2014 Men's World Floorball Championships
2014 Men's World Floorball Championships Host country Sweden Venue(s) 2 (in 1 host city) Dates 5–14 December 2014 Teams 16 Champions Sweden (8th title) Runner-up Finland Third place Czech Republic Matches played 48 Goals scored 488 (10.17 per match) Attendance 104,445 (2,176 per match) Scoring leader(s) Stefan Hedorf (16 points)MVP Kim Nilsson
The 2014 Men's World Floorball Championships were the 10th World Championships in men's floorball . The tournament took place in Gothenburg , Sweden in December 2014. Home team Sweden defended their title in a close game against Finland . Czech Republic earned the bronze after defeating Switzerland by 4–3.[ 1]
Qualification
For the first time ever, all teams, except from the host country, must qualify for the Championships. A total of 30 teams are scheduled to take part in the qualification tournaments.[ 2]
Venues
Draw
The final draw for the tournament was held at Casino Cosmopol in Gothenburg on 25 February 2014. The teams were divided into four pots according to the world ranking.[ 3] (World rankings shown in parentheses).
Results
Preliminary round
Team advanced to quarter-finals
Team advanced to playoff round
Team advanced to 13th–16th place playoff
Group A
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Sweden
3
3
0
0
29
7
+22
6
Finland
3
2
0
1
18
8
+10
4
Latvia
3
1
0
2
8
21
−13
2
Germany
3
0
0
3
8
27
−19
0
Group B
Group C
Group D
Playoff round
Play-off
Shootout 3–3 3–3 4–3 4–3 4–3 4–3 4–3 4–4 4–4 4–4 4–4 4–525 Shots 25
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Bronze medal game
Final
Placement round
13th place bracket
Matches 13th–16th
15th place match
13th place match
9th place bracket
Matches 9th–12th
11th place match
9th place match
5th place bracket
Matches 5th–8th
7th place match
5th place match
Ranking and statistics
Final ranking
The official IFF final ranking of the tournament:
All-star team
References
External links
World Floorball Championship
Men's
Division A Division B Division C Qualifying
Women's
Division A Division B Qualifying
Men's U-19
Division A Division B Qualifying
Women's U-19
Division A Division B Qualifying
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