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Sport | Floorball |
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Founded | 1996 |
No. of teams | 16 (finals) |
Continent | International (IFF) |
Most recent champion(s) | Sweden (2022, 10th title) |
Most titles | Sweden (10 titles, the last in 2022) |
Official website | floorball.sport |
The Men's World Floorball Championship is an international floorball competition contested by the senior men's national teams of the members of the International Floorball Federation (IFF), the sport's global governing body. It is distinct from the Women's World Floorball Championship, which is for women's teams. They were preceded by the European Championships which were held twice in 1994 and 1995. Originally played in May–June, the IFF decided in 2007 to move the tournament to early-December starting in 2008. [1]
Rank | Country | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Medals |
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1 | Sweden | 10 | 4 | 0 | 14 |
2 | Finland | 4 | 7 | 3 | 14 |
3 | Czech Republic | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
4 | Switzerland | 0 | 1 | 7 | 8 |
5 | Norway | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Total | 14 | 14 | 14 | 42 |
Team | 1996 | 1998 | 2000 | 2002 | 2004 | 2006 | 2008 | 2010 | 2012 | 2014 | 2016 | 2018 | 2020 | 2022 | 2024 | Years |
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Australia | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 14th | - | 14th | 15th | 12th | WD | 13th | - | 5 |
Austria | - | - | - | - | 10th | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
Canada | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 11th | 13th | 12th | 12th | 11th | 12th | 12th | q | 8 |
Czech Republic | 4th | 6th | 6th | 4th | 2nd | 4th | 4th | 3rd | 7th | 3rd | 4th | 4th | 3rd | 2nd | q | 14 |
Denmark | 7th | 4th | 4th | 6th | 9th | 6th | 9th | 13th | - | 7th | 5th | 8th | 10th | 10th | q | 14 |
Estonia | 11th | - | - | - | - | - | 8th | 7th | 9th | 8th | 8th | 10th | 8th | 9th | q | 9 |
Finland | 2nd | 3rd | 2nd | 2nd | 3rd | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | q | 14 |
Germany | 8th | 8th | - | 8th | 8th | 10th | - | 10th | 4th | 9th | 7th | 6th | 9th | 6th | q | 12 |
Hungary | 10th | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 14th | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 |
Italy | - | - | - | - | - | 8th | 10th | 12th | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 |
Japan | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 15th | 15th | 15th | - | 15th | WD | - | - | 4 |
Latvia | 9th | - | 7th | 7th | 6th | 5th | 5th | 5th | 6th | 5th | 10th | 5th | 5th | 5th | q | 13 |
Norway | 3rd | 5th | 5th | 5th | 5th | 7th | 6th | 6th | 5th | 6th | 6th | 7th | 6th | 8th | q | 14 |
Philippines | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 14th | 15th | - | 2 |
Poland | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 9th | 11th | - | 13th | 13th | 11th | 11th | q | 7 |
Russia | 6th | 7th | 8th | - | 7th | 9th | 7th | 8th | 10th | 13th | - | - | - | - | - | 9 |
Singapore | 12th | - | - | - | - | - | - | 16th | 16th | - | 16th | 16th | 16th | 16th | - | 7 |
Slovakia | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8th | 10th | 9th | 9th | 7th | 7th | - | 6 |
Slovenia | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | q | 1 |
South Korea | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 16th | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
Sweden | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | 1st | q | 14 |
Switzerland | 5th | 2nd | 3rd | 3rd | 4th | 3rd | 3rd | 4th | 3rd | 4th | 3rd | 3rd | 4th | 4th | q | 14 |
Thailand | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 14th | 14th | 13th | 14th | - | 4 |
United States | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 12th | 11th | 11th | - | 15th | - | - | 4 |
Year | Final venue | Winners | Score | Runners-up | Third place | Score | Fourth place | ||
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2001 Details | Weißenfels | Sweden | 4–2 | Switzerland | Finland | 7–1 | Latvia | ||
2003 Details | Prague | Finland | 6–2 | Sweden | Czech Republic | 5–2 | Switzerland | ||
2005 Details | Cēsis | Sweden | 6–2 | Finland | Switzerland | 8–3 | Latvia | ||
2007 Details | Kirchberg | Sweden | 9–3 | Czech Republic | Finland | 3–2 | Switzerland | ||
2009 Details | Turku | Sweden | 8–3 | Finland | Switzerland | 7–1 | Czech Republic | ||
2011 Details | Weißenfels | Finland | 4–3 | Sweden | Switzerland | 6–4 | Czech Republic | ||
2013 Details | Hamburg | Sweden | 6–2 | Switzerland | Finland | 8–5 | Czech Republic | ||
2015 Details | Helsingborg | Finland | 13–3 | Switzerland | Czech Republic | 7–6 | Sweden | ||
2017 Details | Växjö | Finland | 7–4 | Sweden | Czech Republic | 8–5 | Switzerland | ||
2019 Details | Halifax | Czech Republic | 8–2 | Sweden | Finland | 4–2 | Switzerland | ||
2021 Details | Brno | Czech Republic | 4–3 | Finland | Sweden | 7–6 | Switzerland | ||
2023 | Sweden | 7–4 | Switzerland | Finland | 7–6 SD | Czech Republic | |||
2025 |
Rank | Country | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Medals |
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1 | Sweden | 6 | 4 | 1 | 11 |
2 | Finland | 4 | 3 | 5 | 12 |
3 | Czech Republic | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
4 | Switzerland | 0 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
Total | 12 | 12 | 12 | 36 |
Team | 2001 | 2003 | 2005 | 2007 | 2009 | 2011 | 2013 | 2015 | 2017 | 2019 | 2021 | 2023 | Total |
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Australia | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 14 | 1 |
Austria | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 12 | 12 | 2 |
Belgium | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 13 | - | 1 |
Czech Republic | 5 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 12 |
Denmark | 8 | 7 | 8 | - | 8 | - | 8 | - | 6 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 9 |
Estonia | 10 | - | - | - | - | 8 | - | - | - | - | 10 | 13 | 4 |
Finland | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 |
Germany | 11 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | 9 | 3 |
Hungary | 12 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 14 | - | 2 |
Italy | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 15 | - | 1 |
Latvia | 4 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 12 |
Norway | 7 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 8 | - | 8 | - | 7 | 10 |
Poland | 9 | - | 7 | 8 | - | - | - | 6 | 8 | - | 8 | 10 | 7 |
Russia | 6 | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 |
Singapore | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 15 | 1 |
Slovakia | - | - | - | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 9 |
Slovenia | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 11 | 11 | 2 |
Sweden | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 12 |
Switzerland | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 12 |
United States | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 16 | 1 |
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