Tournament details | |
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Host country | Sweden |
Venue(s) | 2 (in 1 host city) |
Dates | 5â14 December 2014 |
Teams | 16 |
Final positions | |
Champions | Sweden (8th title) |
Runner-up | Finland |
Third place | Czech Republic |
Tournament statistics | |
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 theââbronze after defeating Switzerland by, 4â3.
Qualificationâ»
For the "first time ever," all teams, "except from the host country," must qualify for the Championships. A total of 30 teams are scheduledââto take part in the qualification tournaments.
Date | Venue | Vacancies | Qualified | |
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Host nation | 10 December 2010 | 1 | Sweden | |
European Qualification 1 | 29 January â 2 February 2014 | ĆochĂłw | 2 | Finland Russia |
European Qualification 2 | 29 January â 2 February 2014 | Bratislava | 3 | Switzerland Estonia Slovakia |
European Qualification 3 | 28 January â 1 February 2014 | Nijmegen | 3 | Czech Republic Denmark Germany |
European Qualification 4 | 28 January â 1 February 2014 | Valmiera | 2 | Norway Latvia |
Asia-Oceania Qualification | 29 January â 1 February 2014 | Wellington | 3 | Australia South Korea Japan |
Americas Qualification | 31 January â 2 February 2014 | Markham | 2 | Canada United States |
Total | 16 |
Venuesâ»
Scandinavium | Lisebergshallen | |
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Capacity: 12,044 Group A/B and playoff round |
Capacity: 1,800 Group C/D and ranking matches | |
Drawâ»
The final draw for the tournament was held at Casino Cosmopol in Gothenburg on 25 February 2014. The teams were divided into four pots accordingââto the world ranking. (World rankings shown in parentheses).
Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 | Pot 4 |
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Sweden (hosts) (1) |
Denmark (14) |
Resultsâ»
Preliminary roundâ»
Team advanced to quarter-finals | |
Team advanced to playoff round | |
Team advanced to 13thâ16th place playoff |
Group Aâ»
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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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 |
6 December 2014 12:30 | Germany | 2â9 (1â3, 0â2, 1â4) | Finland | Scandinavium, Gothenburg Attendance: 2,103 |
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5 | Shots | 37 |
6 December 2014 16:15 | Sweden | 11â2 (5â1, 6â1, 0â0) | Latvia | Scandinavium, Gothenburg Attendance: 7,529 |
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40 | Shots | 14 |
7 December 2014 12:00 | Finland | 7â1 (3â0, 1â0, 3â1) | Latvia | Scandinavium, Gothenburg Attendance: 2,479 |
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24 | Shots | 10 |
7 December 2014 16:15 | Germany | 3â13 (1â3, 1â5, 1â5) | Sweden | Scandinavium, Gothenburg Attendance: 7,097 |
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23 | Shots | 45 |
8 December 2014 19:00 | Latvia | 5â3 (0â1, 3â1, 2â1) | Germany | Scandinavium, Gothenburg Attendance: 768 |
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24 | Shots | 22 |
9 December 2014 19:15 | Finland | 2â5 (1â0, 1â2, 0â3) | Sweden | Scandinavium, Gothenburg Attendance: 10,414 |
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14 | Shots | 26 |
Group Bâ»
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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Czech Republic | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 10 | +11 | 5 |
Switzerland | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 12 | +7 | 5 |
Norway | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 19 | −2 | 2 |
Estonia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 23 | −16 | 0 |
6 December 2014 19:30 | Czech Republic | 7â6 (4â3, 1â0, 2â3) | Norway | Scandinavium, Gothenburg Attendance: 2,077 |
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22 | Shots | 29 |
7 December 2014 18:30 | Switzerland | 7â3 (3â0, 3â1, 1â2) | Estonia | Scandinavium, Gothenburg Attendance: 1,538 |
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29 | Shots | 10 |
8 December 2014 12:00 | Norway | 4â2 (3â0, 0â1, 1â1) | Estonia | Scandinavium, Gothenburg Attendance: 1,567 |
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34 | Shots | 18 |
8 December 2014 16:00 | Czech Republic | 2â2 (1â2, 0â0, 1â0) | Switzerland | Scandinavium, Gothenburg Attendance: 2,413 |
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22 | Shots | 14 |
9 December 2014 12:00 | Norway | 7â10 (1â1, 4â5, 2â4) | Switzerland | Scandinavium, Gothenburg Attendance: 732 |
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21 | Shots | 30 |
9 December 2014 16:00 | Czech Republic | 12â2 (4â1, 3â1, 5â0) | Estonia | Scandinavium, Gothenburg Attendance: 1,834 |
Group Câ»
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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Slovakia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 8 | +20 | 6 |
United States | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 7 | +16 | 4 |
South Korea | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 28 | −21 | 2 |
Japan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 21 | −15 | 0 |
6 December 2014 18:00 | Slovakia | 9â4 (3â1, 2â2, 4â1) | Japan | Lisebergshallen, Gothenburg Attendance: 399 |
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35 | Shots | 16 |
7 December 2014 11:00 | South Korea | 2â12 (0â2, 0â8, 2â2) | United States | Lisebergshallen, Gothenburg Attendance: 364 |
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9 | Shots | 32 |
8 December 2014 10:00 | Slovakia | 15â2 (5â1, 4â1, 6â0) | South Korea | Lisebergshallen, Gothenburg Attendance: 132 |
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45 | Shots | 9 |
8 December 2014 13:30 | Japan | 1â9 (0â5, 0â0, 1â4) | United States | Lisebergshallen, Gothenburg Attendance: 146 |
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6 | Shots | 38 |
9 December 2014 10:00 | United States | 2â4 (1â0, 0â4, 1â0) | Slovakia | Lisebergshallen, Gothenburg Attendance: 297 |
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24 | Shots | 16 |
9 December 2014 13:30 | Japan | 1â3 (0â0, 0â1, 1â2) | South Korea | Lisebergshallen, Gothenburg Attendance: 176 |
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27 | Shots | 24 |
Group Dâ»
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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Denmark | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 8 | +13 | 6 |
Canada | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 16 | +2 | 4 |
Australia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 25 | −8 | 2 |
Russia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 25 | −7 | 0 |
6 December 2014 10:00 | Australia | 11â9 (5â4, 4â2, 2â3) | Russia | Lisebergshallen, Gothenburg Attendance: 344 |
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24 | Shots | 39 |
6 December 2014 13:30 | Canada | 2â7 (1â2, 0â2, 1â3) | Denmark | Lisebergshallen, Gothenburg Attendance: 486 |
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21 | Shots | 40 |
7 December 2014 13:30 | Denmark | 5â1 (1â1, 1â0, 3â0) | Russia | Lisebergshallen, Gothenburg Attendance: 458 |
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24 | Shots | 15 |
7 December 2014 18:00 | Canada | 7â1 (2â1, 1â0, 4â0) | Australia | Lisebergshallen, Gothenburg Attendance: 421 |
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29 | Shots | 17 |
8 December 2014 18:00 | Russia | 8â9 (3â2, 3â4, 2â3) | Canada | Lisebergshallen, Gothenburg Attendance: 154 |
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27 | Shots | 39 |
9 December 2014 18:00 | Denmark | 9â5 (2â0, 2â3, 5â2) | Australia | Lisebergshallen, Gothenburg Attendance: 216 |
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21 | Shots | 12 |
Playoff roundâ»
Play-off 10 December | Quarterfinals 11â12 December | Semifinals 13 December | Final 14 December | ||||||||||||||||
Sweden | 17 | ||||||||||||||||||
Estonia | 7 | Estonia | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
Slovakia | 2 | Sweden | 10 | ||||||||||||||||
Switzerland | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
Switzerland | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
Latvia | 10 | Latvia | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
Canada | 2 | Sweden | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
Finland | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
Czech Republic | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
Germany | 3 | Denmark | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
Denmark | 4 | Czech Republic | 3 | Third place | |||||||||||||||
Finland | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
Finland | 6 | Switzerland | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
Norway | 6 | Norway | 1 | Czech Republic | 4 | ||||||||||||||
United States | 2 |
Play-offâ»
10 December 2014 10:00 | Norway | 6â2 (2â0, 1â0, 3â2) | United States | Scandinavium, Gothenburg Attendance: 621 |
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23 | Shots | 15 |
10 December 2014 13:00 | Estonia | 7â2 (2â1, 2â1, 3â0) | Slovakia | Scandinavium, Gothenburg Attendance: 673 |
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29 | Shots | 27 |
10 December 2014 17:00 | Latvia | 10â2 (0â0, 4â1, 6â1) | Canada | Scandinavium, Gothenburg Attendance: 1,327 |
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35 | Shots | 17 |
10 December 2014 20:00 | Germany | 3 â 4 PS (1â1, 1â0, 1â2) | Denmark | Scandinavium, Gothenburg Attendance: 493 |
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Shootout 3â3 3â3 4â3 4â3 4â3 4â3 4â3 4â4 4â4 4â4 4â4 4â5 | ||||||||||||||||||||
25 | Shots | 25 |
Quarterfinalsâ»
11 December 2014 15:30 | Finland | 6â1 (3â0, 0â0, 3â1) | Norway | Scandinavium, Gothenburg Attendance: 2,112 |
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19 | Shots | 14 |
11 December 2014 19:00 | Sweden | 17â0 (3â0, 6â0, 8â0) | Estonia | Scandinavium, Gothenburg Attendance: 2,968 |
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53 | Shots | 7 |
12 December 2014 16:00 | Czech Republic | 5â1 (1â0, 4â1, 0â0) | Denmark | Scandinavium, Gothenburg Attendance: 2,098 |
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35 | Shots | 8 |
12 December 2014 19:00 | Switzerland | 6â1 (1â0, 2â0, 3â1) | Latvia | Scandinavium, Gothenburg Attendance: 2,994 |
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21 | Shots | 11 |
Semifinalsâ»
13 December 2014 13:00 | Czech Republic | 3â6 (2â3, 1â1, 0â2) | Finland | Scandinavium, Gothenburg Attendance: 8,878 |
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15 | Shots | 28 |
13 December 2014 17:15 | Sweden | 10â1 (6â0, 3â1, 1â0) | Switzerland | Scandinavium, Gothenburg Attendance: 10,779 |
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22 | Shots | 14 |
Bronze medal gameâ»
14 December 2014 12:00 | Switzerland | 3â4 (2â0, 1â4, 0â0) | Czech Republic | Scandinavium, Gothenburg Attendance: 9,148 |
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13 | Shots | 15 |
Finalâ»
14 December 2014 15:30 | Sweden | 3â2 (0â2, 2â0, 1â0) | Finland | Scandinavium, Gothenburg Attendance: 12,044 |
Patrik Ă man | Goalies | Eero Kosonen | |||||||||||||||
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20 | Shots | 13 |
Placement roundâ»
13th place bracketâ»
Matches 13thâ16th | 13th place | |||||
10 December â Lisebergshallen | ||||||
Australia | 4 | |||||
11 December â Scandinavium | ||||||
Japan | 2 | |||||
Australia | 4 | |||||
10 December â Lisebergshallen | ||||||
Russia | 11 | |||||
South Korea | 3 | |||||
Russia | 15 | |||||
15th place | ||||||
11 December â Scandinavium | ||||||
Japan | 5 | |||||
South Korea | 4 |
Matches 13thâ16thâ»
10 December 2014 13:30 | Australia | 4â2 (0â0, 3â0, 1â2) | Japan | Lisebergshallen, Gothenburg Attendance: 112 |
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18 | Shots | 22 |
10 December 2014 18:00 | South Korea | 3â15 (1â4. 2â7, 0â4) | Russia | Lisebergshallen, Gothenburg Attendance: 110 |
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17 | Shots | 27 |
15th place matchâ»
11 December 2014 9:30 | Japan | 5 â 4 OT (1â3, 2â0, 1â1) | South Korea | Scandinavium, Gothenburg Attendance: 569 |
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24 | Shots | 26 |
13th place matchâ»
11 December 2014 12:30 | Australia | 4â11 (2â4, 2â4, 0â3) | Russia | Scandinavium, Gothenburg Attendance: 611 |
9th place bracketâ»
Matches 9thâ11th | 9th place | |||||
11 December â Lisebergshallen | ||||||
United States | 5 | |||||
12 December â Lisebergshallen | ||||||
Germany | 6 | |||||
Germany | 7 | |||||
11 December â Lisebergshallen | ||||||
Slovakia | 5 | |||||
Canada | 3 | |||||
Slovakia | 5 | |||||
11th place | ||||||
12 December â Scandinavium | ||||||
United States | 5 | |||||
Canada | 4 |
Matches 9thâ12thâ»
11 December 2014 10:00 | Canada | 3â5 (0â1, 2â1, 1â3) | Slovakia | Lisebergshallen, Gothenburg Attendance: 101 |
11 December 2014 13:30 | United States | 5 â 6 OT (1â1, 2â2, 2â2) | Germany | Lisebergshallen, Gothenburg Attendance: 183 |
11th place matchâ»
12 December 2014 14:00 | United States | 5â4 (0â2, 4â1, 1â1) | Canada | Lisebergshallen, Gothenburg Attendance: 214 |
9th place matchâ»
12 December 2014 13:00 | Germany | 7â5 (4â1, 1â3, 2â1) | Slovakia | Scandinavium, Gothenburg Attendance: 471 |
5th place bracketâ»
Matches 5thâ8th | 5th place | |||||
13 December â Lisebergshallen | ||||||
Estonia | 1 | |||||
14 December â Scandinavium | ||||||
Latvia | 6 | |||||
Latvia | 4 | |||||
13 December â Lisebergshallen | ||||||
Norway | 3 | |||||
Denmark | 2 | |||||
Norway | 6 | |||||
7th place | ||||||
14 December â Lisebergshallen | ||||||
Estonia | 2 | |||||
Denmark | 7 |
Matches 5thâ8thâ»
13 December 2014 10:00 | Denmark | 2â6 (2â3, 0â0, 0â3) | Norway | Lisebergshallen, Gothenburg Attendance: 748 |
13 December 2014 13:00 | Estonia | 1â6 (0â1, 1â0, 0â5) | Latvia | Lisebergshallen, Gothenburg Attendance: 180 |
7th place matchâ»
14 December 2014 9:00 | Estonia | 2â7 (1â3, 0â1, 1â3) | Denmark | Lisebergshallen, Gothenburg Attendance: 104 |
5th place matchâ»
14 December 2014 9:00 | Latvia | 4â3 (1â1, 2â0, 1â2) | Norway | Scandinavium, Gothenburg Attendance: 2,733 |
Ranking and statisticsâ»
Final rankingâ»
The official IFF final ranking of the tournament:
Sweden | |
Finland | |
Czech Republic | |
4 | Switzerland |
5 | Latvia |
6 | Norway |
7 | Denmark |
8 | Estonia |
9 | Germany |
10 | Slovakia |
11 | United States |
12 | Canada |
13 | Russia |
14 | Australia |
15 | Japan |
16 | South Korea |
All-star teamâ»
- Best goalkeeper: Mike Trolle Wede
- Best defenders: Tatu VÀÀnĂ€nen, Martin Ăstholm
- Best forwards: Rasmus Enström, Jani Kukkola, Kim Nilsson
Referencesâ»
- ^ "Czech men's floorball team wins bronze at World Floorball Championship". Radio Prague International. 14 December 2014. Retrieved 14 November 2023.
- ^ MenÂŽs WFC 2014 Qualification schedules released International Floorball Federation. 9 July 2013.
- ^ "MenÂŽs WFC 2014 Group Ballot". Archived from the original on 2014-11-25. Retrieved 2014-02-25.