Capacity: 12,044
Group A/B and playoff round
Capacity: 1,800
Group C/D and ranking matches
Scandinavium at night.jpg 090712 Lisebergshallen.jpg

Draw[]

The final draw for the tournament was held at Casino Cosmopol in Gothenburg on 25 February 2014. The teams were divided into four pots according to the world ranking.[2] (World rankings shown in parentheses).

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4

 Sweden (hosts) (1)
 Finland (2)
   (3)
 Czech Republic (4)

  (5)
 Latvia (6)
  (7)
 Estonia (8)

  (9)
 Canada (11)
 Slovakia (12)
  (13)

  (14)
  (17)
 United States (19)
  (20)

Results[]

Preliminary Round[]

     Team advanced to quarter-finals
     Team advanced to playoff round
     Team advanced to 13th-16th place playoff

Group A[]

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Sweden 3 3 0 0 29 7 +22 6
 Finland 3 2 0 1 18 8 +10 4
 Latvia 3 1 0 2 8 21 −13 2
  3 0 0 3 8 27 −19 0
Source:[citation needed]
6 December 2014
12:30
 2 – 9
(1–3, 0–2, 1–4)
 FinlandScandinavium, Gothenburg
Attendance: 2,103
6 December 2014
16:15
Sweden 11 – 2
(5–1, 6–1, 0–0)
 LatviaScandinavium, Gothenburg
Attendance: 7,529
7 December 2014
12:00
Finland 7 – 1
(3–0, 1–0, 3–1)
 LatviaScandinavium, Gothenburg
Attendance: 2,479
7 December 2014
16:15
 3 – 13
(1–3, 1–5, 1–5)
 SwedenScandinavium, Gothenburg
Attendance: 7,097
8 December 2014
19:00
Latvia 5 – 3
(0–1, 3–1, 2–1)
 Scandinavium, Gothenburg
Attendance: 768
9 December 2014
19:15
Finland 2 – 5
(1–0, 1–2, 0–3)
 SwedenScandinavium, Gothenburg
Attendance: 10,414

Group B[]

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Czech Republic 3 2 1 0 21 10 +11 5
   3 2 1 0 19 12 +7 5
  3 1 0 2 17 19 −2 2
 Estonia 3 0 0 3 7 23 −16 0
Source:[citation needed]
6 December 2014
19:30
Czech Republic 7 – 6
(4–3, 1–0, 2–3)
 Scandinavium, Gothenburg
Attendance: 2,077
7 December 2014
18:30
  7 – 3
(3–0, 3–1, 1–2)
 EstoniaScandinavium, Gothenburg
Attendance: 1,538
8 December 2014
12:00
 4 – 2
(3–0, 0–1, 1–1)
 EstoniaScandinavium, Gothenburg
Attendance: 1,567
8 December 2014
16:00
Czech Republic 2 – 2
(1–2, 0–0, 1–0)
  Scandinavium, Gothenburg
Attendance: 2,413
9 December 2014
12:00
 7 – 10
(1–1, 4–5, 2–4)
  Scandinavium, Gothenburg
Attendance: 732
9 December 2014
16:00
Czech Republic 12 – 2
(4–1, 3–1, 5–0)
 EstoniaScandinavium, Gothenburg
Attendance: 1,834

Group C[]

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Slovakia 3 3 0 0 28 8 +20 6
 United States 3 2 0 1 23 7 +16 4
  3 1 0 2 7 28 −21 2
  3 0 0 3 6 21 −15 0
Source:[citation needed]
6 December 2014
18:00
Slovakia 9 – 4
(3–1, 2–2, 4–1)
 Lisebergshallen, Gothenburg
Attendance: 399
7 December 2014
11:00
 2 – 12
(0–2, 0–8, 2–2)
 United StatesLisebergshallen, Gothenburg
Attendance: 364
8 December 2014
10:00
Slovakia 15 – 2
(5–1, 4–1, 6–0)
 Lisebergshallen, Gothenburg
Attendance: 132
8 December 2014
13:30
 1 – 9
(0–5, 0–0, 1–4)
 United StatesLisebergshallen, Gothenburg
Attendance: 146
9 December 2014
10:00
United States 2 – 4
(1–0, 0–4, 1–0)
 SlovakiaLisebergshallen, Gothenburg
Attendance: 297
9 December 2014
13:30
 1 – 3
(0–0, 0–1, 1–2)
 Lisebergshallen, Gothenburg
Attendance: 176

Group D[]

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  3 3 0 0 21 8 +13 6
 Canada 3 2 0 1 18 16 +2 4
  3 1 0 2 17 25 −8 2
  3 0 0 3 18 25 −7 0
Source:[citation needed]
6 December 2014
10:00
 11 – 9
(5–4, 4–2, 2–3)
 Lisebergshallen, Gothenburg
Attendance: 344
6 December 2014
13:30
Canada 2 – 7
(1–2, 0–2, 1–3)
 Lisebergshallen, Gothenburg
Attendance: 486
7 December 2014
13:30
 5 – 1
(1–1, 1–0, 3–0)
 Lisebergshallen, Gothenburg
Attendance: 458
7 December 2014
18:00
Canada 7 – 1
(2–1, 1–0, 4–0)
 Lisebergshallen, Gothenburg
Attendance: 421
8 December 2014
18:00
 8 – 9
(3–2, 3–4, 2–3)
 CanadaLisebergshallen, Gothenburg
Attendance: 154
9 December 2014
18:00
 9 – 5
(2–0, 2–3, 5–2)
 Lisebergshallen, Gothenburg
Attendance: 216

Playoff round[]

Play-off Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
                           
    11 December – Scandinavium        
10 December – Scandinavium
  Sweden  17
  Estonia  7 13 December – Scandinavium
    Estonia  0  
  Slovakia  2     Sweden  10
  12 December – Scandinavium
10 December – Scandinavium        1  
     6
  Latvia  10 14 December – Scandinavium
    Latvia  1  
  Canada  2     Sweden  3
  12 December – Scandinavium
10 December – Scandinavium     Finland  2
  Czech Republic  5
    3 13 December – Scandinavium
      1  
    4     Czech Republic  3 Bronze medal game
  11 December – Scandinavium
10 December – Scandinavium     Finland  6   14 December – Scandinavium
  Finland  6
    6      3
      1  
  United States  2     Czech Republic  4


Play-off[]

10 December 2014
10:00
 6 – 2
(2–0, 1–0, 3–2)
 United StatesScandinavium, Gothenburg
Attendance: 621
10 December 2014
13:00
Estonia 7 – 2
(2–1, 2–1, 3–0)
 SlovakiaScandinavium, Gothenburg
Attendance: 673
10 December 2014
17:00
Latvia 10 – 2
(0–0, 4–1, 6–1)
 CanadaScandinavium, Gothenburg
Attendance: 1,327
10 December 2014
20:00
 3 – 4 PS
(1–1, 1–0, 1–2)
 Scandinavium, Gothenburg
Attendance: 493

Quarterfinals[]

11 December 2014
15:30
Finland 6 – 1
(3–0, 0–0, 3–1)
 Scandinavium, Gothenburg
Attendance: 2,112
11 December 2014
19:00
Sweden 17 – 0
(3–0, 6–0, 8–0)
 EstoniaScandinavium, Gothenburg
Attendance: 2,968
12 December 2014
16:00
Czech Republic 5 – 1
(1–0, 4–1, 0–0)
 Scandinavium, Gothenburg
Attendance: 2,098
12 December 2014
19:00
  6 – 1
(1–0, 2–0, 3–1)
 LatviaScandinavium, Gothenburg
Attendance: 2,994

Semifinals[]

13 December 2014
13:00
Czech Republic 3 – 6
(2–3, 1–1, 0–2)
 FinlandScandinavium, Gothenburg
Attendance: 8,878
13 December 2014
17:15
Sweden 10 – 1
(6–0, 3–1, 1–0)
  Scandinavium, Gothenburg
Attendance: 10,779

Bronze medal game[]

14 December 2014
12:00
  3 – 4
(2–0, 1–4, 0–0)
 Czech RepublicScandinavium, Gothenburg
Attendance: 9,148

Final[]

14 December 2014
15:30
Sweden 3 – 2
(0–2, 2–0, 1–0)
 FinlandScandinavium, Gothenburg
Attendance: 12,044

Placement round[]

13th place bracket[]

 
Matches 13th-16th13th place
 
      
 
10 December – Lisebergshallen
 
 
 4
 
11 December – Scandinavium
 
 2
 
 4
 
10 December – Lisebergshallen
 
 11
 
 3
 
 
 15
 
15th place
 
 
11 December – Scandinavium
 
 
 5
 
 
 4
Matches 13th-16th[]
10 December 2014
13:30
 4 – 2
(0–0, 3–0, 1–2)
 Lisebergshallen, Gothenburg
Attendance: 112
10 December 2014
18:00
 3 – 15
(1–4. 2–7, 0–4)
 Lisebergshallen, Gothenburg
Attendance: 110
15th place match[]
11 December 2014
9:30
 5 – 4 OT
(1–3, 2–0, 1–1)
 Scandinavium, Gothenburg
Attendance: 569
13th place match[]
11 December 2014
12:30
 4 – 11
(2–4, 2–4, 0–3)
 Scandinavium, Gothenburg
Attendance: 611

9th place bracket[]

 
Matches 9th-11th9th place
 
      
 
11 December – Lisebergshallen
 
 
 United States5
 
12 December – Lisebergshallen
 
 6
 
 7
 
11 December – Lisebergshallen
 
 Slovakia5
 
 Canada3
 
 
 Slovakia5
 
11th place
 
 
12 December – Scandinavium
 
 
 United States5
 
 
 Canada4
Matches 9th-12th[]
11 December 2014
10:00
Canada 3 – 5
(0–1, 2–1, 1–3)
 SlovakiaLisebergshallen, Gothenburg
Attendance: 101
11 December 2014
13:30
United States 5 – 6 OT
(1–1, 2–2, 2–2)
 Lisebergshallen, Gothenburg
Attendance: 183
11th place match[]
12 December 2014
14:00
United States 5 – 4
(0–2, 4–1, 1–1)
 CanadaLisebergshallen, Gothenburg
Attendance: 214
9th place match[]
12 December 2014
13:00
 7 – 5
(4–1, 1–3, 2–1)
 SlovakiaScandinavium, Gothenburg
Attendance: 471

5th place bracket[]

 
Matches 5th-8th5th place
 
      
 
13 December – Lisebergshallen
 
 
 Estonia1
 
14 December – Scandinavium
 
 Latvia6
 
 Latvia4
 
13 December – Lisebergshallen
 
 3
 
 2
 
 
 6
 
7th place
 
 
14 December – Lisebergshallen
 
 
 Estonia2
 
 
 7
Matches 5th-8th[]
13 December 2014
10:00
 2 – 6
(2–3, 0–0, 0–3)
 Lisebergshallen, Gothenburg
Attendance: 748
13 December 2014
13:00
Estonia 1 – 6
(0-1, 1-0, 0-5)
 LatviaLisebergshallen, Gothenburg
Attendance: 180
7th place match[]
14 December 2014
9:00
Estonia 2 – 7
(1–3, 0–1, 1–3)
 Lisebergshallen, Gothenburg
Attendance: 104
5th place match[]
14 December 2014
9:00
Latvia 4 – 3
(1–1, 2–0, 1–2)
 Scandinavium, Gothenburg
Attendance: 2,733

Ranking and statistics[]

Final ranking[]

The official IFF final ranking of the tournament:

Gold medal icon.svg  Sweden
Silver medal icon.svg  Finland
Bronze medal icon.svg  Czech Republic
4   
5  Latvia
6  
7  
8  Estonia
9  
10  Slovakia
11  United States
12  Canada
13  
14  
15  
16  

All-star team[]

  • Best goalkeeper: Denmark
  • Best defenders: Finland , Sweden
  • Best forwards: Sweden , Finland , Sweden Kim Nilsson

References[]

  1. ^ Men´s WFC 2014 Qualification schedules released International Floorball Federation. 9 July 2013.
  2. ^ "Men´s WFC 2014 Group Ballot". Archived from the original on 2014-03-01. Retrieved 2014-02-25.

External links[]

Men's World Floorball Championships
Preceded by
Bern and Zurich, Switzerland
2012
Gothenburg, Sweden
2014
Succeeded by
Latvia
2016
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