2023 Men's U-19 World Floorball Championships

Last updated
2023 Men's U-19 World Floorball Championships
2023 Men's U-19 World Floorball Championships logo.png
Tournament details
Host countryFlag of Denmark.svg  Denmark
Venues2 (in 1 host city)
Dates26–30 April
Teams16
Final positions
ChampionsFlag of Sweden.svg  Sweden (6th title)
Runners-upFlag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland
Third placeFlag of Finland.svg  Finland
Fourth placeFlag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic
Tournament statistics
Matches played36
Attendance18,316 (509 per match)
←  2021
2025  →

The 2023 Men's U-19 World Floorball Championships was the 12th edition of the championship. The tournament was played in Frederikshavn, Denmark, and took place from 26 to 30 April. [1] Czech Republic were the two-time defending champions, but were beaten by Switzerland in the semifinals. Sweden won their sixth title after triumphing over the Swiss in the final. [2]

Contents

This tournament broke the record for the most attended U-19 Floorball World Championship ever, with 18,316 spectators watching the games. [3]

Bidding process

Denmark's bid was deemed superior and were given the hosting rights on 23 February 2021. [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]

Qualified teams

29 teams entered, although this would be reduced to 25. The top nine from the last edition qualified directly, while qualifiers took place in Asia, Americas and Europe for the last seven tickets. [9] This tournament saw the debut of Australia, Singapore and United States.

.mw-parser-output .legend{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .legend-color{display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;text-align:center;border:1px solid black;background-color:transparent;color:black}.mw-parser-output .legend-text{} Host nation Team qualified directly Team qualified Team failed to qualify Did not enter 2023 Men's under-19 World Floorball Championships Countries.svg
  Host nation
  Team qualified directly
  Team qualified
  Team failed to qualify
  Did not enter
DateVenueVacanciesQualified
Automatically qualified from 2021 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Brno 9Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland
Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark (H)
European qualifier 1 24–28 January 2023 Flag of Austria.svg Salzburg 2Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
Flag of Austria.svg  Austria
European qualifier 2 24–28 January 2023 Flag of Spain.svg El Escorial 2Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia
Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia
Asian-Oceanian qualification 29 September–1 October 2022 Flag of New Zealand.svg Wellington 2Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore
Americas qualification 2–3 September 2022 Flag of the United States.svg Draper 1Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Total16

Venues

The venues for the tournament are in Frederikshavn at Arena Nord. [10] [11]

Frederikshavn
Arena Nord
Capacity: 2,700 (in total) [a]
FRH-Arena-Nord.jpg
  1. ↑ Arena Nord used two arenas during the tournament. Arena A has a capacity of 2,100, while Arena B has a capacity of 600.

Draw

The draw took place on 13 December 2022 in Næstved, Denmark at 11:00 CET. [9] [12] The European qualifiers were not known at the time and ranking between the four qualifiers would decide who would take each place.

Pot 1Pot 2Pot 3Pot 4

Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic (1)
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland (2)
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden (3)
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland (4)

Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia (5)
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany (6)
Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia (7)
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland (8)

Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark (9) (H)
Flag of None.svg European qualifier (8) [a]
Flag of None.svg European qualifier (10) [b]
Flag of None.svg European qualifier (11) [c]

Flag of None.svg European qualifier (12) [d]
Flag of the United States.svg  United States (14)
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia (20)
Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore (27)

  1. ↑ The eventual team in this slot was Norway.
  2. ↑ The eventual team in this slot was Estonia.
  3. ↑ The eventual team in this slot was Slovenia.
  4. ↑ The eventual team in this slot was Austria.

Preliminary round

The schedule was announced on 30 January 2023. [1] [13]

Group A

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 3300299+206 Semifinals
2Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 3201269+174
3Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia 3102178+92 5th place game
4Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 3003349−460 Quarterfinal 1
Source: IFF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference;
26 April 2023
10:30		 Poland  Flag of Poland.svg2–18
(1–7, 1–7, 0–4)		Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic Arena Nord Arena B
Attendance: 185
Report
26 April 2023
13:30		 Latvia  Flag of Latvia.svg2–3
(1–0, 0–2, 1–1)		Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Arena Nord Arena B
Attendance: 297
Report
27 April 2023
13:00		 Czech Republic  Flag of the Czech Republic.svg7–5
(3–1, 0–2, 4–2)		Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Arena Nord Arena A
Attendance: 721
Report
27 April 2023
16:30		 Poland  Flag of Poland.svg1–13
(0–7, 0–4, 1–2)		Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia Arena Nord Arena B
Attendance: 129
Report
28 April 2023
10:00		 Czech Republic  Flag of the Czech Republic.svg4–2
(0–0, 2–1, 2–1)		Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia Arena Nord Arena A
Attendance: 448
Report
28 April 2023
13:00		 Finland  Flag of Finland.svg18–0
(7–0, 8–0, 3–0)		Flag of Poland.svg  Poland Arena Nord Arena A
Attendance: 250
Report

Group B

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 3300419+326 Semifinals
2Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland 32012812+164
3Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 30121034−241 [a] 5th place game
4Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 3012832−241 [a] Quarterfinal 1
Source: IFF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference;
Notes:
  1. 1 2 Slovakia 6–6 Germany
26 April 2023
16:00		 Slovakia  Flag of Slovakia.svg2–19
(0–5, 0–7, 2–7)		Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Arena Nord Arena A
Attendance: 378
Report
26 April 2023
16:30		 Germany  Flag of Germany.svg1–13
(1–3, 0–6, 0–4)		Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland Arena Nord Arena B
Attendance: 117
Report
27 April 2023
10:00		 Slovakia  Flag of Slovakia.svg6–6
(2–2, 1–2, 3–2)		Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Arena Nord Arena A
Attendance: 390
Report
27 April 2023
16:00		 Sweden  Flag of Sweden.svg9–6
(3–1, 1–3, 5–2)		Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland Arena Nord Arena A
Attendance: 759
Report
28 April 2023
16:00		 Switzerland  Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg9–2
(1–2, 7–0, 1–0)		Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia Arena Nord Arena A
Attendance: 378
Report
28 April 2023
16:30		 Sweden  Flag of Sweden.svg13–1
(4–0, 4–1, 5–0)		Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Arena Nord Arena B
Attendance: 364
Report

Group C

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark (H)3210276+215 Quarterfinal 1
2Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 32011921−24 11th place game
3Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 31112416+83 13th place game
4Flag of the United States.svg  United States 3003835−270 15th place game
Source: IFF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference;
(H) Hosts
26 April 2023
19:00		 Denmark  Flag of Denmark.svg14–1
(3–0, 7–0, 4–1)		Flag of the United States.svg  United States Arena Nord Arena A
Attendance: 536
Report
26 April 2023
19:30		 Austria  Flag of Austria.svg10–7
(3–2, 5–3, 2–2)		Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia Arena Nord Arena B
Attendance: 123
Report
27 April 2023
19:00		 Austria  Flag of Austria.svg0–8
(0–2, 0–5, 0–1)		Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark Arena Nord Arena A
Attendance: 548
Report
27 April 2023
19:30		 Estonia  Flag of Estonia.svg12–1
(5–0, 4–0, 3–1)		Flag of the United States.svg  United States Arena Nord Arena B
Attendance: 132
Report
28 April 2023
19:00		 Estonia  Flag of Estonia.svg5–5
(0–3, 2–0, 3–2)		Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark Arena Nord Arena A
Attendance: 719
Report
28 April 2023
19:30		 United States  Flag of the United States.svg6–9
(2–2, 1–7, 3–0)		Flag of Austria.svg  Austria Arena Nord Arena B
Attendance: 197
Report

Group D

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 3300418+336 Quarterfinal 1
2Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 31022726+12 [a] 11th place game
3Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 31021933−142 [a] 13th place game
4Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore 31021333−202 [a] 15th place game
Source: IFF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference;
Notes:
  1. 1 2 3 Slovenia +4, Australia +1, Singapore –5
26 April 2023
10:00		 Australia  Flag of Australia (converted).svg13–7
(3–2, 3–2, 7–3)		Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia Arena Nord Arena A
Attendance: 375
Report
26 April 2023
13:00		 Singapore  Flag of Singapore.svg0–15
(0–8, 0–3, 0–4)		Flag of Norway.svg  Norway Arena Nord Arena A
Attendance: 383
Report
27 April 2023
10:30		 Australia  Flag of Australia (converted).svg4–9
(1–3, 1–4, 2–2)		Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore Arena Nord Arena B
Attendance: 273
Report
27 April 2023
13:30		 Slovenia  Flag of Slovenia.svg6–9
(1–2, 4–3, 1–4)		Flag of Norway.svg  Norway Arena Nord Arena B
Attendance: 325
Report
28 April 2023
10:30		 Slovenia  Flag of Slovenia.svg14–4
(6–0, 5–2, 3–2)		Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore Arena Nord Arena B
Attendance: 123
Report
28 April 2023
13:30		 Norway  Flag of Norway.svg17–2
(4–1, 7–0, 6–1)		Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Arena Nord Arena B
Attendance: 313
Report

Placement round

15th place game

 
15th place game
 
  
 
April 29
 
 
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 5
 
 
Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore 12
 

C4 vs D4

29 April 2023
10:30		 United States  Flag of the United States.svg5–12
(2–4, 0–1, 3–7)		Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore Arena Nord Arena B
Attendance: 205
Report

13th place game

 
13th place game
 
  
 
April 29
 
 
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 2
 
 
Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 10
 

C3 vs D3

29 April 2023
13:30		 Australia  Flag of Australia (converted).svg2–10
(1–4, 1–3, 0–3)		Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia Arena Nord Arena B
Attendance: 127
Report

11th place game

 
11th place game
 
  
 
April 29
 
 
Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 1
 
 
Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 4
 

C2 vs D2

29 April 2023
16:30		 Austria  Flag of Austria.svg1–4
(0–1, 0–1, 1–2)		Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia Arena Nord Arena B
Attendance: 103
Report

7th–10th placement bracket

Bracket

 
7th–10th semifinals7th place
 
      
 
29 April
 
 
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 2
 
30 April
 
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 8
 
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 10
 
29 April
 
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 4
 
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 3
 
 
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 4
 
9th place
 
 
30 April
 
 
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 1
 
 
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 15

A4 vs D1

29 April 2023
19:30		 Poland  Flag of Poland.svg2–8
(0–1, 2–6, 0–1)		Flag of Norway.svg  Norway Arena Nord Arena B
Attendance: 135
Report

B4 vs C1

29 April 2023
19:00		 Germany  Flag of Germany.svg3–4
(1–1, 1–1, 1–2)		Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark Arena Nord Arena A
Attendance: 987
Report

9th place game

LPO1 vs LPO2

30 April 2023
10:00		 Poland  Flag of Poland.svg1–15
(0–4, 1–6, 0–5)		Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Arena Nord Arena A
Attendance: 137
Report

7th place game

WPO1 vs WPO2

30 April 2023
10:30		 Norway  Flag of Norway.svg10–4
(1–2, 6–1, 3–1)		Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark Arena Nord Arena B
Attendance: 420
Report

5th place game

 
5th place game
 
  
 
April 29
 
 
Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia 6
 
 
Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 1
 

A3 vs B3

29 April 2023
10:30		 Latvia  Flag of Latvia.svg6–1
(1–0, 1–1, 4–0)		Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia Arena Nord Arena A
Attendance: 356
Report

Knockout stage

Bracket

 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
29 April
 
 
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 2
 
30 April
 
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland 7
 
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland 4
 
29 April
 
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 7
 
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 12
 
 
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 10
 
Third place
 
 
30 April
 
 
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 6
 
 
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 7 (SO)

Semifinals

A1 vs B2

29 April 2023
13:00		 Czech Republic  Flag of the Czech Republic.svg2–7
(0–1, 2–1, 0–5)		Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland Arena Nord Arena A
Attendance: 1,725
Report

B1 vs A2

29 April 2023
16:00		 Sweden  Flag of Sweden.svg12–10
(3–0, 2–2, 7–8)		Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Arena Nord Arena A
Attendance: 1,750
Report

Bronze medal game

30 April 2023
13:00		 Czech Republic  Flag of the Czech Republic.svg6–7
(3–1, 1–4, 2–1, 0–0)
SO: 4–5		Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Arena Nord Arena A
Attendance: 1,890
Report

Gold medal game

30 April 2023
16:00		 Switzerland  Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg4–7
(1–1, 1–1, 2–5)		Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Arena Nord Arena A
Attendance: 2,011
Report

Final standings

Gold medal icon.svg Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Silver medal icon.svg Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland
Bronze medal icon.svg Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
4Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic
5Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia
6Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia
7Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
8Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark
9Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
10Flag of Poland.svg  Poland
11Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia
12Flag of Austria.svg  Austria
13Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia
14Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
15Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore
16Flag of the United States.svg  United States

Awards

Team of the tournament

Preparations

For the tournament, the city of Frederikshavn and Sport Event Denmark gave 125,000 Euros. [15]

Applications for volunteering was opened in October 2022. [16]

The budget for the tournament were 217,600 Euros. [17] Although this would increase to 260,000. [18] To break even, they needed to earn up to 66,000 Euros in ticket sales. They ended up exceeding the target and reached 90,000 Euros. [17]

Marketing

Ticket sales and packages started to be put on sale on 20 October 2022. [19] [20] 2,500 tickets and packages were sold before the tournament. [21]

References

  1. 1 2 "Announcement of Game Schedule". U19 WFC 2023. January 30, 2023. Archived from the original on 2024-06-13.
  2. ↑ "Sweden are the World Champions!". IFF Main Site. 30 April 2023.
  3. ↑ "Men's U19 WFC in Denmark sets a new spectator record". IFF Main Site. 3 May 2023.
  4. ↑ "IFF CB meeting news 2/2021: WFC 2024 to Sweden, U19 WFC 2023 to Denmark, U19 WFC 2024 to Finland". IFF Main Site. February 23, 2021.
  5. ↑ "VM PÅ DANSK JORD: U19 Floorball-herrelandshold fra hele verden sætter kurs mod Frederikshavn i 2023. – Floorball Danmark". floorball.dk.
  6. ↑ "Český florbal | Mužský světový šampionát bude v roce 2024 ve Švédsku". February 28, 2021. Archived from the original on February 28, 2021. Retrieved April 2, 2024.
  7. ↑ "IFF CB meeting news 2/2021: WFC 2024 to Sweden, U19 WFC 2023 to Denmark, U19 WFC 2024 to Finland". IFF Main Site. 23 February 2021. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
  8. ↑ "Suomi järjestää U19-naisten MM2024-kisat – Lahti kisakaupunkina". Suomen Salibandyliitto. February 23, 2021.
  9. 1 2 "Follow the Men's U19 WFC 2023 Group Ballot". IFF Main Site. December 12, 2022.
  10. ↑ "Venue". U19 WFC 2023. Archived from the original on 2024-06-13.
  11. ↑ "U19 Floorball VM 2023". Arena Nord.
  12. ↑ "Men's U19 WFC 2023 groups decided". IFF Main Site. December 13, 2022.
  13. ↑ "Offentliggørelse af kampprogram til U19 Herre VM i Frederikshavn". Archived from the original on 2023-03-22.
  14. ↑ "Men's U19 WFC 2023 All-Star Team". IFF Main Site. April 30, 2023.
  15. ↑ "Floorball Denmark gets significant support for hosting Men's U19 WFC 2023 in Frederikshavn". IFF Main Site. March 4, 2021.
  16. ↑ https://x.com/U19WFC/status/1579742520564940801
  17. 1 2 https://dltaw1vhj9zy5.cloudfront.net/2023/05/CB-meeting-Minutes-2_2023_.pdf [ bare URL PDF ]
  18. ↑ https://dltaw1vhj9zy5.cloudfront.net/2023/03/Minutes-IFF-CB-1-2023-Prague_final.pdf [ bare URL PDF ]
  19. ↑ "Men's U19 WFC 2023 Tickets now available!". IFF Main Site. October 20, 2022.
  20. ↑ "Billetsalget er startet! – floorballu19vm.dk". March 31, 2023. Archived from the original on March 31, 2023. Retrieved April 3, 2024.
  21. ↑ "Endelig kan Danmark præsentere U19 VM i Floorball på hjemmebane". floorball.dk. Archived from the original on 2024-04-03.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.