2010 Men's World Floorball Championships

2010 Men's World Floorball Championships
Tournament details
Host country Finland
Venues2 (in 2 host cities)
Dates4–11 December 2010 (2010-12-04 – 2010-12-11)
Teams16
Final positions
Champions  Finland (2nd title)
Runners-up  Sweden
Third place  Czech Republic
Fourth place  Switzerland
Tournament statistics
Matches played43
Goals scored616 (14.33 per match)
Scoring leader(s)Switzerland Matthias Hofbauer
Awards
MVPFinland Mika Kohonen

The 2010 Men's World Floorball Championships were the eighth men's Floorball World Championships. The tournament was held from 4 December to 11 December 2010 in the cities of Helsinki, and Vantaa, Finland.

This was the first world championships under the International Floorball Federation's (IFF) FIFA-like continental qualification system. A total of 32 countries had registered for this event, which is the most nations to ever register for an IFF-sanctioned world championship event. The previous record was 29 for the 2008 Men's World Floorball Championships.

Qualifying

Under the IFF's new qualification system, the 32 countries registered for the world championships had to qualify for only 16 spots. 8 of these spots had already been pre-determined, with the top 7 teams from the 2008 Men's World Floorball Championships A-Division and the top team from the B-Division automatically qualifying. This left just 8 spots for the other 24 registered countries.

The countries already qualified are as follows:

 Czech Republic     Finland
 Germany  Latvia
 Norway  Russia
 Sweden   Switzerland          

Asia/Oceania

Qualifying in the Asia/Oceanian region for the world championships will be overseen by the Asia Oceania Floorball Confederation (AOFC).

Only 3 out of 5 registered AOFC countries qualified. The 5 countries were as follows:

 Australia                Singapore           
 Japan South Korea Korea
 Malaysia

Note: India withdrew from world championships due to financial difficulties [1]

Europe

Only 4 out of 16 countries registered in Europe qualified. The 16 countries were as follows:

 Austria                  Belgium  Denmark  Estonia
 France  Georgia  Great Britain         Hungary             
 Italy  Liechtenstein         Netherlands  Poland
 Serbia  Slovakia  Slovenia  Spain

North America

Only 1 out of 2 countries registered in North America qualified. The 2 countries were as follows:

 Canada                  United States      

Groups

Ballots for the groups in this event were drawn on May 9, 2009, during one of the semi-final matches of the 2009 Men's under-19 World Floorball Championships in Turku, Finland.

In the way the ballots were drawn, no team qualified from the AOFC played against each other in group stage matches, and no team qualified from Europe either.

The groups were assembled based on qualifying as follows:

Group A Group B Group C Group D
 Finland  Latvia  Germany  Czech Republic    
 Russia   Switzerland  Sweden  Norway
Europe 1 AOFC 1 AOFC 3 AOFC 2
North America Europe 2 Europe 4 Europe 3

Final groups

Group A Group B Group C Group D
 Finland  Latvia  Germany  Czech Republic    
 Russia   Switzerland  Sweden  Norway
 Denmark  Singapore  Australia  Japan
 Canada  Poland  Estonia  Italy

Championship schedule

Preliminary round

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Finland 3 3 0 0 36 5 +31 6
 Russia 3 2 0 1 17 23 −6 4
 Canada 3 1 0 2 14 27 −13 2
 Denmark 3 0 0 3 8 20 −12 0
Source:

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Switzerland 3 3 0 0 55 4 +51 6
 Latvia 3 2 0 1 35 7 +28 4
 Poland 3 1 0 2 12 22 −10 2
 Singapore 3 0 0 3 5 74 −69 0
Source:

Group C

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Sweden 3 3 0 0 81 3 +78 6
 Estonia 3 2 0 1 25 28 −3 4
 Germany 3 1 0 2 16 30 −14 2
 Australia 3 0 0 3 8 69 −61 0
Source:

Group D

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Czech Republic 3 2 1 0 45 5 +40 5
 Norway 3 2 1 0 34 7 +27 5
 Italy 3 1 0 2 5 29 −24 2
 Japan 3 0 0 3 3 46 −43 0
Source:

Playoff round

Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
         
A1  Finland 12
B2  Latvia 2
Q1  Finland 6
Q4  Czech Republic 1
D1  Czech Republic 3 (PS)
C2  Estonia 2
W1  Finland 6
W2  Sweden 2
B1  Sweden 10
D2  Norway 1
Q2  Sweden 3
Q3   Switzerland 2
C1   Switzerland 9
A2  Russia 2

Quarter finals

Semi-finals

Bronze medal game

Gold medal game

Placement round

13–16

9–12

15th place match

13th place match

11th place match

9th place match

5–8

5th place match

3rd place match

See also

References

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