2020 Men's World Floorball Championships

2020 Men's World Floorball Championships

Tournament details
Host country	Finland
Dates	3–11 December 2021
Teams	16
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The 2020 Men's World Floorball Championships will be the 13th World Championships in men's floorball. The tournament will take place in Helsinki, Finland, and was originally scheduled for December 2020, but due to the COVID-19 pandemic, was rescheduled for 3–11 December 2021.

WFC 2020 Qualification[]

35 teams registered for the 13th IFF Men's World Floorball Championships. 16 qualified reach to the final championship. Host country, Finland, qualified automatically. Though they did not ultimately qualify, Côte d'Ivoire became the first ever team from Africa to participate in the WFC Qualifiers.

In Europe, there were six qualification groups with three event locations – Frederikshavn in Denmark, Poprad in Slovakia, and Liepāja in Latvia. The Asia-Oceania qualifier in Bangkok, Thailand, was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Instead the highest ranked countries of the region were qualified. USA and Canada both qualified automatically due to the World Games taking place in the United States in 2022.^[1]

	Date	Venue	Vacancies	Qualified
Host nation			1	Finland
Direct Qualification			2	United States  Canada
Highest Ranked Asia-Oceania Countries			4	Singapore  Thailand
European Qualification 1	30 January – 2 February 2020	Frederikshavn	3	Sweden
European Qualification 2	30 January – 2 February 2020	Poprad	3	Slovakia
European Qualification 3	30 January – 3 February 2020	Liepāja	3	Czech Republic  Latvia
Total				16

Venues[]

Helsinki
Hartwall Arena	Helsinki Ice Hall

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).^[2]

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

Results[]

Preliminary Round[]

Group A[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Finland (H)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Quarterfinals		—	–	–	–
2	Sweden	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			–	—	–	–
3		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Play-off round		–	–	—	–
4	Latvia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			–	–	–	—

Group B[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Quarterfinals		—	–	–	–
2	Czech Republic	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			–	—	–	–
3		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Play-off round		–	–	—	–
4		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			–	–	–	—

Group C[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Slovakia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Play-off round		—	–	–	–
2		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			–	—	–	–
3	Thailand	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	13th-16th place playoff		–	–	—	–
4	United States	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			–	–	–	—

Group D[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Canada	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Play-off round		—	–	–	–
2		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			–	—	–	–
3	Singapore	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	13th-16th place playoff		–	–	—	–
4		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			–	–	–	—

Knock-out stage[]

Play-off

Quarterfinals

semifinals

Final

8 December

7 December

10 December

8 December

7 December

11 December

9 December

7 December

10 December

Bronze medal game

9 December

7 December

11 December

Play-off[]

7 december 2021 10:00

v

Helsinki Ice Hall

7 december 2021 13:00

v

Helsinki Ice Hall

7 december 2021 16:00

v

Helsinki Ice Hall

7 december 2021 19:00

v

Helsinki Ice Hall

Quarterfinals[]

8 december 2021 15:45

v

Helsinki Ice Hall

8 december 2021 18:45

v

Helsinki Ice Hall

9 december 2021 15:30

v

Helsinki Ice Hall

9 december 2021 18:30

v

Helsinki Ice Hall

Semifinals[]

10 december 2021 15:45

v

Hartwall Arena

10 december 2021 18:45

v

Hartwall Arena

Bronze medal game[]

11 december 2021 15:00

v

Hartwall Arena

Final[]

11 december 2021 18:00

v

Hartwall Arena

Placement matches[]

5th place bracket[]

	5–8th place semifinals				5th place
	10 December
					11 December
	10 December
					7th place
					11 December

5–8 place semifinals[]

10 december 2021 10:00

v

Helsinki Ice Hall

10 december 2021 13:00

v

Helsinki Ice Hall

5th place match[]

11 december 2021 13:00

v

Helsinki Ice Hall

7th place match[]

11 december 2021 10:00

v

Helsinki Ice Hall

9th place bracket[]

	Matches 9th-11th				9th place
	8 December
					9 December
	8 December
					11th place
					9 December

13th place bracket[]

	Matches 13th-16th				13th place
	7 December
					8 December
	7 December
					15th place
					8 December

Ranking and statistics[]

Final ranking[]

The official IFF final ranking of the tournament:

4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16

References[]

External links[]

• Tournament webpage