2014 Men's World Floorball Championships qualifying

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The qualifying for the 2014 Men's World Floorball Championships took part in early 2014. A total of 30 teams competed for fifteen spots. The final tournament was organized by Sweden in December 2014.

Overview[]

Numbers in brackets show the ranking before the qualification started, which was based on results from the last two World Championships.

Europe 1	Europe 2	Europe 3	Europe 4	Asia/Oceania	Americas
Finland (2)   (9)   (10)   (24)   (25)   (–)	(3)  Estonia (8)  Slovakia (12)   (21)   (26)	Czech Republic (4)   (7)   (14)   (23)   (27)   (29)	(5)  Latvia (6)   (16)   (18)   (28)	(13)  Singapore (15)   (17)   (20)   (–)	Canada (11)  United States (19)   (–)

Europe[]

The qualification rules were as follows:

• The two best teams from each qualification group qualified
• The two best third placed teams qualified
  • The calculation of the best 3rd teams followed this order:
    • 1. Average number of points
    • 2. Average goal difference
    • 3. Average scored goals
    • 4. Drawing of lots

European Qualification 1[]

Dates: 29 January – 2 February 2014^[1]
Venue: Łochów Arena, Łochów, Poland

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
Finland	5	5	0	0	103	6	+97	10	Qualified for the 2014 Men's World Floorball Championships
	5	4	0	1	46	28	+18	8
	5	3	0	2	42	24	+18	6	Referred to the ranking of third-placed teams
	5	2	0	3	20	34	−14	4	Missed out on the 2014 Men's World Floorball Championships
	5	1	0	4	15	61	−46	2
	5	0	0	5	9	82	−73	0

29 January 2014
	4 – 6
	1 – 10	Finland
	4 – 8
30 January 2014
	4 – 6
	16 – 2
Finland	10 – 2
31 January 2014
	9 – 2
	0 – 38	Finland
	7 – 3
1 February 2014
Finland	17 – 3
	7 – 3
	3 – 14
2 February 2014
	10 – 3
Finland	28 – 0
	15 – 0

European Qualification 2[]

Dates: 29 January – 2 February 2014^[2]
Venue: HANT Aréna, Bratislava, Slovakia

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
	4	4	0	0	51	6	+45	8	Qualified for the 2014 Men's World Floorball Championships
Estonia	4	3	0	1	25	13	+12	6
Slovakia	4	2	0	2	25	20	+5	4	Referred to the ranking of third-placed teams
	4	1	0	3	12	28	−16	2	Missed out on the 2014 Men's World Floorball Championships
	4	0	0	4	5	51	−46	0

29 January 2014
	20 – 0
	3 – 6	Slovakia
30 January 2014
Estonia	7 – 2
Slovakia	2 – 10
31 January 2014
	1 – 8	Estonia
	0 – 12
1 February 2014
	3 – 7
Estonia	6 – 1	Slovakia
2 February 2014
	9 – 4	Estonia
Slovakia	16 – 1

European Qualification 3[]

Dates: 28 January – 1 February 2014^[3]
Venue: Jan Massinkhal, Nijmegen, Netherlands

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
Czech Republic	5	5	0	0	94	6	+88	10	Qualified for the 2014 Men's World Floorball Championships
	5	4	0	1	46	21	+25	8
	5	3	0	2	40	17	+23	6	Referred to the ranking of third-placed teams
	5	2	0	3	17	50	−33	4	Missed out on the 2014 Men's World Floorball Championships
	5	1	0	4	21	75	−54	2
	5	0	0	5	10	59	−49	0

28 January 2014
Czech Republic	15 – 1
	3 – 4
	8 – 4
29 January 2014
	2 – 10
	0 – 27	Czech Republic
	13 – 4
30 January 2014
	1 – 6
Czech Republic	12 – 3
	2 – 16
31 January 2014
	9 – 2
	2 – 6	Czech Republic
	8 – 7
1 February 2014
	3 – 9
	17 – 0
	0 – 34	Czech Republic

European Qualification 4[]

Dates: 28 January – 1 February 2014^[4]
Venue: Vidzemes OC, Valmiera, Latvia

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
	4	4	0	0	66	10	+56	8	Qualified for the 2014 Men's World Floorball Championships
Latvia	4	3	0	1	37	15	+22	6
	4	2	0	2	24	27	−3	4	Referred to the ranking of third-placed teams
	4	1	0	3	23	44	−21	2	Missed out on the 2014 Men's World Floorball Championships
	4	0	0	4	7	61	−54	0

28 January 2014
	2 – 8
	2 – 9	Latvia
29 January 2014
	24 – 3
Latvia	13 – 2
30 January 2014
	3 – 11
	15 – 3
31 January 2014
	8 – 3
	6 – 4	Latvia
1 February 2014
	0 – 25
Latvia	11 – 5

Ranking of third-placed teams[]

Since the number of teams between the qualification groups differ, the group sizes were equalised by removing the results from the matches against the lowest placed teams in the larger-sized group before comparing the average results.

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
	4	2	0	2	31	14	+17	4	Qualified for the 2014 Men's World Floorball Championships
Slovakia	4	2	0	2	25	20	+5	4
	4	2	0	2	27	24	+3	4	Missed out on the 2014 Men's World Floorball Championships
	4	2	0	2	24	27	−3	4

Asia–Oceania[]

The three best teams from the qualification group qualified

Dates: 29 January – 1 February 2014^[5]
Venue: ASB Sports Centre, Wellington, New Zealand

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
	4	4	0	0	34	6	+28	8
	4	2	1	1	24	14	+10	5
	4	2	0	2	14	19	−5	4
Singapore	4	1	1	2	18	29	−11	3
	4	0	0	4	7	33	−26	0

29 January 2014
	7 – 3
	6 – 2
30 January 2014
Singapore	3 – 6
	1 – 12
31 January 2014
	4 – 4	Singapore
	1 – 4
1 February 2014
	10 – 1
Singapore	8 – 2
2 February 2014
	11 – 1	Singapore
	2 – 7

Americas[]

The qualification rules are as follows:

• The two best teams from the qualification group will qualify

Dates: 31 January – 2 February 2014^[6]
Venue: Cornell Community Centre, Markham, Canada

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
United States	2	2	0	0	32	2	+30	4
Canada	2	1	0	1	33	6	+27	2
	2	0	0	2	1	58	−57	0

31 January 2014
	0 – 27	United States
1 February 2014
Canada	31 – 1
2 February 2014
United States	5 – 2	Canada

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