2018 Men's World Floorball Championships

2018 Men's World
Floorball Championships
Tournament details
Host country	Czech Republic
Dates	1–9 December
Teams	16
Venue(s)	2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Finland
Runner-up	Sweden
Third place
Tournament statistics
Matches played	48
Goals scored	507 (10.56 per match)
Attendance	181,518 (3,782 per match)
Scoring leader(s)	(21 point)
MVP
	← 2016 2020 → ;

The 2018 Men's World Floorball Championships were the 12th World Championships in men's floorball. The tournament took place in Prague, Czech Republic, from 1 to 9 December 2018.

WFC 2018 Qualification[]

Host

Qualified

Did not qualify

33 teams have registered for the 12th IFF Men’s World Floorball Championships, only 16 of them to reach the final group consisted of 16 teams. Host country, Czech Republic, qualifies automatically.

In Europe, there were four qualification groups with three event locations - Talinn (Estonia), Nitra (Slovakia) and Valmiera (Latvia). The Asia-Oceania group tournament took place in Jeju Island, South Korea. It was the first IFF event hosted by Korea. USA and Canada played their qualification in Toronto, Canada.^[1]

	Date	Venue	Vacancies	Qualified
Host nation			1	Czech Republic
Asia-Oceania Qualification	22–27 January 2018	Jeju Island	4	Singapore Thailand
European Qualification 1	31 January – 4 February 2018	Tallinn	3	Finland Estonia Poland
European Qualification 2	31 January – 4 February 2018	Nitra	3	Sweden Slovakia
European Qualification 3	30 January – 3 February 2018	Valmiera	2	Latvia
European Qualification 4	31 January – 4 February 2018	Nitra	2
Americas Qualification	10–11 February 2018	Toronto	1	Canada
Total			16

Venues[]

O2 arena	Arena Sparta - Podvinny mlyn	Prague
Capacity: 17 000 The main competition arena.	Capacity: 1 300 The second competition arena and practice arena.

Address: Českomoravská 2345/17, 190 93 Praha 9 Opened since: 2004 Distance to City Center: cca 10 km^[2]	Address: Kovanecká 2405/27, 190 00 Praha 9 Opened since: 2008 Distance to City Center: cca 10 km^[2]

Tournament groups[]

After the group ballot, 16 teams are divided into 4 groups. In the group stage each team plays each other once, while the second stage of the event includes play-offs and placement matches.

The two best teams of group A and B go directly to the quarter-final. Teams placed 3rd and 4th in group A and B and the teams placed 1st and 2nd in group C and D make it to the first playoff round (played before the quarter-finals).^[3]

Group A	Group B	Group C	Group D
Czech Republic (hosts) Latvia	Sweden Finland	Estonia Poland Thailand	Canada Slovakia Singapore

Results[]

All times are local (UTC+1).

Preliminary Round[]

Group A[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Czech Republic (H)	3	2	1	19	13	+6	4	Quarterfinals	—	6–4	10–5	3–4
2		3	2	1	24	10	+14	4	Quarterfinals	4–6	—	13–1	7–3
3		3	1	2	11	27	−16	2	Play-off round	5–10	1–13	—	5–4
4	Latvia	3	1	2	11	15	−4	2	Play-off round	4–3	3–7	4–5	—

Source: IFF
(H) Host

Group B[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Sweden	3	3	0	39	5	+34	6	Quarterfinals	—	5–4	9–1	25–0
2	Finland	3	2	1	20	7	+13	4	Quarterfinals	4–5	—	9–1	7–1
3		3	1	2	11	21	−10	2	Play-off round	1–9	1–9	—	9–3
4		3	0	3	4	41	−37	0	Play-off round	0–25	1–7	3–9	—

Source: IFF

Group C[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Estonia	3	3	0	26	2	+24	6	Play-off round	—	11–5	4–3	11–4
2		3	2	1	13	16	−3	4	Play-off round	5–11	—	4–2	4–3
3	Poland	3	1	2	10	10	0	2	13th-16th place playoff	3–4	2–4	—	5–2
4	Thailand	3	0	3	9	20	−11	0	13th-16th place playoff	4–11	3–4	2–5	—

Source: IFF

Group D[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Slovakia	3	3	0	0	45	6	+39	6	Play-off round	—	12–3	18–2	15–1
2	Canada	3	1	1	1	21	18	+3	3	Play-off round	3–12	—	4–4	14–2
3	Singapore	3	1	1	1	15	27	−12	3	13th-16th place playoff	2–18	4–4	—	9–5
4		3	0	0	3	8	38	−30	0	13th-16th place playoff	1–15	2–14	5–9	—

Source: IFF

Knock-out stage[]

Play-off		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final

		6 December – O2 Arena
5 December – O2 Arena
		Czech Republic	10
	3			8 December – O2 Arena
			1
Estonia	2			Czech Republic	2
		7 December – O2 Arena
5 December –				Finland	7
		Finland	6
	7					9 December – O2 Arena
			1
Canada	2					Finland	6
		7 December – O2 Arena
5 December – O2 Arena						Sweden	3
		Sweden	14
Latvia	6			8 December – O2 Arena
		Latvia	1
Slovakia	1			Sweden	5 (P)	Bronze medal game
		6 December – O2 Arena
5 December –					4	9 December – O2 Arena
			3 (OT)
	10					Czech Republic	2
			2
	0						4

Play-off[]

5 December 2018
10:00

Latvia

6–1
(2–1, 0–0, 4–0)

Slovakia

O2 Arena
Attendance: 7,069

Game reference

Goalies

Referees:

Håkan Söderman

Glenn Boström

	0–1	2:22 – ()
() – 8:14	1–1
() – 12:50	2–1
Cerins () – 44:03	3–1
Jansons – 54:18	4–1
() – 57:52	5–1
(Raitums) – 59:45	6–1

6 min

Penalties

6 min

5 December 2018
12:45

3–2
(1–0, 0–1, 2–1)

Estonia

O2 Arena
Attendance: 4,013

Game reference

Goalies

Referees:

Henri Heinola

Manu Marttinen

() – 7:06	1–0
	1–1	32:09 – ()
() – 45:50	2–1
	2–2	46:32 – ()
(Odfeldt) – 51:46	3–2

7 min

Penalties

0 min

5 December 2018
15:30

10–0
(3–0, 4–0, 3–0)

Attendance: 365

Game reference

Goalies

Referees:

Kamil Sojka

Tomáš Sojka

no scorer (own goal) – 2:12	1–0
() – 2:37	2–0
() (PP) – 6:16	3–0
Jansson (Olesen) – 23:53	4–0
() – 31:52	5–0
Kronberg (Bjerknes) – 33:58	6–0
Olesen (Normann) (SH) – 39:38	7–0
Kvisvik (Normann) – 40:40	8–0
Olesen (Jansson) – 47:51	9–0
Kronberg (Bjerknes) – 52:03	10–0

6 min

Penalties

2 min

5 December 2018
18:30

7–2
(2–1, 3–1, 2–0)

Canada

Attendance: 282

Game reference

Goalies

Referees:

Vesa Vilkki

Mikko Alakare

	0–1	0:39 – ()
() – 7:01	1–1
() – 16:41	2–1
(Schuschwary) – 29:52	3–1
Blanke () – 30:45	4–1
() – 36:47	5–1
	5–2	37:40 – (Viitakoski) (PP)
von Pritzbuer () – 48:15	6–2
Siede (Schuschwary) (PP) – 58:56	7–2

6 min

Penalties

6 min

Quarterfinals[]

6 December 2018
16:30

3–2 OT
(1–1, 0–0, 1–1, 1–0)

O2 Arena
Attendance: 3,977

Game reference

Goalies

Referees:

Mārtiņš Larinovs

Mārtiņš Gross

() – 7:16	1–0
	1–1	14:59 – ()
() – 41:24	2–1
	2–2	56:18 – ()
(Laely) – 60:30	3–2

0 min

Penalties

2 min

6 December 2018
19:30

Czech Republic

10–1
(3–1, 4–0, 3–0)

O2 Arena
Attendance: 5,073

Game reference

Goalies

Referees:

Håkan Söderman

Glenn Boström

() – 4:49	1–0
() – 5:03	2–0
	2–1	10:55 – ()
() – 13:14	3–1
Jendrišák () – 23:39	4–1
() – 25:52	5–1
() – 30:32	6–1
Jendrišák (Kisugite) – 37:07	7–1
Jendrišák (Rýpar) (PP) – 43:46	8–1
(Rýpar) – 50:57	9–1
Němeček (Curney) – 59:27	10–1

2 min

Penalties

4 min

7 December 2018
15:10

Sweden

14–1
(7–0, 5–1, 2–0)

Latvia

O2 Arena
Attendance: 3,871

Game reference

Goalies

Referees:

Henri Heinola

Manu Marttinen

() – 0:23	1–0
() – 2:08	2–0
(PS) – 4:05	3–0
(Johansson) – 10:06	4–0
(Rudd) – 11:19	5–0
(Johansson) – 13:08	6–0
Enström (Hedlund) – 17:40	7–0
Johansson – 20:27	8–0
Enström () – 22:34	9–0
	9–1	23:35 – ()
(Wilhelmsson) – 30:04	10–1
Östholm – 36:35	11–1
Nilsson (Wilhelmsson) (DP) – 39:59	12–1
(Sjögren) – 47:56	13–1
Carlström (Hedlund) – 49:47	14–1

0 min

Penalties

2 min

7 December 2018
18:00

Finland

6–1
(2–0, 2–1, 2–0)

O2 Arena
Attendance: 3,772

Game reference

Goalies

Referees:

Sandra Zurbuchen

Corina Wehinger

() – 0:48	1–0
Salo (Johansson) – 6:00	2–0
() – 22:42	3–0
Kotilainen () – 30:52	4–0
	4–1	37:23 – ()
Johansson () – 44:00	5–1
Kukkola (Johansson) – 59:20	6–1

0 min

Penalties

0 min

Semifinals[]

8 December 2018
16:00

Czech Republic

2–7
(0–1, 0–2, 2–4)

Finland

O2 Arena
Attendance: 12,811

Game reference

Goalies

Referees:

Thomas Andersson

Rickard Wissman

	0–1
	0–2
	0–3
	1–3
	1–4
	1–5
	2–5
	2–6
	2–7

2 min

Penalties

4 min

8 December 2018
19:00

Sweden

5–4 PS
(1–1, 2–1, 1–2, 0–0, 1–0)

O2 Arena
Attendance: 10,267

Game reference

Goalies

Referees:

Henri Heinola

Manu Marttinen

	1–0
	1–1
	2–1
	3–1
	3–2
	3–3
	3–4
	4–4
	5–4

2 min

Penalties

2 min

Bronze medal game[]

9 December 2018
13:00

Czech Republic

2–4
(1–2, 1–1, 0–1)

O2 Arena
Attendance: 16,112

Game reference

Goalies

Referees:

Hakan Soderman

Glenn Boström

	0–1	8:16 – (Hofbauer)
	0–2	13:37 – no scorer (own goal)
() – 18:06	1–2
() – 33:07	2–2
	2–3	39:24 – () (PP)
	2–4	46:01 – (Braillard)

4 min

Penalties

4 min

Final[]

9 December 2018
16:00

Finland

6–3
(1–0, 1–1, 4–2)

Sweden

O2 Arena
Attendance: 16,276

Game reference

Goalies

Referees:

Mārtiņš Larinovs

Mārtiņš Gross

() – 3:30	1–0
() – 23:57	2–0
	2–1	27:25 – () (PP)
	2–2	42:41 –
Kivilehto (Kotilainen) – 46:21	3–2
Kotilainen () – 48:34	4–2
() – 49:35	5–2
	5–3	55:29 – Rudd (PS)
() (EN)– 58:11	6–3

4 min

Penalties

4 min

Placement matches[]

5th place bracket[]

5–8th place semifinals		5th place

8 December – O2 Arena

	2
		9 December – O2 Arena
	4
			3
8 December –
		Latvia	5
Latvia	6 (P)

	5
		7th place

		9 December –

			5

			9

5–8th place semifinals[]

8 December 2018
11:00

Latvia

6–5 (PS)
(1–2, 1–1, 3–2, 0–0, 1–0)

Attendance: 575

Game reference

Goalies

Referees:

Hakan Soderman

Glenn Boström

	0–1	2:45 – ()
() – 6:30	1–1
	1–2	12:36 –
(Raitums) – 30:40	2–2
	2–3	32:15 – ()
() – 46:09	3–3
	3–4	47:20 – (Kronberg)
	3–5	52:24 – Hjemgard ()
Kovaļevskis (Trekše) – 53:01	4–5
Kovaļevskis () – 57:52	5–5
Jansons – 70:00	6–5

2 min

Penalties

2 min

8 December 2018
13:00

2–4
(1–0, 0–2, 1–2)

O2 Arena
Attendance: 3893

Game reference

Goalies

Referees:

Kamil Sojka

Tomáš Sojka

() – 6:03	1–0
	1–1	37:22 – ()
	1–2	38:05 – ()
Glass () – 41:31	2–2
	2–3	49:46 – (J. Broker) (PP)
	2–4	57:34 – J. Broker ()

4 min

Penalties

4 min

5th place match[]

9 December 2018
10:00

3–5
(0–2, 2–2, 1–1)

Latvia

O2 Arena


			Referees: Kamil Sojka Tomáš Sojka

2 min	Penalties	2 min

7th place match[]

9 December 2018
10:00

5–9
(1–4, 3–3, 1–2)

Game reference

Goalies

Referees:
0
2

	0-1
	0-2
	1-2
	1-3
	1-4
	2-4
	2-5
	2-6
	3-6
	4-6
	4-7
	5-7
	5-8
	5-9

9th place bracket[]

Matches 9th-11th		9th place

6 December –

	3
		7 December –
Slovakia	12
		Slovakia	7
6 December –
		Estonia	5
Canada	2

Estonia	9
		11th place

		7 December –

			5

		Canada	6

13th place bracket[]

Matches 13th-16th		13th place

6 December –

Singapore	3
		7 December –
Thailand	4
		Thailand	1
6 December –
		Poland	9
Poland	6

	2
		15th place

		7 December –

		Singapore	2

			4

Ranking and statistics[]

Final ranking[]

The official IFF final ranking of the tournament:

	Finland
	Sweden

4	Czech Republic
5	Latvia
6
7
8
9	Slovakia
10	Estonia
11	Canada
12
13	Poland
14	Thailand
15
16	Singapore

All-star team[]

Tournament all-star team:^[4]

Best goalkeeper:
Best defenders: ,
Best center:
Best forwards: , Kim Nilsson

Most valuable player: ^[5]

References[]

^ "Men's WFC 2018 Qualifications". IFF. Retrieved 2020-12-14.
^ ^a ^b "Arenas". IFF. Retrieved 2018-08-21.
^ "Tournament Format". IFF. Retrieved 2018-08-21.
^ "WFC 2018 All Star Team – 09.12.2018". WFC2018. Retrieved 2018-12-09.
^ "Pascal Meier is the MVP of WFC 2018 – 09.12.2018". WFC2018. Retrieved 2018-12-09.

External links[]

Tournament webpage

[1] "Men's WFC 2018 Qualifications". IFF. Retrieved 2020-12-14.

[Arenas-2] "Arenas". IFF. Retrieved 2018-08-21.

[3] "Tournament Format". IFF. Retrieved 2018-08-21.

[4] "WFC 2018 All Star Team – 09.12.2018". WFC2018. Retrieved 2018-12-09.

[5] "Pascal Meier is the MVP of WFC 2018 – 09.12.2018". WFC2018. Retrieved 2018-12-09.

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