Men's World Floorball Championship

Men's World Floorball Championship
Most recent season or competition:; 2024 Men's World Floorball Championships
Sport	Floorball
Founded	1996; 28 years ago
No. of teams	16 (finals)
Continent	International (IFF)
Most recent; champion(s)	Sweden; (2022, 10th title)
Most titles	Sweden; (10 titles, the last in 2022)
Official website	floorball.sport

The Men's World Floorball Championship is an international floorball competition contested by the senior men's national teams of the members of the International Floorball Federation (IFF), the sport's global governing body. It is distinct from the Women's World Floorball Championship, which is for women's teams. They were preceded by the European Championships which were held twice in 1994 and 1995.^[1]^[2] Originally played in May–June, the IFF decided in 2007 to move the tournament to early-December starting in 2008.^[3]

The reigning champions are Sweden, who won their tenth title at the 2022 tournament.^[4] Sweden will host the next tournament in 2024.^[5]

Men

Results

Year	Final venue	Winners	Score	Runners-up	Third place	Score	Fourth place
1996 Details	Stockholm	Sweden	5–0	Finland	Norway	6–2	Czech Republic
1998 Details	Prague	Sweden	10–3	Switzerland	Finland	4–1	Denmark
2000 Details	Oslo	Sweden	5–3	Finland	Switzerland	4–2	Denmark
2002 Details	Helsinki	Sweden	6–4	Finland	Switzerland	4–3 SD	Czech Republic
2004 Details	Zürich	Sweden	6–4	Czech Republic	Finland	8–7 (p)	Switzerland
2006 Details	Stockholm	Sweden	7–6 SD	Finland	Switzerland	9–4	Czech Republic
2008 Details	Prague	Finland	7–6 SD	Sweden	Switzerland	5–4 SD	Czech Republic
2010 Details	Helsinki	Finland	6–2	Sweden	Czech Republic	9–3	Switzerland
2012 Details	Zürich	Sweden	11–5	Finland	Switzerland	8–0	Germany
2014 Details	Gothenburg	Sweden	3–2	Finland	Czech Republic	4–3	Switzerland
2016 Details	Riga	Finland	4–3 (p)	Sweden	Switzerland	8–5	Czech Republic
2018 Details	Prague	Finland	6–3	Sweden	Switzerland	4–2	Czech Republic
2020 Details	Helsinki	Sweden	6–4	Finland	Czech Republic	4–3 SD	Switzerland
2022 Details	Zürich	Sweden	9–3	Czech Republic	Finland	5–3	Switzerland
2024 Details	Malmö
2026	Tampere

Medal table

Rank	Country	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Medals
1	Sweden	10	4	0	14
2	Finland	4	7	3	14
3	Czech Republic	0	2	3	5
4	Switzerland	0	1	7	8
5	Norway	0	0	1	1
Total		14	14	14	42

Participation details

Team	1996	1998	2000	2002	2004	2006	2008	2010	2012	2014	2016	2018	2020	2022	2024	Years
Australia	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	14th	-	14th	15th	12th	WD	13th	q	6
Austria	-	-	-	-	10th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
Canada	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11th	13th	12th	12th	11th	12th	12th	q	8
Czech Republic	4th	6th	6th	4th	2nd	4th	4th	3rd	7th	3rd	4th	4th	3rd	2nd	q	14
Denmark	7th	4th	4th	6th	9th	6th	9th	13th	-	7th	5th	8th	10th	10th	q	14
Estonia	11th	-	-	-	-	-	8th	7th	9th	8th	8th	10th	8th	9th	q	9
Finland	2nd	3rd	2nd	2nd	3rd	2nd	1st	1st	2nd	2nd	1st	1st	2nd	3rd	q	14
Germany	8th	8th	-	8th	8th	10th	-	10th	4th	9th	7th	6th	9th	6th	q	12
Hungary	10th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	14th	-	-	-	-	-	-	2
Italy	-	-	-	-	-	8th	10th	12th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3
Japan	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	15th	15th	15th	-	15th	WD	-	-	4
Latvia	9th	-	7th	7th	6th	5th	5th	5th	6th	5th	10th	5th	5th	5th	q	13
Norway	3rd	5th	5th	5th	5th	7th	6th	6th	5th	6th	6th	7th	6th	8th	q	14
Philippines	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	14th	15th	q	3
Poland	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9th	11th	-	13th	13th	11th	11th	q	7
Russia	6th	7th	8th	-	7th	9th	7th	8th	10th	13th	-	-	-	-	-	9
Singapore	12th	-	-	-	-	-	-	16th	16th	-	16th	16th	16th	16th	-	7
Slovakia	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8th	10th	9th	9th	7th	7th	-	6
Slovenia	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	q	1
South Korea	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	16th	-	-	-	-	-	1
Sweden	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st	2nd	2nd	1st	1st	2nd	2nd	1st	1st	q	14
Switzerland	5th	2nd	3rd	3rd	4th	3rd	3rd	4th	3rd	4th	3rd	3rd	4th	4th	q	14
Thailand	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	14th	14th	13th	14th	q	5
United States	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12th	11th	11th	-	15th	-	-	4

Debut of national teams

Year	Debuting teams			Successor teams
Year	Teams	No.	Cum.	Successor teams
1996	Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Hungary, Latvia, Norway, Russia, Singapore, Sweden, Switzerland	12	12
1998	-	0	12
2000	-	0	12
2002	-	0	12
2004	Austria	1	13
2006	Italy	1	14
2008	-	0	14
2010	Australia, Canada, Japan, Poland	4	18
2012	United States, Slovakia	2	20
2014	South Korea	1	21
2016	Thailand	1	22
2018	-	0	22
2020	Philippines	1	23
2022	-	0	23
2024	Slovenia	1	24

Men Under-19

Results

Year	Final venue	Winners	Score	Runners-up	Third place	Score	Fourth place
2001 Details	Weißenfels	Sweden	4–2	Switzerland	Finland	7–1	Latvia
2003 Details	Prague	Finland	6–2	Sweden	Czech Republic	5–2	Switzerland
2005 Details	Cēsis	Sweden	6–2	Finland	Switzerland	8–3	Latvia
2007 Details	Kirchberg	Sweden	9–3	Czech Republic	Finland	3–2	Switzerland
2009 Details	Turku	Sweden	8–3	Finland	Switzerland	7–1	Czech Republic
2011 Details	Weißenfels	Finland	4–3	Sweden	Switzerland	6–4	Czech Republic
2013 Details	Hamburg	Sweden	6–2	Switzerland	Finland	8–5	Czech Republic
2015 Details	Helsingborg	Finland	13–3	Switzerland	Czech Republic	7–6	Sweden
2017 Details	Växjö	Finland	7–4	Sweden	Czech Republic	8–5	Switzerland
2019 Details	Halifax	Czech Republic	8–2	Sweden	Finland	4–2	Switzerland
2021 Details	Brno	Czech Republic	4–3	Finland	Sweden	7–6	Switzerland
2023 Details	Frederikshavn	Sweden	7–4	Switzerland	Finland	7–6 SD	Czech Republic
2025 Details	Zürich

Medal table

Rank	Country	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Medals
1	Sweden	6	4	1	11
2	Finland	4	3	5	12
3	Czech Republic	2	1	3	6
4	Switzerland	0	4	3	7
Total		12	12	12	36

Participation details

Team	2001	2003	2005	2007	2009	2011	2013	2015	2017	2019	2021	2023	2025	Total
Australia	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	14	q	2
Austria	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	12		2
Belgium	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	13	-	-	1
Canada	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	q	1
Czech Republic	5	3	5	2	4	4	4	3	3	1	1	4	q	13
Denmark	8	7	8	-	8	-	8	-	6	7	9	8	q	10
Estonia	10	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	10	13	q	4
Finland	3	1	2	3	2	1	3	1	1	3	2	3	q	13
Germany	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	9	q	4
Hungary	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	14	-	-	2
Italy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	15	-		1
Latvia	4	6	4	5	5	5	6	7	5	5	5	5	q	13
Norway	7	5	6	6	6	7	5	8	-	8	-	7	q	11
Poland	9	-	7	8	-	-	-	6	8	-	8	10	-	7
Russia	6	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2
Singapore	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	15	q	2
Slovakia	-	-	-	7	7	6	7	5	7	6	7	6	q	10
Slovenia	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	11		2
Spain	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	q	1
Sweden	1	2	1	1	1	2	1	4	2	2	3	1	q	13
Switzerland	2	4	3	4	3	3	2	2	4	4	4	2	q	13
United States	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	16	-	1

References

^ "European Championships". Retrieved 30 June 2024.
^ "Historie" [History] (in Czech). Retrieved 30 June 2024.
^ "Innebandy: Stjärna tveksam till VM-flytt" (in Swedish). Sveriges Radio. 1 March 2007. Retrieved 15 December 2013.
^ "Sweden reclaim Men's World Floorball Championship title". www.insidethegames.biz. 13 November 2022. Retrieved 30 June 2024.
^ "Sweden named host of 2024 Men's Floorball World Championships". www.insidethegames.biz. 24 February 2021. Retrieved 30 June 2024.

External links

Men's World Championships at IFF website

[1] "European Championships". Retrieved 30 June 2024.

[2] "Historie" [History] (in Czech). Retrieved 30 June 2024.

[3] "Innebandy: Stjärna tveksam till VM-flytt" (in Swedish). Sveriges Radio. 1 March 2007. Retrieved 15 December 2013.

[4] "Sweden reclaim Men's World Floorball Championship title". www.insidethegames.biz. 13 November 2022. Retrieved 30 June 2024.

[5] "Sweden named host of 2024 Men's Floorball World Championships". www.insidethegames.biz. 24 February 2021. Retrieved 30 June 2024.

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Men's World Floorball Championship

Contents

Men

Results

Medal table

Participation details

Debut of national teams

Men Under-19

Results

Medal table

Participation details

See also

References

External links

Most recent season or competition: 2024 Men's World Floorball Championships
Sport	Floorball
Founded	1996; 28 years ago (1996)
No. of teams	16 (finals)
Continent	International (IFF)
Most recent champion(s)	Sweden (2022, 10th title)
Most titles	Sweden (10 titles, the last in 2022)
Official website	floorball.sport