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2018 Men's World Floorball Championships

The 2018 Men's World Floorball Championships were the 12th World Championships in men's floorball. The tournament took place in Prague, Czech Republic, from 1 to 9 December 2018.

2018 Men's World Floorball Championships
Tournament details
Host country Czech Republic
Venue(s)2 (in 1 host city)
Dates1–9 December 2018
Teams16
Final positions
Champions  Finland
Runner-up  Sweden
Third place   Switzerland
Tournament statistics
Matches played48
Goals scored507 (10.56 per match)
Attendance181,518 (3,782 per match)
Scoring leader(s)Slovakia Michal Dudovič (21 points)
MVPSwitzerland Pascal Meier
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WFC 2018 Qualification

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Main article: 2018 Men's World Floorball Championships qualifying

33 teams have registered for the 12th IFF Men’s World Floorball Championships, only 16 of them to reach the final group consisted of 16 teams. Host country, Czech Republic, qualifies automatically.

In Europe, there were four qualification groups with three event locations – Tallinn (Estonia), Nitra (Slovakia) and Valmiera (Latvia). The Asia-Oceania group tournament took place in Jeju Island, South Korea. It was the first IFF event hosted by Korea. USA and Canada played their qualification in Toronto, Canada.[1]

Date Venue Vacancies Qualified
Host nation 1   Czech Republic
Asia-Oceania Qualification 22–27 January 2018   Jeju Island 4   Australia
  Singapore
  Thailand
  Japan
European Qualification 1 31 January – 4 February 2018   Tallinn 3   Finland
  Estonia
  Poland
European Qualification 2 31 January – 4 February 2018   Nitra 3   Sweden
  Germany
  Slovakia
European Qualification 3 30 January – 3 February 2018   Valmiera 2    Switzerland
  Latvia
European Qualification 4 31 January – 4 February 2018   Nitra 2   Denmark
  Norway
Americas Qualification 10–11 February 2018   Toronto 1   Canada
Total 16

Venues

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O2 arena Arena Sparta – Podvinny mlyn
Capacity: 17 000

The main competition arena.

Capacity: 1 300

The second competition arena and practice arena.

 
Address: Českomoravská 2345/17, 190 93 Praha 9

Opened since: 2004

Distance to City Center: cca 10 km[2]

Address: Kovanecká 2405/27, 190 00 Praha 9

Opened since: 2008

Distance to City Center: cca 10 km[2]

Tournament groups

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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).[3]

Group A Group B Group C Group D

   Switzerland
  Czech Republic (hosts)
  Latvia
  Germany

  Sweden
  Finland
  Norway
  Denmark

  Australia
  Estonia
  Poland
  Thailand

  Canada
  Slovakia
  Singapore
  Japan

Results

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All times are local (UTC+1).

Preliminary round

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Group A

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification        
1   Czech Republic (H) 3 2 0 1 19 13 +6 4 Quarterfinals — 6–4 10–5 3–4
2    Switzerland 3 2 0 1 24 10 +14 4 4–6 — 13–1 7–3
3   Germany 3 1 0 2 11 27 −16 2 Play-off round 5–10 1–13 — 5–4
4   Latvia 3 1 0 2 11 15 −4 2 4–3 3–7 4–5 —
Source: IFF
(H) Hosts

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification        
1   Sweden 3 3 0 0 39 5 +34 6 Quarterfinals — 5–4 9–1 25–0
2   Finland 3 2 0 1 20 7 +13 4 4–5 — 9–1 7–1
3   Norway 3 1 0 2 11 21 −10 2 Play-off round 1–9 1–9 — 9–3
4   Denmark 3 0 0 3 4 41 −37 0 0–25 1–7 3–9 —
Source: IFF

Group C

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification        
1   Estonia 3 3 0 0 26 2 +24 6 Play-off round — 11–5 4–3 11–4
2   Australia 3 2 0 1 13 16 −3 4 5–11 — 4–2 4–3
3   Poland 3 1 0 2 10 10 0 2 13th–16th place playoff 3–4 2–4 — 5–2
4   Thailand 3 0 0 3 9 20 −11 0 4–11 3–4 2–5 —
Source: IFF

Group D

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification        
1   Slovakia 3 3 0 0 45 6 +39 6 Play-off round — 12–3 18–2 15–1
2   Canada 3 1 1 1 21 18 +3 3 3–12 — 4–4 14–2
3   Singapore 3 1 1 1 15 27 −12 3 13th–16th place playoff 2–18 4–4 — 9–5
4   Japan 3 0 0 3 8 38 −30 0 1–15 2–14 5–9 —
Source: IFF

Knock-out stage

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Play-off
5 December 		Quarterfinals
6–7 December 		Semifinals
8 December 		Final
9 December
  Czech Republic 10
  Denmark 3   Denmark 1
  Estonia 2   Czech Republic 2
  Finland 7
  Finland 6
  Germany 7   Germany 1
  Canada 2   Finland 6
  Sweden 3
  Sweden 14
  Latvia 6   Latvia 1
  Slovakia 1   Sweden 5 (P) Third place
   Switzerland 4
   Switzerland 3 (OT)   Czech Republic 2
  Norway 10   Norway 2    Switzerland 4
  Australia 0

Play-off

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5 December 2018
10:00		Latvia  6–1
(2–1, 0–0, 4–0)		  SlovakiaO2 Arena
Attendance: 7,069
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Jānis SalcevičsGoaliesRastislav MazákReferees:
  Håkan Söderman
  Glenn Boström
0–12:22 – Mráz (Kubovič)
Ceriņš (Raitums) – 8:141–1
Jansons (Blinds) – 12:502–1
Cerins (J. Rajeckis) – 44:033–1
Jansons – 54:184–1
Trekše (A. Rajeckis) – 57:525–1
Kovaļevskis (Raitums) – 59:456–1
6 minPenalties6 min
5 December 2018
12:45		Denmark  3–2
(1–0, 0–1, 2–1)		  EstoniaO2 Arena
Attendance: 4,013
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Mike TrolleGoaliesDaniel VaigurReferees:
  Henri Heinola
  Manu Marttinen
Odfeldt (Dalkvist) – 7:061–0
1–132:09 – Kareliusson (Widercrantz)
Schmidt (Buckner) – 45:502–1
2–246:32 – Tamme (Pass)
Nielsen (Odfeldt) – 51:463–2
7 minPenalties0 min
5 December 2018
15:30		Norway  10–0
(3–0, 4–0, 3–0)		  AustraliaArena Sparta
Attendance: 365
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Andreas FalkeidGoaliesEythan YeohReferees:
  Kamil Sojka
  Tomáš Sojka
no scorer (own goal) – 2:121–0
Kvisvik (Normann) – 2:372–0
Jansson (Olesen) (PP) – 6:163–0
Jansson (Olesen) – 23:534–0
Bjerknes (Kronberg) – 31:525–0
Kronberg (Bjerknes) – 33:586–0
Olesen (Normann) (SH) – 39:387–0
Kvisvik (Normann) – 40:408–0
Olesen (Jansson) – 47:519–0
Kronberg (Bjerknes) – 52:0310–0
6 minPenalties2 min
5 December 2018
18:30		Germany  7–2
(2–1, 3–1, 2–0)		  CanadaArena Sparta
Attendance: 282
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Nils HallerstedeGoaliesTaylor ShippReferees:
  Vesa Vilkki
  Mikko Alakare
0–10:39 – Viitakoski (Kuysten)
Blanke (Hoppe) – 7:011–1
Schuschwary (J. Bröker) – 16:412–1
Weigelt (Schuschwary) – 29:523–1
Blanke (Ruger) – 30:454–1
von Pritzbuer (Nihlen) – 36:475–1
5–237:40 – Barber (Viitakoski) (PP)
von Pritzbuer (Siede) – 48:156–2
Siede (Schuschwary) (PP) – 58:567–2
6 minPenalties6 min

Quarterfinals

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6 December 2018
16:30		Switzerland  3–2 OT
(1–1, 0–0, 1–1, 1–0)		  NorwayO2 Arena
Attendance: 3,977
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Pascal MeierGoaliesMarkus JelsnesReferees:
  Mārtiņš Larinovs
  Mārtiņš Gross
Rüegger (Laely) – 7:161–0
1–114:59 – Bjerknes (Fredriksen)
Maurer (Meier) – 41:242–1
2–256:18 – Kronberg (Jelsnes)
Braillard (Laely) – 60:303–2
0 minPenalties2 min
6 December 2018
19:30		Czech Republic  10–1
(3–1, 4–0, 3–0)		  DenmarkO2 Arena
Attendance: 5,073
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Lukáš SoučekGoaliesMike TrolleReferees:
  Håkan Söderman
  Glenn Boström
Rýpar (Suchánek) – 4:491–0
Šebek (Jendrišák) – 5:032–0
2–110:55 – Glass (Eldholm)
Doza (Pražan) – 13:143–1
Jendrišák (Němeček) – 23:394–1
Kisugite (Curney) – 25:525–1
Veltšmíd (Beneš) – 30:326–1
Jendrišák (Kisugite) – 37:077–1
Jendrišák (Rýpar) (PP) – 43:468–1
Delong (Rýpar) – 50:579–1
Němeček (Curney) – 59:2710–1
2 minPenalties4 min
7 December 2018
15:10		Sweden  14–1
(7–0, 5–1, 2–0)		  LatviaO2 Arena
Attendance: 3,871
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Måns Parsjö-TegnerGoaliesJānis Salcevičs
Ivars Dišereits		Referees:
  Henri Heinola
  Manu Marttinen
Enström (Johansson) – 0:231–0
Wilhelmsson (Palmen) – 2:082–0
Rudd (PS) – 4:053–0
Carlström (Johansson) – 10:064–0
Sjögren (Rudd) – 11:195–0
Hedlund (Johansson) – 13:086–0
Enström (Hedlund) – 17:407–0
Johansson – 20:278–0
Enström (Samuelsson) – 22:349–0
9–123:35 – Kovaļevskis (Trekše)
Östholm (Wilhelmsson) – 30:0410–1
Östholm – 36:3511–1
Nilsson (Wilhelmsson) (DP) – 39:5912–1
Gustafsson (Sjögren) – 47:5613–1
Carlström (Hedlund) – 49:4714–1
0 minPenalties2 min
7 December 2018
18:00		Finland  6–1
(2–0, 2–1, 2–0)		  GermanyO2 Arena
Attendance: 3,772
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Lassi TorisevaGoaliesMike DietzReferees:
  Sandra Zurbuchen
  Corina Wehinger
Johansson (Salo) – 0:481–0
Salo (Johansson) – 6:002–0
Kotilainen (Kukkola) – 22:423–0
Kotilainen (Kivilehto) – 30:524–0
4–137:23 – Nihlen (von Pritzbuer)
Johansson (Salin) – 44:005–1
Kukkola (Johansson) – 59:206–1
0 minPenalties0 min

Semifinals

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8 December 2018
16:00		Czech Republic  2–7
(0–1, 0–2, 2–4)		  FinlandO2 Arena
Attendance: 12,811
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Lukáš SoučekGoaliesEero KosonenReferees:
  Thomas Andersson
  Rickard Wissman
2 minPenalties4 min
8 December 2018
19:00		Sweden  5–4 PS
(1–1, 2–1, 1–2, 0–0, 1–0)		   SwitzerlandO2 Arena
Attendance: 10,267
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Johan RehnGoaliesPascal MeierReferees:
  Henri Heinola
  Manu Marttinen
2 minPenalties2 min

Bronze medal game

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9 December 2018
13:00		Czech Republic  2–4
(1–2, 1–1, 0–1)		   SwitzerlandO2 Arena
Attendance: 16,112
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Lukáš SoučekGoaliesPascal MeierReferees:
  Hakan Soderman
  Glenn Boström
0–18:16 – Kanzig (Hofbauer)
0–213:37 – no scorer (own goal)
Rýpar (Garčar) – 18:061–2
Ondrušek (Dóža) – 33:072–2
2–339:24 – Braillard (Mendelin) (PP)
2–446:01 – Riedi (Braillard)
4 minPenalties4 min

Final

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9 December 2018
16:00		Finland  6–3
(1–0, 1–1, 4–2)		  SwedenO2 Arena
Attendance: 16,276
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Eero KosonenGoaliesJohan RehnReferees:
  Mārtiņš Larinovs
  Mārtiņš Gross
Kivilehto (Leikkanen) – 3:301–0
Kotilainen (Lastikka) – 23:572–0
2–127:25 – Carlstrom (Johansson) (PP)
2–242:41 – Rudd
Kivilehto (Kotilainen) – 46:213–2
Kotilainen (Vaananen) – 48:344–2
Salo (Lamminen) – 49:355–2
5–355:29 – Rudd (PS)
Johansson (Salin) (EN) – 58:116–3
4 minPenalties4 min

Placement matches

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5th place bracket

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5–8th place semifinals5th place
 
      
 
8 December – O2 Arena
 
 
  Denmark2
 
9 December – O2 Arena
 
  Germany4
 
  Germany3
 
8 December – Arena Sparta
 
  Latvia5
 
  Latvia6 (P)
 
 
  Norway5
 
7th place
 
 
9 December – Arena Sparta
 
 
  Denmark5
 
 
  Norway9
5–8th place semifinals
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8 December 2018
11:00		Latvia  6–5 (PS)
(1–2, 1–1, 3–2, 0–0, 1–0)		  NorwayArena Sparta
Attendance: 575
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Jānis SalcevičsGoaliesAndreas FalkeidReferees:
  Hakan Soderman
  Glenn Boström
0–12:45 – Jansson (Olesen)
J. Rajeckis (Raitums) – 6:301–1
1–212:36 – Nilsson
Jansons (Raitums) – 30:402–2
2–332:15 – Fredriksen (Kronberg)
Kovaļevskis (Trekše) – 46:093–3
3–447:20 – Hjemgard (Kronberg)
3–552:24 – Hjemgard (Bjerknes)
Kovaļevskis (Trekše) – 53:014–5
Kovaļevskis (A. Rajeckis) – 57:525–5
Jansons – 70:006–5
2 minPenalties2 min
8 December 2018
13:00		Denmark  2–4
(1–0, 0–2, 1–2)		  GermanyO2 Arena
Attendance: 3893
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Mike TrolleGoaliesMike DietzReferees:
  Kamil Sojka
  Tomáš Sojka
Glass (Mørup) – 6:031–0
1–137:22 – N. Broker (von Pritzbuer)
1–238:05 – J. Broker (Wenning)
Glass (Schmidt) – 41:312–2
2–349:46 – Schuschwary (J. Broker) (PP)
2–457:34 – J. Broker (Burmeister)
4 minPenalties4 min
5th place match
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9 December 2018
10:00		Germany  3–5
(0–2, 2–2, 1–1)		  LatviaO2 Arena
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Referees:
  Kamil Sojka
  Tomáš Sojka
2 minPenalties2 min
7th place match
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9 December 2018
10:00		Denmark  5–9
(1–4, 3–3, 1–2)		  NorwayArena Sparta
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Mike TrolleGoaliesAndreas FalkeidReferees:
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9th place bracket

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Matches 9th–11th9th place
 
      
 
6 December – Arena Sparta
 
 
  Australia3
 
7 December – Arena Sparta
 
  Slovakia12
 
  Slovakia7
 
6 December – Arena Sparta
 
  Estonia5
 
  Canada2
 
 
  Estonia9
 
11th place
 
 
7 December – Arena Sparta
 
 
  Australia5
 
 
  Canada6

13th place bracket

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Matches 13th–16th13th place
 
      
 
6 December – Arena Sparta
 
 
  Singapore3
 
7 December – Arena Sparta
 
  Thailand4
 
  Thailand1
 
6 December – Arena Sparta
 
  Poland9
 
  Poland6
 
 
  Japan2
 
15th place
 
 
7 December – Arena Sparta
 
 
  Singapore2
 
 
  Japan4

Ranking and statistics

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Final ranking

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Finns Celebrating after a 6-3 win over Sweden in the final

The official IFF final ranking of the tournament:

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

All-star team

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Tournament all-star team:[4]

References

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  1. ^ "Men's WFC 2018 Qualifications". IFF. Retrieved 2020-12-14.
  2. ^ a b "Arenas". IFF. Retrieved 2018-08-21.
  3. ^ "Tournament Format". IFF. Retrieved 2018-08-21.
  4. ^ "WFC 2018 All Star Team – 09.12.2018". WFC2018. Retrieved 2018-12-09.
  5. ^ "Pascal Meier is the MVP of WFC 2018 – 09.12.2018". WFC2018. Retrieved 2018-12-09.
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