The 2023 Men's U-19 World Floorball Championships was the 12th edition of the championship. The tournament was played in Frederikshavn, Denmark, and took place from 26 to 30 April.[1]Czech Republic were the two-time defending champions, but were beaten by Switzerland in the semifinals. Sweden won their sixth title after triumphing over the Swiss in the final.[2]
This tournament broke the record for the most attended U-19 Floorball World Championship ever, with 18,316 spectators watching the games.[3]
29 teams entered, although this would be reduced to 25. The top nine from the last edition qualified directly, while qualifiers took place in Asia, Americas and Europe for the last seven tickets.[9] This tournament saw the debut of Australia, Singapore and United States.
^Arena Nord used two arenas during the tournament. Arena A has a capacity of 2,100, while Arena B has a capacity of 600.
Draw
The draw took place on 13 December 2022 in Næstved, Denmark at 11:00 CET.[9][12] The European qualifiers were not known at the time and ranking between the four qualifiers would decide who would take each place.
For the tournament, the city of Frederikshavn and Sport Event Denmark gave 125,000 Euros.[15]
Applications for volunteering was opened in October 2022.[16]
The budget for the tournament were 217,600 Euros.[17] Although this would increase to 260,000.[18] To break even, they needed to earn up to 66,000 Euros in ticket sales. They ended up exceeding the target and reached 90,000 Euros.[17]
Marketing
Ticket sales and packages started to be put on sale on 20 October 2022.[19][20] 2,500 tickets and packages were sold before the tournament.[21]
