2016 Men's World Floorball Championships

2016 Men's World Floorball Championships
Tournament details
Host country Latvia
Venue(s)2 (in 1 host city)
Dates3–11 December 2016
Teams16
Final positions
Champions  Finland
Runner-up  Sweden
Third place   Switzerland
Tournament statistics
Matches played48
Attendance85,110 (1,773 per match)
Scoring leader(s)Finland Peter Kotilainen
MVPFinland Peter Kotilainen
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The 2016 Men's World Floorball Championships were the 11th World Championships in men's floorball. The tournament took place in Latvia in December 2016.

Qualification

  Host
  Qualified
  Did not qualify
Main article: 2016 Men's World Floorball Championships qualifying

Qualification events were conducted between 2 and 14 February 2016.

Date Venue Vacancies Qualified
Host nation 1  Latvia
European Qualification 1 3–7 February 2016 Slovakia Nitra 2  Sweden
 Slovakia
European Qualification 2 3–7 February 2016 Estonia Tallinn 3  Finland
 Estonia
 Denmark
European Qualification 3 3–7 February 2016 Poland Lochow 3   Switzerland
 Germany
 Poland
European Qualification 4 2–6 February 2016 Slovenia Škofja Loka 2  Czech Republic
 Norway
Asia-Oceania Qualification 2–6 February 2016 Thailand Pattaya 3  Australia
 Singapore
 Thailand
Americas Qualification 12–14 February 2016 United States Colorado Springs 2  Canada
 United States
Total 16

Venues

Arena Riga Olympic Sports Centre
Capacity: 10,300
The main competition arena. 		Capacity: 800
The second competition arena and practice arena.

Draw

The teams will be divided into four pots according to the world ranking.[1] (World rankings shown in parentheses).[2]

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4

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

 Latvia (hosts) (5)
 Norway (6)
 Germany (7)
 Estonia (8)

 Slovakia (9)
 United States (10)
 Denmark (12)
 Canada (13)

 Poland (14)
 Australia (16)
 Singapore (18)
 Thailand (35)

Results

Preliminary round

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Finland 3 3 0 0 28 8 +20 6 Quarterfinals — 6–4 10–3 12–1
2   Switzerland 3 2 0 1 23 13 +10 4 4–6 — 8–4 11–3
3  Estonia 3 0 1 2 13 24 −11 1 Play-off round 3–10 4–8 — 6–6
4  Germany 3 0 1 2 10 29 −19 1 1–12 3–11 6–6 —
Source: IFF

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Sweden 3 3 0 0 23 8 +15 6 Quarterfinals — 8–4 8–2 7–2
2  Czech Republic 3 2 0 1 21 15 +6 4 4–8 — 8–4 9–3
3  Norway 3 0 1 2 11 21 −10 1 Play-off round 2–8 4–8 — 5–5
4  Latvia (H) 3 0 1 2 10 21 −11 1 2–7 3–9 5–5 —
Source: IFF
(H) Hosts

Group C

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Denmark 3 3 0 0 17 5 +12 6 Play-off round — 5–2 4–2 8–1
2  Slovakia 3 2 0 1 20 11 +9 4 2–5 — 6–4 12–2
3  Poland 3 0 1 2 10 14 −4 1 13th–16th place playoff 2–4 4–6 — 4–4
4  Australia 3 0 1 2 7 24 −17 1 1–8 2–12 4–4 —
Source: IFF

Group D

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  United States 3 2 0 1 18 14 +4 4 Play-off round — 8–1 5–4 5–9
2  Canada 3 2 0 1 8 13 −5 4 1–8 — 5–4 2–1
3  Thailand 3 1 0 2 16 12 +4 2 13th–16th place playoff 4–5 4–5 — 8–2
4  Singapore 3 1 0 2 12 15 −3 2 9–5 1–2 2–8 —
Source: IFF

Knock-out stage

Play-off
7 December 		Quarterfinals
8–9 December 		Semifinals
10 December 		Final
11 December
 Sweden 11
 Germany 6  Germany 0
 United States 5  Sweden 7
  Switzerland 2
  Switzerland 7
 Norway 4  Norway 2
 Slovakia 3  Sweden 3
 Finland (pen.) 4
 Finland 7
 Latvia 5  Denmark 0
 Denmark (pen.) 6  Finland 4 Third place
 Czech Republic 3
 Czech Republic 8  Czech Republic 5
 Estonia 16  Estonia 2   Switzerland 8
 Canada 4

Play-off

7 December 2016
10:00		Germany 6–5
(2–1, 1–1, 3–3)		 United StatesArena Riga
Attendance: 724
Game reference
Referees:
Latvia Māris Kumerdanks
Latvia Kaspars Kristapsons
2 minPenalties2 min
7 December 2016
13:00		Estonia 16–4
(7–2, 3–0, 6–2)		 CanadaArena Riga
Attendance: 497
Game reference
Referees:
Finland Vesa Vilkki
Finland Mikko Alakare
4 minPenalties11 min
7 December 2016
16:00		Norway 4–3
(1–1, 2–2, 1–0)		 SlovakiaArena Riga
Attendance: 608
Game reference
Referees:
Latvia Mārtiņš Larinovs
Latvia Mārtiņš Gross
2 minPenalties4 min
7 December 2016
19:30		Latvia 5 – 6 PS
(1–2, 4–0, 0–3)
OT (0–0)
PS (0–1)		 DenmarkArena Riga
Attendance: 2,633
Game reference
Referees:
Czech Republic Kamil Sojka
Czech Republic Tomáš Sojka
10 minPenalties8 min

Quarterfinals

8 December 2016
16:00		Czech Republic 8–2
(2–2, 4–0, 2–0)		 EstoniaArena Riga
Attendance: 833
Game reference
Referees:
Finland Vesa Vilkki
Finland Mikko Alakare
2 minPenalties2 min
8 December 2016
19:00		Sweden 11–0
(2–0, 5–0, 4–0)		 GermanyArena Riga
Attendance: 979
Game reference
Referees:
Latvia Mārtiņš Larinovs
Latvia Mārtiņš Gross
0 minPenalties4 min
9 December 2016
16:10		Switzerland 7–2
(1–0, 3–0, 3–2)		 NorwayArena Riga
Attendance: 2,960
Game reference
Referees:
Finland Tero Fordell
Finland Lasse Vuola
4 minPenalties4 min
9 December 2016
19:00		Finland 7–0
(1–0, 4–0, 2–0)		 DenmarkArena Riga
Attendance: 3,422
Game reference
Referees:
Sweden Thomas Andersson
Sweden Rickard Wissman
2 minPenalties5 min

Semifinals

10 December 2016
12:45		Sweden 7–2
(2–0, 0–2, 5–0)		  SwitzerlandArena Riga
Attendance: 5,774
Game reference
Referees:
Finland Vesa Vilkki
Finland Mikko Alakare
10 December 2016
16:30		Finland 4–3
(2–0,1–2,1–1)		 Czech RepublicArena Riga
Attendance: 6,445
Game reference
Referees:
Sweden Håkan Söderman
Sweden Glenn Boström

Bronze medal game

11 December 2016
14:45		 Czech Republic5–8
(2–3, 1–2, 2–3)		  SwitzerlandArena Riga
Attendance: 6,870
Game reference
Referees:
Sweden Thomas Andersson
Sweden Rickard Wissman

Final

11 December 2016
17:40		Finland 4 – 3 PSO
(2–2, 0–1, 1–0)
0–0 OT
4–2 PSO		 SwedenArena Riga
Attendance: 8,350
Game reference
Referees:
Latvia Mārtiņš Larinovs
Latvia Mārtiņš Gross

Placement matches

13th place bracket

 
Matches 13th–16th13th place
 
      
 
7 December – Olympic Sports Centre
 
 
 Thailand4
 
9 December – Olympic Sports Centre
 
 Australia3
 
 Thailand4
 
7 December – Olympic Sports Centre
 
 Poland5
 
 Poland14
 
 
 Singapore3
 
15th place
 
 
9 December – Olympic Sports Centre
 
 
 Australia9
 
 
 Singapore3
Matches 13th–16th
7 December 2016
12:00		Thailand 4–3
(0–0, 2–1, 2–2)		 AustraliaOlympic Sports Centre, Riga
Attendance: 190
Game reference
Referees:
Sweden Håkan Söderman
Sweden Glenn Boström
4 minPenalties4 min
7 December 2016
15:00		Poland 14–3
(6–1, 2–1, 6–1)		 SingaporeOlympic Sports Centre, Riga
Attendance: 166
Game reference
Referees:
Finland Tero Fordell
Finland Lasse Vuola
0 minPenalties11 min
15th place match
9 December 2016
12:00		Australia 9–3
(1–1, 3–1, 5–1)		 SingaporeOlympic Sports Centre, Riga
Attendance: 239
Game reference
Referees:
Czech Republic Kamil Sojka
Czech Republic Tomáš Sojka
4 minPenalties6 min
13th place match
9 December 2016
15:00		Thailand 4–5
(0–2, 2–1, 2–2)		 PolandOlympic Sports Centre, Riga
Attendance: 175
Game reference
Referees:
Latvia Māris Kumerdanks
Latvia Kaspars Kristapsons
2 minPenalties2 min

9th place bracket

 
Matches 9th–11th9th place
 
      
 
8 December – Arena Riga
 
 
 Slovakia7
 
10 December – Arena Riga
 
 United States3
 
 Slovakia(OT)6
 
8 December – Arena Riga
 
 Latvia5
 
 Canada1
 
 
 Latvia11
 
11th place
 
 
9 December – Arena Riga
 
 
 United States1
 
 
 Canada0
Matches 9th–12th
8 December 2016
10:00		Slovakia 7–3
(1–1, 3–0, 3–2)		 United StatesArena Riga
Attendance: 367
Game reference
Referees:
Sweden Thomas Andersson
Sweden Rickard Wissman
4 minPenalties2 min
8 December 2016
13:00		Canada 1–11
(0–3, 1–5, 0–3)		 LatviaArena Riga
Attendance: 674
Game reference
Referees:
Sweden Håkan Söderman
Sweden Glenn Boström
6 minPenalties6 min
11th place match
9 December 2016
13:00		United States 1–0
(0–0, 0–0, 1–0)		 CanadaArena Riga
Attendance: 726
Game reference
Referees:
Latvia Mārtiņš Larinovs
Latvia Mārtiņš Gross
4 minPenalties2 min
9th place match
10 December 2016
19:30		Slovakia 6–5 OT
(0–1,2–2, 3–2,1–0)		 LatviaArena Riga
Attendance: 1,889
Game reference
Referees:
Czech Republic Kamil Sojka
Czech Republic Tomáš Sojka
2 minPenalties

5th place bracket

 
Matches 5th–8th5th place
 
      
 
10 December – Arena Riga
 
 
 Denmark (OT)6
 
11 December – Arena Riga
 
 Estonia5
 
 Denmark(pen.)5
 
10 December – Olympic Sports Centre
 
 Norway4
 
 Germany5
 
 
 Norway (OT)6
 
7th place
 
 
11 December – Arena Riga
 
 
 Estonia4
 
 
 Germany5
Matches 5th–8th
10 December 2016
10:00		Denmark 6–5 OT
(2–0, 3–1, 0–4, 1–0)		 EstoniaArena Riga
Attendance: 1,326
Game reference
Referees:
Finland Tero Fordell
Finland Lasse Vuola
8 minPenalties
10 December 2016
11:00		Germany 5–6 OT
(1–3, 1–0, 3–2, 0–1)		 NorwayOlympic Sports Centre, Riga
Attendance: 311
Game reference
Referees:
Latvia Māris Kumerdanks
Latvia Kaspars Kristapsons
7 minPenalties5 min
7th place match
11 December 2016
9:00		Estonia 4–5
(3–2,0–2, 1–1)		 GermanyArena Riga
Attendance: 970
Game reference
Referees:
Latvia Māris Kumerdanks
Latvia Kaspars Kristapsons
2 minPenalties
5th place match
11 December 2016
12:00		Denmark 5–4 PS
(0–2, 1–0, 3–2)
OT (0–0)
(PS) (3–2)		 NorwayArena Riga
Attendance: 2,297
Game reference
Referees:
Czech Republic Kamil Sojka
Czech Republic Tomáš Sojka
2 minPenalties4 min

Ranking and statistics

Final ranking

The official IFF final ranking of the tournament:

 Finland
 Sweden
  Switzerland
4  Czech Republic
5  Denmark
6  Norway
7  Germany
8  Estonia
9  Slovakia
10  Latvia
11  United States
12  Canada
13  Poland
14  Thailand
15  Australia
16  Singapore

All-star team

References

  1. ^ "Tournament Format". floorball.org. IFF. Retrieved 20 December 2020.
  2. ^ "IFF Nation Ranking". Floorball.org. Archived from the original on 21 February 2016. Retrieved 14 February 2016.