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2018 Men's World Floorball Championships
Tournament details
Host country	Czech Republic
Venue(s)	2 (in 1 host city)
Dates	1–9 December 2018
Teams	16
Final positions
Champions	Finland
Runner-up	Sweden
Third place	Switzerland
Tournament statistics
Matches played	48
Goals scored	507 (10.56 per match)
Attendance	181,518 (3,782 per match)
Scoring leader(s)	Michal Dudovič (21 points)
MVP	Pascal Meier
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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.

WFC 2018 Qualification edit

Host

Qualified

Did not qualify

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 edit

O2 arena	Arena Sparta – Podvinny mlyn	Prague
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 edit

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 edit

All times are local (UTC+1).

Preliminary round edit

Group A edit

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

Source: IFF
(H) Hosts

Group B edit

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

Source: IFF

Group C edit

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

Source: IFF

Group D edit

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	Play-off round	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	13th–16th place playoff	1–15	2–14	5–9	—

Source: IFF

Knock-out stage edit

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 edit

5 December 2018
10:00

Latvia

6–1
(2–1, 0–0, 4–0)

Slovakia

O2 Arena
Attendance: 7,069

Game reference

Jānis Salcevičs

Goalies

Rastislav Mazák

Referees:

Håkan Söderman

Glenn Boström

	0–1	2:22 – Mráz (Kubovič)
Ceriņš (Raitums) – 8:14	1–1
Jansons (Blinds) – 12:50	2–1
Cerins (J. Rajeckis) – 44:03	3–1
Jansons – 54:18	4–1
Trekše (A. Rajeckis) – 57:52	5–1
Kovaļevskis (Raitums) – 59:45	6–1

6 min

Penalties

6 min

5 December 2018
12:45

Denmark

3–2
(1–0, 0–1, 2–1)

Estonia

O2 Arena
Attendance: 4,013

Game reference

Mike Trolle

Goalies

Daniel Vaigur

Referees:

Henri Heinola

Manu Marttinen

Odfeldt (Dalkvist) – 7:06	1–0
	1–1	32:09 – Kareliusson (Widercrantz)
Schmidt (Buckner) – 45:50	2–1
	2–2	46:32 – Tamme (Pass)
Nielsen (Odfeldt) – 51:46	3–2

7 min

Penalties

0 min

5 December 2018
15:30

Norway

10–0
(3–0, 4–0, 3–0)

Australia

Arena Sparta
Attendance: 365

Game reference

Andreas Falkeid

Goalies

Eythan Yeoh

Referees:

Kamil Sojka

Tomáš Sojka

no scorer (own goal) – 2:12	1–0
Kvisvik (Normann) – 2:37	2–0
Jansson (Olesen) (PP) – 6:16	3–0
Jansson (Olesen) – 23:53	4–0
Bjerknes (Kronberg) – 31:52	5–0
Kronberg (Bjerknes) – 33:58	6–0
Olesen (Normann) (SH) – 39:38	7–0
Kvisvik (Normann) – 40:40	8–0
Olesen (Jansson) – 47:51	9–0
Kronberg (Bjerknes) – 52:03	10–0

6 min

Penalties

2 min

5 December 2018
18:30

Germany

7–2
(2–1, 3–1, 2–0)

Canada

Arena Sparta
Attendance: 282

Game reference

Nils Hallerstede

Goalies

Taylor Shipp

Referees:

Vesa Vilkki

Mikko Alakare

	0–1	0:39 – Viitakoski (Kuysten)
Blanke (Hoppe) – 7:01	1–1
Schuschwary (J. Bröker) – 16:41	2–1
Weigelt (Schuschwary) – 29:52	3–1
Blanke (Ruger) – 30:45	4–1
von Pritzbuer (Nihlen) – 36:47	5–1
	5–2	37:40 – Barber (Viitakoski) (PP)
von Pritzbuer (Siede) – 48:15	6–2
Siede (Schuschwary) (PP) – 58:56	7–2

6 min

Penalties

6 min

Quarterfinals edit

6 December 2018
16:30

Switzerland

3–2 OT
(1–1, 0–0, 1–1, 1–0)

Norway

O2 Arena
Attendance: 3,977

Game reference

Pascal Meier

Goalies

Markus Jelsnes

Referees:

Mārtiņš Larinovs

Mārtiņš Gross

Rüegger (Laely) – 7:16	1–0
	1–1	14:59 – Bjerknes (Fredriksen)
Maurer (Meier) – 41:24	2–1
	2–2	56:18 – Kronberg (Jelsnes)
Braillard (Laely) – 60:30	3–2

0 min

Penalties

2 min

6 December 2018
19:30

Czech Republic

10–1
(3–1, 4–0, 3–0)

Denmark

O2 Arena
Attendance: 5,073

Game reference

Lukáš Souček

Goalies

Mike Trolle

Referees:

Håkan Söderman

Glenn Boström

Rýpar (Suchánek) – 4:49	1–0
Šebek (Jendrišák) – 5:03	2–0
	2–1	10:55 – Glass (Eldholm)
Doza (Pražan) – 13:14	3–1
Jendrišák (Němeček) – 23:39	4–1
Kisugite (Curney) – 25:52	5–1
Veltšmíd (Beneš) – 30:32	6–1
Jendrišák (Kisugite) – 37:07	7–1
Jendrišák (Rýpar) (PP) – 43:46	8–1
Delong (Rýpar) – 50:57	9–1
Němeček (Curney) – 59:27	10–1

2 min

Penalties

4 min

7 December 2018
15:10

Sweden

14–1
(7–0, 5–1, 2–0)

Latvia

O2 Arena
Attendance: 3,871

Game reference

Måns Parsjö-Tegner

Goalies

Jānis Salcevičs
Ivars Dišereits

Referees:

Henri Heinola

Manu Marttinen

Enström (Johansson) – 0:23	1–0
Wilhelmsson (Palmen) – 2:08	2–0
Rudd (PS) – 4:05	3–0
Carlström (Johansson) – 10:06	4–0
Sjögren (Rudd) – 11:19	5–0
Hedlund (Johansson) – 13:08	6–0
Enström (Hedlund) – 17:40	7–0
Johansson – 20:27	8–0
Enström (Samuelsson) – 22:34	9–0
	9–1	23:35 – Kovaļevskis (Trekše)
Östholm (Wilhelmsson) – 30:04	10–1
Östholm – 36:35	11–1
Nilsson (Wilhelmsson) (DP) – 39:59	12–1
Gustafsson (Sjögren) – 47:56	13–1
Carlström (Hedlund) – 49:47	14–1

0 min

Penalties

2 min

7 December 2018
18:00

Finland

6–1
(2–0, 2–1, 2–0)

Germany

O2 Arena
Attendance: 3,772

Game reference

Lassi Toriseva

Goalies

Mike Dietz

Referees:

Sandra Zurbuchen

Corina Wehinger

Johansson (Salo) – 0:48	1–0
Salo (Johansson) – 6:00	2–0
Kotilainen (Kukkola) – 22:42	3–0
Kotilainen (Kivilehto) – 30:52	4–0
	4–1	37:23 – Nihlen (von Pritzbuer)
Johansson (Salin) – 44:00	5–1
Kukkola (Johansson) – 59:20	6–1

0 min

Penalties

0 min

Semifinals edit

8 December 2018
16:00

Czech Republic

2–7
(0–1, 0–2, 2–4)

Finland

O2 Arena
Attendance: 12,811


Lukáš Souček	Goalies	Eero Kosonen	Referees: Thomas Andersson Rickard Wissman

2 min	Penalties	4 min

8 December 2018
19:00

Sweden

5–4 PS
(1–1, 2–1, 1–2, 0–0, 1–0)

Switzerland

O2 Arena
Attendance: 10,267


Johan Rehn	Goalies	Pascal Meier	Referees: Henri Heinola Manu Marttinen

2 min	Penalties	2 min

Bronze medal game edit

9 December 2018
13:00

Czech Republic

2–4
(1–2, 1–1, 0–1)

Switzerland

O2 Arena
Attendance: 16,112

Game reference

Lukáš Souček

Goalies

Pascal Meier

Referees:

Hakan Soderman

Glenn Boström

	0–1	8:16 – Kanzig (Hofbauer)
	0–2	13:37 – no scorer (own goal)
Rýpar (Garčar) – 18:06	1–2
Ondrušek (Dóža) – 33:07	2–2
	2–3	39:24 – Braillard (Mendelin) (PP)
	2–4	46:01 – Riedi (Braillard)

4 min

Penalties

4 min

Final edit

9 December 2018
16:00

Finland

6–3
(1–0, 1–1, 4–2)

Sweden

O2 Arena
Attendance: 16,276

Game reference

Eero Kosonen

Goalies

Johan Rehn

Referees:

Mārtiņš Larinovs

Mārtiņš Gross

Kivilehto (Leikkanen) – 3:30	1–0
Kotilainen (Lastikka) – 23:57	2–0
	2–1	27:25 – Carlstrom (Johansson) (PP)
	2–2	42:41 – Rudd
Kivilehto (Kotilainen) – 46:21	3–2
Kotilainen (Vaananen) – 48:34	4–2
Salo (Lamminen) – 49:35	5–2
	5–3	55:29 – Rudd (PS)
Johansson (Salin) (EN) – 58:11	6–3

4 min

Penalties

4 min

Placement matches edit

5th place bracket edit

5–8th place semifinals		5th place

8 December – O2 Arena

Denmark	2
		9 December – O2 Arena
Germany	4
		Germany	3
8 December – Arena Sparta
		Latvia	5
Latvia	6 (P)

Norway	5
		7th place

		9 December – Arena Sparta

		Denmark	5

		Norway	9

5–8th place semifinals edit

8 December 2018
11:00

Latvia

6–5 (PS)
(1–2, 1–1, 3–2, 0–0, 1–0)

Norway

Arena Sparta
Attendance: 575

Game reference

Jānis Salcevičs

Goalies

Andreas Falkeid

Referees:

Hakan Soderman

Glenn Boström

	0–1	2:45 – Jansson (Olesen)
J. Rajeckis (Raitums) – 6:30	1–1
	1–2	12:36 – Nilsson
Jansons (Raitums) – 30:40	2–2
	2–3	32:15 – Fredriksen (Kronberg)
Kovaļevskis (Trekše) – 46:09	3–3
	3–4	47:20 – Hjemgard (Kronberg)
	3–5	52:24 – Hjemgard (Bjerknes)
Kovaļevskis (Trekše) – 53:01	4–5
Kovaļevskis (A. Rajeckis) – 57:52	5–5
Jansons – 70:00	6–5

2 min

Penalties

2 min

8 December 2018
13:00

Denmark

2–4
(1–0, 0–2, 1–2)

Germany

O2 Arena
Attendance: 3893

Game reference

Mike Trolle

Goalies

Mike Dietz

Referees:

Kamil Sojka

Tomáš Sojka

Glass (Mørup) – 6:03	1–0
	1–1	37:22 – N. Broker (von Pritzbuer)
	1–2	38:05 – J. Broker (Wenning)
Glass (Schmidt) – 41:31	2–2
	2–3	49:46 – Schuschwary (J. Broker) (PP)
	2–4	57:34 – J. Broker (Burmeister)

4 min

Penalties

4 min

5th place match edit

9 December 2018
10:00

Germany

3–5
(0–2, 2–2, 1–1)

Latvia

O2 Arena


			Referees: Kamil Sojka Tomáš Sojka

2 min	Penalties	2 min

7th place match edit

9 December 2018
10:00

Denmark

5–9
(1–4, 3–3, 1–2)

Norway

Arena Sparta


Mike Trolle	Goalies	Andreas Falkeid	Referees: 0 2

9th place bracket edit

Matches 9th–11th		9th place

6 December – Arena Sparta

Australia	3
		7 December – Arena Sparta
Slovakia	12
		Slovakia	7
6 December – Arena Sparta
		Estonia	5
Canada	2

Estonia	9
		11th place

		7 December – Arena Sparta

		Australia	5

		Canada	6

13th place bracket edit

Matches 13th–16th		13th place

6 December – Arena Sparta

Singapore	3
		7 December – Arena Sparta
Thailand	4
		Thailand	1
6 December – Arena Sparta
		Poland	9
Poland	6

Japan	2
		15th place

		7 December – Arena Sparta

		Singapore	2

		Japan	4

Ranking and statistics edit

Final ranking edit

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 edit

Tournament all-star team:^[4]

Best goalkeeper: Pascal Meier
Best defenders: Emil Johansson, Robin Nilsberth
Best center: Joonas Pylsy
Best forwards: Adam Delong, Kim Nilsson

Most valuable player: Pascal Meier^[5]

References edit

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

External links edit

Tournament webpage

[1] "Men's WFC 2018 Qualifications". IFF. Retrieved 2020-12-14.

[Arenas-2] "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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Summary

WFC 2018 Qualification edit

Venues edit

Tournament groups edit

Results edit

Preliminary round edit

Group A edit

Group B edit

Group C edit

Group D edit

Knock-out stage edit

Play-off edit

Quarterfinals edit

Semifinals edit

Bronze medal game edit

Final edit

Placement matches edit

5th place bracket edit

5–8th place semifinals edit

5th place match edit

7th place match edit

9th place bracket edit

13th place bracket edit

Ranking and statistics edit

Final ranking edit

All-star team edit

References edit

External links edit