2021 Men's U-19 World Floorball Championships

2021 Men's U-19 World Floorball Championships

Tournament details
Host country	Czech Republic
Dates	25–29 August 2021
Teams	15
Final positions
Champions	Czech Republic (2nd title)
Runner-up	Finland
Third place	Sweden
Fourth place	Switzerland
Tournament statistics
Matches played	33
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The 2021 Men's U-19 World Floorball Championships were the 11th world championships in men's under-19 floorball. The tournament took place from 25 to 29 August 2021 in Brno, Czech Republic.

Czech team celebrating the title.

The Czech team, who had also won the championship in Halifax, defended their title. ^[1]

Qualification

  Host

  Directly qualified from the previous championships

  Qualified based on their rankings

  Not qualified or cancelled

  Qualified as replacement teams

  Qualified but forced to withdraw

A total of 28 teams registered for the event. The top 9 teams from the 2019 U-19 championship automatically qualified. The remaining teams automatically qualified based on World Rankings due to the cancellation of all qualifiers by the IFF due to the COVID-19 pandemic. ^[2]

	Date	Venue	Teams	Vacancies	Qualified
Automatically Qualified				9	Czech Republic   Sweden   Finland    Switzerland   Latvia   Slovakia   Denmark   Germany   Norway
Asia-Oceania Qualifiers (cancelled)	11–16 January 2021	Singapore	Japan   New Zealand   Australia   Singapore   China	3	Japan   New Zealand   Australia
European Qualification 1 (cancelled)	23–27 February 2021	Lignano Sabbiadoro	Slovenia   Estonia   Hungary   Belgium   Italy   Great Britain	3	Poland   Russia   Slovenia   Austria   Belgium   Estonia   Hungary   Italy
European Qualification 2 (cancelled)	24–28 February 2021	Łochów	Russia   Poland   Austria   Netherlands   Spain   France
Americas Qualification (cancelled)	14–15 February 2021	Arlington	Canada   United States	1	Canada

In July 2021, it was announced that Australia, Canada, Japan, New Zealand, Norway, and Russia would be unable to participate, and Austria, Belgium, Estonia, Hungary, and Italy would take their place as replacement teams. ^[3]

Venues

Brno
Arena Vodova

Groups

The four groups were determined by a drawing on December 16, 2020. For the first time, all four groups will compete at the same division level. ^[2]

Group A	Group B	Group C	Group D
Czech Republic	Sweden	Slovenia	Poland
Finland	Switzerland	Hungary	Austria
Latvia	Denmark	Estonia	Italy
Slovakia	Germany	Belgium

Preliminary round

Group A

Slovakia – Latvia match

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Finland	3	3	0	0	33	12	+21	6	Semifinals
2	Czech Republic (H)	3	2	0	1	29	10	+19	4
3	Latvia	3	1	0	2	20	36	−16	2	Fifth place game
4	Slovakia	3	0	0	3	16	40	−24	0	7th–10th place game

Source: IFF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference;
(H) Hosts

All times are local (UTC+2).

25 August 2021 9:30

Slovakia

10–14 (3–4, 6–3, 1–7)

Latvia

Vodova Arena, Brno Attendance: 304

Game reference

25 August 2021 18:30

Czech Republic

4–6 (2–1, 2–2, 0–3)

Finland

Vodova Arena, Brno Attendance: 1,272

Game reference

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26 August 2021 12:30

Finland

14–4 (2–1, 7–2, 5–1)

Latvia

Vodova Arena, Brno Attendance: 343

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26 August 2021 18:30

Czech Republic

13–2 (3–0, 5–1, 5–1)

Slovakia

Vodova Arena, Brno Attendance: 1,068

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27 August 2021 9:30

Finland

13–4 (3–3, 3–0, 7–1)

Slovakia

Vodova Arena, Brno Attendance: 255

Game reference

27 August 2021 15:30

Latvia

2–12 (1–4, 0–2, 1–6)

Czech Republic

Vodova Arena, Brno Attendance: 603

Game reference

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Sweden	3	3	0	0	31	3	+28	6	Semifinals
2	Switzerland	3	2	0	1	23	10	+13	4
3	Germany	3	1	0	2	10	26	−16	2	Fifth place game
4	Denmark	3	0	0	3	6	31	−25	0	7th–10th place game

Source: IFF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference;

All times are local (UTC+2).

25 August 2021 12:30

Switzerland

13–2 (4–1, 8–1, 1–0)

Denmark

Vodova Arena, Brno Attendance: 317

Game reference

25 August 2021 15:30

Germany

2–13 (1–4, 1–5, 0–4)

Sweden

Vodova Arena, Brno Attendance: 471

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26 August 2021 9:30

Switzerland

9–1 (1–0, 3–1, 5–0)

Germany

Vodova Arena, Brno Attendance: 279

Game reference

26 August 2021 15:30

Sweden

11–0 (3–0, 6–0, 2–0)

Denmark

Vodova Arena, Brno Attendance: 306

Game reference

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27 August 2021 12:15

Denmark

4–7 (2–1, 1–4, 1–2)

Germany

Vodova Arena, Brno Attendance: 285

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27 August 2021 18:30

Sweden

7–1 (1–0, 2–0, 4–1)

Switzerland

Vodova Arena, Brno Attendance: 585

Game reference

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Estonia	3	2	1	0	19	9	+10	5	7th–10th place game
2	Slovenia	3	2	1	0	22	14	+8	5	Eleventh place game
3	Belgium	3	1	0	2	11	18	−7	2	13th–15th place game
4	Hungary	3	0	0	3	14	25	−11	0

Source: IFF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference;

All times are local (UTC+2).

25 August 2021 10:00

Belgium

2–6 (1–1, 0–3, 1–2)

Estonia

Vodova Arena, Brno Attendance: 100

Game reference

25 August 2021 16:00

Hungary

7–10 (2–5, 2–2, 3–3)

Slovenia

Vodova Arena, Brno Attendance: 138

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26 August 2021 13:00

Hungary

5–7 (1–1, 1–0, 3–6)

Belgium

Vodova Arena, Brno Attendance: 103

Game reference

26 August 2021 16:00

Slovenia

5–5 (0–2, 0–1, 5–2)

Estonia

Vodova Arena, Brno Attendance: 146

Game reference

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27 August 2021 13:00

Slovenia

7–2 (3–0, 1–1, 3–1)

Belgium

Vodova Arena, Brno Attendance: 124

Game reference

27 August 2021 16:00

Estonia

8–2 (5–0, 1–1, 2–1)

Hungary

Vodova Arena, Brno Attendance: 111

Game reference

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Poland	2	2	0	0	39	4	+35	4	7th–10th place game
2	Austria	2	1	0	1	9	13	−4	2	Eleventh place game
3	Italy	2	0	0	2	2	33	−31	0	13th–15th place game

Source: IFF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference;

All times are local (UTC+2).

25 August 2021 13:00

Italy

0–28 (0–7, 0–12, 0–9)

Poland

Vodova Arena, Brno Attendance: 142

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26 August 2021 10:00

Poland

11–4 (1–1, 5–0, 5–3)

Austria

Vodova Arena, Brno Attendance: 151

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27 August 2021 10:00

Austria

5–2 (1–0, 1–1, 3–1)

Italy

Vodova Arena, Brno Attendance: 75

Game reference

Placement round

Fifth place game

Latvia vs Germany

28 August 2021 11:30

Latvia

8–1 (1–0, 4–1, 3–0)

Germany

Vodova Arena, Brno Attendance: 310

Game reference

7th–10th place game

Bracket

	7th–10th place game				Seventh place game
	28 August
	A4   Slovakia	13
					29 August
	C1   Estonia	0
					W1   Slovakia	6
	28 August
					W2   Poland	4
	B4   Denmark	3
	D1   Poland	10
					Ninth place game
					29 August
					L1   Estonia	3
					L2   Denmark	6

Slovakia vs Estonia

28 August 2021 10:00

Slovakia

13–0 (3–0, 2–0, 8–0)

Estonia

Vodova Arena, Brno Attendance: 92

Game reference

Denmark vs Poland

28 August 2021 13:00

Denmark

3–10 (0–2, 0–2, 3–6)

Poland

Vodova Arena, Brno Attendance: 129

Game reference

Seventh place game

Slovakia vs Poland

29 August 2021 10:00

Slovakia

6–4 (4–2, 1–1, 1–1)

Poland

Vodova Arena, Brno Attendance: 285

Game reference

Ninth place game

Estonia vs Denmark

29 August 2021 12:30

Estonia

3–6 (0–3, 0–2, 3–1)

Denmark

Vodova Arena, Brno Attendance: 43

Game reference

Eleventh place game

Austria vs Slovenia

28 August 2021 19:00

Austria

6–7 ps. (5–0, 1–0, 0–6) (SD: 0–0) (PC: 2–3)

Slovenia

Vodova Arena, Brno Attendance: 82

Game reference

13th–15th place game

As the number of teams in Group C & D was not equal then a ‘mini-tournament’ format will be used to decide the 13th–15th placings. The placings will be calculated by using the two 13th–15th placement matches plus the result from the Group C match between the teams involved.

The matches for 13th–15th place will be played only with regular match time – 3 x 20 minutes. No extra time or penalty shots.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Result
1	Belgium	2	2	0	0	23	7	+16	4	Thirteenth place
2	Hungary	2	1	0	1	20	11	+9	2	Fourteenth place
3	Italy	2	0	0	2	6	31	−25	0	Fifteenth place

Source: IFF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference;

26 August 2021 13:00

Hungary

5–7 (1–1, 1–0, 3–6)

Belgium

Vodova Arena, Brno Attendance: 103

Game reference

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28 August 2021 16:00

Italy

4–15 (1–4, 2–6, 1–5)

Hungary

Vodova Arena, Brno Attendance: 78

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29 August 2021 9:30

Belgium

16–2 (3–0, 6–1, 7–1)

Italy

Vodova Arena, Brno Attendance: 44

Game reference

Knock-out stage

Bracket

Before the final game Finland–Czech Republic

	Semifinals				Final
	28 August
	A1   Finland	3
					29 August
	B2     Switzerland	1
					W1   Finland	3
	28 August
					W2   Czech Republic	4
	B1   Sweden	4
	A2   Czech Republic	5ps.
					Third place
					29 August
					L1     Switzerland	6
					L2   Sweden	7

Semifinals

Sweden vs Czech Republic

28 August 2021 14:30

Sweden

4–5 ps. (1–4, 1–0, 2–0) (SD: 0–0) (PS: 1–2)

Czech Republic

Vodova Arena, Brno Attendance: 1,077

Game reference

Finland vs Switzerland

28 August 2021 17:40

Finland

3–1 (1–0, 1–0, 1–1)

Switzerland

Vodova Arena, Brno Attendance: 380

Game reference

Bronze medal game

29 August 2021 14:00

Switzerland

6–7 (4–2, 2–2, 0–3)

Sweden

Vodova Arena, Brno Attendance: 896

Game reference

Gold medal game

29 August 2021 17:00

Finland

3–4 (2–0, 0–1, 1–3)

Czech Republic

Vodova Arena, Brno Attendance: 2,261

Game reference

Final standings

	Czech Republic
	Finland
	Sweden
4	Switzerland
5	Latvia
6	Germany
7	Slovakia
8	Poland
9	Denmark
10	Estonia
11	Slovenia
12	Austria
13	Belgium
14	Hungary
15	Italy

References

1. "Czech Republic secure second straight U19 World Floorball Championship title". Inside the Games. 29 August 2021. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
2. "Men's U19 World Floorball Championships 2021 Qualifications Cancelled". IFF. 14 January 2021. Retrieved 14 January 2021.
3. "IFF CB Meeting News 4/2021: Green light for the Men's U19 WFC 2021". U19 WFC 2021. 2 July 2021. Retrieved 30 July 2021.

External links

• Official Website