Tournament details | |
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Host country | Sweden |
Venue(s) | 2 (in 1 host city) |
Dates | 5–14 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 the bronze after defeating Switzerland by 4–3. [1]
For the first time ever, all teams, except from the host country, must qualify for the Championships. A total of 30 teams are scheduled to take part in the qualification tournaments. [2]
Date | Venue | Vacancies | Qualified | |
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Host nation | 10 December 2010 | 1 | Sweden | |
European Qualification 1 | 29 January – 2 February 2014 | Łochów | 2 | Finland Russia |
European Qualification 2 | 29 January – 2 February 2014 | Bratislava | 3 | Switzerland Estonia Slovakia |
European Qualification 3 | 28 January – 1 February 2014 | Nijmegen | 3 | Czech Republic Denmark Germany |
European Qualification 4 | 28 January – 1 February 2014 | Valmiera | 2 | Norway Latvia |
Asia-Oceania Qualification | 29 January – 1 February 2014 | Wellington | 3 | Australia South Korea Japan |
Americas Qualification | 31 January – 2 February 2014 | Markham | 2 | Canada United States |
Total | 16 |
Scandinavium | Lisebergshallen | |
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Capacity: 12,044 Group A/B and playoff round | Capacity: 1,800 Group C/D and ranking matches | |
The final draw for the tournament was held at Casino Cosmopol in Gothenburg on 25 February 2014. The teams were divided into four pots according to the world ranking. [3] (World rankings shown in parentheses).
Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 | Pot 4 |
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Sweden (hosts) (1) | Denmark (14) |
Team advanced to quarter-finals | |
Team advanced to playoff round | |
Team advanced to 13th–16th place playoff |
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 | 2–9 (1–3, 0–2, 1–4) | Finland | Scandinavium, Gothenburg Attendance: 2,103 |
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5 | Shots | 37 |
6 December 2014 16:15 | Sweden | 11–2 (5–1, 6–1, 0–0) | Latvia | Scandinavium, Gothenburg Attendance: 7,529 |
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40 | Shots | 14 |
7 December 2014 12:00 | Finland | 7–1 (3–0, 1–0, 3–1) | Latvia | Scandinavium, Gothenburg Attendance: 2,479 |
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24 | Shots | 10 |
7 December 2014 16:15 | Germany | 3–13 (1–3, 1–5, 1–5) | Sweden | Scandinavium, Gothenburg Attendance: 7,097 |
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23 | Shots | 45 |
8 December 2014 19:00 | Latvia | 5–3 (0–1, 3–1, 2–1) | Germany | Scandinavium, Gothenburg Attendance: 768 |
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24 | Shots | 22 |
9 December 2014 19:15 | Finland | 2–5 (1–0, 1–2, 0–3) | Sweden | Scandinavium, Gothenburg Attendance: 10,414 |
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14 | Shots | 26 |
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 | 7–6 (4–3, 1–0, 2–3) | Norway | Scandinavium, Gothenburg Attendance: 2,077 |
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22 | Shots | 29 |
7 December 2014 18:30 | Switzerland | 7–3 (3–0, 3–1, 1–2) | Estonia | Scandinavium, Gothenburg Attendance: 1,538 |
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29 | Shots | 10 |
8 December 2014 12:00 | Norway | 4–2 (3–0, 0–1, 1–1) | Estonia | Scandinavium, Gothenburg Attendance: 1,567 |
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34 | Shots | 18 |
8 December 2014 16:00 | Czech Republic | 2–2 (1–2, 0–0, 1–0) | Switzerland | Scandinavium, Gothenburg Attendance: 2,413 |
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22 | Shots | 14 |
9 December 2014 12:00 | Norway | 7–10 (1–1, 4–5, 2–4) | Switzerland | Scandinavium, Gothenburg Attendance: 732 |
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21 | Shots | 30 |
9 December 2014 16:00 | Czech Republic | 12–2 (4–1, 3–1, 5–0) | Estonia | Scandinavium, Gothenburg Attendance: 1,834 |
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 | 9–4 (3–1, 2–2, 4–1) | Japan | Lisebergshallen, Gothenburg Attendance: 399 |
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35 | Shots | 16 |
7 December 2014 11:00 | South Korea | 2–12 (0–2, 0–8, 2–2) | United States | Lisebergshallen, Gothenburg Attendance: 364 |
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9 | Shots | 32 |
8 December 2014 10:00 | Slovakia | 15–2 (5–1, 4–1, 6–0) | South Korea | Lisebergshallen, Gothenburg Attendance: 132 |
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45 | Shots | 9 |
8 December 2014 13:30 | Japan | 1–9 (0–5, 0–0, 1–4) | United States | Lisebergshallen, Gothenburg Attendance: 146 |
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6 | Shots | 38 |
9 December 2014 10:00 | United States | 2–4 (1–0, 0–4, 1–0) | Slovakia | Lisebergshallen, Gothenburg Attendance: 297 |
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24 | Shots | 16 |
9 December 2014 13:30 | Japan | 1–3 (0–0, 0–1, 1–2) | South Korea | Lisebergshallen, Gothenburg Attendance: 176 |
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27 | Shots | 24 |
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 | 11–9 (5–4, 4–2, 2–3) | Russia | Lisebergshallen, Gothenburg Attendance: 344 |
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24 | Shots | 39 |
6 December 2014 13:30 | Canada | 2–7 (1–2, 0–2, 1–3) | Denmark | Lisebergshallen, Gothenburg Attendance: 486 |
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21 | Shots | 40 |
7 December 2014 13:30 | Denmark | 5–1 (1–1, 1–0, 3–0) | Russia | Lisebergshallen, Gothenburg Attendance: 458 |
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24 | Shots | 15 |
7 December 2014 18:00 | Canada | 7–1 (2–1, 1–0, 4–0) | Australia | Lisebergshallen, Gothenburg Attendance: 421 |
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29 | Shots | 17 |
8 December 2014 18:00 | Russia | 8–9 (3–2, 3–4, 2–3) | Canada | Lisebergshallen, Gothenburg Attendance: 154 |
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27 | Shots | 39 |
9 December 2014 18:00 | Denmark | 9–5 (2–0, 2–3, 5–2) | Australia | Lisebergshallen, Gothenburg Attendance: 216 |
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21 | Shots | 12 |
Play-off 10 December | Quarterfinals 11–12 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 |
10 December 2014 10:00 | Norway | 6–2 (2–0, 1–0, 3–2) | United States | Scandinavium, Gothenburg Attendance: 621 |
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23 | Shots | 15 |
10 December 2014 13:00 | Estonia | 7–2 (2–1, 2–1, 3–0) | Slovakia | Scandinavium, Gothenburg Attendance: 673 |
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29 | Shots | 27 |
10 December 2014 17:00 | Latvia | 10–2 (0–0, 4–1, 6–1) | Canada | Scandinavium, Gothenburg Attendance: 1,327 |
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35 | Shots | 17 |
10 December 2014 20:00 | Germany | 3 – 4 PS (1–1, 1–0, 1–2) | Denmark | Scandinavium, Gothenburg Attendance: 493 |
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Shootout 3–3 3–3 4–3 4–3 4–3 4–3 4–3 4–4 4–4 4–4 4–4 4–5 | ||||||||||||||||||||
25 | Shots | 25 |
11 December 2014 15:30 | Finland | 6–1 (3–0, 0–0, 3–1) | Norway | Scandinavium, Gothenburg Attendance: 2,112 |
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19 | Shots | 14 |
11 December 2014 19:00 | Sweden | 17–0 (3–0, 6–0, 8–0) | Estonia | Scandinavium, Gothenburg Attendance: 2,968 |
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53 | Shots | 7 |
12 December 2014 16:00 | Czech Republic | 5–1 (1–0, 4–1, 0–0) | Denmark | Scandinavium, Gothenburg Attendance: 2,098 |
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35 | Shots | 8 |
12 December 2014 19:00 | Switzerland | 6–1 (1–0, 2–0, 3–1) | Latvia | Scandinavium, Gothenburg Attendance: 2,994 |
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21 | Shots | 11 |
13 December 2014 13:00 | Czech Republic | 3–6 (2–3, 1–1, 0–2) | Finland | Scandinavium, Gothenburg Attendance: 8,878 |
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15 | Shots | 28 |
13 December 2014 17:15 | Sweden | 10–1 (6–0, 3–1, 1–0) | Switzerland | Scandinavium, Gothenburg Attendance: 10,779 |
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22 | Shots | 14 |
14 December 2014 12:00 | Switzerland | 3–4 (2–0, 1–4, 0–0) | Czech Republic | Scandinavium, Gothenburg Attendance: 9,148 |
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13 | Shots | 15 |
14 December 2014 15:30 | Sweden | 3–2 (0–2, 2–0, 1–0) | Finland | Scandinavium, Gothenburg Attendance: 12,044 |
Patrik Åman | Goalies | Eero Kosonen | |||||||||||||||
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20 | Shots | 13 |
Matches 13th–16th | 13th place | |||||
10 December – Lisebergshallen | ||||||
Australia | 4 | |||||
11 December – Scandinavium | ||||||
Japan | 2 | |||||
Australia | 4 | |||||
10 December – Lisebergshallen | ||||||
Russia | 11 | |||||
South Korea | 3 | |||||
Russia | 15 | |||||
15th place | ||||||
11 December – Scandinavium | ||||||
Japan | 5 | |||||
South Korea | 4 |
10 December 2014 13:30 | Australia | 4–2 (0–0, 3–0, 1–2) | Japan | Lisebergshallen, Gothenburg Attendance: 112 |
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18 | Shots | 22 |
10 December 2014 18:00 | South Korea | 3–15 (1–4. 2–7, 0–4) | Russia | Lisebergshallen, Gothenburg Attendance: 110 |
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17 | Shots | 27 |
11 December 2014 9:30 | Japan | 5 – 4 OT (1–3, 2–0, 1–1) | South Korea | Scandinavium, Gothenburg Attendance: 569 |
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24 | Shots | 26 |
11 December 2014 12:30 | Australia | 4–11 (2–4, 2–4, 0–3) | Russia | Scandinavium, Gothenburg Attendance: 611 |
Matches 9th–11th | 9th place | |||||
11 December – Lisebergshallen | ||||||
United States | 5 | |||||
12 December – Lisebergshallen | ||||||
Germany | 6 | |||||
Germany | 7 | |||||
11 December – Lisebergshallen | ||||||
Slovakia | 5 | |||||
Canada | 3 | |||||
Slovakia | 5 | |||||
11th place | ||||||
12 December – Scandinavium | ||||||
United States | 5 | |||||
Canada | 4 |
11 December 2014 10:00 | Canada | 3–5 (0–1, 2–1, 1–3) | Slovakia | Lisebergshallen, Gothenburg Attendance: 101 |
11 December 2014 13:30 | United States | 5 – 6 OT (1–1, 2–2, 2–2) | Germany | Lisebergshallen, Gothenburg Attendance: 183 |
12 December 2014 14:00 | United States | 5–4 (0–2, 4–1, 1–1) | Canada | Lisebergshallen, Gothenburg Attendance: 214 |
12 December 2014 13:00 | Germany | 7–5 (4–1, 1–3, 2–1) | Slovakia | Scandinavium, Gothenburg Attendance: 471 |
Matches 5th–8th | 5th place | |||||
13 December – Lisebergshallen | ||||||
Estonia | 1 | |||||
14 December – Scandinavium | ||||||
Latvia | 6 | |||||
Latvia | 4 | |||||
13 December – Lisebergshallen | ||||||
Norway | 3 | |||||
Denmark | 2 | |||||
Norway | 6 | |||||
7th place | ||||||
14 December – Lisebergshallen | ||||||
Estonia | 2 | |||||
Denmark | 7 |
13 December 2014 10:00 | Denmark | 2–6 (2–3, 0–0, 0–3) | Norway | Lisebergshallen, Gothenburg Attendance: 748 |
13 December 2014 13:00 | Estonia | 1–6 (0–1, 1–0, 0–5) | Latvia | Lisebergshallen, Gothenburg Attendance: 180 |
14 December 2014 9:00 | Estonia | 2–7 (1–3, 0–1, 1–3) | Denmark | Lisebergshallen, Gothenburg Attendance: 104 |
14 December 2014 9:00 | Latvia | 4–3 (1–1, 2–0, 1–2) | Norway | Scandinavium, Gothenburg Attendance: 2,733 |
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 |
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