2020 Men's World Floorball Championships

2020 Men's World Floorball Championships
Tournament details
Host country Finland
Venue(s)2 (in 1 host city)
Dates3–11 December 2021
Teams16
Final positions
Champions  Sweden
Runner-up  Finland
Third place  Czech Republic
Tournament statistics
Matches played48
Goals scored580 (12.08 per match)
Attendance71,220 (1,484 per match)
Scoring leader(s)Estonia Patrik Kareliusson (25 points)
MVPFinland Ville Lastikka
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The 2020 Men's World Floorball Championships was the 13th World Championships in men's floorball. The tournament took place in Helsinki, Finland, during 3–11 December 2021. The tournament was originally intended to be played between 4–12 December 2020, but on 7 December 2020, it was rescheduled one year into the future due to the Coronavirus pandemic.[1][2]

WFC 2020 qualification

  Host
  Direct qualification
  Qualified
  Did not qualify

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.[3]

Date Venue Vacancies Qualified
Host nation 1  Finland
Direct Qualification 2  United States
 Canada
Highest Ranked Asia-Oceania Countries 2  Australia1
 Singapore
 Thailand
 Japan1
European Qualification 1 30 January – 2 February 2020 Denmark Frederikshavn 3  Sweden
 Poland
 Denmark
European Qualification 2 30 January – 2 February 2020 Slovakia Poprad 3   Switzerland
 Norway
 Slovakia
European Qualification 3 30 January – 3 February 2020 Latvia Liepāja 3  Czech Republic
 Latvia
 Germany
Wildcard/Replacements 2  Estonia2
 Philippines2
Total 16
1.^ Australia and Japan confirmed to IFF that they were unable to travel due to COVID-19 travel restrictions, hence their withdrawal from the competition.[4]
2.^ On September 28, 2021, the IFF Central Board confirmed the inclusion of Estonia and the Philippines to replace Australia and Japan.[5]

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).[4]

Group A Group B Group C Group D
 Finland (hosts)
 Sweden
 Denmark
 Latvia

  Switzerland
 Czech Republic
 Germany
 Norway

 Slovakia
 Poland
 Thailand
 United States

 Canada
 Singapore
 Estonia1
 Philippines1

1.^ Estonia and the Philippines replaced Australia and Japan.

Results

Preliminary round

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Finland (H) 3 3 0 0 21 5 +16 6 Quarterfinals — 7–3 7–2 7–0
2  Sweden 3 2 0 1 29 9 +20 4 3–7 — 11–1 15–1
3  Latvia 3 0 1 2 8 23 −15 1 Play-off round 2–7 1–11 — 5–5
4  Denmark 3 0 1 2 6 27 −21 1 0–7 1–15 5–5 —
Source: IFF
(H) Hosts
3 December 2021
15:15		Sweden 11–1
(2–1, 4–0, 5–0)		 LatviaHelsinki Ice Hall
Attendance: 573
Game reference
Linus Nordgern Goal 10:10 (30:40)
Alexander Galante Carlstorm Goal 18:20 (28:40)
Rasmus Enstorm Goal 39:47
Tobias Gustafsson Goal 47:23 (59:48)
Kevin Haglund Goal 47:50 (59:48)
Kim Nilsson Goal 48:44
Albin Sjorgen Goal 52:16		GoalsGoal 04:01 Armands Savins
3 December 2021
18:30		Finland 7–0
(5–0, 1–0, 1–0)		 DenmarkHelsinki Ice Hall
Attendance: 2,665
Game reference
Nico Salo Goal 03:13
Justus Kainulainen Goal 04:02
Joonas Pylsy Goal 08:11
Juha Kivilletho Goal 12:23
Eemeli Salin Goal 13:40 (42:30)
Peter Kotilainen Goal 39:18		Goals
4 December 2021
12:45		Denmark 5–5
(2–2, 0–2, 3–1)		 LatviaHelsinki Ice Hall
Attendance: 963
Game reference
Lukas Eldholm Goal 04:18
Jonas Nordheim Goal 12:25		GoalsGoal 18:07 Edgars Purins
Goal 18:49 (25:29) Rolands Kovalevskis
4 December 2021
18:55		Finland 7–3
(2–1, 1–1, 4–1)		 SwedenHelsinki Ice Hall
Attendance: 7,120
Game reference
Ville Lastikka Goal 03:06GoalsGoal 08:04 Ludwig Persson
Goal 32:48 Kevin Haglund
5 December 2021
15:00		Latvia 2–7
(1–2, 1–4, 0–1)		 FinlandHelsinki Ice Hall
Attendance: 2,307
Game reference
Armands Savans Goal 00:28GoalsGoal 17:06 Rasmus Kainulainen
6 December 2021
17:00		Denmark 1–15
(1–4, 0–3, 0–8)		 SwedenHelsinki Ice Hall
Attendance: 302
Game reference
Lukas Eldholm Goal 19:18GoalsGoal 01:45 Kim Nilsson
Goal 02:06 Casper Backby

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Switzerland 3 3 0 0 20 9 +11 6 Quarterfinals — 4–2 7–5 9–2
2  Czech Republic 3 2 0 1 20 7 +13 4 2–4 — 3–7 11–0
3  Norway 3 1 0 2 15 18 −3 2 Play-off round 5–7 7–3 — 7–4
4  Germany 3 0 0 3 6 27 −21 0 2–9 0–11 4–7 —
Source: [citation needed]
3 December 2021
19:30		Germany 0–11
(0–3, 0–3, 0–5)		 Czech RepublicHelsinki Ice Hall 2
Attendance: 113
Game reference
GoalsGoal 12:40 Filip Forman
Goal 15:21 Mikulas Krbec
Goal 19:59 Filip Langer
Goal 24:17 Adam Deelong
Goal 38:28 Dominik Benes
Goal 39:25 Filip Forman
Goal 48:35 Ondrej Nemeck
4 December 2021
15:30		Norway 5–7
(2–3, 2–1, 1–3)		  SwitzerlandHelsinki Ice Hall
Attendance: 2,233
Game reference
Marius Pedersen Goal 13:21
Marius Pedersen Goal 13:21
No Player Goal 25:45		GoalsGoal 06:01 Christoph Meier
Goal 09:01 Nils Conrad
Goal 12:37 Manuel Maurer
Goal 32:02 Jan Zaugg
Goal 46:04 (58:01) Michael Schiess
5 December 2021
12:00		Germany 4–7
(0–4, 3–0, 1–3)		 NorwayHelsinki Ice Hall
Attendance: 512
Game reference
Niklas Broker Goal 23:03GoalsGoal 16:03 Marius Pedersen
5 December 2021
18:45		Czech Republic 2–4
(2–1, 0–1, 0–2)		  SwitzerlandHelsinki Ice Hall
Attendance: 789
Game reference
Marek Benes Goal 06:48GoalsGoal 02:26 Joel Ruegger
6 December 2021
17:15		Switzerland 9–2
(2–1, 2–0, 5–1)		 GermanyHelsinki Ice Hall 2
Attendance: 155
Game reference
Tim Braillard Goal 00:50GoalsGoal 12:18 Tino von Prizbuer
6 December 2021
19:45		Czech Republic 7–3
(2–0, 4–1, 1–2)		 NorwayHelsinki Ice Hall
Attendance: 216
Game reference
Marek Benes Goal 08:58GoalsGoal 30:11 Patrick Hjemgard

Group C

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Slovakia 3 3 0 0 38 7 +31 6 Play-off round — 8–4 15–2 15–1
2  Poland 3 2 0 1 30 14 +16 4 4–8 — 8–6 18–0
3  Thailand 3 1 0 2 17 26 −9 2 13th–16th place playoff 2–15 6–8 — 9–3
4  United States 3 0 0 3 4 42 −38 0 1–15 0–18 3–9 —
Source: [citation needed]
3 December 2021
14:00		Poland 8–6
(3–2, 1–3, 4–1)		 ThailandHelsinki Ice Hall 2
Attendance: 78
Game reference
Michal Sienko Goal 05:30
Wojciech Malajka Goal 16:40 (34:04)
Alexander Dahlstorm Goal 19:54
Lukasz Chlebda Goal 47:00		GoalsGoal 11:00 Pheeraphong Khambanlue
Goal 11:37 Santipong Sukkasem
Goal 22:52 Prakasit Namsawang
Goal 26:30 (28:51) Pawat Thaidit
3 December 2021
16:45		Slovakia 15–1
(7–1, 4–0, 4–0)		 United StatesHelsinki Ice Hall 2
Attendance: 67
Game reference
Michal Dudovic Goal 00:38 (18:01)
Ladislav Gal Goal 03:09 (06:06), 31:55
Ladislav Mirt Goal 08:23
Matus Gadjos Goal 15:08
Jakub Grich Goal 18:41		GoalsGoal 10:03 Alexander Mcvey
4 December 2021
14:45		Thailand 9–3
(2–1, 2–0, 5–2)		 United StatesHelsinki Ice Hall 2
Attendance: 421
Game reference
Santipong Sukkasem Goal 07:21GoalsGoal 03:03 David Hansen
4 December 2021
17:30		Poland 4–8
(1–3, 1–3, 2–2)		 SlovakiaHelsinki Ice Hall 2
Attendance: 721
Game reference
Wojciech Malajka Goal 10:59GoalsGoal 06:59 Michal Dudovic
5 December 2021
17:30		Thailand 2–15
(1–5, 1–5, 0–5)		 SlovakiaHelsinki Ice Hall 2
Attendance: 275
Game reference
Alexander Rinefalk Goal 02:16GoalsGoal 02:26 Michal Dudovic
6 December 2021
14:30		United States 0–18
(0–7, 0–7, 0–4)		 PolandHelsinki Ice Hall 2
Attendance: 127
Game reference
GoalsGoal 00:22 Karol Pelczarski

Group D

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Estonia 3 3 0 0 47 12 +35 6 Play-off round — 21–4 13–6 13–2
2  Canada 3 2 0 1 26 37 −11 4 4–21 — 13–8 9–8
3  Philippines 3 1 0 2 23 30 −7 2 13th–16th place playoff 6–13 8–13 — 9–4
4  Singapore 3 0 0 3 14 31 −17 0 2–13 8–9 4–9 —
Source: [citation needed]
3 December 2021
12:30		Singapore 8–9
(3–2, 0–3, 5–4)		 CanadaHelsinki Ice Hall
Attendance: 350
Game reference
Suria R Goal 05:06
Suria R Goal 45:03
Jenmark Sorreda Goal 06:02
Jenmark Sorreda Goal 49:51
Abdul Mateen Amir Mirza Goal 11:14
Chee Yong Lee Goal 50:00
Chee Yong Lee Goal 56:19
Suria R Goal 47:22
Jian Long Him Goal 52:38		GoalsGoal 06:44 Jonathan Kuysten
Goal 09:56 (36:12) Valtteri Viitakoski
Goal 32:32 Valetteri Viitakoski
Goal 43:11 Lauri Berg
Goal 32:20 Cameron Buck
Goal 47:13 Valteri Viitakoski
Goal 50:27 Valteri Viitakoski
4 December 2021
12:00		Philippines 6–13
(0–3, 2–7, 4–3)		 EstoniaHelsinki Ice Hall 2
Attendance: 301
Game reference
Kristoffer JandeliusGoaliesDaniel Vaigur
Fredrik Jeppsson Escabel Goal 37:12GoalsGoal 02:34 (22:16), 33:16 Patrik Karelusson
Goal 04:32 (22:16) Mathias Einamann
Goal 19:18 (21:51), 23:20 Tanel Kasenurm
5 December 2021
12:00		Singapore 4–9
(0–5, 1–1, 3–3)		 PhilippinesHelsinki Ice Hall 2
Attendance: 295
Game reference
Hafiz Zubir Goal 28:18GoalsGoal 04:07 Melvin Alm Mendoza
5 December 2021
14:45		Canada 4–21
(1–6, 2–9, 1–6)		 EstoniaHelsinki Ice Hall 2
Attendance: 311
Game reference
Lauri Berg Goal 16:29GoalsGoal 02:49 Patrik Kareliusson
6 December 2021
10:15		Estonia 13–2
(4–0, 3–1, 6–1)		 SingaporeHelsinki Ice Hall
Attendance: 103
Game reference
Roman Pass Goal 01:20GoalsGoal 27:35 Thaddeus Tan
6 December 2021
13:00		Canada 13–8
(6–3, 4–3, 3–2)		 PhilippinesHelsinki Ice Hall
Attendance: 306
Game reference
Brandon Barber Goal 04:22GoalsGoal 01:52 Melvin Alm Mendoza

Knock-out stage

Play-off
7 December 		Quarterfinals
8–9 December 		Semifinals
10 December 		Final
11 December
 Finland 5
 Germany 3  Slovakia 1
 Slovakia 7  Finland 3
 Czech Republic 2
 Czech Republic 9
 Latvia 16  Latvia 1
 Canada 3  Finland 4
 Sweden 6
  Switzerland 9
 Denmark 3  Estonia 0
 Estonia 5   Switzerland 1 Third place
 Sweden 6
 Sweden 8  Czech Republic 4 (OT)
 Norway 7  Norway 2   Switzerland 3
 Poland 3

Play-off

7 December 2021
13:00		Germany 3–7
(0–3, 1–1, 2–3)		 SlovakiaHelsinki Ice Hall
Attendance: 473
Game reference
Sascha Herlt Goal 33:23GoalsGoal 06:51 Ladislav Mirt
Goal 11:52 Tomas Kvasnica
7 December 2021
19:00		Norway 7–3
(2–1, 1–2, 4–0)		 PolandHelsinki Ice Hall
Attendance: 163
Game reference
Daniel Gidske Goal 11:41GoalsGoal 16:45 Lukasz Widurski
7 December 2021
10:00		Denmark 3–5
(0–0, 2–2, 1–3)		 EstoniaHelsinki Ice Hall
Attendance: 1,065
Game reference
Mikkel Christensen Goal 23:36GoalsGoal 29:20 Artur Ouruzko
7 December 2021
16:00		Latvia 16–3
(6–1, 3–0, 7–2)		 CanadaHelsinki Ice Hall
Attendance: 213
Game reference
Petris Trekse Goal 00:03 (01:43)GoalsGoal 02:36 (04:58) Valtteri Vittakoski

Quarterfinals

8 December 2021
15:30		Czech Republic 9–1
(1–0, 2–1, 6–0)		 LatviaHelsinki Ice Hall
Attendance: 468
Game reference
Adam Delong Goal 06:45GoalsGoal 24:35 Kevins Smiths
8 December 2021
18:45		Finland 5–1
(2–0, 2–1, 1–0)		 SlovakiaHelsinki Ice Hall
Attendance: 1,728
Game reference
Ville Lastikka Goal 16:57
Rasmus Kainulainen Goal 19:22		GoalsGoal 29:48 Lukas Ujhelyi
9 December 2021
15:30		Switzerland 9–0
(3–0, 2–0, 4–0)		 EstoniaHelsinki Ice Hall
Attendance: 1,209
Game reference
Jan Zaugg Goal 09:44
Luca Graf Goal 12:17		Goals
9 December 2021
18:30		Sweden 8–2
(6–0, 0–0, 2–2)		 NorwayHelsinki Ice Hall
Attendance: 1,112
Game reference
Johan Sammuelson Goal 00:53 (05:31)
Kim Nilsson Goal 01:20
Alexander Galante Carlstorm Goal 09:12		GoalsGoal 46:21 Ketil Kronberg

Semifinals

10 December 2021
15:30		Switzerland 1–6
(0–2, 1–0, 0–4)		 SwedenHartwall Arena
Attendance: 6,453
Game reference
Claudio Laely Goal 24:48GoalsGoal 11:24 No Player
10 December 2021
18:45		Finland 3–2
(0–2, 2–0, 1–0)		 Czech RepublicHartwall Arena
Attendance: 10,263
Game reference
Justus Kaiullainen Goal 32:08GoalsGoal 13:28 Adam Hemerka

Bronze medal game

11 December 2021
14:30		Czech Republic 4–3 OT
(1–1, 0–1, 2–1)
OT: 1–0		  SwitzerlandHartwall Arena
Attendance: 10,065
Game reference
Josef Rypar Goal 12:05GoalsGoal 16:18 Christoph Camenisch

Final

11 December 2021
17:30		Finland 4–6
(2–0, 0–3, 2–3)		 SwedenHartwall Arena
Attendance: 12,508
Game reference
Justus Kainulainen Goal 01:26GoalsGoal 24:59 Rasmus Enstrom

Placement matches

5th place bracket

 
5th–8th place semi-finals5th place
 
      
 
10 December
 
 
 Slovakia2
 
11 December
 
 Latvia6
 
 Latvia4
 
10 December
 
 Norway2
 
 Estonia4
 
 
 Norway5 (OT)
 
7th place
 
 
11 December
 
 
 Slovakia8 (OT)
 
 
 Estonia7

5th–8th place semi-finals

10 December 2021
10:00		Slovakia 2–6
(0–1, 1–2, 1–3)		 LatviaHelsinki Ice Hall 2
Attendance: 323
Game reference
Lukas Rezanina Goal 23:10GoalsGoal 09:39 Kevins Smits
10 December 2021
13:00		Estonia 4–5 OT
(2–2, 0–2, 2–0)
OT: 0–1		 NorwayHelsinki Ice Hall 2
Attendance: 240
Game reference

5th place match

11 December 2021
13:00		Latvia 4–2
(0–0, 3–0, 1–2)		 NorwayHelsinki Ice Hall 2
Attendance: 143
Game reference

7th place match

11 December 2021
10:00		Slovakia 8–7 OT
(3–1, 3–3, 1–3)
OT: 1–0		 EstoniaHelsinki Ice Hall 2
Attendance: 163
Game reference

9th place bracket

 
9th–11th place semi-finals9th place
 
      
 
8 December
 
 
 Poland3
 
9 December
 
 Denmark7
 
 Denmark3
 
8 December
 
 Germany6
 
 Canada7
 
 
 Germany15
 
11th place
 
 
9 December
 
 
 Poland (p.s.o)6
 
 
 Canada5

9th–12th place semi-finals

8 December 2021
11:00		Canada 7–15
(1–3, 2–4, 4–8)		 GermanyHelsinki Ice Hall 2
Attendance: 360
Game reference
Brandon Barder Goal 09:19GoalsGoal 13:35 Janos Broker
8 December 2021
12:30		Poland 3–7
(1–5, 1–2, 1–0)		 DenmarkHelsinki Ice Hall
Attendance: 812
Game reference
Alexander Dahlstrom Goal 12:56GoalsGoal 08:30 Daniel Mac Cabe

9th place match

9 December 2021
12:30		 Denmark3–6
(2–1, 0–4, 1–1)		Germany Helsinki Ice Hall 2
Attendance: 574
Game reference
Jonas Nordheim Goal 19:11GoalsGoal 07:19 Nils Hofferbert

11th place match

9 December 2021
09:30		 Poland6–5 PSO
(1–2, 2–3, 2–0)
OT: 0–0
PSO: 3–1		Canada Helsinki Ice Hall 2
Attendance: 1,013
Game reference
Wojciech Malajka Goal 14:36GoalsGoal 12:14 Valtteri Viitakoski

13th place bracket

 
13th–16th place semi-finals13th place
 
      
 
7 December
 
 
 Philippines10
 
8 December
 
 United States5
 
 Philippines8
 
7 December
 
 Thailand (p.s.o.)9
 
 Thailand11
 
 
 Singapore6
 
15th place
 
 
8 December
 
 
 United States4
 
 
 Singapore2

13th–16th place semi-finals

7 December 2021
14:30		Philippines 10–5
(4–3, 2–1, 4–1)		 United StatesHelsinki Ice Hall 2
Attendance: 101
Game reference
Lucas Werelius Goal 00:45GoalsGoal 09:37 William Erikkson
7 December 2021
17:15		Thailand 11–6
(4–1, 6–1, 1–4)		 SingaporeHelsinki Ice Hall 2
Attendance: 217
Game reference
Pawat Thaidt Goal 00:39GoalsGoal 18:26 Zong Wei Tng

13th place match

8 December 2021
17:00		Philippines 8–9 PSO
(2–3, 2–1, 4–4)
OT: 0–0
PSO: 1–2		 ThailandHelsinki Ice Hall 2
Attendance: 128
Game reference
Melvin Alm Mendoza Goal 12:03GoalsGoal 00:42 Pawat Thaidt

15th place match

8 December 2021
14:00		United States 4–2
(0–1, 2–0, 2–1)		 SingaporeHelsinki Ice Hall 2
Attendance: 123
Game reference
Alexander McVey Goal 23:06GoalsGoal 18:46 Chee Yong Lee

Ranking and statistics

Final ranking

The official IFF final ranking of the tournament:

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

Qualification for the 2022 World Games

Main article: Floorball at the 2022 World Games
Qualify to the 2022 World Games
Qualify to the 2022 World Games via regional rank
Qualify to the 2022 World Games as the host country
# Americas Europe Asia Oceania
1  Canada  Sweden  Thailand (TBC)
2  United States  Finland
3  Czech Republic
4   Switzerland
5  Latvia

References

  1. ^ Brian Kenety (1 February 2020). "Czechs beat Dutch to qualify for 2020 World Cup in Helsinki". Radio Prague International. Retrieved 21 December 2022.
  2. ^ Michael Pavitt (7 September 2020). "IFF confirms Men's World Floorball Championship postponed to 2021". Inside the Games. Retrieved 21 December 2022.
  3. ^ "Qualifications". IFF. Retrieved 15 December 2020.
  4. ^ a b "Tournament". IFF. Retrieved 29 September 2021.
  5. ^ ""It is great that we get to play the WFC with a full number of teams" – Estonia and the Philippines participate in the WFC". IFF. Retrieved 29 September 2021.